👍👎FROSTGRAVE - My First Game & First Impressions
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I played my first game of Frostgrave and wanted to take a moment to give my first impressions of the game. TLDR......it is a great game for in between sessions of D&D and will likely be comfortable and easy to pick up for TTRPG players.
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Can you make an iron Gollum
Simon Diedrich - No. But maybe an iron Smeagol.
I play rangers of shadow deep (same author) and it’s fantastic!
I'm going to start, sir! In fact, I'm dropping a super-expensive KS pledge because of this video! Thanks, J!
Frostgrave really boosted the amount of crafting that I was doing. Lots of broken walls and statues. I still use that scatter in my D&D game. PLUS, the creator is suuuuuuuper available and active on its FB group.
If you like Frostgrave you are going to love Rangers of Shadowdeep.
This. This. THIS.
Rangers is also just incredible and Joe is killing it with the works he's putting into it.
Yup, just got rangers and I’m working on building up my creature store so I can play proper!
Yeah rangers is the game I've played most since getting it,
Rangers is an awesome game. I'm currently working on my minis and terrain to start the campaign.
I would love to see him do an RoSD scenery build series.
Bought the rulebook on a whim and the fact that it is a “use the models you’ve got” rather than REQUIRING the players to buy all of the supplies to even play your first game. Quite excited to finally throw some dice with my buds and check this one out!
Yay, Frostgrave! Looking forward to your builds.
I recommend picking up the Maze of Malcor book and using the new experience rules. They were crafted by the designer after a couple of years of feedback from players, and put less emphasis on killing enemy wizards as well as reduce the snowball effect that can happen in a longer campaign.
Rangers of Shadow Deep is his new release. Its a co-op and allows for solo play. Big Win all around
TheJankmaster I really want to try that game. I like the idea of it being co-op.
Yeah. RoSD is great. "Rangers" refers more to the organization they belong to. So you can build your 'ranger' to fit almost any trope from spell slinger to armored tank.
@TheJankmaster
Is RoSD only available on Kindle? I'm not seeing a hard cover on Amazon...
I LOVE Rangers. I’ve been playing with my kids, and it got me into making terrain!
Scheduling with my multiple personalities is a breeze... a cold breeze...
I need more unemployed and unmarried friends.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial actually, in all seriousness, you need to organise games at a retirement village. Plenty of intelligent people with tonnes of free time who don't travel far.
We're all jealous because the voices talk to you.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial turns out that demo graphic isn't super fun to hang out with
@@TheDungineer But ladies named Ethyl and Myrtle make the best cookies.
Just picked up some oathmark dwarves to build a warband for this yesterday! Its slowly building a following in Australia and I'm hoping to get my group onto it asap
Frostgrave and this style is great. The jungle version of this (ghost archipelago )is also amazing. If you’re looking for a post apocalypse game like this. This is not a test is a great option. If you want zombies, last days. You want frostgrave with 40k , scrappers. All those games let you use your own minis and I really love that. If you want a twist on this. Try kobolds and cobblestones, it use a deck of cards and a poker mechanic in basically waterdeep. The gang leader dies but has hit his treasure all over the city and you create a gang to go find it. I really like that one as well
No freaking way. I just bought this on amazon yesterday!!!! DM Jim is so into it I had to buy it!! Man I love your channel. Same wave lengths man. 🍻🍻🍻
I really like Frostgrave... I'm checking out Rangers of Shadow Deep which was written by the same guy and uses the same system. But it's solo or co-op!
Love frostgrave , way easier to get started and play than other table top fantasy. Long term the game is still great with additional books adding to content spells and rules options.
Smaller table size, small armies, faster games.
Awesome!
I got myself a copy!
Here in the north of Germany it is quite popular.
If you liked frostgrave you maybe should give mordheim a try.
It is a gw game but is not supported anymore but you can get some really good miniatures from other companys or use your own.
Rules are in the web for free.
In the game you get to build not only your own wizard you build a complete warband.
I liked it because it quite feels more like an pen and paper game then every other tabletop game
Maybe give it a try?
Sold! Just got a copy, the spellcards, and the folio
I started watching Black magic craft specifically to make terrain for Frostgrave. One suggestion I can give is pick up 'The Frostgrave Folio' early on in your campaign. I say this because it has rules for a captain which is a third class type and more permanent member that can increase in stats aside from the wizard and apprentice.
Just ordered it last night. Still can’t believe the low pricing on the FG books.
About to host a 9 week Frostgrave campaign at my local game store! Made battle report sheets and everything for it! Love this system, and I play Rangers of Shadow Deep every Tuesday!
