2022Isaac Childres
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1 - 4 players90 - 180 minVery heavy weight

2022Tim Burrell-Saward, Isaac Childres, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Brian Neff
Mainly reviews and unboxings. Return to Dark Tower is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 43 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 26 recorded sessions, 28 unboxings, and 22 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
For an age, the tower lay in ruins. Unbeknownst to the people of the realm, a great evil stirred in its bowels. It started with strange sightings: a flock of crows flying in circles until they dropped from the sky, the lake frozen solid in the height of summer. In time, they could not deny that which they most feared. The evil had not been vanquished. The darkness would soon fall again. The tower will rise. A "sequel" to the 1981 grail game, Return to Dark Tower is a game for 1-4 players who take the role of heroes. Together, they gather resources, cleanse buildings, defeat monsters, and undertake quests to build up their strength and discern what foe ultimately awaits them. When the heroes face the tower, the game shifts into its dramatic second act, where the players have one chance to defeat the enemy once and for all. The game features both cooperative and competitive modes of play. The game features traditional game mechanisms, such as engine building and resource management, paired with a technological interface unlike any seen before in games, including the titular tower, which holds more than a few secrets. -description from the publisher
Return to Dark Tower has 125 videos from 70 creators: 43 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 26 playthroughs, 28 unboxings and 22 other videos. They date from 2018 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Return To Dark Tower - How To Play" by Watch It Played, which runs 36 min. For a quicker teach, "Return to Dark Tower painted miniatures" by Jocinetu Painting Studio runs 11 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Return to Dark Tower Sneak Peek (Prelude) & First Impressions" by Game Boy Geek. 39 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Return to Dark Tower Play-through" by The Dice Tower, one of 26 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Frosthaven, Gloomhaven and Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, also by Isaac Childres, or Cthulhu: Death May Die, also by Rob Daviau. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2019, PAX Unplugged 2019 and Gen Con 2018.
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1 - 4 players90 - 180 minVery heavy weight
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From BoardGameGeek:
For an age, the tower lay in ruins. Unbeknownst to the people of the realm, a great evil stirred in its bowels. It started with strange sightings: a flock of crows flying in circles until they dropped from the sky, the lake frozen solid in the height of summer. In time, they could not deny that which they most feared. The evil had not been vanquished. The darkness would soon fall again. The tower will rise. A "sequel" to the 1981 grail game, Return to Dark Tower is a game for 1-4 players who take the role of heroes. Together, they gather resources, cleanse buildings, defeat monsters, and undertake quests to build up their strength and discern what foe ultimately awaits them. When the heroes face the tower, the game shifts into its dramatic second act, where the players have one chance to defeat the enemy once and for all. The game features both cooperative and competitive modes of play. The game features traditional game mechanisms, such as engine building and resource management, paired with a technological interface unlike any seen before in games, including the titular tower, which holds more than a few secrets. -description from the publisher
Designers
Tim Burrell-Saward, Isaac Childres, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Brian Neff
Artists
JJ Ariosa, James Bousema, Tim Burrell-Saward, Lindsay Daviau, Hakan Diniz, Chad Hoverter, Garrett Kaida, Qistina Khalidah and 3 more
Publisher
Restoration Games
Mechanics