by hstanley
So I've been considering Descent for almost the last year but can never quite pull the trigger. It's mostly my husband and I playing and we love co-op games like Eldritch Horror or competitive games like Arcadia Quest but 1 vs all games have fallen a little flat. We've played Claustrophobia with me as the Overload (aka "Demon Bob") and Level 7: Omega Protocol. I always end up playing the Overlord which often means that instead of a fully fleshed character I get nameless demon or nameless alien with a horde of nameless minions. Plus I always win. So this has stopped me from buying Descent even though I would love a fantasy themed dungeon crawl.I just backed Super Dungeon Explore 2nd Edition plus Legends on Kickstarter because of the co-op mode and the cute minis plus the RPG campaign. But $150usd is a lot to pay when the reviews for Forgotten King seem a bit lacklustre. And now I hear Descent has a co-op variant if I'm willing to print my own cards.
So the result of this long post is: could Descent 2nd Ed plus the HOB campaign book and the Automated Overlord be the co-op, character-levelling, story-based, loot-filled dungeon adventure of my dreams? Any experience with SDE to compare to?
