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Descent definitely totally not 3.0
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13 Aug 2021 15:46 #325555
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I'll bet Twister sales have not been so hot lately.
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Shellhead wrote: I suppose that someone could make Twister into an app-based game, but then players would lose the tactile sensation of humping their friends.
I'll bet Twister sales have not been so hot lately.
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13 Aug 2021 15:55 #325556
by jason10mm
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So is this a board game with a robot gm or a video game with a $175 fancy cardboard controller a la "Steel Battalions"?
I'm going to give it a year or so to see how it shakes out. Let that new car smell fade a bit to see just how much folks really dig it. Does it have a lot of casual appeal or is it just for the die hard dungeon crawl folks to get an easy fix?
Knowing FFG there a bazillion blister pack mini add ons, card deck add ons, and now probably cardboard terrain packs in the works.
As well as a Star Wars version.....
I'm going to give it a year or so to see how it shakes out. Let that new car smell fade a bit to see just how much folks really dig it. Does it have a lot of casual appeal or is it just for the die hard dungeon crawl folks to get an easy fix?
Knowing FFG there a bazillion blister pack mini add ons, card deck add ons, and now probably cardboard terrain packs in the works.
As well as a Star Wars version.....
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13 Aug 2021 16:54 #325559
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I hate you all, ordered, but on customer hold till I can mentally deal with my weakness. But my son and I are near the end of the Sword and Sorcery campaign...
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13 Aug 2021 17:31 #325561
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I think it has more casual appeal than the other Descent games.
I would wager that the best player count is 2. Solo and you ask yourself why not a video game. So far we’ve handled reading/decision making pretty well at 2. More than 2 and it might be a tad more cumbersome given the interaction with the app. Probably then you would want one person running app interface — not a dealbreaker but a bit slower
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jason10mm wrote: So is this a board game with a robot gm or a video game with a $175 fancy cardboard controller a la "Steel Battalions"?
I'm going to give it a year or so to see how it shakes out. Let that new car smell fade a bit to see just how much folks really dig it. Does it have a lot of casual appeal or is it just for the die hard dungeon crawl folks to get an easy fix?
Knowing FFG there a bazillion blister pack mini add ons, card deck add ons, and now probably cardboard terrain packs in the works.
As well as a Star Wars version.....
I think it has more casual appeal than the other Descent games.
I would wager that the best player count is 2. Solo and you ask yourself why not a video game. So far we’ve handled reading/decision making pretty well at 2. More than 2 and it might be a tad more cumbersome given the interaction with the app. Probably then you would want one person running app interface — not a dealbreaker but a bit slower
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15 Aug 2021 14:32 #325606
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Fourth scenarios and about 8 hours in…this one blew me away.
The reality of it is that this is MUCH more than a dungeon crawler. This is a full blown RPG adventure. The level of detail and specificity is unmatched, only Gloomhaven really comes close.
Sessions are about 2 hours on the mark every time so far. One thing that is REALLY nice is that is fairly easy, if you are short on time, to kind of abbreviate some things. It was like 3am last night so when there were no combat encounters happening I shifted to doing allowing searches/explore actions if the character is in the same room and also allowing for one explore action to do multiple times. I don’t feel like it tremendously impacted the game, but I wouldn’t do it if there was a time pressure element involved.
Every session feels like a full adventure from start to finish…I would really like to see one-offs and maybe even hour long mini-adventures.
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Went to the manse of a wizard that taught at the school Syrus got expelled from. He gets us all around a table and gives his “ha ha, I’m a bad guy” speech and dips. The front doors bust open and baddies come in. We dispatch them. Then we are left in this chamber with some bookshelves and a couple of doors. I poke around the bookshelves and…one slides to the side and reveals a secret door witty a magical puzzle locking it. So then we had to find the wizard’s notes to figure out the puzzle. While more baddies kept busting through the front door. It got hectic but then I realized that I needed to NOT be just killing the enemies and get someone doing the search. So I sent Kehli through one door and she found a prison that held a Wight he had been experimenting on. Chance went the other way and found some decent treasures in a study. Once we had all the clues, I actually had to solve the puzzle (not super hard but fun) and the secret door opened. There was a pool with all these dragon eggs in it and the wizard was on top of this big platform suspended over it. He was doing these elemental chants and I noted that the eggs corresponded to the Terrinoth magical elements. But I failed every check to interact with them. So instead, we cut the chains suspending the platform and it crashed down, enabling us to run up and get with the stabbing.
