I'm looking to buy a real D&D game board, with all the pieces and brand new, but all i can find are extremely expensive sets. I am based in the UK and am looking to spend up to a max of £50, preferably less. Also, is there a certain board that i should buy? I know there are certain ones that you can build and others that are pre built, which one is better?
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1Note that D&D isn't a board game; the only kinds of boards that could be sold are either highly generic, to allow you to build your own, or extremely specific, only serving as a board for a particular location (as a part of a particular published adventure, perhaps). Most games of D&D don't really use anything like this, though I gather they can be nice. Just in case you're new to the hobby and think you need to buy one. – KRyan May 08 '14 at 17:47
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5You might want to take a look at I'm at a loss with “Dungeons and Dragons.” How does one play it, anyway? for a pretty good introduction to how it works. – KRyan May 08 '14 at 17:56
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There are also boardgames under the D&D brand, but they aren't typically what we're talking about when we speak of D&D – wax eagle May 08 '14 at 17:56
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Helpful links: what are roleplaying games (if you're curious), and the Stack Exchange for boardgames (where you'll find help with the D&D boardgames). – SevenSidedDie May 08 '14 at 18:00
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D&D isn't really a board game, per se. You can make a map, spread it out on a table, and put pieces on it to keep track of what's going on, and many people do this. But D&D doesn't come with one, and you don't really need one to play.
This said, the folks behind D&D have made some board games based on specific adventures. Castle Ravenloft is based on an old classic, for example, while The Legend of Drizzt is based on a series of novels that was itself spawned from a popular setting. I haven't actually played these, but I hear good things about them. The board games aren't really D&D, despite the branding, but they might make a decent introduction to some of the concepts behind it.
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