Inn-Fighting: The D&D Tavern Brawl Dice Game (Dungeons & Dragons Game)
Inn-Fighting: The D&D Tavern Brawl Dice Game (Dungeons & Dragons Game)
Inn-Fighting is a Dungeons & Dragons stand-alone dice game that takes place somewhere between quests. Duryon, the Human Fighter, sighs and says–”All I wanted was a quiet night of drinking and eating, and what happens?” Answer: “Bar fight!” Custom dice let you roll Fists, Chairs, Power, Ale, and Luck against your fellow Adventurers and Bystanders. A Defense dice roll determines whether you nail the guy or get clobbered yourself. Hang onto your Hit Points and collect Victory Points to come out on top of the heap. It’s all about what Adventurers do for relaxation–Inn-Fighting! You will need poker chips, pennies, or anything you want to represent Hit Points and Victory Points in the game. Contents of Inn-Fighting: 6 Custom Dice 1 d20 Die 52 Inn-Fighting Cards (Adventurer, Bystander, & Action)
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Great Beer & Pretzels Game - I liked it better than Three Dragon Ante
I bought Inn-Fighting shortly after it came out and have played it 10 or so times. Games usually take from 45 minutes to an hour, but I have had games last ten minutes and two hours. It seems that the more players, the longer the game takes, kind of like in Munchkin.
For those of you not in the boardgame community, a “beer and pretzels” game is a fun rules-light game that you can play while socializing or sitting in a pub. Inn-Fighting excels at this description, and the flavor of the game makes it perfect to take with you to a local pub.
You will need plenty of counters, I’d say around 25 per player should be enough. I bought 150 blue glass counters and a dice bag in which to hold them at a local gaming shop. I would complain about the counters not being included if the price was $25, but for $15 it’s not a problem and most gamers have a lot of counters anyway.
I liked Three Dragon Ante as well, but feel rules are too structured for what is supposed to be a fantasy card gambling game that you can also play in-character. I can never get my friends to play 3DA, but I have no problem getting them to play Inn-Fighting with me. Inn-Fighting is not designed to be played in-character, but it is a great game to play when waiting for a late arrival to your RPG game or for postgame.
Overall it’s a pretty good game that is recommended if you’re into D&D or fantasy in general. Another good “drinking game” game with great mechanics is Red Dragon Inn, but it doesn’t have as much replay value.
Since Amazon is not currently offering a discount on this game, I recommend purchasing it from a friendly local game shop(FLGS) instead of Amazon. These shops offer places to hang out and play games, and many have gone out of business by the e-commerce boom. I buy stuff online when the discount is greater than 20%, but otherwise I try to keep the local guys in business.
5 Stars All the chaos you can expect from a tavern brawl.
Inn-fighting is a great product: players have a character who brawl until they die; at that point you just draw another one and start kicking butt once again. You character can also be boosted by bystanders (meat-shields) who grant minor boons. You might also gain action cards which often interrupt and change actions taking by you or by others. adding more to the chaos. Although devising a strategy is a good idea, the game is too dynamic and chaotic for any long term progress. Options of what you can do in your turn is determined by the dice; therefore, at times restricting what you can do from what you want to do. Also the great thing about this game is that it is quite easy to attack the person on the lead, you heal your character from his/her victory points. Your characters power attack is aimed only at the person with the most points. This chopping at the legs, provides for chaos, uncertainty on who is going to win, and also the irony of being targeted when yo don’t expected. It’s all great fun.
Note: You will need tokens or coins to play this game.
The game is loosely based on d&d mechanics. I have played with non-DnD gamers and they had great fun with this game.
5 Stars Great fun
I purchased this product because I also own Three Dragon Ante by the same publisher. I was not dissapointed! Inn-Fighting has been great fun and is engaging enough to play for several hours in one session if you felt like it.
5 Stars Inn-fighting D&D Tavern Brawl Game
This is a fantastic game that is quick and easy to play once the rules are understood. This game is a great way to pass time while you are waiting for other members of your D&D group to show up. Some of the rules are a little vague, but the answers are to most are available on WOTC Q&A. If you are really stuck you can ask WOTC a direct question and get a quick response. Once the rules are understood by everyone games usually finish in about 15 minutes. My D&D group plays this before every session, usually at the expense of roleplaying time as we find it so enjoyable.
4 Stars you are all right…well most of you
ok yup if you buy this game look for the suggested additional rules on the net. They help explain some of the finer points of the game. It can be a bit confusing for what appears to be a simple card game but it is worth it. My wife and I have played a couple times with friends and enjoyed it. I was once a AD&D player but the others have never played but still had fun and understood the game. I do so wish the character creation template was actually available on the wizards website but oh well.
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