DragonStrike (board game)
For the unrelated computer game, see DragonStrike (computer game).DragonStrike was a
1993 board game from
TSR, Inc. based on the
Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
DragonStrike was intended to serve as an introduction to the
D&D role-playing game, and used greatly simplified versions of the Basic D&D rules. The game came with several fold-out maps for use as the board, a number of plastic miniatures to represent the
player characters and monsters, and various other game pieces. Its most distinctive feature, however, was the inclusion of a
video tutorial on how to play the game. The video primarily used live actors, but was bolstered by then-cutting edge
3D graphics which were used to illustrate various
magical effects and monsters, such as the game's titular
dragon.
A later board game, also titled
DragonStrike, had nothing to do with the original board game or the
Dungeons & Dragons game. This later
DragonStrike game was released by
Hasbro (which had by this point bought out
Wizards of the Coast, the company that owned TSR, Inc.), and had the players race each other to escape from a motorized dragon.
