# Road to Legend

> Board game companion app that controls monsters and enables cooperative hero play. (iPhone/iPad app by Fantasy Flight Games.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/road-to-legend/id1098000926 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Fantasy Flight Games](https://appshunter.io/developer/372272435)
- Category: Games, Utilities, Board, Role Playing
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 55 App Store ratings · 118 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 335 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2016-05-12
- Data updated: 2026-08-16
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/road-to-legend/id1098000926/reviews.md

## What is Road to Legend?

Road to Legend is a companion app for the Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd edition board game. When you play with Road to Legend, the app assumes the role of the overlord player, controlling monsters and inviting you to explore the dungeon in entirely new and unexpected ways. 

At its heart, Road to Legend introduces a fully-formed, cooperative way to play Descent, freeing you and your friends to all play as heroes and defeat the darkness in Terrinoth. With a series of fully-formed quests and the ability to incorporate your entire collection of physical Descent expansions, Road to Legend provides a thrilling new variant on the classic Descent experience!

## Key features

- Acts as overlord, controlling monsters
- Enables fully cooperative hero play
- Guides players through dungeon exploration
- Supports physical game expansions
- Offers new quest experiences

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Delve | $4.99 | one-time |
| Trials of Frostgate | $4.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Road to Legend?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Great for solo/co-op play
- 💡 Replaces the Overlord role
- 🚀 Streamlined setup and gameplay
- ✨ Adds immersion and atmosphere
- 🤩 Makes an amazing game better
- 💰 Good value, often free
- 📈 Integrates owned content well
- 💯 High replayability potential
- 🗣️ Good voice acting/ambient sounds
- 🗺️ Dynamic map generation

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Saves get corrupted
- 🐛 Game state lost on exit
- 🐛 Tutorial is too brutal
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes
- 🐛 Inventory items disappear
- 🐛 Lacks first edition support
- 🐛 Small text on phones
- 🐛 Music is just bats chirping
- 🐛 Doesn't match player count/characters

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when loading saved games
- App crashes in town
- Market items disappear after crash
- App crashes on shop purchase
- App tells you to put out monsters despite knowing player count
- On-screen text/player icons don't match player count/characters
- Can't play saved games on different devices
- Have to wait for app to reload after backing out
- New update messed up damage/fatigue/might icons
- Map tiles missing for some stages in 'The Delve'
- Game auto-saves on new map in 'The Delve', forcing abandonment
- App crashes when trying to load a saved campaign
- Bug with saved games exiting to iOS homepage
- App crashes when trying to load a campaign on iPad Air 2
- Game stops letting player play, crashes on loading saved file
- Encountered a bug with the latest update, when attempting to load a saved game the game exits straight to the IOS homepage.
- When my play group tried to speak to the female women worriers and selected an ethereal weapon the game incorrectly registered which weapon we chose.
- The app keeps losing my progress and glitches prevent me from pressing any buttons.
- Saved games get corrupted, crashing the app on restart.
- Game state is lost sometimes if you swap out to Safari (to look up rules).
- It sometimes gets confused when you save between missions, disallowing recovery in town or purchase of equipment.
- App crashes every time I try to load a saved campaign.
- Constant crash when trying to load a saved campaign.
- Update is a bust, crashes when loading campaign on iPad Air 2.

**Most requested features**

- Option to switch between 1st and 2nd edition
- Permanent version for long-term use
- More extensive voice-over work
- Allow players to control perils
- Account creation for cross-device saves
- Random map generator
- User-created quests/campaigns
- Support for conversion kit
- Import base game/expansion scenarios
- Web-based system for user-created campaigns
- Track hero stats/statuses digitally
- Larger font for phones
- Support for co-op variants of existing campaigns
- Tutorial mode for new players
- Undo button for misclicks
- Easier to find in app store
- French version

## Recent user reviews (10 of 118)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/road-to-legend/id1098000926/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Still supported

*2025-11-20*

Still supported after all these years, you guys are boss

### 5/5 — Simply great

*2025-01-02*

App devs, please don’t ever get rid of the support for this app. Or, if you do, please give all of us fans a permanent version we can keep for the ages. This is SUCH a fun way to play this board game, and as someone that has spent a lot of money on cardboard for this game over the years, I hope to KEEP playing it for many years to come.

