Descent Archives - Unwinnable https://unwinnable.com/tag/descent/ Stories about Culture Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:21:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-icon-1-32x32.jpg Descent Archives - Unwinnable https://unwinnable.com/tag/descent/ 32 32 Rune Bound: Exploring the Realms of Terrinoth https://unwinnable.com/2023/12/11/rune-bound-exploring-the-realms-of-terrinoth/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:00:43 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=93846 Terrinoth lacks any attempt at gritty realism, reaching instead for the classic familiarity of a video game version of your standard high fantasy.

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]]> Fragged!: Translating DOOM to the Tabletop via a Somewhat Unlikely Route https://unwinnable.com/2022/07/26/fragged-translating-doom-to-the-tabletop-via-a-somewhat-unlikely-route/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:00:32 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=87336 Despite the box art and the demonic miniatures, DOOM is fundamentally an action game that isn’t particularly interested in horror.

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]]> Darkness of Unusual Size: The Sword-and-Sorcery Answer to Descent https://unwinnable.com/2020/11/27/i-played-it-like-twicedarkness-of-unusual-size/ Fri, 27 Nov 2020 05:51:36 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=81613 If Descent is what we’ve all come to expect from a modern high fantasy D&D-alike, then Massive Darkness is its lo-fi sword-and-sorcery equivalent.

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