[Board/Tactical Game]: Descent: The Altar of Despair, reviewed by Beckett (4/5)

2nd Level RPGnetter · #1 07-18-2007, 01:00 AM

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13137.phtml

Scott Hall's Summary:

The second Descent expansion, with more of everything, and the best quests yet.

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duncan · #2 07-19-2007, 08:22 AM

How long do the new quests take to play? One of the things that has kept me from picking up Descent is hearing how long the game takes.

Beckett · #3 07-19-2007, 08:41 AM

Still in the 3 to 4 hour range, depending on rules proficiency. I ran "The Thing in the Pit" last week with a new player, and it ended up pushing toward the 4.5 hour range; with my regular players, I expect it would have gone much faster.

My group views our boardgame nights as mini-RPG sessions (which run 6-7 hours for us these days), so 4 hours on a game is short by comparison, but I can understand how it bars some people from playing.