Dwarves of Iron Peak

1. Game LOOKS amazing. Great looking miniatures, nicely done design.

2. Rule book was clumsy to follow and was missing several key points of information (outlined below).

3. There was missing information on Spider's armor and hit points. I FINALLY found the information buried deep in a comment on a facebook page. But crazy that key point of info wasn't in the rulebook.

4. The card usage was confusing and unclear for us. Some say discard, others don't. Can I use them more than once? If they are all one-time use, why do some say discard? I couldn't find any clarifying info in the rule book on this.

5. Gameplay. This is where it really lost my interest. In short, it is very simplistic and missing any real hook. We played the scenarios. First scenario's goal was "escape with dwarves". It was over in 3 turns. a.k.a. 5 minutes. So we tried the LAST scenario and went all in with every character. Hoping this would take longer. Within 3 turns the Vile side had completely wiped out the Dwarven side. All under 10 minutes. We play A LOT of types of game, and plenty of miniature/skirmish games. I thought this would be comparable to something like Battlelore, but wasn't even close.

With this amount of quality to the components, I expected so much more from the game. But with the confusing rules and simplistic gameplay that ends FAR too fast, there is barely a game here. And for sure not worth the money I paid for it. For half the price there are much deeper and more satisfying games.

We played the first campaign of Dwarves of Iron Peak and it is cinch to learn (once we contacted thru Facebook to clarify one question we were unsure of) and very interactive. As a D&D enthusiast, we love this game. We also took more risks as we got more comfortable with the gameplay. We will write more (spoiler-free) when we play through the next campaign. @RocketslugGames