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Something Different – Descent 2nd Edition.

My brother and I are wondering if there is any interest in running through some Descent 2nd Ed scenarios at some point later this month.  We have everything needed (All 1st edition modules and most of the 2nd edition) but we will just be running some one offs from the 2nd ed.

The game supports 4 Hero players and 1 DM. I’ve tried it with more but the game gets seriously wonky.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Descent, or perhaps only familiar with the 1st Edition, Descent 2nd edition is essentially a board game dungeon crawl where the DM is trying his hardest to kill all the Heroes.  But the Heroes (even at low levels) are powerful enough to cut down hordes of not-orcs and ape-men like wheat.

Hero Players have a huge selection of pre-generated characters to use and can select from multiple classes to play.

The DM player can chose from an huge array of monsters to throw at the Heroes, from Kobolds to Lich-dragons and some very nasty spells.

Unlike 1st Edition (of which there are many horror stories) the game is very balanced between the DM and Hero players, and plays fast.   While a 1st Edition scenario might take 3 hours to play, in 2nd Edition you could easily run 4-6 in that amount of time.

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/104162/descent-journeys-in-the-dark-second-edition