*Patreon:* bit.ly/3yfkGMh | *Facebook Community:* bit.ly/38aY3On | *Discord:* bit.ly/3ylw5KE Rollers! Join me as we continue the Showcase for Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game created by Nick Niotis, Argyris Poungouras with art by Christopher Bourassa and published by Mythic Games. After the conclusion of the How To Setup video, we now wrap up the tail end of setup and dive into the depths of gameplay! In this video you'll see Exploration and Battles covered. Be sure to stay tuned for more too! Hope this helps you make an informed decision on it and/or helps you get the game to the table quicker. If you enjoy the video, be sure to leave a like! *Corrections:* #1. A Jester self 'push 3' would send the Jester three spaces away and the same number of positions on the stance track. #2. FYI: Any 'self' conditions of a skill still apply when a monster is killed. #3. The light cannot go higher than level '5', no gameplay imapct and will be adjusted in the next video. Intro 0:00 Overview 0:50 Campaign Overview, Narrative and Win/Loss Conditions 1:27 Final Setup Step 4:35 Exploration Phase 5:14 Battle 21:05 Conclusion 59:06 Patreon Rolling Solo Producers 1:00:02 "Ruin has come to our family. In this adaptation of Red Hook’s acclaimed Darkest Dungeon video game, you strive to cleanse a manor and its surroundings of all manner of evil: hordes of the undead, foul beasts and eldritch abominations... And, finally, either at death’s door or at your wit’s end, you will have to uproot evil itself from the darkest dungeon. Darkest Dungeon is a fully cooperative dungeon crawl game in which players take on the role of adventurers. Although brave and determined, adventurers are only human! They are prone to the madness and pain the twisted dwellers of the dungeons will inflict upon them. Death can occur, but is not the worst fate: heroes can be driven mad and beyond help! The game is played in campaigns of 11 missions. To reach the Darkest Dungeon itself, players will undertake 3 missions per threat level and vanquish the boss. Then, they will be strong enough and face the horrors of the Darkest Dungeon! They may emerge victorious... if they dispatch the source of evil that plagues the land. For each hero, select 3 skills out of 7 before heading into your mission (and level the heroes up to gain access to more skills). In each room, pick the most suitable stance to best resolve the conflict! Then, on each turn, a player chooses two of the available actions of moving, interacting with the environment, changing their stance or using a skill (if eligible for their current stance). Triumph over encounters, resist rampant madness and emerge victorious before throwing yourself into another battle. Between missions, spend your time in the hamlet, visiting various buildings to find relief from the physical and mental trauma you’ve just endured. Restore the hamlet to its former glory and it will reward you and help you to fulfill the ultimate goal." *Media Inquiries: rollingsologamer@**gmail.com* *Want to support the channel? Here's how!* Rolling Solo Pateron: bit.ly/3yfkGMh Rolling Solo Merch Store: bit.ly/3yftvWp *You can connect with us in all these amazing places!* Rolling Solo Community Discord: bit.ly/3ylw5KE Rolling Solo Facebook Page: bit.ly/3MVYAT7 Rolling Solo Board Game Facebook Group: bit.ly/38aY3On Twitter: bit.ly/3M4jNdi Instagram: bit.ly/3P1Fmxa BGG Guild: bit.ly/3P2n5zT BGG Microbadge: bit.ly/39JIAVZ
Also, Dirk Stab pulls the Jester towards the monster, not the other way around, to represent him moving forward as he does in the video game. And I'm pretty sure extra effects happen even on a kill, though I can't say for sure where that's said
Oh man. I know the pain... seeing so many games that i could buy and can only choose 1 or two per month to avoid bankruptcy... What's worse is realising that i won't ever buy all of them because it's impossible....
