# Descent: Legends of the Dark

Descent: Legends of the Dark is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 120–180 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 8.1 out of 10 by 47 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $113.05 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 120–180 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 2.7 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2021
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Fighting, Miniatures, Adventure
- **Mechanics:** Grid Movement, Solo / Solitaire Game, Cooperative Game, Role Playing, Movement Points, Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Modular Board, Square Grid
- **Ludoya rating:** 8.1 out of 10, from 47 reviews
- **Owned by:** 119 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 630
- **Unique players:** 277

**Designers:** Kara Centell-Dunk, Nathan I. Hajek

**Artists:** Preston Stone, Gary Storkamp

**Publishers:** Fantasy Flight Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 113.05 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/descent-legends-of-the-dark-preorder |
| Cardhaus Games | 115.89 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/descent-legends-of-the-dark/ |
| Atomic Empire | 139.96 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/292067 |
| Miniature Market | 139.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/ffgdle01.html |
| Mathom | 96 € | https://mathom.es/es/otros-juegos-de-tablero/47100-descent-leyendas-de-las-tinieblas-8435407634244.html |
| Element Games | 157.49 £ | https://elementgames.co.uk/board-games/descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| World of Board Games | 25 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/yatzy_extrablock_karnan |
| Alphaspel | 995 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/307559-descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| Milan Spiele | 89 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/descent-legends-of-the-dark-engl-2-wahl-p-30421.html |
| Nordisk Spil | 699 kr | https://nordiskspil.dk/products/descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| Spilforsyningen | 799.95 kr | https://spilforsyningen.dk/products/descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| Spelexperten | 1237 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/descent-legends-of-the-dark.html |
| Midgard Games | 1199 kr | https://midgardgames.no/products/descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| Hyggeonkel | 829.95 kr | https://www.hyggeonkel.dk/produkt/descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| Good Games | 213.15 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| Gameology | 223.95 $ | https://www.gameology.com.au/products/descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| Juegos de la Mesa Redonda | 141.27 € | https://juegosdelamesaredonda.com/10264-descent-leyendas-de-las-tinieblas-8435407634244.html |
| Games Empire | 249.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/descent-legends-of-the-dark |
| Ludifolie | 159.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/11276-descent-legendes-des-tenebres.html |
| Game Ninja | 1799 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/ffg-descent-legends-of-the-dark-en/ |
| Homoludicus Granollers | 175 € | https://homoludicus-granollers.org/descent-leyendas-de-las-tinieblas |
| Philibert | 179.9 € | https://philibertnet.com/fr/fantasy-flight-games/100828-descent-legends-of-the-dark-841333112202.html |
| Spielezar | 179.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/descent-legenden-der-finsternis |
| Fantasiapelit | 209.8 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_207423 |

## Expansions

- [Descent: Legends of the Dark – The Betrayer's War](https://www.ludoya.com/games/descent-legends-of-the-dark-the-betrayers-war)
- [Descent: Legends of the Dark – Ghosts of Greyhaven](https://www.ludoya.com/games/descent-legends-of-the-dark-ghosts-of-greyhaven)

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## Upcoming events featuring this game

- Partida de Descent: Leyendas de las Tinieblas — 2026-10-03

## Rules questions

### Can I move through or end my movement on an enemy's space?

No — a hero cannot move into a space that contains an enemy (you also can’t end your movement there); you may move into another hero’s space only if you can immediately move out, and enemies have a similar allowance for entering another enemy’s space only if they immediately move out (pages 8, 15).

### What exactly blocks line of sight? Do corners or other figures block it?

Line of sight is traced as a line from the center of one space to the center of another and is blocked by map edges or spaces that contain blocking terrain; corners do not block line of sight and figures do not block line of sight (page 10).

### How do weapon ranges and the REACH keyword work?

Any enemy adjacent to you is always in range; a weapon with the REACH keyword can target enemies that are adjacent or two spaces away, and weapons with a numeric range count the spaces along the shortest path between the attacker’s space and the target’s space — the target is in range if that number is ≤ the weapon’s range (page 10).

### What does 'impeded' mean — do I lose movement if I get next to an enemy?

A hero becomes impeded when adjacent to an enemy and immediately loses all remaining movement points; while impeded, any maneuver action gives only one movement point instead of the hero’s usual speed (the same one-point rule applies to impeded enemies) (pages 8–9, 15).

### How does fatigue convert advantage and what if I can't place required fatigue?

You convert advantage (+) results into success (★) results by placing fatigue tokens on cards that have a fatigue limit; when you must suffer fatigue you place tokens up to those limits and for each fatigue token you cannot place you instead suffer one damage (pages 18–19).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/descent-legends-of-the-dark)
- [Descent: Legends of the Dark in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/descent-legends-of-the-dark)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/322708)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-23. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._