“That was not helpful” such a quintessential English understatement…lol…I do love our English understatements which are often used to great effect… the classic scene in Monty Pythons Holy Grail …” tis but a mere scratch “ …having lost most of his limbs, is another great example …I have lived all over the world and never really found another country which uses the “understatement” to the same effect …
Put me into the "would like to see a PvP combat" camp. I am enjoying the series so far. It even showed me that we played a rule wrong. Thanks again for doing this ! The gf and i are really hooked to this game actually... epic game.
You're welcome... Ep1 of series 3 is being uploaded so will be available soon. It's an introduction to multi-player and will lead us into Ep2 where we look at PvP combat. Enjoy !
resting is used to discard wound cards from your hand, and the wounds go to the discard pile, so there is no benefit doing this at the end of round. Also, I had no wounds in my hand as it goes. I hope this helps !
Hi Niclas, just in case (now I've had a chance to answer all your questions), to clarify: one Round is one Day or one Night; one Turn is the two parts of Movement/Action (or Resting), playing cards from your hand, then following End of Turn (i.e. re-rolling mana dice, clearing play area, rewards, levelling up, drawing hand back up, etc.).
I just finished a Solo Conquest with Tovak, and I don't >think< I played anything incorrectly (I hope). But I'm following your series with interest to compare notes, because your Walkthrough video taught me some things. Great work!
At the ~7 min mark, you go 'north' through the woods to explore. Where you not allowed to explore 'east' due to the coastline? the tile you pulled would have served you better had you explored 'east', w village and plains (in hindsight, I know) also knowing if it was not a nice tile, your upcoming day would have you in woods that only cost 3 to get out of + gold from the glade?
Yes, exploring to the right of the tile I placed was possible also. If I didn't like the tile I could explore in the other direction later. My preferences was to explore centrally first, as I would ultimately end up going that way anyway. And like you say, the randomness of exploration means you don't know what is there until you have explored. The glade is a long way to the 'west' and you pay movement for terrain you move into, not terrain you move out of. So, yes, those hills wouldn't have blocked my way like they did if they were over to the east. Hope this helps! Ricky.
First walkthrough mission only. But, if you like the rule, feel free to house-rule !! If you are new to the hobby you may feel this is not permissable, but once you have been playing for a while you will find house-ruling is a great way to make a game fit with you and keep it alive. I have games I would never play by the written rules because my house-rules suit me so much better :)
anyway to balance the volume on these videos? I have to turn it way up to hear what you're saying, then get blown away when the outro/intro music starts.
Ricky Royal it's completely fine for me. I've used both PC and iPad. Without headphones.. Really helpful videos, thanks for teaching me this awesome game :)
Hi Ricky - around 7:30 couldn't you explore up the coastline? I think at some point you said you couldnt. the rules say countryside tiles must either be adjacent to 2 tiles OR adjacent to a tile that borders 2 other tiles (Rulebook, movement, 5e, first bullet) - unless i misunderstand the second half of that statement "adjacent to a tile that borders 2 other tiles"
@@BoxofDelights i have another question, i'm sorry that it's unrelated but i cannot find a definitive official answer, i'm curious your opinion - Amotep Freezers have a unique 'hollow shield' icon next to their 'target enemy does not attack and gets armor -3' ability. This symbol is not defined in the rulebook anywhere, it is different than the block symbol. do you know if this can be used during seige/ranged attack phase?
@@gamehat6897 yes - haha! Sometimes I answer without thinking and had to double-check from my play-testing notes. It's missing from the rulebook.. oops !
Not yet sorry :P Gold mana is also used to power the powerfull effect of spells right? So i don't see the difference. Or is is that gold mana can be any basis color mana and black can only be black mana? But what spells require black mana then?
The orc had Brutal as an ability. Does the fire block negate the need to generate double the damage in block to reduce it down? If so is that the same with an Ice Block?
I did not thought that I can combine fire attack with physical attack as you just showed for an enemy with physical resistance. Can it work with blocks (ex: an enemy with fire attack 6, can it wok if I generate 4 ice block + 4 regular blocks?) Thanks
So during the night the stronger effect of a spell is harder to cast, since it requires +1 black mana to do so, in addition to the cost of 1 red/blue/green/white mana (depending on card color)?
