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Year Published
2005
# of Players:
2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 5 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(121 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(34 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(56 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Descent: Journeys in the Dark
Alternate Names
Descent : voyage dans les ténèbres
Descent: Die Reise ins Dunkel
Descent: Reise ins Dunkel
Descent: Viaggi nelle Tenebre
Descent: Viaje a las tinieblas
Odalent: Kalandok a mélyben
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Families
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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.

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5 Rules for Robot Overlord player
My First draft of rules for 1-4 players as heros with no overlord, Allows the play of any quest from the books, with 2 pages of simple rules. Play tested and seems to work well, any comments or questions feel free to contact me. The way you place flipped cards to the bottom of draw deck and redraw new ones was added so that the players will always be guessing what is in the overlords hand. and it still keeps the conquest loss from exhusting the draw deck the same as if a overlord player was playing.
2009-11-02
3 Descent Quest template for Dungeon maps and objectives
This is a Photoshop PSD template for making custom Dungeon Map cards and Objective cards for Descent Quest. Sample map art and objective art included (as well as card back art). Kelmscott font for the titles is editable. Other text should use Times New Roman font.
2009-10-28
1 Russian Descent Rules Reference
This is Russian translation of Descent Rules Reference.
2009-10-20
1 This is translation of all hero player card text into Russian language.
This is translation of all hero player card text into Russian language. Enjoy!
2009-10-15
4 Door template for Descent Quest
This is a Photoshop PSD file for making your own Door card for Descent Quest.
2009-10-12
3 Descent - Karta pomocy
Karta pomocy.
2009-10-12
3 Descent Dice Breakdown
A quick table showing the expected (average) values for each category for the black, red, blue, yellow, green, and white dice in the core game. The average column is the most important, as it takes into account the possibility of a miss. For example, the average range value when rolling a red die is 1, even considering you will miss 17% of the time.
2009-10-07
12 descent WART v1.1
Descent WART Tileset for TileSystem v1.1 (part 4 of 4) All images are copyright of Fantasy Flight Games (in 72 dpi).
2009-10-07
5 Monster Spawn template for Descent Quest
This is a Photoshop PSD template for making Monster Spawn cards. The only editable fields are the monsters themselves (in Times New Roman font). There are TWO different styles for the spawning. The first is the normal DQ style with monsters listed in 3 configurations (depending on power die roll). The second is a numbered scheme for use in numbered spaces in the Dungeon Areas.
2009-09-28
15 The Enduring Evil
Rebalanced version of Descent, with improved player scaling, tougher monsters, 10 original quests and over 300 print-and-play cards. Can use WoD, AoD, ToI expansion components if you have them. (posted by designer) - This update includes missing definitions for Cold- and Heat-Immune.
2009-09-26
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 59
Num Ratings: 4311
Average Rating: 7.57
Standard Deviation: 1.43
Num Views: 723399
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Fans: 217
Personal Comments: 1572
Users Owning: 4775
Users Wanting: 420
Users Trading: 92
Has Parts For Trade: 5
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Total Plays: 9103
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