@@barbusbogdan7 Don’t get them all. Get the ones that speak to you the most and then dig into them deep for awhile. The best experiences are buried within a game, not the initial parts. 😄
@@RollingSolo you are right I'll do that. However even by following your advice there are still too many games i would like to explore. I'll take it easy Edit: not to mention lack of storage
Very happy to see more Darkest Dungeon! One thing I saw was when the Jester used his Finale move and did the self push, he does push 3 spaces away and it has to be 3 spaces...but also he goes backwards into the support stance, not the aggressive stance so the madman attack would have gone towards the Hellion. Edit: Also don't think you can go above 5 light further to the left..but I could be wrong And last thing the Jester with his Dirk Stab still does self effects even if he kills the monster, since the Jester himself is still alive to have the effects applied to him.
Thanks so much! Another is landing today. It’s a fun one and it really moves once you know the rules. The setup video and part #1 are enough to get you rolling easily. Stay tuned for more though. 👏🏼
Combat moves nice and fast with the stance aspect adding in the DD vibe of strategy. It’s well done. Outside of a video I could complete this portion in 20-30 without rules explanation.
When you build in the room deck at the very beginning, do you add also the ruin cards coming from the Stygian room deck? Both have a different back but they both have ruins symbol.
Watching this for the first time and commenting as I go: when you self inflicted "push 3" for the jester during his attack, you actually "pulled" to the aggressive position on the stance tracker, not "pushed". A push is backwards. A pull is forwards. Don't know if that makes much of a difference, but it is that way in the video game. Also, i didnt think you physically move across the board when pushed or pulled. That's a move action. Excellent video though. Well done!
@@RollingSolo my apologies. Video #2 actually addresses this. Question for you since you had this game longer than I did: when do the characters actually move around the room (and not just move around the stance tracker)? I think the move symbol with the line on it, according to the instruction manual, says that's when they move around the room... but I didn't notice in my game that there was such a thing printed. Thank you again.(likes on all your vids) 😀
Aww yea! finally it is here! :D much appreciated Adam! Already looking forward to much, much more. Atleast until i finally get my language version myself :D
I really think so too. This and Solomon Kane are looking like two top notch games from Mythic Games. I was very impressed with Anastyr also but awaiting its final form.
Hello been watching lots of your video, thanks for the great work ! About this game Planning to get it solo, would you say with a little rule tweek could you play it solo with one or two characters only - It s my only grip with what I m seeing that there is too much managment between four characters ... Thanks
You can certainly house rule some things to make adjustments to go true solo. This one does mainly depend on a party so it will take away some aspects of gameplay.
It’s interesting to see how the Jesters push and pull mechanics are different from the video game, are you sure that they are the correct way round? Push shelf means that you move away from the aggressive stance and Pull self means towards aggressive stance. In the video game, using “Finale” moves the Jester to the rear (ranged / 4th spot) spot on the track, whereas “solo” skill moves him towards the front.
@@RollingSolo sorry I didn’t read the pinned before posting. Great play through and hope there are more. Waiting for my pledge to arrive so my party can suffer in the darkness. 😀
Thank you for this playthrough. My copy is about to arrive soon here in Germany. Looking at your setup, I am not sure if it will fit on my table. Does it need more space than e.g. Bloodborne in a 2-player setup?
@@RollingSolo Wonderful! That's great to hear, I look forward to future parts sir and of course when it finally lands on my doorstep. Assuming stress or eldritch horror doesn't fell me first!
I’m using a 4 foot by 3 foot table and there’s nothing in the top foot of the table. I also have things spaced out. It’s average for a campaign game. Thanks for watching!
Are you supposed to have the Initiative deck get smaller and smaller as you're killing monsters? Aren't you supposed to leave it at 8 cards and just ignore any extra monster cards later?
You ignore any extra hero or extra monster cards if there are none to activate in a given round! Then at the start of each round when it’s refreshed you only put in a number of initiative cards based on heroes and monster still alive.
Good grief Mythic! Just two minutes into the video and there are basic typographical errors in all 3 shots of game components shown so far. I'm excited for this game but these silly mistakes are going to drive me crazy.
There were a few in there I noticed. Nothing that impacts gameplay and they’ve done update packs to correct so I’m not concerned. Would be better to have this proof read more thoroughly out of the gates however for sure.
