Yet another shameless excuse for a post ... we recently played the old 'Descent' boardgame, the DNA of which helped build Imperial Assault in latter years (but without the massive Disney licence issues - and thereby added expense).
An excellent game using superb little floorplans - and Stephen's excellently painted miniatures (we chose these over the plastic figs that come with the game). Dice pools with pre-marked D6, nice initiative sequences and missions whose success (or lack thereof) affects what happens next and on subsequent missions - with recurring campaign enemies - a bit like D&D but without the Ham acting and need for DM caffeine tablets.
I bet he drinks Carling Black Label
...speaking of which...I've also been running a lot of D&D 5e with the younger group - 1st segment of that campaign is finished - it only took 12 months :O - pics at the end.
Lovely floorplans
Character sheets are streamlined to make it play faster - but great components
1960s Woodstock style headband...cue Hendrix
The thief and her dwarf companion - who umm is clearly not to scale
Goblins who are angry about Brexit
A large black monstrosity which only looked scary because it had been undercoated
goblins who are angry about Biden
'the Final Conflict' in the D&D game now - the evil snake god Zargon tries to snack on the magic princess - can the characters save her from stomach acid?
...ok she can't..oops
the Dragonborn barbarian dives inside the snake - knowing that he has to do at least 40 points of damage in turn 1 to get out...ummm which he does
'It's behiiiind youuuu!'
A return to normal transmission should resume soon ... :)
Thanks Steve. Ohhh yes I saw that it was out again. I didn't play much Heroquest back in the day - I must take a look at the re-release now you mention it. Descent is a nice game - I think we are delving into a mid-week campaign of it.
Great to see Descent 2nd still getting some love and hitting the table. Enjoyed seeing it with painted miniatures. One of my favorite quicker play "dungeon crawlers" even if it is out-of-print.
Great post, Darren. I played Descent twice and enjoyed it very much both times. Heroquest has been my dungeon-crawl choice of late!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. Ohhh yes I saw that it was out again. I didn't play much Heroquest back in the day - I must take a look at the re-release now you mention it. Descent is a nice game - I think we are delving into a mid-week campaign of it.
DeleteGreat to see Descent 2nd still getting some love and hitting the table. Enjoyed seeing it with painted miniatures. One of my favorite quicker play "dungeon crawlers" even if it is out-of-print.
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