”That’s it?” I hear you muttering to no one in particular. Instead they design an app that would allow people to play out their campaigns. Nope, FFG realized that wouldn’t work as there was already too much content available for the second edition. Much like first edition there was only one thing that could save Descent and that was “The Road to Legend”. Then without warning FFG delivered…THE PATCH. To ease the pain I begin thinking about selling it off and never looking back. Still, the shattered dream of Descent was a scar that wouldn’t go away anytime soon. I suppose it’s for the best, over the years I’ve purchased a far too many dungeon crawlers and they were relieved that I wasn’t going to go Kurt Russell from The thing on their asses. Innately you both feel like something is wrong.
It’s like you made out with your sister or something. Then you kiss and immediately everything is wrong. It’s going good, she’s laughing at your jokes, and you’re feeling confident. A few years later though, you find out she’s free and you ask her out. She was perfect, everything you ever wanted except she was taken. You’ve lusted after her for roughly 10 years. Imagine, if you will, the girl of dreams. This was it, the greatest dungeon crawler of all time had arrived and I was going to burn ever other pretender in my collection. This time FFG looked to trim the bloat, make the game accessible, play in a reasonable time, and it added all of the excellent Road to Legend campaign stuff from the word “go”. I had already given up on the beast at that point though.įast forward several years and FFG went ahead and retooled Descent with a brand new 2.0 edition. I hid my wife’s engagement ring in that first edition box for a few months knowing damn well she would never crack the thing open.Įventually 1st Edition received a massive patch in the form of the Road to Legend Expansion which cut down the time to play, added campaign elements, and just generally made the game better. To be honest, the only reason I still hold onto my original copy of Descent is for sentimental purposes. On top of that it was incredibly focused on combat and didn’t satiate my dungeon crawler appetite.
The game felt like it was taking its inspiration from videogames (Diablo specifically) and this never seemed right to me. Sadly, the first edition of Descent was something that I never fell in love with. This is a game that SHOULD be directly in my wheelhouse a grand, dungeon crawler built upon the foundation of classics like, HeroQuest and Dungeons and Dragons the Fantasy Adventure Boardgame. I’ve always had a rocky relationship with Descent: Journeys in the Dark.
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