Special thanks goes to dr_tectonic, mahannie57, Jason, and Matt for the marathon session of Descent on Saturday, enduring a gauntlet of baddies, traps, and tasty snacks to complete the Trollfens campaign ( Read more... )

The call goes out to my Descent players, challenging them to a few sessions of high stakes strategic combat. The Overlord works to gain a new ally, Valyndra, the Wyrm Queen. Her host of Sentinels (half-human, half-dragon) make for fearsome opponents within new dungeons, new quests, and newly installed hidden treasure rooms ( Read more... )

Where to start?

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Attn: Descent players,
Monday is shaping up to be an ideal day for trying out 2nd Edition. I have two participants already, but we can run a second session if more than four people want to play. Leave a message and let me know!

I had heard of this via drdeleto during one of his games nights and while I missed seeing it in action first hand, I did some research regarding what changes were made as improvements over the original version. Sure enough, 2nd Ed. is a distilled version that works to speed up everything, from character creation to adventure modules to board set up.

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mahannie57 returns to finish the first dungeon we started the previous evening, this time with zalena participating in her first Descent session! Whee!

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mahannie57 had shown interest in trying her hand at being the Overlord, and took me up on an offer to introduce her to the role by walking her through the first adventure in the basic set. It's designed to be an easy adventure for both teams, though the players should come out in the end. I was the only player, but I controlled two characters (as per the ( Read more... )

Thanks for being patient. Behind the cut is the map for the Elemental Ziggurat adventure I ran with my Descent Team the other day. Walkthrough included below image.

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It was a close game, but my Descent players died a horrible, bloody death at my hands. Nice try, guys. Maybe next time.

Some details behind the cut.

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By the by, will this Saturday work as a Descent day for my players/victims?