...so does that mean that you can only cast the stronger effect of a spell during the night (or a dark place where night rules apply) and NOT during the day at all? Since you cant use black mana during the day...
HI Rick, excellent series, looking forward to more LoD. :) Just a query, you used the monks to block for 4 but it says Fire Block 4, does that mean it can still block any or just fire? As the normal action says 'Attack or Block 4".
For Rethink, does it mean the discarded cards shuffled into the D-deck can be replayed again that turn? It seems to me just for the end of round tactic, otherwise it is too good to be true.
+Istvan Fazakas because the attack was Blocked, no damage gets through. You only use your armour and take wounds if you leave the attack unblocked (or cannot totally block it).
Great series! Played my first game of Mage Knight last night and your videos helped tremendously. Quick question- your special ability (skill)- after using it to defeat the Orc, you unflipped it at the end of your turn. I was under the impression that you can only use a special ability once per round. Could you please help clarify that? Thanks Ricky Royal
Elias Khalil Thanks Elias. Good question. The skills that have a curvey/flip-over arrow are the once per round ones. The others are all once per turn :) Hopes this helps !
I was confused by spell cards and action cards, i realize that now. Just to be sure: - action cards top ability plays for free always (day and night) - action cards bottom ability always requires 1 basis color mana, but never black mana (and can be used day and night) - spell cards top ability is powered by 1 basic color mana (during day and night possible) - spell cards bottom ability only during the night (or a dark place where night rules apply) and requires 1 basiscolor mana + 1 black mana
On 12:35-39 since you couldn't do anything could you have just rest to remove wounds or was that not possible since you had already rolled your mana dice. Great video by the way.
hello. In the last turn, why dont you stay in magical glade for more turn to get rid of one more wound since the opponent is not going to declare end of round until next turn?
really enjoying your series... just a comment/question... you are in the night time... and you have plenty of black manna... it is my understanding of the rules, that black manna at night equals gold manna at day time equals universal manna to be used instead of any basic manna? So why so much problem with travelling when you could use your manna token and a black manna manna from the manna pool to power the cards? thanks again for all the good work.. really great vids
Are those crystals you use after market? They don't look like the ones that came with my game. Didn't much like the plastic ones so I bought some acrylic crystals from a craft store, they make mana a bit more flashy.
MrIgor20011 the rule is the same , day or night. But remember, this rule only applies during the setup of a round. I.e during the course of a round , more dice may become depleted. Does this help ?
Say an enemy has 6 attack. A unit has three block and four armor. He can only take one wound except if poisoned? Can another unit, with an armor of say 3, take the rest of the blunt and end the attack? I go through your videos often, sometimes an entire series in a three hour+ time frame. The rule book states a unit can only take one wound. Please clarify and thanks again as always!!
MrIgor20011 a unit will only take 1 wound, yes, unless the attacker has poison. If the unit has 4 armour then it soaks up 4 of the 6 attack damage, leaving 2 left to assign. If you have another unit with 3 armour, then yes, that unit can take a wound and end the attack. You have it spot on ! best wishes, and thank you for watching, Rick
“That was not helpful” such a quintessential English understatement…lol…I do love our English understatements which are often used to great effect… the classic scene in Monty Pythons Holy Grail …” tis but a mere scratch “ …having lost most of his limbs, is another great example …I have lived all over the world and never really found another country which uses the “understatement” to the same effect …
Put me into the "would like to see a PvP combat" camp. I am enjoying the series so far. It even showed me that we played a rule wrong. Thanks again for doing this ! The gf and i are really hooked to this game actually... epic game.
You're welcome... Ep1 of series 3 is being uploaded so will be available soon. It's an introduction to multi-player and will lead us into Ep2 where we look at PvP combat. Enjoy !
Really enjoying your series.
resting is used to discard wound cards from your hand, and the wounds go to the discard pile, so there is no benefit doing this at the end of round. Also, I had no wounds in my hand as it goes. I hope this helps !
Hi, fire block will block physical attacks in the same way as regular block, yes
So, so glad to hear it!
Thanks for the everything, this helped a lot!
Hi Niclas, just in case (now I've had a chance to answer all your questions), to clarify: one Round is one Day or one Night; one Turn is the two parts of Movement/Action (or Resting), playing cards from your hand, then following End of Turn (i.e. re-rolling mana dice, clearing play area, rewards, levelling up, drawing hand back up, etc.).
