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Descent

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Descent Journeys in the Dark combines elements of a tactical miniature board game in a new way with classic fantasy role playing. One player plays the Overlord, who is not interested in successful heroes. His aim is the failure of their mission and his means provided by game components give him overpowering faculties. Up to four heroes can only succeed with astute action and cooperation. There are variable boards and scenarios, the game flow follows the usual scheme: Enter rooms, turn up tiles, enact, implement and master events, collect items and fight monsters.

There is always one turn for each player, first for all heroes in order of their choice, and then for the Overlord.

The 2^nd edition of Descent is based on the 1^st edition of the game. The system for characters and combat has been revised and you can either play an epic campaign or play the various missions/adventures separately. Again the Overlord is confronted with up to four heroes. The goals vary depending on the scenario and you always win as a group. New are defense dice, simplified rules for “line of sight” and a new mechanism for the powers of the Overlord. Rules for a campaign, in which several adventures make up a continuing story, allow for development of heroes’ abilities and improvement of their equipment, but also for more powers for the Overlord.

Once again there must be praise for the fantastic graphics and the amount and quality of the components; the revision has condensed the game and made it more accessible at the same time, but you still need some gaming experience for it, especially if you play the Overlord!

Players: 2-4

Age: 14+

Time: 240+

Designer: Adam Sadler, Corey Konieczka, Daniel Clark

Art: Alex Aparin, Dallas Mehlhoff und Team

Price: ca. 60 Euro

Publisher: Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2012

Web: www.hds-fantasy.de

Genre: Fantasy, Adventure

Users: For experts

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Revised new edition of Descent

Fantastic art work

Can be played as a campaign

Gaming experience necessary

Compares to:

Descent 1. Edition and other fantasy adventure games

Other editions:

FFG, USA; Arclight, Japan; Edge Entertainment, Spain, Galakta, Poland; Wargames Club Publishing, Chinese; Giochi Uniti, Italy

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0