"Four Against Darkness by Ganesha Games" Topic

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tattoos80	16 Apr 2016 4:59 p.m. PST
I've recently come across Four Against Darkness (shortened to 4AD) by Ganesha Games. Its a rules lite solo dungeon crawl. You only need graph paper, pencil, couple d6, and the rulebook. I played a couple games today, and I thought it was a fairly decent set of rules for what it is. Anyone else try it out yet?
The Beast Rampant	16 Apr 2016 5:54 p.m. PST
As I said in the TMP News comments this morning, I will have to put it off for a few weeks. Yes, I know it's eight bucks, I'm just trying to exercise a bit of restraint. And it soulds like it could be a rabbit-hole that will suck time from already shaky paint project plans. I'd love to hear any thoughts you might have on it.
warwell	16 Apr 2016 7:38 p.m. PST
Yes. Enjoying it a lot. link link
tattoos80	17 Apr 2016 4:00 a.m. PST
I know how them paint projects can be. I think I might have 'painter's block' (as opposed to writer's block) at the moment. This game is a nice 'filler', with no painting required. There are a few other reviews out there now as well. jeffsgamingpage.blogspot.com/2016/04/four-against-darkness-4ad-by-ganesha.html boardgamegeek.com/thread/1561037/my-review-four-against-darkness boardgamegeek.com/thread/1557297/four-and-newbie-against-darkness-beginners-review noonetoplay.blogspot.com/2016/04/four-against-darkness-part-1.html lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=89239.0 battreps.blogspot.com/2016/04/4-against-darkness.html
fullerena	18 Apr 2016 2:05 a.m. PST
I haven't played it yet, but it seems to do a few things I really like in dungeon crawls: * Low level cap. Falling off the useful parts of RNG bugs me. * Morale rolls! * You can talk to and bribe the monsters! Other things I like: * Only uses d6. * Mushroom people. * Hobbits get a bonus to saves against the poison of the mushroom people, which I choose to interpret as a Rat Queens reference. (I doubt it is.) * Short spell list… * …while Clerics aren't fighty wizards with their own spell list, just straightforward access to Healing and Blessing. I'm hoping I'll get a chance to try it out later.
tattoos80	20 Apr 2016 10:52 a.m. PST
I recommend printing out the included pocketmods that come in the zip file. They help streamline most of the tables you'll be flipping through.

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