Patreon: bit.ly/3yfkGMh | Facebook: bit.ly/38aY3On | Discord: bit.ly/3ylw5KE Rollers, back to the dungeon we go to create the Demon Artifact! Let's continue our adventures in Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape created by Alex Olteanu, Marco Portugal and published by CMON. Hope you enjoy and keep on rolling solo! ;D FYI: A correction for entire playthrough: “To know how much Max Health and Max Mana your Hero currently has, simply look at their starting Health and Mana and add the amount shown on the Level token at your current Level, ignoring all information from previous Levels.” - FAQ The final part of the statement is key in that you don’t add up all prior levels to determine max health and max mana. You ONLY take your character card and your current level to determine max health and max mana. This is very easy to miss! Intro 0:00 Overview 0:28 Clarification/FYIs/Community Feedback 0:56 Part #2 Gameplay 4:03 Conclusion 59:38 Patreon Rolling Solo Producers 1:00:50 "Ten years have passed since the Lightbringers drove back the hordes of the Darkness and sealed the Portal from whence they came. The heroes thought their job done, but the newfound peace was never meant to last. Dangerous new Portals have suddenly opened up all across the land. The Darkness and its hordes are flooding through, stronger than ever. It will not be enough to simply close the Portals this time. The Lightbringers must travel through them into the unknown to destroy the Darkness once and for all. Either Light will triumph, or the Darkness will consume every being in the world. This is where players find themselves in Massive Darkness 2, a new edition of the hit dungeon-crawler game." *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 Created By: Adam Smith #RollingSolo #BoardGames #MassiveDarkness2
Love the MD2 videos--they are some of my favorite content I've seen on your channel! One minor observation--when the Rogue uses the toolkit to place a trap, it gets placed faceup (per the skill card text). Thus, you know when you place it exactly how much damage it will do. Also, if you use the cardboard tokens, you can keep track of which traps affect which figures: face down traps with unknown results affect only heroes, and face up traps with known results affect only enemies.
Thanks so much my friend. I’m enjoying the experience with you all. 👏🏼 That’s a great point and does make determining which are for enemies and which are for heroes much easier! Cheers 😄
Thanks for the quality MD2 content you've been producing! Wanted to mention that at 53:04 Feydra would get the exp point for the Imp's self-implosion Defense activation. You can find the rule at PG. 21 of the rulebook near the top: "NOTE: If an Enemy miniature is killed by an ability or effect that is not an Attack, the Hero who triggered it gains the experience. If no Hero triggered it, the players may choose a Hero to gain the experience."
Hey Steve! Sorry it took some time to post as I was busy packing to get ready for a move. I have the Finale potentially coming early next week and then I’ll be shutting things down until July. Got some special behind the scenes Patreon videos landing in June though! 😄
One quick correction that I saw as I'm watching this. When the wizard rolls a shadow result, he can play any ATTACK spell for free, which means any spell with the Attack trigger, not just any spell
Also, I'm pretty sure the level tokens show the total for your increased HP and mana, they aren't added together. So at level three you would have +1 HP and +1 mana total, you don't add the +1 HP from level one
@@stevekozlowski5963 Correct! This was put in the pinned comment and as the playthrough is filmed I can’t adjust this. It’s something a lot of people didn’t understand and it can make the game easier then intended! The clarification is on the last sentence of an answer in the FAQ which makes it very easy to miss!
Around the 48 minute mark, Matrim activates his Dark Magic card. You applied the 3 damage to one enemy, but I believe that you should have applied it to two, further thinning the skeletal ranks.
Really enjoying this play through! Excited to see how it ends. Maybe you fix this later as I’m only about halfway through but I thought the Ghoul moved 3 spaces.
If there is a hero in line of sight move 3 towards the closest hero if you can't do the actions on the roaming monster cards they act like regular mobs try and attack if not move up to 2
@@wesg92 Currently due to no FAQ mention on this I’m playing it as the card is written. The ‘if possible’ has a comma before it which denotes that the entire previous line must be possible. It’s not specific to just the attack portion. If this is an error on CMON’s part then maybe a future FAQ will address it. In addition, thematically it would make sense that if the enemy is within 3 it would run after it and pounce too.
