Descent: Journeys in the Dark is a 2 to 5 player high fantasy adventure board game published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005. Descent was designed and produced by Kevin Wilson. The game is not related to the video game Descent, but rather is based on an improved version of the mechanics of FFG's licensed '. In Descent, players take the roles of adventurers who delve into underground complexes in search of treasure.

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  • Descent: Journeys in the Dark is a 2 to 5 player high fantasy adventure board game published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005. Descent was designed and produced by Kevin Wilson. The game is not related to the video game Descent, but rather is based on an improved version of the mechanics of FFG's licensed '. In Descent, players take the roles of adventurers who delve into underground complexes in search of treasure. One player takes the role of the Overlord, who controls the enemies and plays cards to hinder the hero players. Descent differs from other games in the genre in that the Overlord player's goal is to win by exhausting the other players of victory points, rather than merely to facilitate play. The Overlord's resources are limited by the rules of the game, which require him 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. Descent is one of a number of fantasy board games published by FFG, others include Runebound and licensed Warcraft III, World of Warcraft and several The Lord of the Rings games. Descent shares the same characters with Runebound and its expansion set. The first expansion, Descent: Well of Darkness, was released on October 26, 2006. A second expansion Descent: Altar of Despair was released February 2007 and a third expansion, Descent: Road to Legend which includes campaign rules, was released in March 2008. A fourth expansion, Descent: Tomb of Ice is also available, providing additional features. In October 2006, Board Games Online announced that they were working on an online PC version of Descent: Journeys in the Dark for their BattlePawn 3D boardgame engine. 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.
  • Descent: viaggi nelle tenebre è un gioco di ruolo da tavolo di avventure sotterranee. Può essere giocato da 2 a 5 giocatori: fino a 4 di questi impersonano degli eroi (guerrieri, maghi, ladri o vie di mezzo) mentre un giocatore impersona il Signore Supremo, una potente entità che cerca di ostacolare gli eroi con poteri, trappole o evocando mostri (che variano da piccoli uomini bestia a possenti draghi). Gli eroi devono esplorare pericolosi e oscuri dungeon cercando di risolvere una missione, che può essere uccidere un mostro molto potente, trovare sacre reliquie o salvare qualcuno. Gli eroi, durante l' esplorazione, possono trovare tesori ed equipaggiamenti, e possono trovare monete d' oro da spendere in città per rendersi più forti. In descent non c' è un semplice tabellone di gioco sempre uguale, ma ci sono vari tasselli di mappa assemblabili, per rendere ogni avventura sempre diversa. Spetta al Signore Supremo assemblare la mappa a seconda della missione intrapresa, e sempre a lui spetta il compito di narrare la storia della missione, evocare e comandare i mostri che ostacolano gli eroi, e piazzare gli oggetti presenti nella mappa. Solo il Signore Supremo sa che cosa aspetta affrontare agli eroi in ogni determinata mappa. Il Signore Supremo, ogni volta che gli eroi visitano una area della mappa ancora sconosciuta, piazza in quest' ultima tutto ciò che gli eroi "vedono", cioè mostri, tesori, scrigni e pozioni. Il Signore Supremo ottiene la vittoria se gli eroi perdono tutti i loro segnalini conquista, che vengono persi ogni volta che vengono uccisi in base alla loro potenza. Gli eroi vincono se completano la missione a loro assegnata.
  • Descent: Journeys in the Dark is een bordspel van Fantasy Flight Games, waarin een groep avonturiers een ondergrondse ruimte betreedt om schatten te vinden en monsters te verslaan. Het spel is geschikt voor minimaal 2 spelers, waarbij 1 speler de rol van de 'Overlord' op zich neemt. Deze speler probeert de avonturiers het leven zuur te maken.
  • Descent: Journeys in the Dark är ett äventyrsbrädspel i fantasyutformning för 2-5 spelare utgivet av Fantasy Flight Games 2005. Spelet är designat och producerat av Kevin Wilson. Spelet är baserat på en påbyggd version av spelmekaniken till Doom: The Board Game. I Descent tar spelarna på sig rollen som Heroes som söker sig ned i underjorden i jakt på skatter. En spelare tar på sig rollen som the Overlord, vilken styr fienden och spelar kort för att hindra spelarna som spelar hjältar. Descent skiljer sig från andra spel i genren då Overlordens mål är att vinna genom att göra slut på hjältarnas Victory Points, istället för att bara styra och underlätta spelandet. Descent är ett i raden av fantasybrädspel utgivna av Fantasy Flight Games, bland vilka kan nämnas Runebound och flera Sagan om ringen-spel.
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  • Descent: Journeys in the Dark is a 2 to 5 player high fantasy adventure board game published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005. Descent was designed and produced by Kevin Wilson. The game is not related to the video game Descent, but rather is based on an improved version of the mechanics of FFG's licensed '. In Descent, players take the roles of adventurers who delve into underground complexes in search of treasure.
  • Descent: viaggi nelle tenebre è un gioco di ruolo da tavolo di avventure sotterranee. Può essere giocato da 2 a 5 giocatori: fino a 4 di questi impersonano degli eroi (guerrieri, maghi, ladri o vie di mezzo) mentre un giocatore impersona il Signore Supremo, una potente entità che cerca di ostacolare gli eroi con poteri, trappole o evocando mostri (che variano da piccoli uomini bestia a possenti draghi).
  • Descent: Journeys in the Dark is een bordspel van Fantasy Flight Games, waarin een groep avonturiers een ondergrondse ruimte betreedt om schatten te vinden en monsters te verslaan. Het spel is geschikt voor minimaal 2 spelers, waarbij 1 speler de rol van de 'Overlord' op zich neemt. Deze speler probeert de avonturiers het leven zuur te maken.
  • Descent: Journeys in the Dark är ett äventyrsbrädspel i fantasyutformning för 2-5 spelare utgivet av Fantasy Flight Games 2005. Spelet är designat och producerat av Kevin Wilson. Spelet är baserat på en påbyggd version av spelmekaniken till Doom: The Board Game. I Descent tar spelarna på sig rollen som Heroes som söker sig ned i underjorden i jakt på skatter.
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