The reality of it is that this is MUCH more than a dungeon crawler. This is a full blown RPG adventure. The level of detail and specificity is unmatched, only Gloomhaven really comes close.
Sessions are about 2 hours on the mark every time so far. One thing that is REALLY nice is that is fairly easy, if you are short on time, to kind of abbreviate some things. It was like 3am last night so when there were no combat encounters happening I shifted to doing allowing searches/explore actions if the character is in the same room and also allowing for one explore action to do multiple times. I don’t feel like it tremendously impacted the game, but I wouldn’t do it if there was a time pressure element involved.
Every session feels like a full adventure from start to finish…I would really like to see one-offs and maybe even hour long mini-adventures.
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15 Aug 2021 15:48 #325610
by jason10mm
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Classic gamer. "It's a fantastic well rounded rpg adventure in just 2 hours...... wish it was shorter" 
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15 Aug 2021 17:50 #325613
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Nah, at 2 hours it’s just right- but I’d like to be able to bust it out a smaller scenario from time to time.
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17 Aug 2021 01:42 - 17 Aug 2021 01:44 #325676
by Michael Barnes
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Scenario 5-
There’s been a lot of “the writing is bad” talk. Folks, there ain’t ever been a board game with great writing and dialogue. This game is on par or better across the board. But the -scenario- writing is possibly the best I’ve ever seen in a DC.
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Features a fucking DREAM SEQUENCE where the elf has to go into this dream to open a gate. You have to fight the boss in the dream and in the real world while protecting the elf. I failed the quest, but thank god this is a fail forward game- the story continues, no replaying a failed scenario which I -hate.
There’s been a lot of “the writing is bad” talk. Folks, there ain’t ever been a board game with great writing and dialogue. This game is on par or better across the board. But the -scenario- writing is possibly the best I’ve ever seen in a DC.
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18 Aug 2021 18:53 #325811
by Frohike
Replied by Frohike on topic Descent definitely totally not 3.0
*sigh*
I'm in... fuckers.
I'm in... fuckers.
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19 Aug 2021 10:49 #325828
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I've got a copy of Gloomhaven that I haven't played yet that's immunizing me from that.
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19 Aug 2021 11:31 #325829
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Noble Knight it. They’ll pay shipping.
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24 Aug 2021 20:19 #326012
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Michael, you gave the impression that time is not as limited as in MoM2 (lots to see but you need to be efficient with your time ao you'll skip lots of stuff). I take it this is not happening in this Descent?
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08 Sep 2023 16:15 #340472
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Threadomancy alert: I don't know what it is that reminded me of this thread, but I remember that it was quite the wrangling over reviews/promotions, Vasel, whether the game was worth it, etc. It's now two years later and there were a fair number of proclamations that not only was this the new generation of dungeon crawlers, but would also inspire a bunch of imitations because it was so groundbreaking. Given that Descent 3.0 has only had one expansion in those two years and there didn't seem to be a proliferation of crawlers in the time since then, I was wondering what people thought about it, 'lo these many months (and presumed sessions) since the game's release? MB was the only unabashed fan by the end and he's no longer in the board game scene.
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08 Sep 2023 19:21 #340473
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I’m getting old. This felt like yesterday.
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09 Sep 2023 02:53 - 09 Sep 2023 02:57 #340480
by Frohike
Replied by Frohike on topic Descent definitely totally not 3.0
I'd forgotten this was still a product line (repeat for pretty much every non-LCG game released by FFG in the past 5 years or so).
My personal reaction to it: it felt like an effort to play and not one that was entirely worth it. Also waaay too much time spent staring at a tablet (or its mirrored version on the TV screen).
My personal reaction to it: it felt like an effort to play and not one that was entirely worth it. Also waaay too much time spent staring at a tablet (or its mirrored version on the TV screen).
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