Just grabbed a copy of the core rules via your link. Love the channel. This gives me an excuss to make more terrain. Keep up the good work.
Great game , it's expansions are also great
Hello. Not speaking English, I use google tratuction so I apologize in advance if the text is sometimes difficult to understand. First of all thank you for all the time and energy you put into this channel. I discovered it by chance a few weeks ago and I was immediately hooked. So I'm going back to all your videos from the beginning. I who had never done that, I'm already at a dozen craft. In fact, the construction of tiles and scenery is really something very addictive^^. Having bought Frostgrave for Christmas, I can't wait to see what you're going to offer us as decorations. Thanks again for everything.
I am just getting into this game with my kids too. We haven't built our first warbands yet, but it looks awesome to me so far.
Dude, you are great at explaining stuff. Do a how to play Frostgrave please! :)
Yeah! Step by step how to with real gameplay!
there is this channel called "watch it played", it's got a nice little series of 4 videos with all the explaining for the setup/gameplay
I've been building minis for this game myself, I'm so happy that you're getting it to it!
As a experienced Frostgrave player I am really happy seeing you exploring Felstadt - really looking forward to all your Frostgrave related projects. If you want a more narrative driven campaign, you should definitely try out the first expansion: Thaw of the Lich Lord. ;-)
I have loved this game since the first time I opened the book a few years ago!
Sold! I have the same problem in my group. Too many grownups with things to do. Once a month meeting and we were already looking at Frost Grave. Thanks for the review!!!
Oh man, you'd love Rangers of Shadow Deep.
Why? Just because it is an awesome solo/co-op RPG light game that... never mind, yeah, he would probably like it.
Warriors of WaterDeep? xD
+black magic craft. You asked for advice and questioned how the game is long term. The base game has replayability by changing wizard type. More importantly there's additional campaigns and supplements to offer totally different stuff. There's a deck of cards that adds personal/secret objectives that provide a whole new take on play - still based on treasure hunting but ADDS a twist for you (and your opponent, who's objective you don't know).
So glad that you enjoyed the game. It really is a fine and fun system to play through. Its been suffering a little bit as of late in my area, but at least it still has an active player base across the world. One of the cooler subjects about the game is also the plastic figures that have come out with the game and how easy they can be applied to other systems. Take the basic soldier box, you can make most fighter/paladin/rouge options for dnd settings. Also the figures are the same scale as warhammer fantasy. I've made medieval guardsmen and female guardsmen with the various plastic sets.
Its also a fun world to apply to fantasy settings with hooks and adventures to use in RPGs. 'A city of in the frozen north has been found and wizards are hiring mercenaries' or 'a long lost archipelago has appeared, filled with untold treasures and dangers'. Really it is a fun game to use for campaigns and one offs with the system.
Kings of War: Vanguard is a great game in a similar vein. They have free rules on the mantic site and you can use whatever models you want. I would love to see you review it!
The game is a breeze to houserule.
My own houserule is to have a bonus treasure in the center of the board so players don't just take the easiest treasures and run.
Something he fixed in GA.
En España hay una gran comunidad que jugamos a este maravilloso wargame.
@factoria tabletop Desde Japón? 😱
@factoria tabletop Jajaja gracias por los piropos pero ya te digo que famoso poco jajaja
Es similar a Mordheim? Mejor, peor,mas sencillo? Me gustaria saber alguna opinio comparando :)
I've just started Frostgrave with my daughter and friends, and it's AWESOME!
Frostgrave is an awesome game. I've been playing it since it was released. Check out Rangers of Shadow Deep. Also the monsters in Frostgrave have the same stats as the monsters in Rangers of Shadow Deep.
Been playing since it came out! I have a ton of the D&D pre- painted minis, they work great!
Thanks so much for the content. It has help rekindle my love for this game. Also solo rules coming out this year sounds pretty good too!
A few years ago my group started Frostgrave. I hot glued random cardboard pieces at right angles and tent folded strips of paper with the unit name on it. 20 minutes later we we're playing. Now we use Legos.
Osprey makes many many skirmish mini games on the cheap. Try Draculas America, and then show us your vision of a Wild West build/town.
You'll really gonna love the Frostgrave infantry boxes :D
Been playing since a couple years, it's a neat game that you can tailor to whatever you prefer. Check out the campaign/mission booklets, they have cool stuff other than scenarios.
Oh, and build some custom treasure, objective and spell (runes!) markers, you'll need them.
Excellent video and Frostgrave is an amazing game. I would recommend going online and downloading the spell cards for reference during the game. You should also try Gaslands for a similar fun experience.