I really like your solo playthroughs but one detail really bugs me in a weird and subjective way: most of your shots are so very still so as to look like pictures. You're cutting around a lot of the actual moving of miniatures and cards and it feels less like someone's playing, more like I'm being explained things. Which has its perks, to be sure! It's a good way to learn the game, but it also makes it less easy for me to feel like I'm following you playing the game, if that makes sense. Anyway, still a great job on the production and explanation.
Hey Clement! I appreciate the feedback. One of the cons with having your hands flying around in front of the camera often is that a camera likes to try and focus on them. Which means the image is popping in and out which may make viewers sea sick watching the camera react. To keep the viewers focus on the gameplay I remove some of the hand gestures. Dice rolls and more exciting hand gestures I leave in but I’d rather not have the jazz hands effect which can overtake a playthrough and become a big distraction. There’s pros and cons for each style for sure but I’ve gotten good feedback over the years and learned a lot. My original videos were one hand with a camera and the other playing all in one take…now that was chaos lol
@@RollingSolo Thank your for your answer! it definitely feels like you've been honing the editing and presentation for a while and those choices are deliberate which I totally respect. i'll keep watching, and I'll probably get used to the style, because there aren't that many professionally shot and good solo gaming channels out there!
Yeeaahh.. Don't wanna be a Negative Nancy, but pretty glad I didn't back this. Apart from the harsh downgrades to storage and components and the shipping debacle, the errors I see in what is showed here alone make me expect the typical lengthy errata and FAQ that Mythic with their lacking QA always has to do already. Also, the gameplay looks less than stellar. The exploration phase with completely random provisions to combat completely random penalties looks super unfun, has zero gameplay depth and is WAY too long for what it is. Gameplay on the tactical map looks pretty basic with d10 to hit rolls and mostly just trying to focus damage on the closest enemy. Doesn't seem like identifying which ability to use is a real brain-burner, seems pretty obvious most of the times. No real tactical depth here. Also, quite lengthy and super tedious, with all the token management and general upkeep, especially with the stance board having to be managed in addition to the map. Having to shuffle around on 2 boards for a simple push just makes it more complicated without adding much to gameplay. And this is all the game is, no story to salvage it, and the town phase seems just as basic. Too bad they kept the game pretty much 1 to 1 as the prototype and just made a bunch more of that instead of iterating on the feedback and criticisms that were made back than. Don't see any improvement here at all. Who would want to play just this for dozens of hours with all the expansions? Not me, that's for sure. Game's still a real beauty with the minis and art design, but that does not make it a good game unfortunally.
Glad you weren't negative :-) thanks for that. This game looks great to me and i reckon it will be my favourite Dungeon crawler, it looks fast to play, has variety and choices all the way through, without having excessive AP - so just fun. The conditions are great and don't seem to taxing to run. Amazing how people have different taste :-)
The rolling for provisions always bothered me, so I may house rule that every character/player gets a set amount and can pick what they want on their die.
Remember you only saw two aspects of gameplay and one battle. There’s the Hamlet and Boss battles one top of a ton of variation across the game giving you lots to discover and work through. This is but a taste my friend, don’t judge a book by its cover! A better proof read to catch a few spelling errors would have been good but nothing impacts gameplay from the few I saw. Update packs on these large scale games will resolve this easily. This and Solomon Kane are gems from them for me. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts too. Good to see differing opinions too!
@@morgaknightgames Would make it slightly better, I guess, but can't save the system since the penalties are still completely random, so you can't anticipate them and thus you don't really have anything to go by for the decision which provisions to take. There is just no meaningful decision space built in there, honestly. I think a better house rule to "improve" the system would be: Just roll half the provisions and only use them during the "tactical" combat. During exploration, roll half the penalty dice (1 per character) and take the penalties without mitigation. Can the part of the scout that allows you to roll less dice. It effectively just speeds up the exploration step and does not add decision space, so it's a poor man's fix, but at least you don't waste unnecessary time with that system, have basically the same outcome and use the provisions where they are more interesting, in combat. Just to be clear, I think this game is perfectly solid and serviceable. It just looks... boring. And I think that's even worse for a piece of media than being bad. Meaningful decisions are what makes games interesting in the first place, and there are hardly any here.
