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''Descent: Journeys in the Dark'' is a 2 to 5 player high fantasy Dungeon crawl published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005. ''Descent'' was designed and produced by Kevin Wilson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2005) )〕 The game is not related to the video game ''Descent'', but rather is based on an improved version of the mechanics of FFG's licensed ''Doom: The Boardgame''. In ''Descent'', players take the roles of adventurers who delve into underground complexes in search of treasure (the so-called "dungeon crawl"). One player takes the role of the Overlord, who controls the enemies and plays cards to hinder the hero players. ''Descent'' differs from other games in the genre in that the Overlord player's goal is to win by exhausting the other players of victory points, rather than merely to facilitate play. The Overlord's resources are limited by the rules of the game, which require him to hoard and expend "threat" points, which are generated in response to the hero players' actions, in order to hamper the other players and to bring out additional monsters to defeat them. This mechanism is very much reminiscent of ''The Lord of the Rings'' when playing with the ''Sauron'' optional expansion. ''Descent'' is one of a number of fantasy board games published by FFG, others include ''Runebound'' and licensed ''Warcraft III'', ''World of Warcraft'' and several ''The Lord of the Rings'' games. ''Descent'' shares the same characters with ''Runebound'' and its expansion set as well as ''Runewars'' and the card game ''Rune Age''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Realms of Terrinoth )〕 The first expansion, ''Descent: Well of Darkness'', was released on October 26, 2006. A second expansion ''Descent: Altar of Despair'' was released February 2007 and a third expansion, ''Descent: Road to Legend'' which includes campaign rules, was released in March 2008. A fourth expansion, ''Descent: Tomb of Ice'' is also available, providing additional features. Finally, the ''Sea of Blood'' expansion creates another campaign world. In October 2006, Board Games Online announced that they were working on an online PC version of ''Descent: Journeys in the Dark'' for their BattlePawn 3D boardgame engine. ''Descent'' was to be BattlePawn's launch title, but development on this product was terminated on 13 June 2008 following creative differences with Fantasy Flight Games. In 2012, FFG released a redesigned second edition of the game. The redesign was primarily designed to reduce the time required for each game session. It is not compatible with the first edition; however, a conversion kit is available to bring monsters and heroes of the first edition to the second.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Your Legend Awaits )〕 ==Gameplay== There are two sides, the "hero side" and the "Overlord". The heroes are attempting to complete a quest (usually kill a boss monster at the end of a set of rooms). The Overlord attempts to stop the heroes by playing traps or spawning monsters who can then be used to attack the heroes. Each quest features a different map (a configuration of tiles). The arrangement of tiles and placement of various traps, special events, and treasures gives Descent a great deal of flexibility in comparison to many other board games. However, the players must spend somewhat more time to set up the game before it can be played. The heroes are able to use a number of items which enhance their abilities such as magic swords, enchanted armor, healing potions, and much more. They also have a number of abilities which make them stronger and more effective than the majority of the monsters which the Overlord can summon. As the heroes find more treasure, they grow more powerful and this allows them to tackle more difficult quests. Even so, heroes are expected to die during their quest, but can be restored to life indefinitely. They merely concede some victory points in the process. Heroes are represented as a set of cards and tokens. A primary character card identifies the character, provides initial statistics, and indicates special abilities. An additional set of three or more cards indicate special skills. A campaign game makes heroes start well below this level (one special skill instead of three) and end well above. Further cards indicate equipment carried and equipped. Tokens indicate health, stamina, potions, and statistic enhancements. Specialized tokens indicate which heroes have taken actions, indicate special preparations a character has taken, and indicate negative status effects like being poisoned. The game features many different dice, while they are all six-sided, they contain a number of symbols (sometimes three on a single face). The different dice have different purposes (one die generally produces damage, another die generally produces range). The most powerful weapons in the game can result in the heroes rolling ten dice for a single attack, though normally heroes only roll three to five.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Descent: Journeys in the Dark Rules )〕 Game play is listed as between four to five hours to play a single quest. A total of nine quests were defined in the original game. Many more quests have been created and officially posted on the FFG website. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Descent: Journeys in the Dark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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