Yea, I printed out all the cards and put them in sleeves.
Thank you for this review. I wondered what Frostgrave was. As I want to move away from complicated and scheduling problems, I'll look into this.
Frostgrave is my second favorite game, right after Warhammer Age of Sigmar. There are a lot of supplements for Frostgrave and some cool cards both for the spells and to add variety to the scenarios once you've played through them a few times. Can't wait to see what you think about Kill Team I'm getting ready to play that too.
Price is up to 23$ US on Amazon right now. Definitely going to check it out. So Josh, this was a year ago. You still playing and enjoying the game?
As already said...
Rangers of Shadow Deep is probably the best game I've played in years, a D&D/War Game crossover that truly deserves the hype.
Seriously, get it and try it, you'll probably never play another game again!
Your a few books behind. Frostgrave has been out for a bit and it just keeps getting better. Being able to use your own minis and learning curb is the best. Only problem is the loyalists to D&D and other war games, do not like competition have done a lot to shut it down and yet they are still publishing more campaigns. Keep playing and enjoy it all.
I've played Frostgrave several times, and this review made me not only want to play again...it made me want to BUY it again...
Also, there is another game in the "Frostgrave" series. Called Ghost Archepeligo (wrong spelling I know). The scenarios cross right over as do the monsters.
Frostgrave felt like Necromunda with Fantasy Characters to me.
Mordheim but better?
@@sartori69 I like Mordheim better
Old necro or new ?
Interesting review that has inspired me to check this game out. Thanks!
Just getting into Frostgrave now, hopefully I can convince some friends to play
If you find that the d20 system feels to swingy, we house rule a 2d10 replacement to help normalise the result curve. That way crits feel really special and not too common.
Also, frostgrave minis are brilliant in general - frequently take to kit bashing them and making minis for all sorts (obviously including D&D characters).
Well, did you play again? I love Frostgrave. Been playing it since it came out and have all the expansions. Second ed just came out. Check out Rangers of Shadows Deed too, It's a single player or co-op game. Great now that we are in a Pandemic. I also love Warhammer! Age of Sigmar is my favorite game and GW just makes the best miniatures. My GW figures and terrain pull double duty as I also use them to play Frostgrave and Rangers.
Should also try Mordheim, very similar feel and all the rules/ expansions are 100% free.
With your love of terrain building, you need to get into Infinity. Most wargames you build armies I'm convinced Infinity you build tables.
Love frostgrave. Recently started playing Rangers of Shadow deep. Heavier emphasis on skills and abilities than frostgrave and rangers of shadowdeep is solo or cooperative play. Love you channel and have used your ideas. Than you for what you do
I also heard (and it lures me even more to Frostgrave) that this game is very friendly to backstory modification. The lore is supposed to be only "foundation" - if someone isnt for example too much into this fantasy style, there is no problem to modify it. You can have LOTRgrave, HPgrave, Conangrave, or even likes of StarWarsGrave. If this is true, than it takes my favourite "Your dudes!" rule to the whole new level
I love Frostgrave. I have all of the books and supplements for Frostgrave, Frostgrave: Ghost Achipelago, and Rangers of Shadowdeep. The creator of these games, Joseph McCullough, is a great guy and is very engaged with the gaming community. Frostgrave is the game that got me into building terrain. I love that I have another use for all of those darn board game miniatures that I've painted over the years. Although not necessary to play, their plastic and metal models are quite good. Amazon and other distributors carry the books and some of the figures and accessories. For Europe, northstarfigures carries everything that exists for the game. For folks in USA, Brigadegames is the North American distributor for northstar. One thing about Frostgrave that we did have to houserule a bit is that you get a lot of XP quickly for killing off the opponent's wizard, apprentice, or crew. This means that wizards with offensive spells can wrack up XP faster than those that are more defensive or treasure focused. Great game though and there's a lot of content out there to explore.
The expansions are also really great. They add new minions and different play styles.
'Thaw of the Lich Lord' is a bit more story and coop focused.
'Into the breeding pits' gives a dungeon crawl setting.
All in all the expansions focus a lot on boosting the non-player faction and pushing the players more to decide whether to work together or against each other.
Of course this means they are a lot more specific on the miniatures used for the monsters, which still are very generic. Cultists for the Lich Lord, Gnolls for the Breeding pits and so on.
With the official Frostgrave infantry boxes this isn't such a problem as they are awesome and offer a bang for the buck.
I'm really glad to see you enjoy Frostgrave! :D
Only tip I have is not to use the optional Criticals rule in the beginning.
