About Help the Princess, from BoardGameGeek:
Help the Princess is a board game where players play a classic role of an RPG world character. The King is desperate and relies on a company of heroes to get his daughters in danger safely back to the castle. it is a competitive game but during the battles the hero can ask for help from the companions.
Help the Princess is a competitive game, but during the battles heroes can ask for help from the companions. Every face of the board is a new mission which can be played in a single game or in campaign mode. The game is for 1-4 player. Players will have to decide if and when to fight the monsters that plague the various villages along the route, when to buy cards from the village market and when use potions or evocations. Fighting,(with combat dice) summoning and buying cards at the best price will increase your experience points, while not fighting will make you advance on the path but without gaining any experience. In the game even the daughters of the king, the princesses are eager to help you in battle ... they love to use their long sword!
The player who brings the princess to safety and who has the most experience points wins.
Remember: you help the Princess, but without the Princess help you can't win!
Can you imagine a princess with a broadsword?
-description from the designer
