My Digital to Analog Gaming Conversion

In the 21st century, going from video games to board games feels backwards.  I enjoy escapism entertainment and games (or anything interactive) has always been my preferred medium, followed closely by reading.

I grew up as the personal computer and later gaming consoles first entered people's homes.  Throughout my growing up I played both video games and tabletop games, most notably Dungeons and Dragons of the latter.  On the Atari I played Temple of Apshai, Zork, and many of the adventure/platforming games available on the Atari 800.  But, up until the mid-80's, there weren't any good substitutes for table-top gaming.

Comparing Some Dungeon Crawler Board Games

In 2015 there were a lot of fantasy based dungeon crawlers on Kickstarter.  I was just getting into hobby board gaming and has just gone a little crazy on Monolith's Conan and late pledged a few of these games looking for something to occupy my time around the time my son was born.  One of my favorite things in Age of Conan, and fantasy in general, is being immersed in a world.  As a fan of Robert E. Howard, AoC was my favorite MMO both for its fun combat but also for the great stories and the characters you meet.  I was looking for more stories and interesting characters in the board game medium.  I was looking for that RPG in a box and looking for something with solo play since I don't have a dedicated game group anymore due to life.