Legendary dungeon crawler board game Descent is getting a neat digital prequel - and it's so generic

For years, the first and last word in dungeon crawler board games was Descent. The original edition in 2005 set the standard for the genre, a coffin-sized box packed with plastic miniatures and dungeon tiles, promising a massive campaign, tactical combat, and streamlined RPG progression systems. Now Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent brings the series to PC and Mac, PS5, and XBox Series XS, as an original tactics RPG. I've played through the press preview demo, and found a game that is both fun to play and staggeringly generic. Read the rest of the story...

Feb 11, 2026 - 01:48

Legendary dungeon crawler board game Descent is getting a neat digital prequel - and it's so generic

For years, the first and last word in dungeon crawler board games was Descent. The original edition in 2005 set the standard for the genre, a coffin-sized box packed with plastic miniatures and dungeon tiles, promising a massive campaign, tactical combat, and streamlined RPG progression systems. Now Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent brings the series to PC and Mac, PS5, and XBox Series XS, as an original tactics RPG. I've played through the press preview demo, and found a game that is both fun to play and staggeringly generic.

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