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2006
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2 − 5
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Best with 5 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
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Playing Time
120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
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12 and up
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Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
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Descent: The Well of Darkness
Alternate Names
Descent: Die Quelle der Finsternis
Descent: El Pozo de las Tinieblas
Descent: Il Pozzo dell'Oscurità
Descent: Le puits des ténèbres
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This is the first expansion for Descent. It includes new monsters (with figures), heroes, treasures, effects, scenarios, props, and more! It also features options for the Overlord player to customize his deck for each scenario.

Deep in the bowels of the world, there lies a chasm that was sealed over a millennium ago. Within it lies a force of evil so great that, were it to be unleashed, it would plunge the world into a thousand years of darkness.

Before you can face that challenge, however, you'll battle your way through dank tunnels, trapped temples, and even volcanoes to prove your worth. You'll face a host of new tricks, traps, and other lethal obstacles over the course of your quest, including scything blades, rolling boulders, and boiling hot lava.

Descent: the Well of Darkness features six new heroes, tricky kobolds, bloodsucking ferrox, and unstoppable golems. Heroes will find more skill and treasures at their disposal, including six new relics and a new type of potion. The Overlord, on the other hand, gains the ability to customize his deck before every game, putting in devastating new trap, event, and spawn cards.

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Components:

  • Rulebook
  • 6 Hero Sheets
  • 6 Plastic Heroes
  • 27 Plastic Monsters
    • 12 Tan and 6 Red Plastic Kobolds
    • 4 Tan and 2 Red Plastic Ferrox
    • 2 Tan and 1 Red Plastic Golems
  • 110 Cards
    • 6 Monster Reference Cards
    • 39 Overlord Cards
    • 4 Fighting Skill Cards
    • 4 Subterfuge Skill Cards
    • 4 Wizardry Skill Cards
    • 12 Town Store Cards
    • 6 Copper Treasure Cards
    • 8 Silver Treasure Cards
    • 9 Gold Treasure Cards
    • 6 Relic Cards
    • 12 Replacement Descent: Journeys in the Dark Cards
  • 10 Map Pieces
    • 1 Room Piece
    • 3 Corridor Pieces
    • 4 Intersection Pieces
    • 2 Dead End Pieces
  • 73 Prop Markers
    • 48 Obstacle Markers
    • 23 Trap Markers
    • 2 Staircase Markers
  • 1 Bolt Template
  • 33 Effect Tokens
    • 14 Bleed Tokens
    • 14 Daze Tokens
    • 2 Burn Tokens
    • 2 Web Tokens
    • 1 Stun Token
  • 26 Treasure Markers
    • 9 Power Potion Markers
    • 11 Money Markers
    • 6 Relic Markers
  • 2 Miscellaneous Markers
    • 1 Furr the Spirit Wolf Marker
    • 1 Haunt Marker
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Year: 2010
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
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Descent: Die Quelle der Finsternis
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Publisher: Heidelberger Spieleverlag
Artist: Jesper Ejsing, John Goodenough, Frank Walls
Year: 2007
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
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Publisher: Edge Entertainment, Ubik
Artist: Jesper Ejsing, John Goodenough, Rafał Hrynkiewicz, Frank Wallsmore»
Year: 2007
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
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Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Artist: Jesper Ejsing, John Goodenough, Frank Walls
Year: 2006
Product Code: VA28
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
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1 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 can...
2012-04-06
2 Descent - The Well of Darkness opisy Questów
Przetłumaczone na język polski opisy Questów z Descent - The Well of Darkness.
2011-09-13
1 Summary of all abilities and lingering effects in Polish
Zebrane do kupy (jakimś cudem na jednej stronie) wszystkie specjalne zdolności, efekty żetonowe (typu podpalenie, krwawienie) i wpływ wszystkich terenów (typu błoto, mgła, wirujące ostrza), z: Descent: Road to Legend, Descent: The Well od Darkness Descent: Altar of Despair Descent: Road to Legend One page (sic!) summary in polish of all special abilities, lingering effects and obstacles and props from: Descent: Road to Legend, Descent: The Well od Darkness Descent: Altar of Despair Descent: Road to Legend
2010-03-29
3 Polish treasures/ Tłumaczenie kart skarbów
Amatorskie tłumacznie kart skarbów. Translation of treasure cards for polish.
2010-01-13
2 Polisch Overlord cards/ Karty Hegemona
Amatorskie tłumaczenie kart Overlorda z dodatku WoD - przygotowałem je dla siebie do naklejenia na karty. Translation Overlords cards for Polish.
2010-01-13
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
0 The Old Man's Inn
A "timed" quest designed by myself that needs playtesting. Anyone? I am hoping it has a different feel than many quests as it is timed and the Bosses have a couple of special abilities that could make for an interesting climax!
2008-12-14
1 Polish Rules
Tłumaczenie instrukcji na j.polski.
2008-12-09
0 Referenz / Kurzanleitung
Referenz zum Regelwerk von Descent und Quelle der Finsternis
2008-11-20
1 Expansion Familiar Cards
Based on 950Rav's Familiar cards of the base game, these cards add the familiars from Well of Darkness and Altar of Despair.
2008-04-23
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