Will you be able to defeat your opponents in this PvP Arena style game that offers solo and scenarios, Heroes of the Shire from Senior Games?

Pros

• Good Artwork
• No Minis

Cons

• Price
• Name
• Generic Fantasy
• No Minis

The Page

Now, I lean more into the cons for this game as I look at it but I do want to compliment it on a very nice page. I do have one major knock with it but generally, they nail a good Kickstarter page. I do want to talk about price here. For $82 USD and $18 shipping, I can get games that give me more. Now, Kickstarter prices are going up because prices on everything are going up, but for a game without a mini in sight, which is a good thing, the price is a bit high.

The name I’m also going to knock some because it is generic at best. At worst, and I’ve heard of this happening already and I warned the designer it might, people think it’s a Lord of the Rings game. That might get them some extra clicks, but it has also gotten them someone who left the page or felt the bait and switch. Shire is not only a Tolkien word, but, Tolkien and Hobbits are the first thing people will think of.

So, those are not the main thing I wanted to talk about. I want to talk about the character boards. They look good, but I don’t know what they look like in a game. There are sections that seem to be split up basically into little areas, what is that for? Is that for an upgrade? Is that for item storage, what is it? I want more shots of game in action, versus the production images.

The Game

The game itself seems pretty solid, but this is where I run into another issue. I don’t feel like it’s that unique. The game play seems pretty normal, the classes are normal as are the monsters. I like the idea of the trash mobs. It’s something that has a very RPG feel to it where you have your lousy monsters show up early in the day so that the players spend a few spells and abilities for when they finally reach the big boss for the day.

But generally, I just consider this game to be pretty generic. It’s generic fantasy and it’s a generic concept. I don’t see it setting itself apart from games with scenarios, and for less in terms of PvP you can get the Dragon Prince game or for basically the same amount you can get Super Fantasy Brawl.

Back or Brick

So no surprise this is a Brick for me. To me, I don’t see enough game to price point. Nor do I see the value of getting it now instead of maybe picking it up on retail. Now the game won’t exist without this Kickstarter but the funding goal have already been hit. If it’s good, someone will pick it up to publish. The art is solid, but the whole thing just seems too generic and not that great a price point to me. Add in the true solo play being an add-on, it makes it less likely to hit my table.

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