Thanks ! Hope you enjoy the rest ...
I just finished a Solo Conquest with Tovak, and I don't >think< I played anything incorrectly (I hope). But I'm following your series with interest to compare notes, because your Walkthrough video taught me some things. Great work!
Thanks for your patience!
At the ~7 min mark, you go 'north' through the woods to explore. Where you not allowed to explore 'east' due to the coastline? the tile you pulled would have served you better had you explored 'east', w village and plains (in hindsight, I know) also knowing if it was not a nice tile, your upcoming day would have you in woods that only cost 3 to get out of + gold from the glade?
Yes, exploring to the right of the tile I placed was possible also. If I didn't like the tile I could explore in the other direction later. My preferences was to explore centrally first, as I would ultimately end up going that way anyway. And like you say, the randomness of exploration means you don't know what is there until you have explored. The glade is a long way to the 'west' and you pay movement for terrain you move into, not terrain you move out of. So, yes, those hills wouldn't have blocked my way like they did if they were over to the east. Hope this helps! Ricky.
First walkthrough mission only. But, if you like the rule, feel free to house-rule !! If you are new to the hobby you may feel this is not permissable, but once you have been playing for a while you will find house-ruling is a great way to make a game fit with you and keep it alive. I have games I would never play by the written rules because my house-rules suit me so much better :)
anyway to balance the volume on these videos? I have to turn it way up to hear what you're saying, then get blown away when the outro/intro music starts.
It depends what device you are listening on and with or without headphones
Ricky Royal it's completely fine for me. I've used both PC and iPad. Without headphones.. Really helpful videos, thanks for teaching me this awesome game :)
thank you !
Hi Ricky - around 7:30 couldn't you explore up the coastline? I think at some point you said you couldnt. the rules say countryside tiles must either be adjacent to 2 tiles OR adjacent to a tile that borders 2 other tiles (Rulebook, movement, 5e, first bullet) - unless i misunderstand the second half of that statement "adjacent to a tile that borders 2 other tiles"
Yes, I could have done. I was thinking ahead and about the Core tiles. But yes, that would be a legitimate spot for a Countryside tile. Good point !
@@BoxofDelights i have another question, i'm sorry that it's unrelated but i cannot find a definitive official answer, i'm curious your opinion - Amotep Freezers have a unique 'hollow shield' icon next to their 'target enemy does not attack and gets armor -3' ability. This symbol is not defined in the rulebook anywhere, it is different than the block symbol. do you know if this can be used during seige/ranged attack phase?
The intent is of the icon is that this is an effect you use in the BLOCK phase only. It's not properly defined, but that's the idea.
@@BoxofDelights did you do a complete 180 on that? :)
@@gamehat6897 yes - haha! Sometimes I answer without thinking and had to double-check from my play-testing notes. It's missing from the rulebook.. oops !
Not yet sorry :P
Gold mana is also used to power the powerfull effect of spells right? So i don't see the difference. Or is is that gold mana can be any basis color mana and black can only be black mana? But what spells require black mana then?
The orc had Brutal as an ability. Does the fire block negate the need to generate double the damage in block to reduce it down? If so is that the same with an Ice Block?
Brutal does not need extra block (that's Swiftness). Brutal means it does twice as much damage if left unblocked. Hope this helps :) best wishes, Rick
Thanks, that makes sense.
I did not thought that I can combine fire attack with physical attack as you just showed for an enemy with physical resistance. Can it work with blocks (ex: an enemy with fire attack 6, can it wok if I generate 4 ice block + 4 regular blocks?)
Thanks
Yes, you can combine attack and block types however you like. Just be aware of resistances.
thank you for your usual quick response
regards
Good question ! I was wondering the same thing... Can you please answer ?
Thanks !
So during the night the stronger effect of a spell is harder to cast, since it requires +1 black mana to do so, in addition to the cost of 1 red/blue/green/white mana (depending on card color)?
Black mana is not a "wild-card" mana like gold, it can only be used to power-up spells. Not as easily used as gold mana but its much more powerful
...so does that mean that you can only cast the stronger effect of a spell during the night (or a dark place where night rules apply) and NOT during the day at all? Since you cant use black mana during the day...
With the monks is 4 fire block same as reg block ? since the orcs do physical damage ???
