[4E] Castle Ravenloft as a lite RPG?

[Finarvyn]

Just opened the box for the Castle Ravenloft board game and I immediately wondered if the rules could become a "4E lite" type game.

Heroes are rated by:

• Armor Class
  
• Hit Points
  
• Speed
  
• Surge Value
  
• and then they get a few Power Cards

Monsters are rated by:

• Armor Class
  
• Hit Points
  
• Attack
  
• Damage
  
• and then they get special abilities and a blurb on "tactics"

There are also some (very, very short) rules for advancing in levels.

I'm wondering if one could take this basic structure and put together a RPG-style doccument for general character play. It might be a lot like "microlite", which is quite trimmed down but a lot of folks like to play.

Anyone try this already? Would it have enough detail to be fun? Any suggestions? Etc.

[Finarvyn]

A fun quote from outskirtsofinfiniti on Dragonsfoot:

I was hoping to play a second game tonight, this time with my wife. However, she said the game smells too bad for her to play tonight. The freshly opened game puts out some serious fumes (I guess all those new plastic minis). After all that time punching the tiles, checking the extensive list of components, reading the rules, and playing the game, I need some fresh air, too. So I've put the game in another room to air out.

[kenmeister]

Not directly answering your question, but I read through all the reviews on Amazon about this board game - because I love board games - and though most of them were positive, I got enough of a sense of the game to believe that I would find it horribly boring.

[verhaden]

I bought it. Wouldn't mind selling it.

It can be fun, but it found it rather... empty.

[Finarvyn]

Feb 17, 2011 20:26:48 GMT -6 verhaden said:

I bought it. Wouldn't mind selling it.

Unfortunate, since I just bought mine today.

Feb 17, 2011 20:26:48 GMT -6 verhaden said:

It can be fun, but it found it rather... empty.

Reminds me of HeroQuest, which my kids really enjoyed playing. Of course, they were younger then. Now they might not find it so cool....