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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I enjoyed this more as a 2-player game, but if you don’t mind some waiting, this could be a fun 5-6 player experience as well. Massive Darkness 2 scales well with the only downside of more players being a longer playtime. The difficulty felt balanced. Not so tough that it feels impossible, and not so easy that players never lose, although there were a few scenarios that felt particularly easy with the set of heroes we played with. Massive Darkness 2 Hellscape is a cooperative tabletop dungeon crawler where one to six players take on the role of Lightbringers - heroes dedicated to protecting the world from the (massive) darkness that threatens to overwhelm the realm. Each game of the core set is its own dedicated gaming session, where the players use their heroes to defeat spawning enemies on the game board.

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As mentioned above, Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape is a cooperative dungeon-delving game where players take turns traversing modular map tiles. 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. Let's dive into the Hero Phase first, as that's where the bulk of the gameplay lies. In the sequel to Massive Darkness, players take on the role of Lightbringers fighting against Hell’s hordes. Massive Darkness 2 add light and dark tiles to the game, which can grant players specific bonuses, Content Guide As with all heroes in Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape, the cards for the original Massive Darkness heroes will tie them to a specific class. These new classes each play wildly different from one-another. We’ll cover more about how exactly they work in an upcoming article. But suffice to say, the heroes will have much the same flavor as before, but upgraded to make them work with the new styles of play.Though this is not a campaign game, the Quests in Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape do tell a story from adventure to adventure. The heroes are trying to stop the flood of evil coming from hell, and venture deep into the bowels of this forsaken realm to battle the demons that lurk within. 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. One of the big bad's of Massive Darkness 2, the Archangel Michael However, there is much room for improvement storage-wise for Massive Darkness 2. This is indeed a massive game, and as such, there should either be a clear storage solution, or the storage should be heavily customizable (such as the approach Fantasy Flight Games takes in Outer Rim and Imperial Assault, where they provide players with an empty box and a ton of bags to sort and store tokens). Massive Darkness 2 has neither of these. I had to provide 10+ of my own bags to store things properly, and even then, the box lid doesn’t close all the way, and you really can’t store this game on its side without mixing the components. Yup, you’re gonna need to put that table leaf in.

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Once they've entered hell, quests will have them gathering shards to forge an evil sword, survive and complete objectives without the sword corrupting them, fight against the Archangel Michael who's been corrupted by hell, and so on. While many of these quests revolve around the collection or destruction of items and enemies, the flavor and varied layout of each board keeps things feeling fresh with every game. What Are Our Final Thoughts On Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape?The scenarios are varied and do a good job showing off the fun parts of Massive Darkness 2: enemies, bosses, items, and hero abilities. 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. While 10 may not seem like a lot, each scenario is different: some will see heroes wielding a cursed sword that hurts them more each turn, others will see heroes escorting a friendly summoner to the nearest portal. Sometimes, this isn’t a big issue for a game, but Massive Darkness 2 is supposed to be a premium product, so it’s annoying that the given storage system is poor. What’s worse, the game’s already lengthy setup and tear-down time is elongated by the poor storage system. 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. Why couldn’t Massive Darkness 2 have been at least as good as that? Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape is a dungeon-crawler through-and-through. Its foundations lie in CMON’s Zombicide series, just like the original Massive Darkness. There are tons of dice, tons of loot, and tons of baddies. The core game includes a tutorial and 10 scenarios for players to enjoy, 6 heroes, 62 bad guy miniatures, and a host of tokens and cards. Players play as Lightbringers, fending off Hell’s invasion, eventually taking the battle to the demons in Hell. Demons and spirits abound, but beyond some mildly disturbing images (a character’s guts are held in by an iron cage), Massive Darkness 2 doesn’t feel as dark as the likes of Dark Souls or even Gloomhaven.