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Year Published
2005
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2 − 5
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Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
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Playing Time
240 minutes
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12 and up
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10 and up
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Descent: Journeys in the Dark
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Descent: Die Reise ins Dunkel
Descent: Reise ins Dunkel
Descent: Viaggi nelle Tenebre
Descent: Viaje a las tinieblas
Descent: Voyage dans les ténèbres
Odalent: Kalandok a mélyben
Η ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΗ: Περιπέτειες στα έγκατα της γης
ディセント 〜闇世界への旅立ち〜
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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.

Components:

  • 1 Rulebook
  • 1 Quest Guide
  • 20 Hero Sheets
  • 80 Plastic Figures
  • 12 Custom Dice
  • 180 Cards
  • 61 Map Pieces
  • 500+ other tokens/makers

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Descent: Journeys in the Dark
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Fantasy Flight Edition 2010
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Artist: Jesper Ejsing, John Goodenough, Frank Walls
Year: 2010
Product Code: VA11
Size: 11.60 x 23.25 x 4.00 inches
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Descent: Journeys in the Dark
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Fantasy Flight Edition 2009
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Artist: Jesper Ejsing, John Goodenough, Frank Walls
Year: 2009
Product Code: VA11
Size: 11.60 x 23.25 x 4.00 inches
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Η ΚΑΤΑΒΑΣΗ: Περιπέτειες στα έγκατα της γης
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Greek Edition
Publisher: Kaissa Chess & Games
Artist: Jesper Ejsing, John Goodenough, Frank Walls
Year: 2009
Size: 11.60 x 23.25 x 4.00 inches
8.00 pounds
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Descent: Viaje a las tinieblas
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Publisher: Edge Entertainment
Artist: John Goodenough, Frank Walls
Year: 2007
Product Code: EDGDE02
Size: 11.80 x 23.60 x 3.90 inches
3.00 pounds
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Descent: Die Reise ins Dunkel
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German edition
Publisher: Heidelberger Spieleverlag
Artist: Jesper Ejsing, John Goodenough, Frank Walls
Year: 2006
Size: 11.60 x 23.25 x 4.00 inches
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4 New idea to automate the Overlord making if full cooperative or solo playable v0.4
v0.1: Major change in the OL events. More different monster/traps/events v0.2: Change of the wording that the rules are more understandable. Range fighters got a permanent range bonus v0.3: Small change in the wording of "n * black dice" because in v0.2 it seemed that you have to start with 2 dice in the 1st round. Updated the description for traps. V0.4: Traps/events are now also adjusted to the number of heroes.
2012-05-09
6 Descent Overlord Player Reference
1 sheet (double sided) reference guide for the Overlord. Pretty much all the main, core rules condensed onto here. For base set only. Very loosely based on 'a willowisp's reference sheet
2012-03-11
5 Descent Augmented: Modular Variants by N.G. Martin (v0.9)
From the introduction: Rather than being a single ‘block’ variant, this is a compilation of modular, multi-tiered variant rules. The majority of these are original; others have been borrowed but significantly altered or expanded. The modules have various objectives in mind: some address Descent exploits, many address balance, some immersion; others, predictability; complexity; play time; and so on. DA modules assume that you are playing according to the latest official Fantasy Flight FAQ, and should be taken to overrule it wherever implied. I decided on a modular format for DA because currently nearly all of the variants for Descent that are worth employing require a total game conversion. Many people will be understandably unwilling to go to such lengths. Modularity means DA...
2012-03-08
9 Descent Hero Player Reference
1 sheet (double sided) reference guide for the heroes. Pretty much all the main, core rules condensed onto here. For base set only. Very loosely based on 'a willowisp's reference sheet
2012-03-03
4 Pócimas del Descent en cartas (potion cards)
Cartas para representar las pociones del Descent (todas las existentes). Creadas por fre3men | www.heroquest.es NOTA de impresión: Las dos primeras páginas es para poder imprimir las cartas de forma de referencia. Las demás para poder imprimir las cartas de las pociones de forma masiva.
2012-01-06
14 Descent Character Builder
Program that allows you to plan your Descent, RTL or SOB character from start to finish, with calculated xp and gold requirements, save & load functions and an option to create a printable .html file of your build. Beta version 1.6. New in v1.6: save & load functions. Requires the java runtime environment (JRE) to run.
2011-12-08
1 Official Terrinoth Character list English excel format
This is a list of all of the Fantasy Flight Games official Terrinoth Characters and from which expansions they are obtained. There is a great deal of crossover between all of the Terrinoth games. Runebound, Descent, and Runewars have the same 12 starting characters except Descent which also includes the 8 characters from Island of Dread. All of the Descent characters are present in Runebound expcept those from Well of Darkness. All of the Runebound characters are present in Descent except those from Midnight and the most recent release, Mists of Zanga. Dungeonquest says on the box it's a game set in the Runebound Universe. The Dungeonquest game contains 6 characters with cards for Runebound, Descent and Runewars.
2011-10-16
2 Descent Solo v3.0 - Automated Overlord in French
Jouez à Descent en Solo ou à plusieurs, chacun dans la peau d'un Héros, grâce au "Seigneur automatisé"
2011-10-15
1 Descent Dice Chart
Using Pierzasty's awesome die face images I threw together this chart and bought color-coded 6 sideds so my friend can play with us via Skype. Open to suggestions for improvements!...
2011-10-14
2 HVQ_New Descent Skill Cards_Wizardry
These are new Item and Skill cards, along with new Character sheets for Descent: Journeys in the Dark the Boardgame. Every card has new art and more information on the cards for reference. They are intended to be used for the Road to Legend expansion specifically but can be used in the normal game. I wanted to create a new way of organizing and equipping items similar to World of Warcraft the Boardgame. I also wanted the ability to make new cards, and or make adjustments to some of the originals, including fixes made by errata. You’ll notice that I took some liberties in this area. I changed some card names, added a few new cards, and made some small adjustments to others. The cards are also smaller, allowing for more room around the game table. Most of the art in these cards and...
2011-10-12
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