Games & Puzzles: New Dungeons & Dragons

Wizards of the Coast is releasing a new Dungeons & Dragons board game: Conquest of Nerath. Designed for strategy gamers who want to immerse themselves in the world of D&D, Conquest of Nerath has players gather armies of footsoldiers, and siege engines, monsters, and dragons in an effort to protect the fate of the fragile League of Nerath against the undead.

The Conquest of Nerath board game includes a rulebook, a game board, dice, 110 cards, and 252 plastic playing pieces representing champions and the armies of Nerath, Karkoth, the Iron Circle, and Vailin.

For more games & puzzles, read The Toy Book‘s July/August issue. Click here to read!

A Dungeons & Dragons Game For Children

Susan J. Morris has released The Heroes of Hesiod: A Monster Slayers Adventure, aimed as a more engaging way to develop reading, math, cooperation, leadership, and problem-solving skills. Based on the novel Monster Slayers by Lukas Ritter (as well as being the companion guide to the New York Times best-selling book, A Practical Guide to Monsters), Morris’ pamphlet breaks down the fundamentals of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise for those ages 6 and up.

Published by Wizards of the Coast Books for Young Readers (WOTC), The Heroes of Hesiod combines action-adventure game play and subvert education to expand the world of Dungeons & Dragons to young players. Ritter’s book is available now. Morris’ The Heroes of Hesoid can be downloaded free from the WOTC website here.