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Rollers! Join me as we continue the Showcase for Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game created by Nick Niotis, Argyris Poungouras with art by Christopher Bourassa and published by Mythic Games. After the conclusion of the How To Setup video, we now wrap up the tail end of setup and dive into the depths of gameplay!
In this video you'll see Exploration and Battles covered. Be sure to stay tuned for more too! Hope this helps you make an informed decision on it and/or helps you get the game to the table quicker. If you enjoy the video, be sure to leave a like!
*Corrections:*
#1. A Jester self 'push 3' would send the Jester three spaces away and the same number of positions on the stance track.
#2. FYI: Any 'self' conditions of a skill still apply when a monster is killed.
#3. The light cannot go higher than level '5', no gameplay imapct and will be adjusted in the next video.
Intro 0:00
Overview 0:50
Campaign Overview, Narrative and Win/Loss Conditions 1:27
Final Setup Step 4:35
Exploration Phase 5:14
Battle 21:05
Conclusion 59:06
Patreon Rolling Solo Producers 1:00:02
"Ruin has come to our family.
In this adaptation of Red Hook’s acclaimed Darkest Dungeon video game, you strive to cleanse a manor and its surroundings of all manner of evil: hordes of the undead, foul beasts and eldritch abominations... And, finally, either at death’s door or at your wit’s end, you will have to uproot evil itself from the darkest dungeon.
Darkest Dungeon is a fully cooperative dungeon crawl game in which players take on the role of adventurers. Although brave and determined, adventurers are only human! They are prone to the madness and pain the twisted dwellers of the dungeons will inflict upon them. Death can occur, but is not the worst fate: heroes can be driven mad and beyond help!
The game is played in campaigns of 11 missions. To reach the Darkest Dungeon itself, players will undertake 3 missions per threat level and vanquish the boss. Then, they will be strong enough and face the horrors of the Darkest Dungeon! They may emerge victorious... if they dispatch the source of evil that plagues the land.
For each hero, select 3 skills out of 7 before heading into your mission (and level the heroes up to gain access to more skills). In each room, pick the most suitable stance to best resolve the conflict! Then, on each turn, a player chooses two of the available actions of moving, interacting with the environment, changing their stance or using a skill (if eligible for their current stance). Triumph over encounters, resist rampant madness and emerge victorious before throwing yourself into another battle. Between missions, spend your time in the hamlet, visiting various buildings to find relief from the physical and mental trauma you’ve just endured. Restore the hamlet to its former glory and it will reward you and help you to fulfill the ultimate goal."
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Also, Dirk Stab pulls the Jester towards the monster, not the other way around, to represent him moving forward as he does in the video game. And I'm pretty sure extra effects happen even on a kill, though I can't say for sure where that's said
Also scouting doesn't reveal rooms through long corridors
Ruin, has come to my wallet.
In time, you will learn the tragic extent of my credit card debt.
🤣 That will happen with this one. I’m very happy with it!
Oh man. I know the pain... seeing so many games that i could buy and can only choose 1 or two per month to avoid bankruptcy...
What's worse is realising that i won't ever buy all of them because it's impossible....
@@barbusbogdan7 Don’t get them all. Get the ones that speak to you the most and then dig into them deep for awhile. The best experiences are buried within a game, not the initial parts. 😄
@@RollingSolo you are right I'll do that. However even by following your advice there are still too many games i would like to explore. I'll take it easy
Edit: not to mention lack of storage
Very happy to see more Darkest Dungeon!
One thing I saw was when the Jester used his Finale move and did the self push, he does push 3 spaces away and it has to be 3 spaces...but also he goes backwards into the support stance, not the aggressive stance so the madman attack would have gone towards the Hellion.
