Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal cover
2023BGG rank #5,057

Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal

by Kristian Karlberg, Kenny Zetterberg · Avalon Hill

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Players1–4
Time30–60m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age12+

About the game

What is Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal?

The Yawning Portal is an iconic inn that attracts fascinating adventurers with two things in common: They're famished, and they have unique tastes in food. As part of the tavern's staff in Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal, you need to feed them by matching up food tokens with the orders pictured on their hero card. You earn colored gems (and points) for every matching food token, and a bonus for completing an order. The colored gems that appear most frequently on the board receive the highest value, so strategize to tip the scoring scale in your favor — and don't be afraid to use potions to make patrons love your food! Collect more points if you're the first to achieve an objective challenge or earn an endgame bonus. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

How it plays

Mechanics

Increase Value of Unchosen ResourcesMatchingPattern RecognitionRace

On the shelf

Categories

Fantasy

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