"Let's play some Mage Knight." I've never heard a more satisfying sentence in my life. So many content creators dredge up the first 1-2 minutes of a video with introductions and recaps, which is fair but gets repetitive over the years. Thank you for respecting our time.
Jorge Miguel López Jiménez countryside tiles can be adjacent to a tile which is itself adjacent to two tiles, keeping within any map restrictions on shape.
Back to Mage Knight... how great. As a matter of fact, you started my love for boardgames with your old MK videos. Although my wallet isn't thankful, I really am, for starting me on that journey. Thanks Ricky.
Ricky Royal and Mage Knight... I am looking forward to this absolutely. I wish you well on your adventure. Thank you for sharing your insight and passion for the game.
Commenting 2020 clip is weird, but cannot help to do it. It's seen in BGG forum that this channel is the most educative one. Really like hearing good players' explanation and that makes watching game play meaningful.
Your videos are always informative and entertaining. RR you are the reason I purchased MK and learnt the rules so easily. I have to thank you for that. I have enjoyed every game no matter how frustrating it can be at times. Thanks again.
Just bought MK Ultimate edition and everywhere I looked people recommended your playthroughs to learn how to play. After watching this I can see why. Awesome content! Subscribed.
It feels like 2012 again. I am glad to see you take another go at this. Your content is amazing as always. Also, we need to increase our reputation by 1 after we take out the zombie horde. Rampaging faction enemies give reputation the same way as their non-faction counterparts.
Yours was the first board game channel I subscribed to (2012) and Mage Knight was the first game play through I watched. This upload therefore is a very pleasant surprise. Thank you.
Well ... That was unexpected. Brings me back to when i discovered your channel and wanted to learn this new and complex games i had just received called Mage knight. Oh my how time goes by. Thank you to bring me back to those happy times.
Man you are the best!!! I've been trying to find mage knight gameplay for a while. I've learned all the rules, but I still suck at it. So I have tried to just watch someone play, and not explain every little rule. Do more of these pleaseeeee
Hey Ricky, nice to see some MK again! Thanks to you and your videos, I bought and learned both Mage Knight and Robinson Crusoe; two excellent games. I have watched your MK tutorials so many times when learning the game, that I get a warm nice feeling inside when I hear the intro music to those videos. Keep up the good work👍👍
oh! how did I miss you posting these?! perfect quarantine viewing material! I'll be catching up and probably playing my own MK right along side ya, M8!
Glad you took the time to go back to it, I’m doing the same since last week with this quarantine thing, what a coincidence cause I had to check your old videos in fact!
Hey Ricky, Nice to see a new Mage Knight campaign. Good luck! This week my german channel will start the 4th series of Mage Knight. This time: full cooperative with 2 Mage Knights. It was epic.
9:00 not blocking the Familiar attacks will be 6 wounds, not 8 (Brutal doubles the attacks, not the wounds) - still knocks you out. brutal start. I probably would have picked Planning and gone for the Mage Tower. when you reveal Familiars, they're killable with the hand of Swiftness x2, Concentration - not sure that you want to wait to assemble that (also needs an extra mana from Mana draw or earlier Crystallize). Or maybe 7 attack 3 block is easier? 23:10 "only Ice block is effective" - no, only Fire Block is effective. 26:14 don't forget Shapeshift is only on Basic cards. Great to see a new Mage Knight playthrough!
Spot on! Yes, I misspoke on Brutal... thank you for spotting that one. Yes, I could have waited to get the right hand; that's not a bad tactic. But I think I did okay at the end of the day pushing onwards... So many choices! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series, R.R.
I always like taking Planning in the first day because I find I often just use a couple of cards, so having 6 for the next hand, often helps. I never knew you took the benefit token for beating a tezla enemy in a non-Tezla scenario. I need to start doing that because they're definitely a bit tougher.
Hooray for MKBG! One thing I've started doing is putting mana tokens on the map whenever I draw mines and glades. It's easy to forget their benefits when you're figure is on top of them, especially after combat with a rampaging enemy on an adjacent hex. I also keep a couple shield tokens next to my deed deck and put them on it before starting a fight. That way if I'm due a combat reward or level up, I know to take them before drawing. But therein lies the challenge to the game, remembering to remember to follow the rules. Ricky, it broke my heart to watch you take those three wounds from the zombie horde. With one more (spell) card, the movement from Improvisation would've reduced its attacks to zero, and you could've killed it with Blood Rage. Since it was your last turn of the round, I think it would be fair to wind it back and say you discarded the spell card with Improvisation, but it may be too late for that. Here's to watching you pull a rabbit out of the hat and conquer those two cities!
