Descent road to legend solo mode my wife was out of town from friday night to sunday morning, so it seemed like a good time to try out the new kindred fire campaign for descent via the road to legend app. Apr 09, 2012 road to legend is going well and we have just completed the bronze campaign level and are half way through silver. When you play with road to legend, the app assumes the. Road to legend introduces a new way of how hero players and the monsters take turns. I use it to do onesitting and introduce friends to descent. The second edition, released in 2012, revamped the entire game with campaign mode as a core feature in mind, and has since. In the dark and secret parts of the world, foul overlords plot and scheme to unleash great evil and cover the world in suffering. Recently, delphi and i started a project to adapt the regular the shadow rune campaign to be playable without the need of an overlord. The time investment needed had become just too much, and i was tired of all the discussions about ambigous rules and broken game balance.
Besides road to legend, the original descent also had a secondary campaign box, called sea of blood, which bathed the entire game in a piratey seafaring atmosphere and included a whole nautical combat system, complete with cannons and sharks. Road to legend printable campaign sheet pdf, 1 mb descent. Journeys in the dark second edition base game provides the heroes with everything they need to begin a road to legend campaign. But yes, the app is not a walking in the park, take some time to learn how optimize your group synergy learning the best skills, take the best equip, making the best moves, etc on monsters actions you can go to the simple route, without thinking so much. Rise of all goblins is definitely a glorified tutorial, but a funny one. Journeys in the dark second edition it was first announced on 15.
We will be using the fantastic valkyrie software under development by bgg user brucelgl to provide a look and feel very similar to the official road to legend app. When the road to legend app came out, it included the rise of all goblins mini campaign, which was a taste of what we will experience in road to legend. Kindred fire has a pretty basic story structure where youll be following the big bad around until you stop him. F antasy flights dungeoncrawler is quite a venerable beast these days, and my summary is equally aged, now clocking up at version 7 with the addition of cooperative rules and some relatively major rules changes that were in version 1. As we mentioned above, you only need a descent core set to enjoy road to legend, but the more descent expansions you own, the more road to legend can use in your campaigns. The road to legend is another expansion for the descent game, released in march 2008 in the us.
Road to legend is a companion app for descent that promises to revolutionize the way you play. The 2008 expansion, the road to legend, introduced the rules for campaign play that had to take several sessions to complete and added plot elements for the overlord, bringing the experience even closer to a tabletop rpg. Played first coop descent with the road to legend app got beaten to a pulp in second room of rise of goblins. Only those heroes brave enough to journey into the dark and oppose them can save the known world from disaster. The old way is for the heroes to take all turns, then the overlord to take all his turns. Originally published by fantasy flight games in 2005, descent received a number of expansion packs that added new scenarios, heroes, and monsters. Its a lengthy campaign, and get ready for some reading. Ffg has reclaimed the name with an amazing app that wait for it replaces one of the members of your game group. In road to legend, one to four hero players must work together to overcome the challenges presented to them by a companion app which takes the place of the overlord player. The 2008 expansion, the road to legend, introduced the rules for campaign play that had to take several sessions to complete and added plot elements for the. Descent road to legend episode 1 the journey begins youtube. Only those heroes brave enough to journey into the dark and oppose them can save the. Then theres a full free campaign that took us about 24 hours of play time to complete. Road to legend isnt limited to guiding you through individual quests during a game of descentit offers the entire campaign experience.
After that they added another free campaign that requires one of the big box expansions, but we havent been able to. The road to legend app also helps you in between missions by helping you track your partys gold as well as each characters items, equipment, skills and xp. More information on the app and the board game can be seen here. Descent road to legend episode 1 the journey begins. One card in each plot has a cost of 0 xp, and serves to introduce the campaign. Descent road to legend lets play kindred fire campaign episode 1 the journey begins introduction. Now, kindred fire is here and it offers you a full.
He may be trying to become a god, blot out the sun, or enslave all of terrinoth. The rise of goblins campaign is very short, with only 2 story quests. Descent road to legend half way report road to legend is going well and we have just completed the bronze campaign level and are half way through silver. You have the very short introductiontutorial campaign.
Road to legend is an expansion to descent that creates a lengthy campaign instead of individual dungeons. Nov 25, 2018 descent road to legend lets play kindred fire campaign episode 1 the journey begins introduction. As of august 12th 2019 we released our first full campaign. If you or your players are looking for more permanent characters or are looking for the ability to grow more powerful over time, then this expansion is a fantastic addon to your collection. Average speed players difficultychallenge fairly new players did the goblin campaign already. Headless hollow reference sheets pdf for vanilla descent and road to legend. In an effort to break the siege, the heroes strike out and attack sir alric farrow. Side quests per expansion road to legend ffg community. It is the first plasticless expansion, featuring no new miniatures but instead focusing on new campaign rules and new world stories allowing for a group of descent adventurers to grow and develop over longterm play across. At its heart, road to legend introduces a fullyformed, cooperative way to play descent, freeing you and your friends. First full descent campaign available according the ffg, but i cant download in uk yet. This game is great, it has its flaws, but they really did try to do a lot with it. Campaigns are an organized number of quests and linking steps leading to a complete story for descent.
It was first announced on 15 march 2016, and released on 12 may 2016. In a traditional game of descent, up to four players become noble heroes of terrinoth, wielding powerful weapons and gaining skills as they move through a campaign. I see the app only has one full campaign for the base game. This supplements the usual way you play descent and helps all the players in keeping track of the game progress. Heroes do it in the dark another set of reference sheets for vanilla descent and road to legend.
