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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SiderisAnon" data-source="post: 3734052" data-attributes="member: 44949">Really, which of the two games you want to buy depends on what sort of game you're looking for. Runebound and Descent really are very different games.Runebound is basically an everybody for themselves run around the board trying to kill some monsters, steal their stuff, and be the first one to kill the big bad guy without getting dead yourself. (You're not out of the game, you just loose a few things.) It is not a game you can play as a "build up" game. Once people start moving to the higher level adventure cards, you have to as well. If you don't, the power gap between you and them will quickly turn into a death spiral for you as far as winning.Overall, it's fun once in a while, but not something I could ever see myself playing weekly.Descent is ... well, the truth is, it's basically a dungeon crawl. You have a DM who is out to get the players. You have published modules you have to use because they determine some of the layout and monsters. The PCs gain treasure and power-ups and such. The game is also adversarial, since it is the players against the DM. (Overlord? Dungeon Lord? Don't remember.) While it comes with a bunch of fun miniatures and the bright red monsters are neat, I just don't see the point. We can whip up a dungeon crawl with D&D faster than we can set up the board and frankly it gives us far more flexibility.For my style of fun, Runebound is the better of the two. Just never play it with more than four players unless everyone has something else to do. Our game with five bogged down more than Axis and Allies.Now, if you want a cooperative game that's fun to play, check out Arkham Horror. (Not sure I spelled that right.) It's by the same company. It's less of a combat game, because there's more to do and because a lot of the critters will eat you for lunch (or at least your brains), but it can be a lot of fun. I'm almost positive it's by the same company. The copy I bought was about the same price as Runebound.</blockquote>

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