Yeah, but you can activate the stronger effect of a spell during the day by using only 1 blue/red/green/white mana right?
HI Rick, excellent series, looking forward to more LoD. :) Just a query, you used the monks to block for 4 but it says Fire Block 4, does that mean it can still block any or just fire? As the normal action says 'Attack or Block 4".
once per turn (i.e. multiple times, once per turn, in one round)
For Rethink, does it mean the discarded cards shuffled into the D-deck can be replayed again that turn? It seems to me just for the end of round tactic, otherwise it is too good to be true.
MrIgor20011 it is "when you take this tactic" - i.e. it is for the start of a round only, if you do not like your starting hand.
I am confused, is black mana at night the same as gold mana during the day. So it can be used as any basis color mana?
So your unit why did not took a wound at 3:55 ?
+Istvan Fazakas because the attack was Blocked, no damage gets through. You only use your armour and take wounds if you leave the attack unblocked (or cannot totally block it).
Great series! Played my first game of Mage Knight last night and your videos helped tremendously. Quick question- your special ability (skill)- after using it to defeat the Orc, you unflipped it at the end of your turn. I was under the impression that you can only use a special ability once per round. Could you please help clarify that? Thanks Ricky Royal
Elias Khalil Thanks Elias. Good question. The skills that have a curvey/flip-over arrow are the once per round ones. The others are all once per turn :) Hopes this helps !
Ricky Royal Ahh yes, I saw that in the later videos in this series. Thank you Ricky. Time to delve back into some Mage Knight goodness.
I was confused by spell cards and action cards, i realize that now.
Just to be sure:
- action cards top ability plays for free always (day and night)
- action cards bottom ability always requires 1 basis color mana, but never black mana (and can be used day and night)
- spell cards top ability is powered by 1 basic color mana (during day and night possible)
- spell cards bottom ability only during the night (or a dark place where night rules apply) and requires 1 basiscolor mana + 1 black mana
On 12:35-39 since you couldn't do anything could you have just rest to remove wounds or was that not possible since you had already rolled your mana dice. Great video by the way.
hello. In the last turn, why dont you stay in magical glade for more turn to get rid of one more wound since the opponent is not going to declare end of round until next turn?
Is the mana-search once per turn or round (ege, once per day/night or once per round?) ?
Shouldn't the monastary advanced actions offer be replentished before those in the advanced action offer?
MrIgor20011 that's the order in the rulebook, but it doesn't matter which order you do it .... ref schrodinger's cat :)
really enjoying your series... just a comment/question... you are in the night time... and you have plenty of black manna... it is my understanding of the rules, that black manna at night equals gold manna at day time equals universal manna to be used instead of any basic manna? So why so much problem with travelling when you could use your manna token and a black manna manna from the manna pool to power the cards?
thanks again for all the good work.. really great vids
Mage Knight should give you commission! I know you've inspired at least one purchase.
Are those crystals you use after market? They don't look like the ones that came with my game.
Didn't much like the plastic ones so I bought some acrylic crystals from a craft store, they make mana a bit more flashy.
They are the ones that came with the game. They did change slightly in later prints.
So one fame per tile-revealed was a special thing for the first tutorial mission? It's not a general rule?
Doesn't at least half your mana die have to be at least two basic colors, or is it different at night?
MrIgor20011 the rule is the same , day or night. But remember, this rule only applies during the setup of a round. I.e during the course of a round , more dice may become depleted. Does this help ?
Yea... just during the initial set up of a round... got it Tx!
thank you ! ;)
I purchade it because of this :D
Say an enemy has 6 attack. A unit has three block and four armor. He can only take one wound except if poisoned? Can another unit, with an armor of say 3, take the rest of the blunt and end the attack? I go through your videos often, sometimes an entire series in a three hour+ time frame. The rule book states a unit can only take one wound. Please clarify and thanks again as always!!
MrIgor20011 a unit will only take 1 wound, yes, unless the attacker has poison. If the unit has 4 armour then it soaks up 4 of the 6 attack damage, leaving 2 left to assign. If you have another unit with 3 armour, then yes, that unit can take a wound and end the attack. You have it spot on ! best wishes, and thank you for watching, Rick
Im sorry i meant 9:04-9:20
Someone count how many times he says 'mana'