2026Geoffrey Wood
- Videos
- 5
- Creators
- 4
1 - 5 players35 - 60 min

2023Geoffrey Wood
Mainly reviews and unboxings. Explorers of the Woodlands is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, 5 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Explorers of the Woodlands is a forest-themed cooperative dice game / dungeon crawler for 1 to 4 players. It combines all the best of tile placement, exploration, rolling dice and bashing monsters in a gorgeous setting, and comes with a fast paced classic game mode and a campaign mode. Gameplay: In classic game mode, players will explore a forest of over 20 tiles. At the end of each forest, a boss will spawn and the players will have to defeat it to win the game! During the Exploration phase, each player adds one tile to the Forest, making it bigger and bigger. During the Adventure phase, each player will play their character in turn order. The active player rolls 4 hero dice and places them on their hero board to select and know what actions can be performed for the turn. Depending on the dice results, players get moves, special actions and unique abilities! Loot cards acquired while killing monsters or found in the forest and during events will also help the heroes reach their goal! In addition to the standard game mode, the game comes with a 5-mission campaign with different objectives, special rules and components for an even greater replay value.
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Explorers of the Woodlands has 19 videos from 13 creators: 7 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs, 5 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to July 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Die Waldlande - Die Herbstneuheit 2023 von Mirakulus - Regeln 4K" by CoBo - Cooperative Board Games - kooperative Spiele, which runs 33 min. For a quicker teach, "Was ist.... Die Waldlande - Ein Überblick zum neuen Familien-Crawler - Kurz und Knapp" by CoBo - Cooperative Board Games - kooperative Spiele runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Boardgame Heaven How To Play & Review 148: Explorers of the Woodlands From the Woods Studio)" by Board Game Heaven. 6 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Boardgame Heaven Plays: Explorers of the Woodlands (From The Woods Games)" by Board Game Heaven, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Explorers of the Woodlands: Wildscale Swamps, also by Geoffrey Wood, or Intrepid, Tiny Epic Dungeons Adventures and RuneScape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg, which share several of its mechanics.
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2026Geoffrey Wood
1 - 5 players35 - 60 min
2021Jeff Beck (II), Jeff Krause
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2026Scott Almes
1 - 4 players60 - 90 min
2024Mat Hart, Sherwin Matthews, Fraser McFetridge, Jamie Perkins
1 - 5 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Explorers of the Woodlands is a forest-themed cooperative dice game / dungeon crawler for 1 to 4 players. It combines all the best of tile placement, exploration, rolling dice and bashing monsters in a gorgeous setting, and comes with a fast paced classic game mode and a campaign mode. Gameplay: In classic game mode, players will explore a forest of over 20 tiles. At the end of each forest, a boss will spawn and the players will have to defeat it to win the game! During the Exploration phase, each player adds one tile to the Forest, making it bigger and bigger. During the Adventure phase, each player will play their character in turn order. The active player rolls 4 hero dice and places them on their hero board to select and know what actions can be performed for the turn. Depending on the dice results, players get moves, special actions and unique abilities! Loot cards acquired while killing monsters or found in the forest and during events will also help the heroes reach their goal! In addition to the standard game mode, the game comes with a 5-mission campaign with different objectives, special rules and components for an even greater replay value.
Designer
Geoffrey Wood
Artist
Jiahui Eva Gao
Publisher
From The Woods Studio
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