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Dungeon in a Box Unboxing — August 2018

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There are several subscription crate services out there that cater to us the gamer. The lovely folks over at Dungeon in a Box decided to send me a copy of what they do so I can share my unboxing with all of you who like these type of things. This being my first adventure into Dungeon in a Box I am not as familiar with them as I am with other monthly subscription boxes. If my information is correct Dungeon In a Box is supposed to offer everything you need to run the adventure within. So you open the box and you are prepared to play some games.

Dungeon in a Box subscription unboxing

August 2018 Dungeon in a Box unboxing

The dungeon in this box is the Secrets of the Greenwold. It is designed as a 1st-level adventure and takes the characters to 2nd level as they learn about the area that is the Greenwold. Greenwold is the setting that Dungeon in a Box uses just as other services create their own worlds as well. I love the homebrew settings as we get insight into the type of gamers they are while we experience the stuff they create.

The adventure has notes on how to use the material at higher levels. It has a cool magic item and a modified monster. There are optional rules for the Game Master in case you want to add some extra spice into your game.

Ted loves minis and you know that if a box claims to have everything you need to run an adventure there will be minis inside. Inside are two minis from Reaper Miniatures. From the Reaper Bones line there is Owlbear (77156) and Nienna, Female Elf Ranger (77091), both dynamic and detailed miniatures to use in your game. I highly enjoy the selection.

Nerdarchy has been friends and fans of Arcknight for a while. Their Flat Plastic Miniatures are an awesome idea. They present a front and a back as minis should, if you are going to play with flanking or backstab rules. The most important thing is these flat plastic minis can get put away flat making for easy storage and travel. I bring this up as there is a nice little pack of flat plastic minis inside the Dungeon in a Box. Goblins, wolves, an owlbear and ogre, oh my! There’s 11 flat plastic minis all told and bases for all as well. That is not something you see very often, so it’s an added bonus for me.

A complete foldout double-sided battle mat also comes with Dungeon in a Box. One side is a nice forest scene, tucked away for an ambush if you ask me. The other side is a wagon train all set up for a camp. Along with this map is an envelope with dungeon tiles in it. As with the map these are double-sided as well and you can choose to use them how you wish. I believe the design intent is the 2 horses enclosed are to pull the 2 wagons. But if you flip those over you also get standing stones, damaged wagons, a treasure pile and a fallen log.

The battle mat is not the only folded item in the box. Enclosed is also a regional map of the civilized and uncivilized lands of the Greenfold. Being able to show your players a map — or heck you can literally hand them the map so they can reference it as they see fit. Looking around the map it excites me as a player to see the places I want to adventure and as a GM I see the places I would like to run encounters in. So both things a map should do, in my opinion, are accomplished here.

I love doing story rewards every now and again, and Dungeon in a Box apparently does as well. In a tiny little envelope are two handout cards for a completed adventure or completed section that gives very specific advantages. The two cards are Stolen Pride and Veterans of the Long Road. No, I am not going to give away what they are. You’ll have to do an unboxing for your own Dungeon in a Box subscription box to discover these.

Thanks for reading and until next time, stay nerdy!

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Ted Adams

The nerd is strong in this one. I received my bachelors degree in communication with a specialization in Radio/TV/Film. I have been a table top role player for over 30 years. I have played several iterations of D&D, Mutants and Masterminds 2nd and 3rd editions, Star wars RPG, Shadowrun and World of Darkness as well as mnay others since starting Nerdarchy. I am an avid fan of books and follow a few authors reading all they write. Favorite author is Jim Butcher I have been an on/off larper for around 15 years even doing a stretch of running my own for a while. I have played a number of Miniature games including Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy, Heroscape, Mage Knight, Dreamblade and D&D Miniatures. I have practiced with the art of the German long sword with an ARMA group for over 7 years studying the German long sword, sword and buckler, dagger, axe and polearm. By no strecth of the imagination am I an expert but good enough to last longer than the average person if the Zombie apocalypse ever happens. I am an avid fan of board games and dice games with my current favorite board game is Betrayal at House on the Hill.

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