I just learned about this over the last few days, did some research, and have now picked it up.
I was surprised I had not been previously familar with it. But as I understand, the origianl base game, Demise, was released back in 2000. At that time, I was playing Baldur's Gate 2, Icewind dale, Wizards and Warriors, etc. The outlook for party-based RPGs seemed pretty good.
Now, with the upgrade Ascenion that apparently builds upon the Demise game and system, this is a massive dungeon crawl in the vein of classic Wizardy adventures. Very old school, and seems delightfully intricate and punishing.
Has anyone on these boards had experience with Demise? I'd be interested to hear some more thoughts. I've already made the purchase, so it's not about needing convincing. Just wondering if other fans of the old-school style dungeon romp were excited about this.
http://www.decklinsdemise.com/help/HTML/findex.htm
Seriously, 31 dungeon levels of 90 x 90 grid maps!
By the way, when KotC2 comes out, it will go straight to the top of me play list. But I think this one will keep me busy for a while.
Harumph!