Customers say
Customers find this board game fun and easy to learn, with one mentioning it’s guided by a hardback story book. The game features nice artwork on the box and offers meaningful choices. While customers consider it good value for money, they note there isn’t much replayability.
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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
Take on the role of either Robin Hood or one of his Merry Men as you battle Prince John and his henchman throughout Sherwood Forest and beyond.
Engaging storylines, interesting character roles, and simple rules.
Beautiful board with interactive components.
A family-weight cooperative game for all ages and skill levels -win by working together.
From renowned author Michael Menzel (Legends of Andor).
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: Timothy J. Kropp
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best Cooperative and Best Campaign Game Out There
Review: Let me first say that the instructions are one page and take about 45 seconds to read. You learn while playing. Genius. The story is well thought out, it meshes with the game, you can play a chapter pretty quickly, and has a decent replay value with variation based on choices you make. The difficulty is right on the bubble so you usually win but not always. Given the story line, people actually want to get to the next chapter so this won’t collect dust on a shelf. We played a chapter every weekend day till we were done and we’re not hard core game people. High value for the money.
Reviewer: Ladona
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great game!
Review: Love the game!
Reviewer: Rebekah Hardenstine
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A bit slow at times, but fun overall
Review: This game is a bit slow sometimes, but we like it overall. We bought it to play with friends at game nights, but it would honestly be better suited for playing with older kids (like 9-12). The game mechanics are very simple to understand, and because it cooperative, it’s easy to add in new players. The biggest downside is that there isn’t much replayability once you’ve worked through all the missions.
Reviewer: Red Freddy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A fun game
Review: We’re only on chapter 3, out of 8 (I think). But it’s proven to be fun to play. Rules are easy to understand. But when buying a new game I like to watch videos with people playing or explaining the game. That helped. But like I said, rules are easy to understand.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Engaging and clever
Review: We used to play mainly complex resource management games but the pandemic has made us crave less conflict and more stories. Which is just what this game delivers. It’s easy to get started with, the story is engaging, the game itself held our interest without being too difficult, and board game enthusiasts can enjoy the very clever design. We played all four characters as two players and thoroughly enjoyed all seven chapters. In a few months we’ll come back for another run through on the more challenging alternate storyline.I would love to see a sequel or another game in the same family; there is nothing else quite like it other than classic video games such as Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! For your reference we have also enjoyed Near and Far (not cooperative but very story-based), Spirit Island (also cooperative but much more complex). We couldn’t get into Legends of Andor (cooperative but with a weak story and repetitive gameplay) and greatly disliked Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion (cooperative but solely about violent combat).
Reviewer: Robert D. Watson
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not a fan, but I’m Spoiled
Review: I think I’m just a bit too spoiled by the Pandemic Legacy games, Kings Dilemma, Crusoe Crew, Above and Below, and the like.The Adventures of Robin Hood is a fine game that is meant to be a legacy-like experience – you play a pretty straightforward move-around-the-board style game, trying to stay inside the shadows printed on the board, until you need to pop out to land on one of a few dozen removable/flippable cardboard cutout pieces that populate the boards. Once you land there to complete objectives, you read a few lines from a book based on the mission at hand, and sometimes you need to perform well at a little combat or make a decision on what to say.The game is easy to learn and offers a very different gaming experience for those who are unfamiliar with the aforementioned legacy games. Unfortunately, if you’ve played those, this one is likely just a bit too juvenile. Reading from the book is fun at first, until you find yourself going through the motions and making very similar decisions about completely uninteresting plot points as you progress. Characters largely say the same things, all lead you more or less directly to where you need to go, and when you get there and succeed, you get a “congratulations” rather than a different gaming experience (like in Pandemic), new challenges (like Kings Dilemma) or even a remarkable story experience (like Above and Below). Everything just kind of plays out on it’s own.If you have an impatient bunch, the “pick the next player” from the bag thing could leave people waiting quite a while between turns.The other thing I don’t like is that the rules are a bit interpretive in terms of how movement and the shadows rules affect players. If you want to play this “by the rules” and you have someone who wants to argue over a millimeter, the rules will allow the fudger to make pretty much any interpretation they wish. Most missions are also very much on the easy side.As this is aimed at a younger audience (I think – the box says 10+ age), some of this is quite forgivable, but for the mature gamer, you have far better options, even if you’re enamored with the theme, as I am, or the legacy style game, as my family is. The little one was bored by the long missions, Mom and Dad were thinking there should just be a little more punch to the story. We found this to be a 2/5 experience, but I think most would find it to be a 3/5 or so.
Reviewer: The Gillespies
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Strategy Game meets Book Narrative
Review: According to my 6 year old, this “is the best board game ever!”We have lots of games in our house but this one has been the best for her as she is really into books.+The game offers a tutorial to easily and quickly get started, learning while playing. I found this to be great for getting to know how it all works.+Movement is mildly fiddly but it’s fun, tactile, and easy to grasp.+We are only on Chapter 3 but I love how each game weaves something new into the gameplay while enhancing the narrative.\Story is interesting enough to keep my 6 year old compelled but is nothing amazing.-You will need a mini suction cup to get the board tiles out. After you flip them a couple times they come out easier but before that was difficult and damaging to the tiles.I’d generally highly recommend this families with kids ages 7-12 that are into board games, chapter books, or both.
Reviewer: Craig
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Amazing interactive board. My kids 9 and 10 love it, especially flipped over tiles and the way the story unfolds. Had a minor glitch with a missing part but Amazon hooked me up with a replacement game 2 days later.
Reviewer: Carole
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The game was a great hit with my 11 year.old grandson.
Reviewer: Fernanda Kloh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Great game. The board might get destroyed easily so idk. It is fun to play, to get in the vibe.
Reviewer: Matthew Hart
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Plays really well. So far done the first couple chapters. We enjoyed the combination of narrative adventure story and choosing your own path on the game board and engaging with the various characters and features. It helped having one person reading the elements from the book. Looking forward to playing more chapters.
Reviewer: Chris
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Played this with my 8 year old son – 7 Wonders Duel and Carcassonne are our faves so this story-based and co-operative game was different, and appealed because of the legend/history angle. We’ve played through the campaign once, without much difficulty although we did use the extra grey disc for “easy” mode.The board is large and really nicely illustrated; the pieces are also quality and the movement mechanic cool and engaging. As many have noted, flipping cardboard inserts over plays a large part and I’d worry these pieces would get very dog-eared over time.We enjoyed the gameplay, although certain points got a bit tedious (trying to find the numbered guards to flip in and out of play when the “seals” are played once per turn). The story is basic but kept up a good momentum. There is a time limit based on hourglasses and I think this sometimes meant we rushed a bit – along with the linear nature (realistically we will only play through once more, with the game having a I and II playthrough track) it felt we maybe didn’t get to explore the possibilities or nuances of new items and rules. Maybe that’s the nature of a CYOA structure but it felt a bit sad.The rules themselves weren’t too complex once you got the hang of them, and the game’s storybook introduced and developed them well. I think we both felt the game might have worked better with a higher number of players and characters rather than just us two.Overall, although I don’t think this will get as much use as some, if you’re happy spending this kind of money on a board game, it’s a solid purchase with an evocative setting.
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