Edit: Also don't think you can go above 5 light further to the left..but I could be wrong
And last thing the Jester with his Dirk Stab still does self effects even if he kills the monster, since the Jester himself is still alive to have the effects applied to him.
Good catch on the Jester! You’re correct on that and I've added it to the pinned comment. Yes, self conditions would apply. Cheers!
yup, light can't go higher than "5"
@@NickOfSon Excellent! Easy fix and no gameplay impact. Thanks for watching!
Great playthrough so far! Can't wait to see more. I am getting excited again for this one to deliver!
Thanks so much! Another is landing today. It’s a fun one and it really moves once you know the rules. The setup video and part #1 are enough to get you rolling easily. Stay tuned for more though. 👏🏼
Really liking the feel of the combat. Very snappy like the game itself.
Combat moves nice and fast with the stance aspect adding in the DD vibe of strategy. It’s well done. Outside of a video I could complete this portion in 20-30 without rules explanation.
Really love this game’s mechanics great demonstration thanks
Appreciate that Myles!
Thanks for making this video. It helped a lot!
You bet! Glad to help out Scott. Good luck in the depths. 🤞🏼
When you build in the room deck at the very beginning, do you add also the ruin cards coming from the Stygian room deck? Both have a different back but they both have ruins symbol.
I do not think so: I just wanted to be sure
Don’t think so! It’s been a bit so I can’t say off hand.
Watching this for the first time and commenting as I go: when you self inflicted "push 3" for the jester during his attack, you actually "pulled" to the aggressive position on the stance tracker, not "pushed". A push is backwards. A pull is forwards. Don't know if that makes much of a difference, but it is that way in the video game.
Also, i didnt think you physically move across the board when pushed or pulled. That's a move action. Excellent video though. Well done!
This is correct! I believe it’s mentioned in the pinned comment. Thanks for watching and the kind words. Good eye too!
@@RollingSolo my apologies. Video #2 actually addresses this. Question for you since you had this game longer than I did: when do the characters actually move around the room (and not just move around the stance tracker)? I think the move symbol with the line on it, according to the instruction manual, says that's when they move around the room... but I didn't notice in my game that there was such a thing printed.
Thank you again.(likes on all your vids) 😀
CANT WAIT FOR MY EDITION TO ARRIVE AAAHHHHH
Another video coming very soon!!
@@RollingSolo looking forward to it! I need more gameplay to tide me over and you're the only one uploading!
Amazing. Super hyped for this video!
Enjoy it Sebastian! 😉
Great video, looking forward to the next one!
Another one is landing today! 🔥
Do the effect of bleed and blight conditions only take place during the battles? Can they also be applied during the exploration phase?
I think only in the battles.
Yep, think just battles. Unless some effect pushes it.
Aww yea! finally it is here! :D much appreciated Adam! Already looking forward to much, much more. Atleast until i finally get my language version myself :D
You’re welcome! Hope they make the wait easier. See you in the next one!
@@RollingSolo Just finished the video. They do make the wait a LOT easier 😁excited for the next video!
@@beastofthedevil96 Awesome! The next one is coming early next week. 😄
Wooo finally🎉❤🎉❤
It begins! ;D
Looking great. This game will be a blast!
I really think so too. This and Solomon Kane are looking like two top notch games from Mythic Games. I was very impressed with Anastyr also but awaiting its final form.
@@RollingSolo Unfortunately shipping + VAT kind of kills any interest in Anastyr I might have...
@@1AngelAlita VAT is a tough one these days for sure...
Hello been watching lots of your video, thanks for the great work ! About this game Planning to get it solo, would you say with a little rule tweek could you play it solo with one or two characters only - It s my only grip with what I m seeing that there is too much managment between four characters ... Thanks
You can certainly house rule some things to make adjustments to go true solo. This one does mainly depend on a party so it will take away some aspects of gameplay.
Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate the support!
New to the game, at 12:10 don't you also get +1 dodge due to your party's light level? Edit: I see you mention it at 21:30.
Correct! Pinned comment also has mentions as well. Hope you’re enjoying it!
