In the Wizkids Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game you play as a heroic adventurer. With amazing abilities, spells and magic weapons, you must explore the dungeons beneath the Sword Coast where you will fight monsters, overcome hazards and find treasure. Get ready for an adventure. This includes multiple scenarios; challenging quests and co-operative game play designed for one to five players. The contents can also be combined with other D&D Adventure System Cooperative play board games, including The Legend of Drizzt and Castle Ravenloft. Each player selects a hero, such as a fighter, cleric or wizard. On their turn, each player can explore further into the dungeon (turn over new tiles), move through the already explored parts of the dungeon and fight monsters. Slain monsters reward the players with treasure and experience points, allowing them to level up.
Players must cooperate to stay alive in this kids board game to slay the monsters and achieve the goal of their quest. Each scenario has a different goal, from retrieving a relic to slaying a large boss monster. There are many traps to trip up your hero's if they fail to disable them and there is a village for your heroes to explore and interact with. As you progress you are adding stronger monsters, tougher encounters, and more valuable treasure cards into the random decks making the campaign feel like it is ramping up the difficulty.