My group has basically given up on the idea that a game of Descent will be over in less than 6-8 hours, so faster gameplay will definitely be an improvement. Descent was to be BattlePawn's launch title, but development on this product was terminated on 13 June 2008 following creative differences with Fantasy Flight Games. They did that, it was the coop card expansions. There are 4 (2 more in Labyrinth of Ruin, 5 more in Shadow of Nerekhall) Universal Overlord Cards that the overlord player can spend experience points on after each quest. 5 level one, 2 level two and 1 level three.   Your previous content has been restored. Tokens indicate health, stamina, potions, and statistic enhancements. The heroes are attempting to complete a quest (usually kill a boss monster at the end of a set of rooms). Third edition and end of second edition confirmed? In fact, it had been my favorite dungeon-crawl for over 30 years, until Descent came along. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. By There are Skirmish Games with Dungeon Crawl Scenarios -- Frostgrave Perilous Dark ruleset and an upcoming Rangers of Shadowdeep expansion or Broken Legions. × The Warlord class focuses on creating more deadly monsters by giving them extra armor, more damage, multiple attacks, bonuses for defeating heroes, and allowing the overlord to spawn additional monsters. During gameplay the Overlord deck must always have at least 15 cards in it. 4 level one, 2 level two, and 1 level three. The arrangement of tiles and placement of various traps, special events, and treasures gives Descent a great deal of flexibility in comparison to many other board games. He is very offten talking about translations, projects and shares other stuff with the fan base. Further cards can be purchased using experience points as the campaign progresses. Descent: Journeys in the Dark is an addictive dungeon crawling board game designed by Kevin Wilson and published by Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). The Unkindness specializes in a Raven Flock that is always active once bought. In addition, heroes may also be punished for attacking monsters or healing. They also have a number of abilities which make them stronger and more effective than the majority of the monsters which the Overlord can summon. There are 7 Overlord Cards in the Enchanter class introduced in the Manor of Ravens expansion. Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition is a board game in which one player takes on the role of the treacherous overlord, and up to four other players take on the roles of courageous heroes. These are not level 2 cards that cost 2 experience points to purchase, but instead an alternate set of Basic cards called "Basic II". RTL rounds usually take a good 3-4. The players' Feat cards are unknown to the Overlord and, thus, provide an element of surprise counterbalancing the Overlord's card hand. It also provides many new tile pieces and new outdoor tiles. It offers 6 new heroes, 5 new types of monsters (such as Dark Priests and tentacled Chaos Beasts), new traps (such as crushing walls), and new quests. This application is made to speed up gameplay of Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition boardgame. The Overlord's resources are limited by the rules of the game, which require them to hoard and expend "threat" points, which are generated in response to the hero players' actions, in order to hamper the other players and to bring out additional monsters to defeat them. A vocal part of the community said they weren't interested because they wanted to play as Dark Side characters. Since then, several expansions plus hero, monster and lieutenant packs have been released for the second edition, which add quests, campaigns, secret rooms and additional overlord rules to the base game. He can use his cards to interact with that special fallen, some kind of familiar, called Servant, for the Overlord. Honestly it hasn’t been doing well because of endless edition release. Sure, seeing Uthuk as enemies would be cool, but it pales in comparison to being able to play them myself. In the base game, there are 4 universal cards each worth 1 experience point and each class has 4 level one cards, 2 level two cards, and 1 level three card in addition of the 3 basic classes.