Wow nice! May give this a try. Is there a futuristic version of the same too? I love fantasy and futuristic is equal doses 😁 also love an excuse to build more terrain!!!
Love this little game. The spells are fab. Really clever and functional. Driving force of the game. It's not without issues. Combats a bit swingy using a D20. Personally I avoid it. Take bows. Creatures either turn up in force or don't turn up at all. A rat is just as deadly as a bear, dragon or zombie ect.
But the joy of spells like telekinesis, mind control, Push ect is just great.
An infinite range too. What do you mean pre-measuring? put that ruler away son !
This is either genius or madness depending on your views.
But to my mind. That's just magic ;-)
The different schools work so well and give replay ability.
GW's main goal is to create and sell miniatures. Their games are there to sell the miniatures. So its pretty logical that they wont let you play other peoples minis in their games. If you want more clarification look at their 2017-2018 financial report. It says exactly this in the first 3 paragraphs of their strategic report section.
You’re behind, Rangers of shadow deep is where it’s at (same designer) (solo)
Frostgrave is great! One of my D&D groups plays this as well. It was so easy to learn and the game flowed smoothly. It’s also a low investment game in both time and money. Agreed on all of your points. This was great to see!
Young fool! ;p Only one book!? You've just opened the portal to Felstad (Frostrave). Books of undiscovored lore await in this long sleeping city of the dead. You'll not be able to resist delving further into this realm and will surely seek further knowledge and adventure issued forth from the mind of the great sage Joseph A McCullough. -- Seriously, it's addictive :D
Last night I ordered the folio, thaw of the lich lord, and Ghost A....for future. I still can’t get over the affordable pricing of these books as compared to other games.
I have been playing for a long time and I've used your style of building terrain for a long time....in fact I don't play d&d I just use this stuff for frost grave and mordhiem. I'm super excited to see what you build for frostgrave and what kind of wizard did you go with?
Will there be a video of 2nd ed? Cheers!
The book can be found used for $10 US!
I'll tell you what the future will be like. As your wizard gains experience, the levels will go up, making the game deeper and more strategic. like that, but, it will also make the loss of a mage or apprentice that much more painful. incredible game. you have an idea perfectly, the spirit of the hobby is in this game.
Man, i love Frost Grave!
So excited to see what new terrain project ideas this will spark here!
Been looking recently at Mordheim and kept hearing about this game. Nice to see this vid up on BMC & definitely need to look more into this game. Always glad to see games like Necromunda where there's lots of random things like the environment, campaigns & a game that's boring if up just line up to fight (have to go after objectives).
Great review dude
Welcome to the wargaming community! Probably not intentional, but you were going a little hard on GW and tabletop wargames. Without GW, Frostgrave wouldn't exist. It's just a revamp of Mordheim. Glad you liked it. Wargaming has a lot of different hobby elements and such that make it fun and a bit different from D&D. They both have their place, and scratch different itches. Looking forward to see how you progress with Frostgrave and Kill Team.
And that's why I refuse to play at turnies or places that only allows official minis for their games. I like to highly personalize my hero miniature so they would never be sanctioned at these kind of events.
I don't do D&D/RPGs. I use your crafts for wargaming like Frostgrave. Used at least three of your tutorials on my last table (brick pillars, goblin barricades, bronze statues.
Wow, you don't have to like Warhammer or Gamesworkshop but don't fucking lie about it. It's not a buy the most expensive army and auto win, it's not MTG. It's just an expensive model collecting game with a decent game attached to it.
Look at his blog. He definitely speaks to some of the "swingy-ness" of d20s and how the xp can work a bit better. (Wizard killing is a little too lucrative. ) Tons of people have hacked this game with the blessing of the game's creator. therenaissancetroll.blogspot.com/2018/09/rangers-of-shadow-deep-companions.html
Uuuuu, you´re gonna love Rangers of Shadow deep then! It´s McCulloughs newest game and it has a lot of similiarities with Frostgrave, but it is set in a depp haunted forest rather than a frozen city. It plays really fast and easy, the warbands are smaller, and I find it has an even more pronaunced RPG feel to it.
I've had it a while and it's the best gaming investment i have made in years (this and Gaslands!) If you are a GW fan and miss Mordheim, i highly, highly recommend this and the expansion books (which are even less expensive. Also Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago, which is a parallel game where your Warband Leader is more a mythic hero. Pick it up, you will not be disappointed.
I have the rules in PDF, have not played yet but I agree wholeheartedly that a game without an accompanying hobby cone to drive sales is AWESOME.
