Two additional Minecraft-themed board games are coming from Ravensburger, the studio responsible for releasing Disney Villainous.

Apart from Disney Villainous and the aforementioned Minecraft board games, Ravensburger is also responsible for releasing The Castles of Burgundy – a board game about gaining control of the medieval French countryside – and The Quest for El Dorado. Heroes of the Village is very much a family/lightweight game. It is designed to be, and targeted for, an audience that likes the IP and wants a cooperative experience to play within the Minecraft world. There are, however, some fun elements within this game that makes it a very enjoyable game to enjoy with your family or friends. The other new tabletop title based Minecraft that’s being published by Ravensburger is Minecraft: Heroes of the Village. A co-op board game for one to four players, Heroes of the Village has the group working together to protect their home from invading Illagers. Ulrich Blum – who created Minecraft: Builders & Biomes - is the designer responsible for creating Minecraft: Portal Dash, with Christian Fiore and Knut Happel, who have both previously worked together on the card game Pearls. Wheels lists some of the best co-op board games out there. Tasked with preventing the mobs from destroying buildings and spreading chaos, the players will need to come together to find the resources they’ll need to build whatever it takes to slow them down. To find the required resources, the players will need to explore the board, fighting off the hordes along the way. Besides each other, players will also have the help of their various animal companions, which will grant them special abilities in the video game board game.

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Each player also has a pet which offers a unique special power/ability. They are not groundbreaking but they do offer some variation and uniqueness to your character. There is also a decent supply of buildings, all of which require different resources to build. This keeps the game fresh. Seattle, Wash. October 11, 2022 – Ravensburger, the acclaimed publisher behind award-winning board games and high-quality toys and puzzles, will release two new cooperative Minecraft tabletop titles: Minecraft: Portal Dash and Minecraft: Heroes of the Village. In Minecraft: Portal Dash, players must find a way to escape the fiery Minecraft underworld. In Minecraft: Heroes of the Village, players must rebuild their village to prepare for an impending Illager raid. Minecraft: Portal Dash will be available widely in November 2022, and Minecraft: Heroes of the Village will be coming to Target in November 2022 and available widely in January 2023. At the end of a player’s turn they roll the Illagers die and perform the action depicted on it. This may move the Illagers one space forward or is blank and nothing happens. The game ends when all three buildings have been constructed and the players win. If the Illagers reach the villager then the players collectively lose. Final Thoughts

Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. Ravensburger has announced two new Minecraft based board games: Minecraft: Portal Dash and Minecraft: Heroes of the Village. Both games will be cooperative and will see players teaming up to either escape the Minecraft underworld or to save their village from impending Illager Raids. You can learn more about each game below:

After publishing Minecraft: Builders & Biomes in 2019, Ravensburger has announced that it will be releasing two new board games – in collaboration with Mojang, the company behind Minecraft - based on the popular video game series. Minecraft: Builders and Biomes was a huge hit, and we heard from fans that they loved fighting mobs and also wanted a game for younger players,” said Cassidy Werner, Head of Games at Ravensburger North America. “We decided to give them both. Minecraft: Portal Dash allows players to fight mobs to their heart’s content, whereas Minecraft: Heroes of the Village is a lighter cooperative game for ages seven and up that includes animal companions. Both games are designed in collaboration with the Mojang, so they truly capture everything players love about the world of Minecraft in tabletop form.” Whilst we will do everything we can to meet the delivery times above, there may be factors outside of our control and we cannot guarantee delivery within this time frame. There is the added timer in the game of the Illagers advancing closer towards you. It adds tension to the game, especially for the younger audience. There is always the audible gasp from the younger board gamers when you roll the Illager die at the end of your turn and the Illagers move a step closer.

Minecraft is a very popular IP these days. There are several Minecraft games out now so how does Heroes of the Village play? Well, lets find out.

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