It’s interesting to see how the Jesters push and pull mechanics are different from the video game, are you sure that they are the correct way round? Push shelf means that you move away from the aggressive stance and Pull self means towards aggressive stance. In the video game, using “Finale” moves the Jester to the rear (ranged / 4th spot) spot on the track, whereas “solo” skill moves him towards the front.
Check the pinned comment for any corrections! Thanks for watching and see you again soon! 😄
@@RollingSolo sorry I didn’t read the pinned before posting. Great play through and hope there are more. Waiting for my pledge to arrive so my party can suffer in the darkness. 😀
@@Beppsta All good! No expectations on that. I just update it as I learn and correct things. Another one is coming early next week!
Thank you for this playthrough. My copy is about to arrive soon here in Germany. Looking at your setup, I am not sure if it will fit on my table. Does it need more space than e.g. Bloodborne in a 2-player setup?
I was playing on a 3x4 table and had a bunch of space up top. So a 3x3 table would work well.
Is it true that rubble and hunger only affect the hero that rolled it? Or does it affect the whole party like in the video game. Thanks for upload!
Glad you liked it. Will have to double check this as I don’t know off hand. 🙂
Awesome, thanks for the run through! Would you say it's a bit more smooth compared with the development build you played previously?
Much much smoother. I really like the layers of the game. There’s a lot to dig into! Backers are going to enjoy it!
@@RollingSolo Wonderful! That's great to hear, I look forward to future parts sir and of course when it finally lands on my doorstep. Assuming stress or eldritch horror doesn't fell me first!
@@Frohmanski haha! I hope to make the wait easier for you. 😄
Jeez, you need a lot of table space for all of this
I’m using a 4 foot by 3 foot table and there’s nothing in the top foot of the table. I also have things spaced out. It’s average for a campaign game. Thanks for watching!
Is there a standee option for this game? The models look amazing but unnecessary for the extra cost.
The miniatures are amazing! Honestly, standees would be nice but the minis make the dungeon crawl aspects coming to life.
Are you supposed to have the Initiative deck get smaller and smaller as you're killing monsters? Aren't you supposed to leave it at 8 cards and just ignore any extra monster cards later?
You ignore any extra hero or extra monster cards if there are none to activate in a given round! Then at the start of each round when it’s refreshed you only put in a number of initiative cards based on heroes and monster still alive.
Odd question, but what size is your table?
3x4
Game doesn’t fill the table. There’s still room above but a bit far from the camera setup currently.
@@RollingSolo Thanks for the info. My table is 4.5 x 3 so I was worried it wouldn’t fit everything.
@@PrestoGriff You will be a-ok!
Happy I passed on this one . Thanks for the video
Happy to help either way!
Enemies have to be within rage to execute the attack. Heroes have to be at the exact distance.
Thanks for watching and the feedback!
@@RollingSolo After playing a few times, I think that It has more sense the way that you do.
Nice! Glad to help either way. Good luck in the depths! 😜
Good grief Mythic! Just two minutes into the video and there are basic typographical errors in all 3 shots of game components shown so far. I'm excited for this game but these silly mistakes are going to drive me crazy.
Mythic Games....every single damn game...
There were a few in there I noticed. Nothing that impacts gameplay and they’ve done update packs to correct so I’m not concerned. Would be better to have this proof read more thoroughly out of the gates however for sure.
Why u no go for that 2nd chest?!?!? Heh.
I should have! I had the time but also didn’t want to make the video overlay long. Believe me, it pained me not to go grab it haha
@@RollingSolo So what's the deal with loot and objectives during fights? You don't get them if you kill all the enemies before collecting them?
I hate hidden cardboard tokens. Too easy to get scuffed and become identifiable. I prefer bags
Hey! I’m not sure I follow. Can you clarify?
I really like your solo playthroughs but one detail really bugs me in a weird and subjective way: most of your shots are so very still so as to look like pictures. You're cutting around a lot of the actual moving of miniatures and cards and it feels less like someone's playing, more like I'm being explained things. Which has its perks, to be sure! It's a good way to learn the game, but it also makes it less easy for me to feel like I'm following you playing the game, if that makes sense. Anyway, still a great job on the production and explanation.
