Ever have the feeling that you're way behind the curve? I hadn't heard much about Neopets - by much I mean anything. They've got a BIG following - their channel on Instagram is a bit of a beast. Yet, somehow, I knew nothing about it. Well, I was about to get a crash course in a whole new world…
Neopia Quest is a cooperative dice management adventure board game from Ghostfire Gaming, where players take on the roles of their favourite Neopets, each joined by a loyal Petpet companion, to explore the vibrant world of Neopia. Travel to iconic locations, interact with beloved characters, and embark on story-driven quests filled with challenges, teamwork, and classic Neopets charm.
Each of the ten unique quests offers a different objective, setup, and gameplay twist. You and your fellow Neopets must work together to succeed. Whether you’re gathering rare ingredients for the Soup Faerie’s grand dinner party or disabling Dr. Sloth’s baby ray gun to save Neopia itself, every quest delivers a fresh cooperative experience. Neopia Quest combines route planning, pickup and deliver objectives, and resource management into a streamlined, accessible system that rewards communication, coordination, and clever decision making.
Adventure awaits across Neopia..
A while back I had the pleasure of reviewing Companion Quest from this team, which is a co-op dice management game with a surprising level of challenge, and I loved it. I’m happy to report that Neopia Quest is a big box, big budget upgrade of that game.
As with Ghostfire’s earlier release, don’t let the cutesy art style fool you. In Neopia World, these missions are made up of sequences of quests, each on its own large brightly illustrated and easy to read card. Complete the quest, flip the card, tackle the next. Quests are completed by fulfilling the objectives - collect all the red and green dice, for example, or collect dice of specific numbers. In 2 player mode you get 5 action points each – use them wisely…
Cooperation is key to success here. For 1 action point you can move, collect a die from a location, place a die on a quest card, exchange a die with your pal. You even have a random pet supporting your character, each with its own special action. Use this wisely, it can make the difference between success and failure. Oh yeah, and the time is ticking down…
The dice are nice bright colours, and each colour has unique pips, which is a nice touch. This is a challenging game, particularly on the hard quest I tested, and players will need to talk through their plans. This is an ideal game if you like to get your gaming group chatting and interacting (bring it to game night), but it’s thinky enough for solo players to enjoy as well - I’ve actually played a few quests through on my own a couple of times, as they play out differently every time depending on your initial set up rolls.
If you enjoy dice management games, I’d add this to your ‘Want’ list - it's one of the best examples I've tried - and you've got a couple of weeks left to grab it. Head here to find out more.
About the author:
Steve is currently a freelance board game blogger, but often dreams of life as a pirate, or as a ghost herder in the Lake District, or as an evil estate agent who sells haunted houses for his own dark pleasure. Instead of figuring out how to do these jobs in real life like a normal lunatic, he tries to write about them instead, and releases the resultant books upon the unsuspecting world via famous digital bookstores. More books are bound to follow. Find this peculiar entity here.