@@SoloClub123 The Zombie Horde had cumbersome. You can use movement to reduce their attack, and unlike a regular block you can split up the movement points however you want to do the attack reduction. A move 3 in this case would have completely nullified its attack.
Haha! I fixed my mistake before the start of day 2... maybe i didn’t do so badly after all .. 3 less wounds is a lot better! Thanks for the support ! More coming soon....
hey, really enjoy your MK videos. It would be interesting if you added a little bit more comments on your decisions along the way - for example I was quite surprised that you replaced your illusionist so quickly after hiring them, and I would be interested to see how many wounds you'd be happy to take for the early mage tower etc. Please make more MK videos :)
Boom. Box of Delights. Mage Knight! 2020. I did a double take when this showed up in my feed. Awesome. I love this game and I learnt to play it with your help Ricky! You know it’s a bad first day when you don’t get off the first row! 😂What brought this one back to the table? Not that I’m complaining. 😀
Hey man, awesome video :) Would be amazing if you could do a video on a hero tier list. Which are the strongest in order and also rank their skills. Would help new comers a lot I rate :)
I am so jealous of his mana crystals. They're actually brightly colored and shiny. I bought the original and the latest Ultimate Edition, and the mana crystals are muddy, dull, and look nothing like that!
Do you ever try the other scenarios, or even community scenarios like those found on BGG? I recall finding a word doc or pdf or something a couple years back that had a dozen community scenarios pulled together in a handy booklet, for example.
No, that rule only applies to CORE tiles; countryside tiles can be placed adjacent to two tiles OR next to a tile that is adjacent to two other tiles; Hope this helps! R.R.
At 19:10 why did you reveal the zombies? I thought during night time It is neccesary to get to an adjacent hexagon to peek. Just learning the game... Very good video, thanks for sharing
Hi ! Good question; Zombies are rampaging enemies; they are not hidden. It's the enemies in Fortified sites like Mage Towers that are hidden, both Day and Night, and then revealed during the Day [only] when players are adjacent. The ones running around in the countryside are always face-up. NOTE: your reference cards will help you with this, so keep them handy whilst you play and refer to the 'when revealed' text on them when you turn a new tile.
You only gain 1 Fame for revealing a tile in the First Recon scenario: it was a way to help new players level up more quickly. Marauding orcs are always placed face, irrespective of whether it is day or night. You might be confusing them with the rules for Mage Towers and Keeps: these are face down, unless you are adjacent during the day, and are always facedown during the night.
@@BoxofDelights ohhh correction wat i meant one level up is one fame up, sorry hahaha 😅... and thank you for the correction, ive been hearing different rules from other people and the rulebook is kinda overwhelming for me to understand but im glad u straighten it out, tnx 👍
Siege attacks break fortified; only siege attacks can break through fortified during ranged combat. They are only stopped by double-fortified. During regular melee attacks, siege and ranged attacks are just like regular melee attacks. Just remember, if you can't break through their armour during ranged attack, then the attack (siege or not) will do no damage, so you have to wait for melee attack phase.
[At this point in writing] It is not often you see a video with 4724 views and not a single downvote (340 upvotes), it speaks to you as a content creator as well as the Mage Knight community.
Not to question to methods of the Great Sensei, but was it worth it to get the illusionist just to use his abilities twice and replace him with the monks? You spent 7 influence to 1 ) gain a white mana crystal and 2) gain 4 influence? I never replace followers unless they're wounded. (not saying it's correct, just how I play)
I never claimed to be good at this game! haha. The good thing about MK is there are always multiple options and many many choices; and indeed, your own play style has an impact too . But yes, just sometimes there are BETTER moves, and you might have found one ;) Thanks for watching! R.R.
@@TheGazza83 Join the Mage Knight: Board Game group on Facebook. We have everyone helping each other in understanding the rules of this excellent game.
