After sleeping on the announcement last night one thing popped into my head. The setting is ill suited for the art style and app focus. With Mansions of Madness the app provided this level of the unknown suitable for the Cthulu mythos. The comic style works far better with super heroes than the gritty realism needed for high fantasy. This could of been another game in the terranoth universe similar to how have Arkham and Eldritch horror. Or they could of used another one of their brands like Netrunner that would of felt more succinct with App intergration. Think about it what if this was Netrunner instead? What if heroes were runners and the dungeon was a corp they were infiltrating. What if you were hacking into the App, what if the town section was you upgrading your gear after a job. I think the Descent brand and the comparisons this game will receive because of it will hurt this game in the long run.

So FFG is trying to make it pretty clear that Descent: Legends in the Dark is NOT a descent 3rd edition. (not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing). We already seeing the reaction to the announcement with many having mixed feelings. It also raises the issue if this succeeds what happens to a 3rd edition and if it fails what happens to descent. All that aside then, what would people be looking for if a 3rd edition was on the cards? For me it would be The still 1 vs many style an overlord with different class styles. Smooth dice combat with more focus on tactical positioning. I honestly like the idea to move away from D6s to a more wider variety of dice. More engaging out of scenario stuff such as town visits. Narrative beats and choices that happen outside of the game map. Gloomhaven legacy aspects if possible. (Unlocking a new hero after saving them from a prison or opening the box to see what the boss monster is) Better skill check moments that isn't just check to see if you got higher than the number else try again.

These were the tiles from Starwars Imperial assault 6 years ago. Um what happened.

Holy ****, this looks ugly and horrible. Just noooooo