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Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition – How To Play (Part 1-3)

Category: Age: 14+ 120 Min 2 - 5 Players 2012

Watch It Played is a series designed to teach and play games. In these videos we’re going to learn how to play Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition.

INDEX Part 1
00:00 – Introduction
01:55 – Picking A Quest
02:13 – Creating the Map
02:32 – Adding Doors
02:48 – Picking A Hero
03:09 – Picking A Hero Class
04:24 – Picking An Activation Card
04:39 – Placing The Miniatures
05:03 – Choosing The Monsters
07:15 – Placing The Monsters
08:11 – Placing Search Tokens
09:22 – Placing Other Tokens
10:00 – Creating The Overlord Deck
10:34 – The Final Steps
10:59 – Conclusion

Descent Part 2

Descent Second Edition - How To Play

INDEX Part 2
00:00 – Introduction
01:10 – Objective And Establishing Turn Order
01:53 – A Hero Turn: The Start Of Turn Step
02:17 – Exhausting and Refreshing Cards
02:42 – A Hero Turn: Equip Items Step
04:13 – A Hero Turn: Perform 2 Actions Step
04:48 – Actions: Movement
05:44 – Large Monster Movement
07:18 – Terrain Effects
10:34 – Movement Around Other Models
11:01 – Exiting A Map
11:23 – Understanding and Spending Fatigue for Additional Movement
13:07 – Trading Items
13:25 – Actions: Rest
13:50 – Actions: Search
15:02 – Action: Open and Close Doors
15:32 – Actions: Combat
16:34 – Line Of Sight
18:12 – Attack Dice
18:47 – Bare Handed Attack
18:57 – Boosting Your Attack
19:08 – Assigning Damage
19:30 – Assigning Surges
20:35 – Ranged Attacks
21:20 – Defense Dice
22:30 – Conditions
23:19 – Special Attacks
24:32 – Defeating a Model
26:27 – Action: Stand Up
27:55 – Actions: Revive
29:02 – Actions: Objective Tokens
29:37 – Actions: Skill Actions
30:12 – Heroic Feats
30:38 – The Overlord Turn
30:55 – Playing Overlord Cards
31:48 – Overlord Turn: Start of Turn Step
32:04 – Overlord Turn: Activate Monsters Turn
32:51 – Lieutenants
33:16 – Familiars
33:57 – Attribute Tests
34:46 – Conclusion

Descent Part 3

Descent Second Edition - How To Play - Quests And Questions

INDEX Part 3
00:00 – Introduction
01:03 – Correction: Locked Doors
01:19 – Clarification: Regular and Secret Search Tokens
02:39 – Clarification: Search Tokens Are One Use Only
02:53 – Important Controversial Line Of Sight Rule
04:40 – Activations “During Your Turn”
05:10 – Grisban Updated
05:42 – The Quest Explained

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