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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
(108 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(29 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(49 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
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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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5 Expanded List of All Descent Abilities / Keywords
Simple document containing detailed description of all abilities acquired from the manuals and the most recent FAQ covering the base game and all the expansions.
2009-07-05
5 Descent Quest VASSAL Module
Updated for Descent Quest v0.87 Added: - 8 new Dungeon Cards - 2 new Objective Areas - Deck Splitting for forked paths Changed: - Cosmetic changes for Objective Area Cards - White space added at top of Event Cards This is a VASSAL Module for Mark Thomas' (TheGelatinousCube) excellent Descent Quest variant. See http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/419643 for more info.
2009-07-02
10 Descent Overlord Player Mat
Why should heroes be the only ones with a player mat? Overlord mat will reduce the number of tokens and cards used and will keep your table top organized. It contains a threat slider reaching up to 39, placeholders for overlord deck, discards and power cards as well as complete list of all monster statistics. Print on legal sized paper. Enjoy! [ImageID=508006large]
2009-06-29
6 Descent Player Summary Card
Summary covers base rules and the AOD, WOD and TOI supplements. If you print a page and re-insert flipped back to front, you'll get 4 double-sided cards (once you cut the page in quarters).
2009-06-15
20 Town Marker Replacement
Simple full page town marker replacement, providing place holders for all purchasable cards and giving an easy overview of everything heroes can do in town in form of town services such as temple, market, inn and glyph of transport. UPDATE: Well with the purchase of the Tomb of Ice expansion I found a need for more space for potions and cards. So here is an updated town marker replacement which will now hold relics and feat cards. This will now basically cover all of your hero related cards for all expansion packs, excluding extra cards in the Road to Legend. Also the look has been improved to make it more visually appealing. Print on legal size paper. Enjoy! [imageid=508753large]
2009-05-30
21 Descent player parchment mat - RtL compliant
[ImageID=484072 large] My version of a language-independent Descent player mat, with a bit of added 'chrome' that my fellow Fantasy Flight Games fans tend to appreciate. It tracks health to 39 and fatigue to 19, as well as having ample space for hero upgrades. For those playing Road to Legend, the Coins area can be utilized for further hero advances as the treasury is party shared. Skill cards are meant to be offset stacked on one another down the left side, so the skill text is still visible. Hope your Descent group can make use of it as well!
2009-05-17
0 Aide et fiche joueur + écran Seigneur (Français)
Ici pour l'aide. Voir mon site pour le reste : http://kratos38fr.googlepages.com/my_descent
2009-05-02
4 FF7 Descent Characters
GO TO: http://boardgamegeek.com/article/3421296#3421296 Warning, content may be overpowered. Do not expose to new Overlords. Consult your local Descent fan if conditions of euphoria, rage, confusion, or constipation last more than three games.
2009-05-01
0 Descent Tapis de jeu
Descent Mat including gameplay modifications and optionnal variants (French)
2009-04-30
0 Molten Core part 3
The third quest for the Molten Core series of quests. As stated previously this is a rough draft. Completed collection will be combined into one file and older versions deleted from BGG. So please input so I can fix where needed, Thank you.
2009-04-28
Statistics
User Rank: 64
Num Ratings: 3824
Average Rating: 7.57
Standard Deviation: 1.44
Num Views: 608009
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Users Owning: 4218
Users Wanting: 388
Users Trading: 90
Has Parts For Trade: 5
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Price History: View
Total Plays: 8166
Plays This Month: 50
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