Am I the only one that thinks it odd the rogue doesn't get "Slippery" by default as a perk? I mean, it seems like such an obvious mechanic from Zombicide that would have translated here. . .
I think that due to a chunk of objectives being about getting to certain spots a slippery skill by default would be super overpowered. I’m glad they didn’t add it in as it makes you question whether you should take wound(s) to run away from enemies.
@@RollingSolo Fair enough, but given it would be rogue exclusive it does give player agency over the difficulty. In Zombicide slippery was pretty damn OP but you could always choose a hero without it. There’s a reason why the KS exclusive kids fetch a high price online. 😉
Simplicity in terms of not bogging you down in countless tokens and insane math to determine combat resolves. Keeps the fun rolling without all the extra layers which can be nice in theory but often drag dungeon crawlers to a crawl.
You are doing the health from leveling up wrong. The +1 Health you gain at level 3 is the same one you got at level 2. It does not stack until level 4 where you get +2 total health. Example, Mathrin max health he can get is 4 (Starting) + 2 (Total from leveling) = 6. It's not +1+1+2+2. When you level the new level replaces the previous level, if that makes sense. The same would apply to the mana. FROM THE FAQ: Q: How much Max Health and Mana do I gain during Level Up? A: The Level token is a reference for how much Max Health and Max Mana you have at each Level and it gets updated every time a Hero levels up. To know how much Max Health and Max Mana your Hero currently has, simply look at their starting Health and Mana and add the amount shown on the Level token at your current Level, ignoring all information from previous Levels
Yep, the FAQ cleared this up as there was general confusion from the rulebook wording around this. Wasn’t very clear. Mentioned this in the pinned comment for viewers too. Thanks for watching!
Great play though I noticed that your leveling up wrong the extra health and mana per level are what your max should be they cleared that up in the FAQ if you have a starting health of 4 and a mana of 6 level two you would be at 5H and 6M level three you would still be at 5H but would add 1 mana so level three 5H and 7M. I played my first few games adding what it said on the card until the FAQ was released.
Thanks for watching! This is from the FAQ: “Q: How much Max Health and Mana do I gain during Level Up? A: The Level token is a reference for how much Max Health and Max Mana you have at each Level and it gets updated every time a Hero levels up. To know how much Max Health and Max Mana your Hero currently has, simply look at their starting Health and Mana and add the amount shown on the Level token at your current Level, ignoring all information from previous Levels.” The last sentence is the key as it states to ignore all previous levels. This I didn’t know! That really changes the difficulty. I believe many have missed this even after the FAQ being released.
Added to pinned comment across all gameplay videos for MD2. Will be added to the Finale video as well as it’s already filmed. Appreciate that being pointed out as it makes a big difference to difficulty that was missed by many, including me!
Think i backed this game because of your initial coverage and was also able to sell this game for a good $200 profit haha. The game is too light and repetitive for me. But great content.
They’re a great design for miniatures. Make the most of the space on the tiles. They could design a different pattern which they did with Death May Die. They’ve actually explored a handful of different layouts.
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Rollers, back to the dungeon we go to create the Demon Artifact! Let's continue our adventures in Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape created by Alex Olteanu, Marco Portugal and published by CMON. Hope you enjoy and keep on rolling solo! ;D
FYI: A correction for entire playthrough:
“To know how much Max Health and Max Mana your Hero currently has, simply look at their starting Health and Mana and add the amount shown on the Level token at your current Level, ignoring all information from previous Levels.” - FAQ
The final part of the statement is key in that you don’t add up all prior levels to determine max health and max mana. You ONLY take your character card and your current level to determine max health and max mana. This is very easy to miss!