Hey Clement! I appreciate the feedback. One of the cons with having your hands flying around in front of the camera often is that a camera likes to try and focus on them. Which means the image is popping in and out which may make viewers sea sick watching the camera react. To keep the viewers focus on the gameplay I remove some of the hand gestures. Dice rolls and more exciting hand gestures I leave in but I’d rather not have the jazz hands effect which can overtake a playthrough and become a big distraction.
There’s pros and cons for each style for sure but I’ve gotten good feedback over the years and learned a lot. My original videos were one hand with a camera and the other playing all in one take…now that was chaos lol
@@RollingSolo Thank your for your answer! it definitely feels like you've been honing the editing and presentation for a while and those choices are deliberate which I totally respect. i'll keep watching, and I'll probably get used to the style, because there aren't that many professionally shot and good solo gaming channels out there!
Yeeaahh.. Don't wanna be a Negative Nancy, but pretty glad I didn't back this. Apart from the harsh downgrades to storage and components and the shipping debacle, the errors I see in what is showed here alone make me expect the typical lengthy errata and FAQ that Mythic with their lacking QA always has to do already.
Also, the gameplay looks less than stellar. The exploration phase with completely random provisions to combat completely random penalties looks super unfun, has zero gameplay depth and is WAY too long for what it is.
Gameplay on the tactical map looks pretty basic with d10 to hit rolls and mostly just trying to focus damage on the closest enemy. Doesn't seem like identifying which ability to use is a real brain-burner, seems pretty obvious most of the times. No real tactical depth here. Also, quite lengthy and super tedious, with all the token management and general upkeep, especially with the stance board having to be managed in addition to the map. Having to shuffle around on 2 boards for a simple push just makes it more complicated without adding much to gameplay.
And this is all the game is, no story to salvage it, and the town phase seems just as basic.
Too bad they kept the game pretty much 1 to 1 as the prototype and just made a bunch more of that instead of iterating on the feedback and criticisms that were made back than. Don't see any improvement here at all. Who would want to play just this for dozens of hours with all the expansions? Not me, that's for sure.
Game's still a real beauty with the minis and art design, but that does not make it a good game unfortunally.
Glad you weren't negative :-) thanks for that. This game looks great to me and i reckon it will be my favourite Dungeon crawler, it looks fast to play, has variety and choices all the way through, without having excessive AP - so just fun. The conditions are great and don't seem to taxing to run. Amazing how people have different taste :-)
@@gasa5251 True that! 😄
The rolling for provisions always bothered me, so I may house rule that every character/player gets a set amount and can pick what they want on their die.
Remember you only saw two aspects of gameplay and one battle. There’s the Hamlet and Boss battles one top of a ton of variation across the game giving you lots to discover and work through. This is but a taste my friend, don’t judge a book by its cover!
A better proof read to catch a few spelling errors would have been good but nothing impacts gameplay from the few I saw. Update packs on these large scale games will resolve this easily. This and Solomon Kane are gems from them for me.
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts too. Good to see differing opinions too!
@@morgaknightgames Would make it slightly better, I guess, but can't save the system since the penalties are still completely random, so you can't anticipate them and thus you don't really have anything to go by for the decision which provisions to take. There is just no meaningful decision space built in there, honestly.
I think a better house rule to "improve" the system would be: Just roll half the provisions and only use them during the "tactical" combat. During exploration, roll half the penalty dice (1 per character) and take the penalties without mitigation. Can the part of the scout that allows you to roll less dice. It effectively just speeds up the exploration step and does not add decision space, so it's a poor man's fix, but at least you don't waste unnecessary time with that system, have basically the same outcome and use the provisions where they are more interesting, in combat.
Just to be clear, I think this game is perfectly solid and serviceable. It just looks... boring. And I think that's even worse for a piece of media than being bad. Meaningful decisions are what makes games interesting in the first place, and there are hardly any here.