The first quest sees our heroes attempting to open the portal to nether world, and they succeed in this quest when they've successfully stepped into hell. And while peace and prosperity ruled the day, something dark and vile twisted and grew in the corrupted netherworld. Though this is not a campaign game, the Quests in Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape do tell a story from adventure to adventure. Some scenarios are shorter and some are longer, which is great because that allows players to choose a scenario that fits within their time constraints.

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The 4 oversized roaming monster miniatures are creative too, as are the 2 supersized boss miniatures. Massive Darkness 2: Heavenfall introduces a new way to play Massive Darkness 2 with the Campaign Mode, allows players develop their Heroes further than before with 5 additional Levels and takes them through a journey where they can choose their path to discover what’s behind Heaven’s corruption!If you're looking for a new dungeon crawler board game to play with friends, are intrigued by the game systems presented above, or enjoyed some of the core mechanics of the original Massive Darkness, then Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape is absolutely worth your time.

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This isn’t a deal-breaker, but it’s head-scratching for me to think about how easy Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion made its rather involved set-up with token trays and character boxes 2 years ago. Each game round of Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape is divided into four phases: The Hero Phase, The Enemy Phase, The Level Up Phase, and the Darkness Phase. Each time you attack (or are attacked in the Enemy Phase), you build a single pool of dice for both your hero and the enemies surrounding you, and you roll all the dice. This is the central question at the heart of Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape, a cooperative dungeon crawling board game from CMON games.

Next up is the Level Up phase, where every hero has to spend the experience points they've earned (through killing enemies) to level up if they're able to.