Intro 0:00
Overview 0:28
Clarification/FYIs/Community Feedback 0:56
Part #2 Gameplay 4:03
Conclusion 59:38
Patreon Rolling Solo Producers 1:00:50
"Ten years have passed since the Lightbringers drove back the hordes of the Darkness and sealed the Portal from whence they came. The heroes thought their job done, but the newfound peace was never meant to last. Dangerous new Portals have suddenly opened up all across the land. The Darkness and its hordes are flooding through, stronger than ever. It will not be enough to simply close the Portals this time. The Lightbringers must travel through them into the unknown to destroy the Darkness once and for all. Either Light will triumph, or the Darkness will consume every being in the world. This is where players find themselves in Massive Darkness 2, a new edition of the hit dungeon-crawler game."
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Love the MD2 videos--they are some of my favorite content I've seen on your channel!
One minor observation--when the Rogue uses the toolkit to place a trap, it gets placed faceup (per the skill card text). Thus, you know when you place it exactly how much damage it will do. Also, if you use the cardboard tokens, you can keep track of which traps affect which figures: face down traps with unknown results affect only heroes, and face up traps with known results affect only enemies.
Thanks so much my friend. I’m enjoying the experience with you all. 👏🏼
That’s a great point and does make determining which are for enemies and which are for heroes much easier! Cheers 😄
Thanks for the quality MD2 content you've been producing! Wanted to mention that at 53:04 Feydra would get the exp point for the Imp's self-implosion Defense activation. You can find the rule at PG. 21 of the rulebook near the top: "NOTE: If an Enemy miniature is killed by an ability or effect that is not an Attack, the Hero who triggered it gains the experience. If no Hero triggered it, the players may choose a Hero to gain the experience."
Ah! Good catch there. Thanks Kelly. Didn’t seem like something I should take advantage of when I didn’t trigger it. Cheers!
That was an hour well spent! I loved it.
Woohoo! The finale is just around the corner. Will be landing sometime early this coming week. Thanks for watching! 🔥🔥
I've been waiting for this! I can't watch it right now, but I will be tomorrow!
Hey Steve! Sorry it took some time to post as I was busy packing to get ready for a move. I have the Finale potentially coming early next week and then I’ll be shutting things down until July.
Got some special behind the scenes Patreon videos landing in June though! 😄
Great video think I want to get a copy of this game looks very interesting
They did a killer job revamping MD1 to MD2. Think they nailed what people wanted to see the first time around. 👏🏼
"Tailored Swiftness". I see what they did there
👀🤣
One quick correction that I saw as I'm watching this. When the wizard rolls a shadow result, he can play any ATTACK spell for free, which means any spell with the Attack trigger, not just any spell
Also, I'm pretty sure the level tokens show the total for your increased HP and mana, they aren't added together. So at level three you would have +1 HP and +1 mana total, you don't add the +1 HP from level one
That’s correct! Good catch. I knew this and believe I did a free heal? Remind me!
@@stevekozlowski5963 Correct! This was put in the pinned comment and as the playthrough is filmed I can’t adjust this. It’s something a lot of people didn’t understand and it can make the game easier then intended! The clarification is on the last sentence of an answer in the FAQ which makes it very easy to miss!
Around the 48 minute mark, Matrim activates his Dark Magic card. You applied the 3 damage to one enemy, but I believe that you should have applied it to two, further thinning the skeletal ranks.
1 mob = 1 ennemy
@@vendettagorgon3639 ah, this is the problem when you played MMORPGs years ago, and a mob was the term for a single creature.
All good! Thanks for watching Greg. Sorry for the late response as I’m moving. Cheers!
Ghoul card says it moves 3 zones then attack if possible but you moved it only 2.
The ''if possible'' is for the attack, right?
That was tricky. I believe so if memory serves!
Really enjoying this play through! Excited to see how it ends. Maybe you fix this later as I’m only about halfway through but I thought the Ghoul moved 3 spaces.
If there is a hero in line of sight move 3 towards the closest hero if you can't do the actions on the roaming monster cards they act like regular mobs try and attack if not move up to 2
@@karstenjensen1310 That’s not what the card says. Second option is to move 3 toward the closest hero and attack if possible.
@@wesg92 Currently due to no FAQ mention on this I’m playing it as the card is written. The ‘if possible’ has a comma before it which denotes that the entire previous line must be possible. It’s not specific to just the attack portion. If this is an error on CMON’s part then maybe a future FAQ will address it. In addition, thematically it would make sense that if the enemy is within 3 it would run after it and pounce too.
