Lords of Waterdeep is an award winning strategy board game, set in the Dungeons & Dragons world of Waterdeep. Play as one of the masked Lords of the City of Splendor. Intrigue abounds as you recruit adventurers, via your agents, to quest on your behalf and spread your influence.
Wizards of the Coast and Playdek present the award-winning Dungeons & Dragons board game Lords of Waterdeep!
Welcome to Waterdeep, the City of Splendors! A city run by a secret society of masked Lords who rule with shady back-door dealings and unmatched political power. In Lords of Waterdeep players will play as one of these masked Lords and will need to recruit adventurers to go out and complete quests for them. The more quests they complete, the more control and influence they have over the city.
Players can expand the city by purchasing buildings that will open up new opportunities within the city walls. Intrigue cards can be used to help the player and may also either help or hinder their fellow Lords in their quest to become the supreme ruler of Waterdeep!
Lords of Waterdeep is a turn-based strategy game played in 8 rounds and can be played against AI or with up to 5 human players. Players take turns assigning their agents to do their bidding, whether it is to recruit new adventurers to their tavern or purchase a new building for the city. Points and resources are gained by completing quests, playing Intrigue cards, constructing new buildings or having other players utilize the buildings you have constructed. At the end of the 8 rounds bonus points are awarded and the player with the most points at the end wins the game.
Features
• Computer opponents and asynchronous cross platform multiplayer online play
• Options for 2-5 players (6 players with the Undermountain or Scoundrels of Skullport expansions)
• AI Opponents
• Asynchronous or real-time online play (2-5 players)
• Ability to invite Playdek friends to matches
• Public or Private online profile statistics
• Selectable online game clocks
• "Next game" button takes you to your next asynchronous online game
• In-game tutorial
• Rule Book and Card Gallery to review game text and effects
• Options for Music and SFX and animation speed
• Animated backgrounds
• Player ratings system
• Other player's Online status indicator
*AN INTERNET CONNECTION AND PLAYDEK ACCOUNT ARE REQUIRED FOR ONLINE PLAY.*
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Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
What players mention
Themes across 40 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Visuals & world
83% · 6
Gameplay & combat
67% · 6
Value & content
100% · 6
Performance & bugs
75% · 4
Story & quests
100% · 2
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
Player reviews (40)
Recommended11h playedFeb 2026
Lords of Waterdeep is not the greatest app in the world for playing a board game. It is one of the most underrated board games ever though. If you like worker placement games, this is probably one of the best "pure" worker placement games out there. It is fun with friends.
Recommended61h playedFeb 2026
Great digital version of the worker-placement board game. Easy pause, easy minimization, no bugs for me.
Recommended14h playedFeb 2026
Great game and the interface make this digital version easy to pick up.
Recommended50h playedMay 2026
Very fun just like the actual board game
Recommended39h playedMay 2026
This is a pretty good adaptation of one of the best board games on the market. Whether you play D&D or not; whether you know Realms lore or not; the game is nicely self-contained and requires only that you enjoy good worker placement games with a LOT of replayability.
The solo play option is good for practicing and learning but it is best played with some friends and an open voice channel so you can scream in frustration when someone blocks the space you need.
