Reading through the product description, it looks like a lot of exploring and text reading.  I didn't see any dice on the pictures of the game contents.  Any idea how conflicts are resolved?

 Oh, I just saw on the box contents list: 1 Ten Sided Die.

shadowtag said:

I'd be willing to bet combat is going to be resolved via cards

Artemus Maximus said:

Maybe a mix of cards and dice?

causeitwasfunny said:

I hope the combat is more then just cards. I mix of cards and dice would be better then just cards in my opinion. Although with Corey K designing this game I wouldn't be surprised to see an all card combat game 

Hope it's not all cards.

That being said, I have enough trust in FFG and enough interest in the game to buy it even if it is card based combat.

It is all about Corey Konieczka, ftw! Of course there will NOT be any dice involved here.

That would be a huge put-off for me.

Foligatto said:

Well, Product page lists components:

www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp

(including 1 Ten-Sided die)

Hmmm, I am sure that lonely 1 ten-sided die is only for deciding who the first player is!

Seriously now, that's good news! Phew!

Foligatto said:

Or it's used to track turns !

Overall, I prefer a mix of dice and cards for combat.  It allows a little bit of tactics as well as blind-luck.  Sometimes it can be frustrating when a die-roll ruins an awesome card you throw down, but that's life occasionally.  Try as hard as you can, but sometimes the x-factor overrules.

shadowtag said:

Cool.  I friggan hate card-combat in boardgames.  (I do enjoy CCGs though).

I like TOMB which is all cards, but it has boatloads of dice!  rofl

I can't explain why, but I feel cheated everytime Corey throws out the dice for card combat in his games! 

The 10-sided die is used for tests.  I will quote from the previous diary (on char creation):

"Attributes are used to overcome all manner of challenges, but most often they are pertinent to Attribute Tests. When prompted to perform an attribute test, simply roll a ten-sided die and compare this value to your character’s applicable attribute. If the roll is equal to or less than the attribute, you pass! If a challenge looks too daunting, you can also opt (before the roll) to spend one of your Skill Point tokens. Doing so will add your luck value to whichever attribute you are about to test, and this represents a feat of particular resourcefulness on the part of your character."

I believe that combat will be some form of Attribute Test.  Melee probably based on Strength and ranged based on Marksmanship.

Still I can't figure out wich kind of game is this. Is it a dungeon crawler? O something more like Android? Description is quite criptic to me. I am a great fan of Arkham Horror, and I'm really interested in this game, but all I can understand at the moment is that graphics looks great. And thats not a news, FFG games are always graphically cured.

Fingolfin80 said:

I would describe it as adventure game.

The investigators explore the mansion, search for clues, find new items, solve puzzles, fight the occasional monster and generally try to hinder the keeper at whichever evil plan he is up to.

el Igore said:

So yes - closer to Android than Descent.