@@RollingSolo ahh ok, gotcha. That makes sense.
Am I the only one that thinks it odd the rogue doesn't get "Slippery" by default as a perk? I mean, it seems like such an obvious mechanic from Zombicide that would have translated here. . .
I think that due to a chunk of objectives being about getting to certain spots a slippery skill by default would be super overpowered. I’m glad they didn’t add it in as it makes you question whether you should take wound(s) to run away from enemies.
@@RollingSolo Fair enough, but given it would be rogue exclusive it does give player agency over the difficulty. In Zombicide slippery was pretty damn OP but you could always choose a hero without it. There’s a reason why the KS exclusive kids fetch a high price online. 😉
@@JodouTR Ya, the extra stuff tends to get some rule bending abilities sometimes 👍🏼
game looks great and plays pretty straightforward. what does Massive Darkness 2 do better than other dungeoncrawlers?
Simplicity in terms of not bogging you down in countless tokens and insane math to determine combat resolves. Keeps the fun rolling without all the extra layers which can be nice in theory but often drag dungeon crawlers to a crawl.
You are doing the health from leveling up wrong. The +1 Health you gain at level 3 is the same one you got at level 2. It does not stack until level 4 where you get +2 total health. Example, Mathrin max health he can get is 4 (Starting) + 2 (Total from leveling) = 6. It's not +1+1+2+2. When you level the new level replaces the previous level, if that makes sense.
The same would apply to the mana.
FROM THE FAQ:
Q: How much Max Health and Mana do I gain during
Level Up?
A: The Level token is a reference for how much Max Health and Max
Mana you have at each Level and it gets updated every time a Hero
levels up. To know how much Max Health and Max Mana your Hero
currently has, simply look at their starting Health and Mana and add
the amount shown on the Level token at your current Level, ignoring
all information from previous Levels
Yep, the FAQ cleared this up as there was general confusion from the rulebook wording around this. Wasn’t very clear. Mentioned this in the pinned comment for viewers too. Thanks for watching!
Great play though I noticed that your leveling up wrong the extra health and mana per level are what your max should be they cleared that up in the FAQ if you have a starting health of 4 and a mana of 6 level two you would be at 5H and 6M level three you would still be at 5H but would add 1 mana so level three 5H and 7M. I played my first few games adding what it said on the card until the FAQ was released.
Thanks for watching!
This is from the FAQ:
“Q: How much Max Health and Mana do I gain during Level Up?
A: The Level token is a reference for how much Max Health and Max Mana you have at each Level and it gets updated every time a Hero levels up. To know how much Max Health and Max Mana your Hero currently has, simply look at their starting Health and Mana and add the amount shown on the Level token at your current Level, ignoring all information from previous Levels.”
The last sentence is the key as it states to ignore all previous levels. This I didn’t know! That really changes the difficulty. I believe many have missed this even after the FAQ being released.
Added to pinned comment across all gameplay videos for MD2. Will be added to the Finale video as well as it’s already filmed. Appreciate that being pointed out as it makes a big difference to difficulty that was missed by many, including me!
Think i backed this game because of your initial coverage and was also able to sell this game for a good $200 profit haha. The game is too light and repetitive for me. But great content.
Thanks for watching! Did you dig into the campaign play too?
@@RollingSolo i actually backed it at that but never played it. Just found that there are way better campgingames out there.
That’s fair! What are you currently enjoying? 👍🏼
@@RollingSolo haha great question. Currently Then it has to be burncycle, tho not a camping game. I did get the dalore expansion for tmb tho.
@@hechuan5075 I got Burncycle just in time to unbox it and then had to pack it all up for the move. Hurts my soul 😂
This company can't break out of the zombie side tiles
Yea, one of the reasons I didnt back.
They’re a great design for miniatures. Make the most of the space on the tiles. They could design a different pattern which they did with Death May Die. They’ve actually explored a handful of different layouts.
In the rules, it seems that traps are only triggered by heroes not by the enemies …
My hero can create traps. So those traps do impact enemies otherwise that wouldn’t be much of an ability haha