Fallen Kingdom vs. Vanguards
My preordered copies of the Fallen Kingdom and Vanguards faction decks arrived from Plaid Hat Games on June 24, so my son and I decided to put them through their paces as soon as possible. Harrison, 9, has had a fair degree of success previously in Summoner Wars using Tundra Orcs. Upon seeing the new factions: the vile undead of the Fallen Kingdom and the righteous heroes of the Vanguards, Harrison... [Read more]
The Spider and The Fly
A few weeks ago, my best friend and I began a Descent: Road to Legend campaign. We play once or twice a week over video chat (we both own copies of the game and expansions, so we both have any materials we need at hand). He elected to post our campaign on ObsidianPortal.com and I liked that contributing to the campaign site kept interest and momentum going, even during off days. I have previously... [Read more]
Wyclef The Bear begins his hunt
As relayed in my previous post about Shaida the Truthseer, I’ve recently begun playing in a Descent Road To Legend campaign, and rather than using the custom character creation system for my two characters, I selected existing characters as templates for stats and abilities, intending to write my own backstory for them. While Shaida was based on Truthseer Kel, my tank, Wyclef, is based on... [Read more]
Shaida the Truthseer’s Road to Legend
My lifelong best friend Hugh and I have just started a new Descent: Road to Legend campaign. And, while rules exist to create your own custom Descent character from the ground up, we were looking for a quick start and chose from the numerous prefab characters that exist in Descent and its expansions. I knew I wanted my characters to be new to me, so I chose from among the Tomb of Ice selections, as... [Read more]
Drow Ambush!
Time-Lapse Video Session Report Heroscape: Battle for the Underdark Scenario Two: Drow Ambush The recent release of the Heroscape: Battle for the Underdark, which combines Heroscape with the Dungeons & Dragons setting and Miniatures, has encouraged my son, Harrison, and me to dust off our battle dice and turn markers and duke it out atop plastic hexes once more. We had played through the first... [Read more]
