Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons Announced

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Adventure awaits for the entire party, Gareth, in the new Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS board game from Ravensburger.

In this fifth installment of the award-winning Horrified game series, players embark on a journey inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. Under license by Hasbro and its Wizards of the Coast division, the game not only takes place in the Forgotten Realms, but also features heroes and monsters inspired by the game’s extensive worldbuilding and lore, as well as all-new gameplay using a d20.

Adventure awaits for the entire party in the new Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS board game from Ravensburger, acclaimed publisher of award-winning board games and high-quality puzzles and toys. In this fifth installment of the award-winning Horrified game series, players embark on a journey inspired by the World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (D&D). Under license by Hasbro and its Wizards of the Coast division, the game not only takes place in the Forgotten Realms, but also features heroes and monsters inspired by the game’s extensive worldbuilding and lore, as well as all-new gameplay using a twenty-sided die (d20). Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is currently available for pre-order at Target and will launch at retailers worldwide on August 1.

“Whenever we imagine a new Horrified game, we ask ourselves what the coolest, most iconic monsters are to whom we’d be honored to meet an untimely end… so pairing the game with the rich lore and storytelling of D&D just makes sense!” said Lysa Penrose, International Product Manager at Ravensburger. “As fans of both games, our team worked closely with the team at Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast to create a game that is not only authentic to both series but also fun to play, regardless of your experience with either D&D or Horrified.”

Roll for Initiative

Take your party on an epic journey and save the people of Waterdeep from iconic monsters in Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. In this cooperative board game, players work together to take on monsters and other puzzle-like obstacles inspired by D&D lore to gather item tokens, protect citizens and avoid attacks. Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS immerses players in a detailed world that captures the spirit of D&D through cooperative play and mechanics that utilize the iconic d20.

Choose Your Class

Each player in Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS can choose to play as one of five Heroes, inspired by character classes from D&D. Whether taking the role of the Wizard, Rogue, Fighter, Cleric or Bard, each player will have a unique set of abilities that can aid their party as they move around the board to defeat the monsters dwelling in the dungeon below Waterdeep. The results of heroes’ special abilities are determined by rolling a d20, a key game mechanic in D&D, and a first for Horrified.

“With the assets provided by Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, we got to see and read through the expansiveness of the worldbuilding; in many ways, our biggest challenge was deciding what we wanted to show,” said Sam Dawson, Art Director at Ravensburger. “Then, of course, we had to decide how to interpret that for the board and fill in the seams where no definitive visual exists. I think the result will both feel like familiar territory to fans alongside some new interpretations of the Undermountain they know and love.”

Meet the Monsters

In each game of Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, players will take on at least two of the game’s four monsters: the Beholder, a globular body with ten eyes that all can deploy powerful rays; the Mimic, a shape-changing creature that disguises itself as an inanimate object, the Displacer Beast, which casts illusions to conceal its true location, and the Red Dragon, a powerful, fire-breathing beast guarding the Orb of Dragonkind. Each monster has a puzzle that must be solved before players are able to take them on in battle. The Red Dragon’s puzzle includes a two-part “campaign”; players must first discover the Orb of Dragonkind before luring the Red Dragon to its hoard.

The monster challenges in Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS are designed by Peter Lee, the accomplished designer behind more than 10 D&D board games and the Horrified: Universal Monsters game system. Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is a cooperative board game for one to five players, ages 10 and up and will have an MSRP of $29.99 USD.

More about Ravensburger’s Horrified

The Horrified franchise includes Horrified: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (2025), Horrified: World of Monsters (2024), Horrified: Greek Monsters (2023), Horrified: American Monsters (2021) and Horrified: Universal Monsters (2019). Beginning with those published in 2023, Horrified games are compatible, allowing players to mix monsters and worlds between editions.