I love a good dungeon crawl, and my favorite way to experience one is not on a computer. While I love Dungeons & Dragons (yes, even 4th Edition which die-hard fans seem to despise), my game of choice is a table top board game called Descent.
Made by Fantasy Flight Games, the board game is now in its 2nd edition. I discovered this game about eight years ago through a close friend. It came in a giant box and was filled with dozens of plastic figures of monsters and heroes. Since that time, I’ve bought every expansion, and (yes, I admit it), become a regular on the manufacturer’s forums.
The basic premise is that 2-4 “heroes” play against an “Overlord.” The Overlord controls a dungeon and all the traps and monsters inside it. The heroes go into this dungeon and try to achieve some objective. In the original edition, the objectives were generally things like “Kill the boss monster.” But in the newer second edition, the objectives are far more compelling and complex. Second Edition dungeons are split into two parts, so whoever succeeds in the first part will have an advantage in the second.
Most of the games I’ve played over the years were with my brother. He and I had some great times playing 1-on-1 using the first edition. Recently though, I convinced some people in my writing group to sit down and play a full 2nd Edition campaign with me. After we recruited a nice husband-wife couple from our local gaming store, we had a full table for our campaign!
Let’s meet everyone:
If you’re familiar with Descent, here’s the status of our Second Edition campaign so far after two sessions:
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Act I
- First Blood: won by the Heroes
- The Cardinal’s Plight: Won by the Overlord
- The Masquerade Ball: won by the Heroes
- Forthcoming Quest
- Interlude: Forthcoming Quest
- Forthcoming Quest
- Forthcoming Quest
- Forthcoming Quest
- Finale: Forthcoming Quest
Act II
Some more pictures from our last session:
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