What do you mean?
FT has several posts about how he feels that the current buy in model for skirmish is holding back adoption of the game.
New Descent App Allows for full CO-OP, do you think this should/will come to IA
That is of course assuming they have fixed the current model by then.
What do you mean?
Yes sorry I don't mean to derail this thread so I will just post a link with a quick summary instead:
Cliffs Notes: essentially a number of skirmish players (myself included) are upset with FFG's lack of response in regards to the overly expensive buy in for tournament regulation skirmish equipment and their inability to provide skirmish components independent of campaign components. We feel this is a huge set back for growing the game. On top of all that, the errata cards and their poor distribution.
Now back on topic, apologies. I have been overly vocal about this in hopes it gets some traction but I understand at this point it is bordering (or crossing over to?) annoying for other posters. I will try harder to not make those side comments from here on in.
I am excited about the coy but clearly obvious response from FFG about the App, good things are a comin'!
I think they released the game more as a campaign game and didnt expect the skirmish to become as populair as it has become.
I only play with the stuff i have and am more a campaign player.
And maybe dont let stuff leak over in other topics 
That said i really hope they make a app maybe would buy it even if it cost alot
I'd like to see this for Imperial Assault (and frankly, it sounds good for Descent, too). Perhaps it's my group, but I've GMed a Descent campaign and am nearly finished an IA campaign, and another guy has run an entire IA campaign. Out of the two IA campaigns - 20 games - the Imperial player won ... none of them. The Descent campaign didn't go much better. If we can remove the necessity for one player to be a punching bag for the other four, so much the better!
I was at the panel at GAMA and this exact question was asked. His response was " hmm imagine that, that's interesting." It was vague but at the same time it seemed to imply that something similar was in the works for IA.
Wow i think the only thing stopping them is the licence but i really do hope thats not a problem. I hope they will have a army builder/campaign tracker build in.
TAKE MY MONEY ! 
I would buy this app like fat girls buy chocolate.
Wow i think the only thing stopping them is the licence but i really do hope thats not a problem. I hope they will have a army builder/campaign tracker build in.
TAKE MY MONEY !
Mine too! 
Two weeks to the day without any news, weird since they said on the 15th it was due out in a matter of weeks!
Comon FFG give us some new info.
Two weeks to the day without any news, weird since they said on the 15th it was due out in a matter of weeks!
Comon FFG give us some new info.
104 weeks from the 15th is technically still "a matter of weeks!"
They've released some new info on the Descent app:
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/3/30/deeper-into-the-dark/
Mainly they are basically turning Descent into IA, perma death (withdraw) for characters, I go you go turn structure versus all go at once and "peril" increases at the end of each round depending on the number of monsters currently on the board with a threshold for an automatic loss. Sort of a hybrid round limit/threat device.
The slow reveal of new tiles is a nice addition. Makes the game more exploratory, and less an exercise is mathematics.
The slow reveal of new tiles is a nice addition. Makes the game more exploratory, and less an exercise is mathematics.
This is the part I like the most, but honestly the enemy ai part isn't thrilling me. Specifically the part game gives you generalized instructions rather than specifically saying go here and attack this guy.
Yeh absolutely, I have tested an imperial ai system posted on board game geeks, and it works well, although 10% of actions probably still need to be managed by the players and its choices are very linea.
An official app would be amazing, especially if it would allow all existing campaigns to be played through. From a business perspective this would probably need to be chargeable content though as otherwise people would get a free virtual copy of IA, unless maybe we can register our genuine product codes to unlock content.
Anyone else was afraid someone would pull a april fool joke of the app coming ?
An IA app for co-op play would be great!!
The slow reveal of new tiles is a nice addition. Makes the game more exploratory, and less an exercise is mathematics.
Interesting; Doom did this, but Descent 1st edition did away with it (although the map was still split into zones, and you only deployed monsters and tokens when a hero entered the zone), presumably for speed of play. The decreasing morale count is also from Descent 1, although that game allowed the morale level to increase as Heroes discovered certain special items, forcing players to explore deeper into the dungeon, perhaps faster than they'd otherwise like.
The slow reveal of new tiles is a nice addition. Makes the game more exploratory, and less an exercise is mathematics.
This is the part I like the most, but honestly the enemy ai part isn't thrilling me. Specifically the part game gives you generalized instructions rather than specifically saying go here and attack this guy.
It can't do that without tracking the actual state of the game, though, can it? And at that point, you've not got a helper app for a board game, you've got Descent implemented as a rather clunky computer game.
Yeh absolutely, I have tested an imperial ai system posted on board game geeks, and it works well, although 10% of actions probably still need to be managed by the players and its choices are very linea.
An official app would be amazing, especially if it would allow all existing campaigns to be played through. From a business perspective this would probably need to be chargeable content though as otherwise people would get a free virtual copy of IA, unless maybe we can register our genuine product codes to unlock content.
I believe you do need product codes to unlock each expansion and the core descent game for the app. I just bought Descent the core game to play with my son for this very reason.
I wonder how they do this with mini expansion i think nobody keep those little boxes after unboxing them....
Ive been keeping all mine in case they break etc. Just paper they store easy in one small bag.
Hope the code is also on the map paper
As far as I know, they are not necessary (I hope not, as I only have the cardboard ones) since you need the actual cards and stuff to play them / know their stats.
Hope they just let us buy the waves for x amount of money in the app.
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Yeh absolutely, I have tested an imperial ai system posted on board game geeks, and it works well, although 10% of actions probably still need to be managed by the players and its choices are very linea.
An official app would be amazing, especially if it would allow all existing campaigns to be played through. From a business perspective this would probably need to be chargeable content though as otherwise people would get a free virtual copy of IA, unless maybe we can register our genuine product codes to unlock content.
I believe you do need product codes to unlock each expansion and the core descent game for the app. I just bought Descent the core game to play with my son for this very reason.
I dont think anyone keeps those game code pieces unless they noticed a problem with their game when they got it. Rather just have base cost to download for the app campaign, and the have dlc downloads for any new campaigns that get added.
Anyone else hoping for a army builder build in ?
And do you guys think there is a chance we get info on this or other stuff and may 4th ?