The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim - Adventure Board Game review: "It can really work, until it doesn't"

The Skyrim board game map on a wooden table, surrounded by cards and tokens.

I had high hopes for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim – Adventure Board Game. 

The Elder Scrolls series cemented my love of RPGs at a very young age. At just eight years old, I started exploring the sewers of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and when Skyrim launched just after I turned 13, it soon shot up to being my favorite genre. Part of what made this stick in my adolescent brain is just how easy it is to pick up and learn. If I started on Morrowind, my impatient little brain may have clicked off after getting lost in my first quest. However, Skyrim felt both overwhelmingly big yet easy to continue exploring in. Unfortunately, the Skyrim board game doesn't reach the same heights.