DESCENT:
FOR THE SOLO ADVENTURER
Setup:
Start with only the tiles to the right. Choose a character card
and equip normally. Remove the Escape! Card from the Dun-
geon Deck. Shuffle the Dungeon Deck and split it into four
roughly equal piles. Shuffle the Escape card into pile three and
restack the Dungeon deck. Shuffle and place the Spawn Deck
next to the play area. You will also need a d20 and a d6 for
use on the treasure table and two types of markers to place on
the board to show the location of monsters that have been
killed but not looted (the threat tokens are a good choice).
Gameplay:
Each round consists of a Hero activation phase and then a
monster activation phase. During the monster activation
phase, all monsters are activated and may move and have one
round of Combat. Monsters with the highest number of move-
ment points will move first. Monsters will stop 3 spaces away if
ranged attackers or when adjacent for melee. All the same
rules for blocking and LOS apply.
Adding tiles to the Dungeon:
When a character becomes adjacent to a board edge where
the Dungeon may be expanded you may spend one movement
point to expand the Dungeon at that location. Draw the top
card of the Dungeon deck and execute it. If it is a card that ex-
pands the Dungeon it may have a number indicating how many
Spawn Cards are to be drawn. Orientation of the tile is at the
discretion of the player. Otherwise execute the Event and draw
again. Once the Dungeon has expanded and monsters have
been spawned, the Hero may use any movement and/or Com-
bat remaining.
Spawning Creatures:
Spawned creatures are normally placed at the furthest point
from the Hero within the newly revealed Dungeon Segment.
The Ambush Event breaks this rule. After the Ambush has
been executed once it is discarded.
Special Combat Rules:
Unless otherwise specified for the monster, every 2 surges
rolled by a monster adds 1 hit to the total against the hero.
Hero Death:
Sorry that it Folks. Adventuring is a dangerous business.
There is no respawning for the Hero. Better luck next time.
Wounds from Dungeon Deck Events:
Wounds from any Dungeon Deck event
ALWAYS ignore armor. Falling in the Pit Trap
causes 2 wounds total (Instead of 1) as noted.
Burn and Poison tokens are resolved normally.
Stones, Mud, Lava and Pits should be placed
on the map when the Event is drawn.
The CAVE IN! Event:
When the Cave In Even occurs, the hero re-
ceives the wounds as indicated, is knocked
back one space and the two position location
that would normally lead to a new area is
blocked by rubble. The hero will have to ex-
pand the dungeon elsewhere.
Looting Corpses:
If you want to loot a corpse of some foul mon-
ster then you better be ready to accept the
consequences. Dead monsters may be
marked on the map using tokens. You may
then return to the site of the corpse at a later
time to attempt to loot it. Looting costs one
movement point. For normal monsters roll a
d20 twice. First roll locates the row and the
second locates the column. For the master
(red) monsters roll a d6 twice. Resolve in the
same fashion. Take your rewards or suffer the
repercussions of your actions as indicated by
the treasure table.