### 3/5 — Awesome app, but doesn’t support first edition

*2024-02-20*

Cool app and well developed but I wish the developers would offer the option within the app to switch between 1st and 2nd edition.

### 3/5 — App Crashes in Town

*2023-09-10*

I don’t think anyone will fix this at this point with a new edition of the game out, but multiple times on different save slots when going back to town after our second encounter the app crashed. Upon loading most of the items that were up for sale in the market were no longer available. The first screen of items (before it crashed) only showed three instead of four. Annoying.

### 3/5 — Adding items to inventory

*2022-06-05*

So in the game you can find treasure to add to you inventory while on a quest but I don’t see where to add the items I find to my inventory if I stop playing and come back I won’t remember all the items I’ve received. That’s my biggest complaint.

### 3/5 — Apps keeps crashing on shop

*2020-12-23*

Great at the start, however now the app keeps crashing when we try to purchase a new item from the shop.

### 5/5 — Super!

*2020-05-08*

Ich finde toll, dass es die App einem ermöglicht Solo zu spielen. Gut gemacht und tut was es soll!

### 3/5 — Nice but no iCloud save

*2020-03-18*

That App is great! But last time I forgot to bring my iPad and so I couldn’t play it with my phone due to not have the savegame on it.  Please implement this. That would be really great!

### 2/5 — Unfinished & Buggy

*2020-01-28*

This SHOULD be great but:
1. "Music" is just bats chirping and nothing more. Lame.
2. App keeps telling you to put out monsters despite knowing how many players there are and resultant group limits.
3. As with Mansions of Madness, the on screen text and player icons, which could easily be remedied, do not match the player count and characters selected.
4. Can't play saved games on different devices.
5. Worst of all: If you back out of the app for any reason? You have to wait for the entire app to reload and then, if you didn't happen to back out when the app saved, you have to click thru a number of steps and prompts you've already seen unforgivable

### 1/5 — Terrible app to an amazing game

*2020-01-02*

The tutorial sucks. I figured I'd give the app a whirl for my first time of playing the game. I had already read the campaign books, and expected a similarly awesome storyline. Instead, I was playing a smash fest, where I was unable to do any actions that I wanted to do for the first two rooms. It ignored monster group limits, and was overall unenjoyable. I will not be using the app any longer. From now on, I'll just wait to play with my family and not bother with the single player aspect of the app.

## Frequently asked questions about Road to Legend

### What does the Road to Legend app do?

The app serves as a companion for the Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd edition board game. It takes on the role of the overlord, managing monsters and guiding players through dungeon explorations in new and unexpected ways.

### How does this app change the board game experience?

It introduces a fully cooperative way to play, allowing all participants to play as heroes. The app controls the game's challenges, freeing players to focus on their heroic roles and work together to overcome obstacles.

### Can I use my existing board game expansions with this app?

Yes, the app is designed to incorporate your entire collection of physical Descent expansions. This allows for a vast range of quests and scenarios, enhancing the replayability of the classic game.

### Is this app free to use?

The app itself is free to download and use. However, it operates on a freemium model, meaning there are optional in-app purchases available for additional content or features.

### Who is this app intended for?

This app is specifically designed for fans of the Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd edition board game. It's for players who enjoy cooperative gameplay and are looking for a fresh way to experience the game's adventures.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.8 — 2026-05-20

Minor maintenance update

### 1.5.7 — 2025-11-03

Updated to continue long-term support.

### 1.5.6 — 2025-04-07

Updated to continue long-term support.

### 1.5.5 — 2020-03-13

- Added "Large" font size option
- Screen will now stay awake while in game by default 
- iPad Pro screen resolution now supported
- Bug fix for issue that removed shop items from loaded games

### 1.5.4 — 2019-11-06

- Bug fix for black screen upon completing Rise of all Goblins campaign
- Adding German language for Embers of Dread campaign

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