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Year Published
2005
# of Players:
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 5 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(124 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(36 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(57 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Descent: Journeys in the Dark
Alternate Names
Descent : voyage dans les ténèbres
Descent: Die Reise ins Dunkel
Descent: Reise ins Dunkel
Descent: Viaggi nelle Tenebre
Descent: Viaje a las tinieblas
Odalent: Kalandok a mélyben
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

Descent: Journeys in the Dark is a semi-cooperative game in which two to five players will take on the antagonistic roles of heroes and Overlord. Up to four players will choose characters with a wide assortment of skills and innate abilities to be the heroes who will explore dungeons in search of treasure and adventure. One player will take on the role of the Overlord and will control the dungeon's many traps, puzzles, and monsters.

The heroes' goal will be to cooperatively conquer the dungeon, seize its many treasures, and achieve other objectives as set by the scenario. If the heroes cooperate and achieve their goals, they will all win. The Overlord's objective is simply to use all the means at his or her disposal - from deadly traps and ferocious monsters - to kill the heroes. Each hero has a certain Conquest Point value to the party and if too many Conquest Points are lost through hero death, the party loses and the Overlord wins.

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24d 4h 48m
3d 2h 58m
8d 15h 26m
10d 8h 11m
13d 11h 9m
17d 11h 25m
19d 12h 39m
9d 11h 24m
10d 5h 24m
26d 10h 4m
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7 Doom monsters and weapons for Descent
This file contains 3 pages of cards made for "Doom in the Broken Crags", a scenario that combines Doom with Descent. A separate file contains the maps and descriptions. This file contains monsters, weapons, and items from Doom that have been converted into Descent. It also contains a few extra cards that were made specifically for the campaign.
2009-11-22
7 Doom in the Broken Crags
This is a campaign scenario that combines Doom with Descent (both games and all Descent expansions are required). This file contains the 7 level maps and the scenario descriptions. A separate file contains new cards (Doom monsters and weapons converted to Descent).
2009-11-22
7 Rules for Robot Overlord player
My First draft of rules for 1-4 players as heros with no overlord, Allows the play of any quest from the books, with 2 pages of simple rules. Play tested and seems to work well, any comments or questions feel free to contact me. The way you place flipped cards to the bottom of draw deck and redraw new ones was added so that the players will always be guessing what is in the overlords hand. and it still keeps the conquest loss from exhusting the draw deck the same as if a overlord player was playing.
2009-11-02
6 Descent Quest template for Dungeon maps and objectives
This is a Photoshop PSD template for making custom Dungeon Map cards and Objective cards for Descent Quest. Sample map art and objective art included (as well as card back art). Kelmscott font for the titles is editable. Other text should use Times New Roman font.
2009-10-28
1 Russian Descent Rules Reference
This is Russian translation of Descent Rules Reference.
2009-10-20
1 This is translation of all hero player card text into Russian language.
This is translation of all hero player card text into Russian language. Enjoy!
2009-10-15
4 Door template for Descent Quest
This is a Photoshop PSD file for making your own Door card for Descent Quest.
2009-10-12
3 Descent - Karta pomocy
Karta pomocy.
2009-10-12
3 Descent Dice Breakdown
A quick table showing the expected (average) values for each category for the black, red, blue, yellow, green, and white dice in the core game. The average column is the most important, as it takes into account the possibility of a miss. For example, the average range value when rolling a red die is 1, even considering you will miss 17% of the time.
2009-10-07
12 descent WART v1.1
Descent WART Tileset for TileSystem v1.1 (part 4 of 4) All images are copyright of Fantasy Flight Games (in 72 dpi).
2009-10-07
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Board Game Rank: 57
Num Ratings: 4401
Average Rating: 7.57
Standard Deviation: 1.43
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Users Owning: 4904
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Total Plays: 9320
Plays This Month: 13
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