Forgotten Realms Demon Stone: Casting a cinematic spell

Some Dungeons & Dragons games are complex tactical treasures. Others are intricately designed RPGs so reactive every new run feels as fresh as the first. A few toss me in a trap-laden labyrinth and throw away the key. And then there’s Demon Stone. Demon Stone takes the popular tabletop RPG and reimagines it as a blockbuster action movie, three unlikely heroes—all a little sassy, all haunted by their pasts in some way—forced to work together against a common foe. It’s perfect. Exhilarating. Kinetic. Every scene is an energetic jumble of steel, spells, and shouting, and for every enemy felled, three more rise up to replace it. Not a single second’s wasted, the game showing little interest in dwelling on any subject that doesn’t involve ancient evils, fantastic spells, or magical drama. The fourth stage in particular plays like a whirlwind tour of its strengths. After a brief cutscene involving legendary wizard Khelben Arunsun (gamely voiced by none other than Patrick Stewart) and the…