Fireside Games Castle Panic The Wizards Tower 2e

Expansions are sometimes hit and miss, but Wizards Tower is a definite hit with our family. It does exactly what an expansion should do--rejuvenate a game you've played for some time and enhance its enjoyment. Wizards Tower completely succeeds. Pros: 1) A small thing but a nice touch--everything that comes in the expansion fits easily into the original game's box. We just transferred it all over and recycled the expansion box-no need to take up more space 2) Monster variety. The game adds more monsters, more cards, more boss monsters. Even better, the new monsters add a lot of variety in that they have varying abilities and vulnerabilities. Some can be struck only by archers, some more faster, and so on. The "special monsters" are even better. The Hydra, for instance, adds news monsters (imps) onto the board for every hit point of damage you inflict on it. The dragon breathes fire at your defenses, the necromancer raises killed monsters, etc. 3) card variety. The more difficult monsters are balanced out by the addition of some new Castle cars but especially by the addition of a Wizards Deck--each card in it allowing you to perform a spell that can do some damage (often across a range of monsters based on arc, color, spacing, etc.) or push monsters back. And it really is a nice balance, the spells aren't so uber powerful that they over-compensate for the tougher monsters 4) requires more thought. Because the monsters are harder and because some can only be hit by certain cards or move faster or do ranged damage, you really have to plan further ahead in this one as well as react faster on the fly. The Wizard cards help a lot, but you can't simply stock up on them as there are several ways in which you can lose them by being forced to discard them (the Basilisk monster, for instance, requires all players to discard down to two cards). This is something you really have to plan around.You also have to plan around defending that Wizard Tower because once it goes, so does the ability to gain more Wizard cards. 5) the way the game can turn quickly. With the addition of imps, one-point relatively weak creatures, the game can really flip itself as imps sometimes appear based on a roll of a die. So you might end up placing a single imp on the board--no biggie, or you might end up placing six on the board (ruh roh). The addition of goblin cavalry, who move two spaces at a time, can also turn the game quickly. As can the ranged attacks. There's really a greater feeling of instability which adds to the richness of game play We've always enjoyed Castle Panic with our originally nine-now-ten-year-old. We like the cooperative aspect, the planning aspect, and the fantasy aspect. All of us agree that the expansion has made an enjoyable game even more enjoyable. A definite recommendation for fans of the game and if your'e buying the game for the first time or as a gift, I'd say pick it up at the same time and save it until you've played the original a few times. But not too many as the game really is better with the expansion, no matter that it's pretty good on its own. Cons: we haven't come up with any yet

El juego llego en excelentes condiciones, todo perfecto. Excelente juego, muy divertido. Lo recomiendo.

Estuvo a muy buen precio y es un buen complemento para el Castle Panic , solo agrega algunos enemigos. Pero agrega variedad y una nueva torre

I must admit that I am not a huge fan of Castle Panic. It is a fine game, players usually win, not tons of strategy and it goes a bit long. Enter the Wizards Tower and the game is vastly improved. Players must use careful strategy (and luck) to win and should not assume they will be successful. The full game still goes a bit long but there are far fewer "boring turns" where monsters are easily dispatched and players are going through the motions. This expansion adds a bit more complexity - need at least one player who can read the cards, reference cards and scan back over the rule book. All in all a very valuable expansion that will refresh your Castle Panic experience.

My wife and I originally purchased Tower Panic on a whim, liking the idea of a cooperative board game. We loved it and played it with friends, but got bored with it eventually. We still enjoyed playing it, but there just wasn't enough variety. And this is why the Wizard's Tower expansion is a must for anyone that owns Castle Panic. One of my biggest gripes about the original was the lack of monsters; there are three normal monsters and 4 boss monsters that could make things a little more difficult. Wizard's Tower adds 6 megabosses (which you are recommended to add only 3 to each game), as well as many "normal" monsters. On top of this, it adds cards to the draw deck, as well as a whole new Wizard deck. The Wizard deck balances out the new, stronger monsters. Wizard cards are powerful, but if your Wizard Tower is destroyed, you cannot draw from the Wizard deck anymore. This creates a whole new strategy to the game: there is one tower that you cannot sacrifice without losing a huge benefit. You will find yourselves doing everything you can to save that one tower, even if it results in losing 3 others. One thing I always like to mention about this game: Try the variety games. One of our favorite ways to play, especially with a big group, is to play Overlord (which is where one person is actually in control of the monsters). We had 7 people playing and it was a great time. Here is my biggest recommendation: Do not buy this when you buy the original. Buy the original, play it a bunch, and find out if it you like it. If you like the original and just want a little more variety, then buy the expansion, you will not be disappointed.