I was looking for a boardgame just like this.

At least the rules are simple and the win conditions are not too hard!

I’ve been playing Descent: Journeys in the Dark for a week and let me tell you: it’s great!

Descent is a dungeon crawl in the form of a board game, I’ve always had an urge to try a session of D&D, but haven’t ever got a group to join or to form. With Descent my dungeon delving thirst has been quenched.

I’ve been rolling power and combat dies like there’s no tomorrow!

Of course more experienced gamers may say that Descent doesn’t really do all that D&D does, and it’s true, but for me Descent does it.

The only downside to Descent? Well being sort of an RPG makes it long, and with no save game feature or the ability to pause a session, you either finish a dungeon or keep it neatly in a corner awaiting your next gaming session and praying the cat won’t jump onto the table and gives all the figures a critical hit.

That’s where Road to Legend the 3rd Descent expansion due March comes in. You can check out a lot of cool features on the design notes page, but one of them really sticks out to me: they’re dividing the game play to allow 1 hour chunks of game to be played. Though I’ve learned to take these time measures and multiply them by a 1.5 or 2 factor (or more when the group you’re playing is learning the rules to the game), having smaller amounts of quest to play and being able to stop playing and resuming play later without leaving a board setup is great.

The overlord having an avatar to represent him in the game makes it more personal and adventuring out of a dungeon for once seems like a breath of fresh air (yeah, that pun was totally intended).

I’ll be waiting for this expansion while grinding all the other quests I was still unable to win.

I’ve seen some stupid crap on Yahoo Answers! but not anything as remotely as stupid as this.

I’ll resume for those who don’t want to open the link:

Question: What’s the best boardgame ever?

(obviously a stupid question begs for an answer of the same caliber)

Answer: OMGWTFBBQ IT BE MONOPOLY N RISK CAUSE IN MONOPOLY I PLAYED A 12HOUR GAME I LOST AND RISK YOU GET TO PLAY WITH PLASTIC GUYS!!!! OH AN PUERTO RICO ISN’T A GAME FFS!! WTF? DUMB CRAPPY DOO DOO HEAD!

My answer to Zach: There isn’t an absolute boardgame that everyone likes, but there are some pretty good games out there and for people with varied taste.

My answer to basbl_fan: Dear sir Puerto Rico is a game and  possibly quite better than Monopoly and Risk, even if it’s just for the fact you don’t have to play a 12 hour game full of house rules and lousy mechanics or because your strategy you’ve been planning for 4 turns now can’t fail because of bad dice rolls. Also if all you’re gonna say is crap please refrain from communicating or ask your parents for a nice big roll of toilet paper to cleanse your mouth.

It seems Hasbro (which owns Wizards of the Coast) got a taste for the big screen after Transformers and with a G.I. Joe movie on the way, Hasbro has signed a deal with Universal Studios for several of its properties including Monopoly, Ouija, Candy Land, Battleship, Stretch Armstrong and Magic the Gathering.

Even though the main excitement is about Monopoly, which could have Ridley Scott thrown into the mix, what really gets my attention is a Magic movie. I always imagined what it would be like, let’s just hope that if they do go forward with that idea that it doesn’t turn out to be a Dungeons & Dragons kind of thing.

The first movie of these properties will only be out on 2010 or 2011 so the waiting is here. Keep your fingers crossed for your favorite games to appear on the big screen-

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