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An extremely fun, rules-lite, fast paced solo dungeon crawler. While specific rules can be a bit convoluted or hard to interpret at times, I can easily overlook the formatting issues as Ganesha Games is a one-man company originally operating out of Ukraine. With that in mind, Four Against Darkness is a simply incredible game that I find myself pulling out to play when I have some time to kill.
Four Against Darkness (4AD) is exactly as it states on the tin: you generate a random dungeon by exploring it room by room with a party of four adventurers. It has a nostalgic old-school charm to it, familiar to anyone that's played RPGs from the 90s, but trims away everything else. You explore the dungeon to fight monsters, get loot, and then get out. Simple in premise and practice, but has some surprising depth when you're trying to decide which injured party member gets that scroll of escape you just found and want to keep alive for the next dungeon.
Don't let the simplicity fool you though. The 4AD community has made some very creative workarounds and homebrew content to dig into if you want to add some fluff back into the game. For instance, I tend to create a handful of parties and manage them as though they belonged to an Adventurer's Guild and have stretched some of the built-in items and events to fit into an overarching narrative.
I think it's apt to see 4AD as an extremely solid framework, and once you understand a few of its quirks, that framework becomes an extremely engaging and modular game. Very fun at a base level, even more fun when you start experimenting with how you want to play it. I've put dozens of hours in exploring 4AD's dungeons, and I see myself putting in dozens more.
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The game is really good! The system is easy to learn, and if you know the rules of the 4AD basic book, this book is really easy to get to grips with.
I really like the sci-fi theme and the city map is really well implemented. This might feel more like a board game but that's not a bad thing at all.
I have played few times and liked it a lot.
I recommend to all 4AD fans, especially if you want something a little different. 5/5
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Great work Andrea
I look forward to compiling the full Monster Manual
Will you be releasing a colour cover we can print to use?
Really looking forward to 2nd edition 4AD to
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Nice set of basic dungeon maps I use when I just want to play 2d6 by DR Games without mapping and just do the crawling
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Demonslayer is a simple SOLO TTRPG game. Unlike many SOLO-RPGs which put a lot of emphasis on the Role Play to the point that they are essentially (if not litteraly) writing prompts, Demonslayer focuses on being a GAME. So much that it is practically a Board Game, with a Hex Map for the Board. But if you are looking for a game to introduce you to the concept of SOLO Gaming, Demonslayer is a well made and simple game that will do just that.
Obviously Demonslayer won't be for everyone. If you are looking for something with a lot of narrative and role playing, this is not it.
But if you want a Game where you travel around a Hex Map, getting into random encounters, and fighting monster, this game should scratch that itch.
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Recently, while browsing Wargame Vault, I stumbled upon Ganesha Games’ new print’n’play solo game Demonslayer, of which I want to share my review.“Demonslayer is a retro-fueled, sword and sorcery hex-map game for a single player” had me intrigued. As a long-time fan of Andrea Sfiligoi’s games, this purchase was a no-brainer to me. I highly recommend you give Demonslayer by Ganesha Games a try. It’s a fun, easy, portable, and retro-feeling hex crawl solo game which you can quickly print at home. For the price, you can’t go wrong.
Full review on www.agentlemanlysport.com
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Demonslayer is a simple game. It uses a few d6 dice, a pre-made hex map with 101 different encounters for numbered locations as well as a 3d6 random encounter table. The core rules are only 2 pages so it's easy to get started. Object of the game is to find and defeat a demon lord. The combat reminds me of 4AD a little. You roll for your attack and your defend. Overall after loseing my first campaign going after the 4th demon lord by losing my might check on the Wizard duel which caused my death lol, I did have a fun time with it. I am looking forward to my next campaign. I also hope there is some expansions/supplements for it in the future.
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Glad you had fun with it. Yes, we will publish more demonslayer adventures. I am playtesting the second one, Blood of the Blue Dragon, right now. |
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I like Four Against Darkness and every supplement except the “White Label” games as they are to immature and full or sexual misogyny and demons.
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The lack of an outline and hyperlinks in the PDFs makes them borderline unusable. Especially with the amount of content in these books.
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I like Four Against Darkness and every supplement except the “White Label” games as they are to immature and full or sexual misogyny and demons.
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I like Four Against Darkness and every supplement except the “White Label” games as they are to immature and full or sexual misogyny and demons.
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I like Four Against Darkness and every supplement except the “White Label” games as they are to immature and full or sexual misogyny and demons.
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I like Four Against Darkness and every supplement except the “White Label” games as they are to immature and full or sexual misogyny and demons.
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I like Four Against Darkness and every supplement except the “White Label” games as they are to immature and full or sexual misogyny and demons.
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I like Four Against Darkness and every supplement except the “White Label” games as they are to immature and full or sexual misogyny and demons.
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