Dice Tower's Top Ten Fantasy Games

The Dice Tower is a consistently entertaining and informative podcast, and a recent episode covered a topic near and near to my heart: Top Ten Fantasy Games.

In order to keep the list focused on pure fantasy games, several genres of games were eliminated, including horror games and science fiction games.

Also, since the podcast has multiple hosts, there are actually three top-ten lists! It's good to get multiple points of view and hear each player's unique perspective on the games, and which elements they enjoyed or despised.

Tom Vasel's Top Ten Fantasy Games

1. Thunderstone – An exciting fantasy deck-building game in which you fight the evils of the dungeon to prove your worth.
2. Descent: Journeys in the Dark – Across the land, courageous heroes delve into shadowed dungeons, journey to lost cities, and explore forgotten ruins.
3. Warangel – The Angels of War descend on New Earth to win over war itself.
4. Runebound – You play as a hero in a fantasy realm full of monsters, perils, and treasure.
5. Dungeons & Dragons: Conquest of Nerath – The undead legions of the Dark Empire of Karkoth march against the fragile League of Nerath.
6. Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt – Take on the role of the legendary drow ranger to battle fearsome foes and win treasure and glory.
7. Battleground: Fantasy Warfare – The award-winning tabletop wargame in which cards, rather than painted models, represent your forces.
8. Defenders of the Realm – A cooperative fantasy board game in which the King calls to arms the finest Heroes to defend against a Darkness that engulfs the land.
9. War of the Ring – a grand strategy board game that allows its players to immerse themselves in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
10. Super Dungeon Explore – Battle through perilous dungeons, fight hordes of monsters, and collect loot with your own customizable adventure party of brave Heroes.

Eric Summerer's Top Ten Fantasy Games

1. Defenders of the Realm – A cooperative fantasy board game in which the King calls to arms the finest Heroes to defend against a Darkness that engulfs the land.
2. Thunderstone – An exciting fantasy deck-building game in which you fight the evils of the dungeon to prove your worth.
3. Descent: Journeys in the Dark – Across the land, courageous heroes delve into shadowed dungeons, journey to lost cities, and explore forgotten ruins.
4. Summoner Wars – Combine your wizardly might with clever tactics to defeat the enemy.
5. Quarriors! – Players compete to capture the most powerful Spells and Creatures.
6. Dungeon Lords – Put yourself in role of the master of underground and try to stop filthy heroes from conquering and plundering your precious creation.
7. Die Magier von Pangea – Players try to gather five amulets into their citadel.
8. Cutthroat Caverns – Without teamwork, you will never survive. Without betrayal, you'll never win.
9. Elfenland – Players control young elves, who must traverse their fantasy land with all sorts of strange transportation.
10. Discworld: Ankh-Morpork – Vie for ultimate control using your cunning and guile to complete your secret agenda.

Russ Wakelin's Top Ten Fantasy Games

1. Runewars – RuneWars pits players against each other in a strategic game of battles and area control, where they must gather resources, raise armies, and lay siege to heavily fortified cities.
2. Blood Bowl – A game of Fantasy Football, using fantasy characters.
3. Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt – Take on the role of the legendary drow ranger to battle fearsome foes and win treasure and glory.
4. Descent: Journeys in the Dark – Across the land, courageous heroes delve into shadowed dungeons, journey to lost cities, and explore forgotten ruins.
5. Chaos in the Old World – Players take the role of one of the malevolent Lords of Chaos.
6. Stronghold – This game tells the story of a siege.
7. Summoner Wars – Combine your wizardly might with clever tactics to defeat the enemy.
8. Dungeon Lords – Put yourself in role of the master of underground and try to stop filthy heroes from conquering and plundering your precious creation.
9. Battlelore – The world of BattleLore meshes history and fantasy together.
10. Cutthroat Caverns – Without teamwork, you will never survive. Without betrayal, you'll never win.

These are great little lists, and it's really fun to hear the opinions on the various games. If you're like me, then I'm sure there are a least a few you weren't familiar with, and are excited to check out!

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Also mentioned in the podcast: Warhammer Quest, Titan, Middle Earth: The Wizards, Small World, Hero Quest (some of these are out of print, unfortunately).

Is your favorite game on the list? If not, feel free to mention it in the comments!

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