I really like everything I've seen so far.  I can't wait to read the rules and try it out.  I loved Decent v1 although to be fair I was just getting into it end of last year and have not really played the expansions extensively.  But it really seems that they have made and effort to fix some of the gripes I've heard from people who I tried to teach the game to.

One more thing,  I'm really excited about the campaign.  I am in the middle of my first Road to Legend campaign with a friend and we started at copper.  We've put in about 8 all day sessions starting in January and we are just now reaching the halfway point of silver.  It's fairly close in points with a slight edge to the heroes.  I absolutely love it but it's just taking forever.  I don't think I'll ever do it again just because of how much time you need to commit to it (from copper at least).  And that's my only gripe - it takes forever.  I'm looking forward to a scaled down (time/commitment) campaign that is more theme oriented, rather than "kill the boss" oriented.

As far as 1E being to complex, I've never had a problem explaining the game to people but there is a lot to manage when you throw in all the expansions.  I'm looking forward to the more streamlined rules and hopefully my girlfriend will like this one and play it with me. :)

We already know about the OL having the ability to specialize his deck to fit his playing stay with the example of the Saboteur class.  So, do we know what the other classes are or might be? 

IronRavenstorm said:

If they follow the general pattern of the RtL "classes" then there will be specialisation in traps, monsters and spells.

Hope the next preview states the game's objectives, and how to gain and spend XPs. How does the OL win? By getting a certain number of knockouts? Will this then mean that games will still end in the middle of a quest as the OL reaches his objective? Is that how he gets XP for campaign play as well? Stuff like that.

Columbob said:

The next preview will likely be about objectives and how to gain (though not spend) XP.

I imagine the objectives for each quest are specific to that quest.  So for example, for A Fat Goblin, I imagine the encounter ends once all bundles of crops have been either stolen or stored.  Then each side gains XP according to how many bundles they collected.  Probably the OL can also get bonus XP for achieving a TPK.

Hopefully the OL won't need to constantly prey on the weaker members of the team either.

Columbob said:

From what we can tell, the OL needs to have every member of the hero party defeated simultaneously to achieve a TPK.

Well in the 1st Edition, you couldn't just waste turn after turn resting, shopping, and re-arranging before opening the next door.

kerred said:

It's looking like there's no chance for heroes to really do any of that often in second edition. It's looking like the town has been completely phased out, as well as buying equipment or skills with gold. And it looks like the rest order has become a possible skill since i didn't see any mention of all heroes being able to do it.

Proto Persona said:

It's on the hero turn summary.  If heroes couldn't rest, how could they ever make use of their skills? If what you say were to be true, the "rest" skill card would be the first purchase for every hero!

Bleached Lizard said:

Ah, I did miss that bit about Rest. Sorry about that.

Is there a - "I'll rest when I'm dead card?"

Old Blue said:

There totally should be. Maybe the designer can rename something at the last minute? ^_^

kerred: Remember, the overlord not only gets a new card every turn, he/she gets new monsters every turn (well, he/she does in A Fat Goblin, and I assume that's the case elsewhere).  Thus, if the heroes dally, the overlord will just send endless waves of monsters after them (or other important things, like the crops).

Incidentally: I've gotten used to peering very closely at cards shown in FFG previews, but even I can't read the text from the adventure.  Could someone who's deciphered it post it?

You forget about monster group limits :)