I had decided that I wanted to pick up a cool fantasy boardgame in the vein of Hero Quest. It’s not really like me, since I am often short on flesh and blood opponents, but I started doing some research anyway. After a lot of digging on boardgamegeek and youtube, I decided on Descent: Journeys In The Dark. It’s basically D&D lite, with one player handling the operation of the dungeon, defending against up to 4 heroes.

The game retails for $80, and tonight I managed to scoop it up on ebay for $67 shipped, brand new, still sealed. I would have had it for $60, but some tool sniped it up $7 at the last moment. Thanks, dick, I still won.

I’ll post more about the game once I get the chance to check it out.

Hit the “Latest Comic” button above for the latest comic, featuring that finest of Mortal Kombats, number 2. I’ve had a chance to play a bit with my new boardgame, Descent: Journeys in the Dark. Not with actual humans yet, which is fine since the game has a bit of a learning curve and I want to be prepared. But I think it has a lot of potential. There’s quite a bit of community content for the game, including an entire variant ruleset that turns the game into Left 4 Dead – the boardgame. I haven’t had a chance to look into that one yet. Some people take the time to paint the 80 miniatures that come with the game. That would be awesome, but I think it’s safe to say that if I attempted that, this site would turn to dust.