Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons Game Review

My kids and I really enjoyed Horrified: World of Monsters last fall, and any game that is a co-op game where players defeat monsters is a winner at this house. When our partners at Ravensburger reached out to see if we’d be interested in covering the new entry in the series, Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons, my 11-year-old put down their Dungeon Master’s Guide (the companion to the Player’s Handbook 5E, obviously) and screamed “DADDY, you need to review that game!”

We won’t be doing a full rules overview here. For more on the Horrified system—originally designed by the team at Prospero Hall, led by Peter Lee, with design and development in the Dungeons & Dragons edition provided by Mike Mulvihill—please check out our previous content on the 2019 original, 2021’s Horrified: American Monsters, 2023’s Horrified: Greek Monsters, and last year’s Horrified: World of Monsters.

A Swing and a Critical Miss!

After I did a quick solo play of Horrified: D&D to relearn the game’s systems, my family took the fight to the streets of Waterdeep and Undermountain in a three-player game the next day.

My 11-year-old selected the Bard. My eight-year-old went with the Fighter, and I picked the Rogue. (The…

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