Hey Guys,

I was thinking of picking up Heirs of Blood for Descent but was wondering how the over-all balance of the campaign was? I've heard some people say it really fixes the balance of the game, and other people say it makes it worse. So what are your experiences and opinions, and is it worth buying?

I´m curious to see what kind of reply you will get, because to me balance in Descent is generally a very subjective notion. Some playgroups will tell you how Heirs of Blood is "broken" because they got steamrolled by the OL, what they don't say however is how poorly they´ve selected their hero party, what poor choices they've made at critical moments, etc. Likewise some OLs may tell you that they played the campaign and it was heavily in favor of the heroes, but what the OL doesn't say is that the heroes got a treasure chest into a big deal item in quest 1, and that the OL rolled very poorly etc.

Quest balance will always lean towards a side, but you can only measure that based on all the facts, which comprises of your playgroup's choices made in game, and you need to add luck to that.

I think the best way to find out is to play it.

Having played through all of this campaign bar the finale, I'd heartily recommend it. Way better than Shadow Rune imo and the balance seems spot-on. Heroes have managed to win all but one quest, but most of them have been real nail-biters which could easily have gone the other way had a single dice roll gone differently.

Me and my group just moved over to Act II (we are playing a 3 heroes game). Thus far, I've won every single quest (I'm the overlord). However, about half of those victories were really really close, so close that the winner of the quest came down to a few dice rolls at the end.

But besides the balance, the quests are also really fun, a lot more creative than the quests in the base game. I highly recommend it.