I've tested this game in Beta, and I've had some good fun with it. It's an adaption of a board game that works rather well digitally, as the mechanics aren't overly complicated, and you'll get the hang of them pretty much okay after your first playthrough, where you realise what are the important parts in the game. Further on it's then about discovering the optimal gameplay paths that suit your style, and, of course, getting to know all the cards, events, monsters and such in the game. As in any RPG, you get to choose a hero, develop his/her skills, fullfill quests, battle beasts and fate itself, and, of course, receive rewards for all your efforts. Since we're talking board game here, you'll be making a lot of imaginary dice throwing, but at the same time the game has enough depth that you can definitely turn the odds in your favour, either by choosing the correct path through the game or by gauging the position you are currently in, so strategy and tactics do come in play here. You can play the game itself competitively, to beat your opponents in speed of finishing the main quests, but you can just as well play a friendly bout where you travel around the world and do good :-) You can be joined by up to 3 co-players, so you may play anything from a duel to a 4-player match, and when some of the players leave, it's okay, the game won't quit and continues with the remaining heroes (so you can, in the end, play solo). The heroes to choose are Geralt, Triss, Yarpen and Dandelion, witch each having a diverse set of skills you can use, different main quests, and so on, so it's a very unique experience playing as each of these characters (I liked Triss the best). All in all, I recommend this game, but one thing should be noted, and that is, of course, inherent to all board games, so it's not really a "downside" per se - after a time you will discover everything, so it starts to become repetitive, but as I said, this should be obvious from the genre of the game :-)
