- BGG rating
- 8.6
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread – Epic Hunt
- 1–4 players
- 60–120 min
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #391
- BGG rating
- 9.0
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread
2025
Rules assistance for Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread
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- 1–4 players
- 60–240 min
- 14+
- Complexity 3.3/5
For 1 player
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Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread is a board game released in 2025 for 1–4 players, 60–240 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Cody Miller and Ira Fay and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Storytelling.
Expansions
- BGG rating
- 8.4
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread – Fabled Fishing
- 1–4 players
- 10–240 min
- Complexity 3.0/5
- 2026
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About the game
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread is an open world, campaign-based, co-operative, fantasy-based, "green legacy" role-playing board game. The game of Arydia is built on four design pillars: Exploration, Progression, Combat, and Role-playing. Exploration — Make your way across the world map, discovering new locations, interacting with memorable characters, fighting vicious monsters, and scavenging long-lost treasures. The world pulls you in through detailed descriptions and artwork for each place you visit. Every location is unique, not randomized, and is built piece by piece as you explore. Progression — Arydia is played as a campaign over the course of a number of game sessions; you start each session right where you left off! As you play, the game keeps track of your actions and decisions. Your characters will grow in power, collecting new items, weapons, and skills. NPCs and locations will change, depending on how you interact with them. All of this progression is done using a simple, but powerful, index system, which allows for quick and easy set-up and tear down. Combat — Arydia features a tactical, co-operative combat system. Enemies are controlled by game cards and dice, while you and your companions work together to defeat them. Role-playing — Take on the roles of a wide cast of characters as you encounter them throughout your journeys. The incentive-based role-play system encourages you to engage in dramatic storytelling, without being intrusive. As a "green legacy" game, Arydia features all the hallmarks of a legacy game — packages to open, hidden information, progression, discovery, exploration — but allows you to reset the game when you have completed it so that you can start again or pass it on to someone else.
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- Rawstone
- Far Off Games
Questions and answers
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread supports 1–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread is 60–240 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread has a complexity rating of 3.3 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Fighting, and Exploration. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Storytelling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread are: Cody Miller and Ira Fay. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.