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I've been a fan of them since playing Heroquest in Jr. High, followed by Descent and a few others. 1st Edition Descent is probably my favorite, but it's hard to play with my gaming buddy anymore. We just know the rules and strategies too well and our games tend to fall into boring strategic grooves that neither of us can break out of. After awhile (and it took a LONG while. Years.) it also starts to feel overly complex or slow. So for the most part there's no going back to that game for me until some new players want to learn and play it with me.
Pathfinder: The Adventure Card Game has scratched some of that itch the last few years. But there is nothing like actually exploring a 3d dungeon with minis. D&D can be great for that, but expensive, and the prep time for me as the GM is more than I want. So my radar is scanning again for a new board game.
I recently picked up "Galaxy Defenders", a sort of sci-fi "almost dungeon crawl" campaign based board game. Fully co-op with looting elements and character progression. It's definitely my replacement for Doom: The Board Game now, although it's still fairly crunchy and both set-up and gameplay take awhile, especially combined.
But now the same studio is preparing to release a fantasy dungeon crawler using an evolution of the same system. (Getting flashbacks to the origins of "Descent" sprionging out of the "Doom" system back in the day!) Fully co-op, with all the looting and exploration elements that are missing from Descent 2nd edition. Still listed as coming out this year, but I haven't seen it listed in Game Trade Magazine yet. It looks frickin rad.
Pathfinder: The Adventure Card Game has scratched some of that itch the last few years. But there is nothing like actually exploring a 3d dungeon with minis. D&D can be great for that, but expensive, and the prep time for me as the GM is more than I want. So my radar is scanning again for a new board game.
I recently picked up "Galaxy Defenders", a sort of sci-fi "almost dungeon crawl" campaign based board game. Fully co-op with looting elements and character progression. It's definitely my replacement for Doom: The Board Game now, although it's still fairly crunchy and both set-up and gameplay take awhile, especially combined.
But now the same studio is preparing to release a fantasy dungeon crawler using an evolution of the same system. (Getting flashbacks to the origins of "Descent" sprionging out of the "Doom" system back in the day!) Fully co-op, with all the looting and exploration elements that are missing from Descent 2nd edition. Still listed as coming out this year, but I haven't seen it listed in Game Trade Magazine yet. It looks frickin rad.