31.81 euros in the Netherlands right now... :( Silver Bayonet is similar and very rad, by the same author.
Try Rangers of Shadow Deep. Mostly same mechanics as Frostgrave, same author with a lot more rpg elements. Also its co-op scales to 4 players, can be played solo. Its Frostgrave kn steriods.
Also pick up the of the litch lord. For frostgrave. It's a complete stand alone campaign.
okay this is cool and all but the SHIRT! i love it! where did you find it? :)
also when it comes out i'd love to see you have a go with with the svilland campaign setting by dream realm storytellers! it's a 5e setting so not something you might be able to actually play through but more look over like with the tome of beasts and other books :) great video!
I played at my local game shop on a whim, jumped in, used someone elses warband , had a blast! I bought the book two days later hoping that i could get my rpg crew to play as i have had 0 luck getting them to play anything other than an rpg in a very long time. I havent played since. Everyone has the minis to make a warband, terrain and buildings are a littel scarce but i watch a BA TH-cam channel and im picking up tricks to remedy that. They just wont try something new.
Dude...great video. Check out the author's new game Rangers of Shadow Deep. It is awesome and you will really enjoy it.
There is KS campaign at the moment (almost ending) from Blacklist Games that offers a tremendous value per miniature that are perfect for Frostgrave:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/blacklistgames/blacklist-miniatures-fantasy-series-1/comments
I am suprised I never saw this video before. The whole reason I watch your videos is for Frostgrave/Rangers of Shadowdeep. Well, some of it I use for other games, but mainly those two.
Glad to see you picking up Frostgrave. It's a great mini game. Especially for people who love D&D.
Really want to play tgis game but cant get my gaming group to bite. So Im buying the Rangers of shadowdeep book instead same designer but single or 2 player same fundalmentals DnD meets Tabletop game and Im really looking forward to it.
While I do like frostgrave, I can't recommend Song of Blades and Heroes enough. Its another use your own minis game, but it's not limited to wizards, and the stats for your party is made from the ground up rather than from template. Its simple and exciting. Check that one out.
I just played the first game. So far, I don't like that to win you have to secure treasure tokens, and to secure treasure tokens you have to remove figures from play. This means you have to take numerous "trash" minis to carry your treasure, when your warband is already very limited in size.
I recently got the book after watching many videos of people playing frostgrave. Now just to find time and people who can play. I have plenty of minis and terrain!
You should also look up Ghost Archipelago. Also fun, and lots of crafting projects there.
I liked frost grave, it is awesome, but i cant use all my models in there, that is why we paly, time to time, DnD skirmish miniature game and it is awesome, you have the sense of personalitation cos the variability and effects of the models given by the cards but you dont really build a character, even with that, it is awesome and it is like playing magic and chess with a DnD flavor, it is awesome.
this is exciting. I would love to give Frost grave ago. Noticed that the book isn't actually called "core rule book" can I buy any book and its got all the core rules in it? Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago looks great but not sure if I can start there. Love to know more
The book titled "Frostgrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Frozen City" that I link to in video description is the core rules for the original Frostgrave and what you need to play. There are other suppliments like the Folio and campaign books that you can add to your game.
Ghost Archipelago is (as far as I understand) an alternative version of the game in a different setting with different spells and slightly different rules. You could choose to start there if the theme is more appealing to you, I just wanted to start with the original.
If you like the mechanics of Frostgrave, here's another endorsement for Rangers of Shadowdeep. You can use the same minis and terrain for both, but it opens you up to solo and co-op play. Joseph McCullough wrote both games. So cool to see you dabble in wargames and give an honest assessment. Thanks!!
I have just bought the main book and the solo supplement. I'm looking forward to my first game soon.
Frostgrave in Oct are bring out another new expansion the game has loss you should check out like the breeding pits it’s an amazing game can’t say any more really
Games Workshop have a lot of faults and I will go as far to say a lot more than most companies, but with the possible exception of the odd unit here and there, it's never been pay to win.
Do yourself a favor and go ahead and snag a copy of Into the Breeding Pits. It adds underground/dungeon play with more scenarios!
That was one extremely accurate review. Frostgrave is really a great game and it's worth it to invest in all the expensions. The books are cheap and always good value.
I just a few minutes ago ordered some of the other books. I can’t believe how well priced they are!
I would like to recommend the game Rangers in the Shadow Deep as well, it's from the same author - where he streamlined the rules even more. He also tackled the scheduling issue actually... by making it primarily single player! This makes it even more narrative driven, and I think, even more appealing to rollplayers. Note, you can still play multiplayer but it's actually co-operative that way. It's really neat. :)