Descent second edition is exactly what i was hoping for in itself, a blend of dungeon crawling with tactical skirmishing elevated by a strong theme. Still, while those expansions were quite ambitious, the campaign system as introduced in the main box. But the best campaign is the one which needs nerekhall. All of the following 20 campaign quests are currently playable. Journeys in the dark second edition and its expansions. Rise of all goblins fourquest mini campaign designed as a tutorial for road to. Much of the gameplay for road to legend is the same as it is in. Mar 15, 2016 road to legend is a companion app for descent. Theres a larger dlc campaign on the way, but a price hasnt been announced.
Descent companion app, road to legend, coming in a few. Ive been having a great time with it and i cant wait to see where ffg takes the game from here. When you first download road to legend, youll select the expansions that you own, allowing you to choose any of your heroes or classes to use in a road to legend campaign. Road to legend kylearans campaign diary rss feed last update. Opposing these brave souls is a single overlord player who commands the monsters and forces of evil, using their dark. The road to legend represents a new way to play descent with the introduction of campaign rules and an overland map of terrinoth.
Playing as overlord so much times, i always take the worse actions for the heroes my playgroup hates me. Ones a new heroes and monster pack, while the other heats things up a little with a campaign utilizing the road to legend app. Run the road to legend app and select new campaign or load campaign. Kindred fire is a coop campaign available in road to legend descents pc or tablet companion and is the first free first fulllength campaign released following the tutorial campaign rise of all goblins. Road to legend provides the cooperative mode of play for descent. Road to legend, and the rules fantasy flight games.
When the road to legend app came out, it included the rise of all goblins minicampaign, which was a taste of what we will experience in road to legend. Kindred fire is a coop campaign available in road to legend descents pc or tablet companion and is the first free first fulllength campaign released following the tutorial campaign rise of all goblins description. The community rules reference guide crrg is a comprehensive resource for all descent. Though you do have the option to pull some cards from rtl and play them in this one. It is coming out by fantasy flight games and you can download it for free. If their way of cleaning up overstock is making new rtl campaigns that seem. Ashes choke the air and cloud your vision as you walk into the ruins.
Kindred fire was the first full length campaign, and is still relevant. Rules from the base game and all released expansion boxes except the printondemand expansions rules for road to legend including the delve in separate text boxes. And only once we hit silver did they start feeling like they could go toe to toe with the overlords minions. Let me start by saying this expansion is compatible with all the descent expansions except road to legend known as rtl from here on out. The delve is a paid dlc that is a sort of randomized mode and is cool as well.
Descent campaign sheet another online tool to help you track your descent campaign. The heroes struggled mightily in the early stages of the campaign. Kindred fire the fulllength campaign for road to legend. This app eliminates the need for an overlord dungeon master guy and allows anywhere from 14 players to run a campaign.
Journeys in the dark a comparison between editions. Is it just us, or is the quests in the mini campaign rise of goblins or whatev. Descent line of sight checker now hosted here, by scott stokes. Does anyone have a mostly spoiler free summary or side by side comparison of the campaigns in road to legend app. A campaign is done with the help of a quest guide, and is characterized by the division of act i and act ii quests, the use of a map, the use of travel steps and travel cards, the use of gold, the granting of quest rewards, and the acquisition of. The old way is for the heroes to take all turns, then the overlord to take all. When you play with road to legend, the app assumes the role of the overlord player, controlling monsters and inviting you to explore the dungeon in entirely new and unexpected ways. Altar of despair was released february 2007 and a third expansion, descent. The more recent campaigns have a more complicated structure, with decision points that change how the story goes. We will be using the fantastic valkyrie software under development by bgg user brucelgl to provide a look and feel very similar to the official road to legend app status. Youll explore burned down towns, storm castles, impale goblins, cast powerful spells, and vanquish evil. By universal head may, 2016 may 19th, 2016 boardgames, sheet updates.
Opposing these brave souls is a single overlord player who commands the monsters and forces of evil, using. Road to legend fixes most of the problems with descent while providing a long and replayable game. With the road to legend expansion ffg has turned descent into what it always should have been. Jun 01, 2016 none of us in our playgroup are veteran board game and strategy game players, but i would say, that we all are somewhat decently intelligent with rather long educations behind us, but this app leaves us in the ground. Years ago, i stopped playing pen an paper roleplaying games mainly because of two reasons. Missing geek productions presents their first side quest, a soul to save, in their rise of all goblins campaign for descent. Unfortunately they were not prepared for the onslaught of pain brought on by the knight and only one member of the party remained to run back to tamalir while sir alric continued the siege. And only once we hit silver did they start feeling like they could go toe to. The original included basic rules for carrying over experience gained in earlier scenarios. All of the others are much longer, with 6 story quests each and multiple side quests available.
Descent 2nd edition v7 the esoteric order of gamers. Yesterday, this farming village was untouched by dangera haven of rest in a tumultuous realm. Also, my other dungeon crawlers should start getting nervous, because the urge to burn them all in a bonfire is rising again. And than you have kindrets fire, which im actually playing at the moment. Plots main game concept, road to legend i rules see rtl, p. Version 7 of the descent rules summary adds coop rules and updates from the latest faq. This is kindred fire, the first fulllength campaign for the road to legend app of descent.