Hey Ricky, been really enjoying solo conquest after playing several First Recons. These map tiles look more vibrant. Are these custom printed? Thanks again, for your content. I'll probably get Hoplo in a few months, since that one is rated very positive on the solo experience. Unfortunately, I can't find your game Renegade, as I came a bit late to the party. Cheers!
hi, thank you for watching. The map tiles in the video are from the game/not custom printed. Mage Knight and Hoplomachus are both fantastic choices 👏👏 Renegafe is out of print now, but look out for news of “Deckers”, which will be a new implementation , next year. Cheers! Ricky
Why did you block all 3 points of the rampaging orcs damage? you turned a card sideways to block the 3rd point but your character has an armor rating of 2 and can absorb that last point of damage. You wasted a card. Right??? I mean, whats the armor rating for then?
Hi, Armor does not block damage. An attack is blocked only by playing cards with Block. Armor is used to determine how much damage you take from an unblocked attack. Hope this helps! R.R.
It's actually 12 "damage" and 6 "wounds" (so not 8; I spoke in haste). The Familiars have two strength 3 Attacks. I have 2 armour. But the Familiar also has the Brutal ability: Brutal will double an Attack's damage; so actually a 3 Attack unblocked does 6 damage, which with my 2 Armour means it does: 1 wound, is reduced from 6 to 4; does another wound, is reduced from 4 to 2; does another wound, reduced from 2 to 0. So each strength 3 attack, with Brutal, does 3 wounds: 6 in total.
@@BoxofDelights oh thanks I missed the brutal part. I’m like, they attack twice, but where is this fine coming from?! Thanks for the reply, loving this game so far.
@@BoxofDelights I think you also forgot the reputation boost from the zombies. Edit: ah, you got it! I didn't see it in any other comments but I see you caught it! Cheers! Love your walk throughs and love Renegade!
Attack 3 would only do 2 wounds. But this is not 3 attack; it's 1 attack 3 times, hence each 1 attach does 1 wound. Was that what you were meaning? As it goes, check part 2 ;)
@@BoxofDelights yes that is what I was referencing. I know each attack is blocked individually, but I thought damage assignment was just a total pool Edit: I've now found the reference. ASSIGN DAMAGE PHASE 1. b. ...process all unblocked enemies one by one in whatever order you choose. All these years later and I'm still learning the rules. But would the single enemy still have one damage pool to assign? Edit 2: aaaand of course the rule is in lost legion. Got there in the end. 😅
"Let's play some Mage Knight."
I've never heard a more satisfying sentence in my life. So many content creators dredge up the first 1-2 minutes of a video with introductions and recaps, which is fair but gets repetitive over the years. Thank you for respecting our time.
Ricky: "Let's play some Mage Knight."
Me: "Yes, yes indeed"
I love it. "Let's play some Mage Knight." And just jump right in.
Could anyone tell me if The tile placement in 14:50 is valid?. Shouldnt that tile be adjacent to 2 other tiles?. Thank you un advance.
Jorge Miguel López Jiménez countryside tiles can be adjacent to a tile which is itself adjacent to two tiles, keeping within any map restrictions on shape.
Back to Mage Knight... how great. As a matter of fact, you started my love for boardgames with your old MK videos. Although my wallet isn't thankful, I really am, for starting me on that journey. Thanks Ricky.
Same for me.
and me!
Ricky: "Let's play some Mage Knight."
Me: Clicks the Like button
Great to see another round of Mage Knight. Please make another one !! Thanks.
Ricky and Mage Knight....fantastic entertainment.
My mother, my dear friends, magic the gathering, and mage knight. That is my life
Thank-you for not having 3 minutes of introduction and rambling before the good stuff starts. Take note other video makers!
Good video - thanks.
Ricky Royal and Mage Knight... I am looking forward to this absolutely. I wish you well on your adventure. Thank you for sharing your insight and passion for the game.
I really like watching you play Mage Knight. I bought this game because of you. Your Mage Knight and War of the Ring videos are the best!
Haha same, I bought it after watching these videos
Commenting 2020 clip is weird, but cannot help to do it. It's seen in BGG forum that this channel is the most educative one. Really like hearing good players' explanation and that makes watching game play meaningful.
This is by far my favorite board game... I really like your videos!
I'm 8 seconds in and have to say: thank you! I probably wouldn't enjoy this game a lot if it weren't for your videos. Thanks for being there!
Your videos are always informative and entertaining. RR you are the reason I purchased MK and learnt the rules so easily. I have to thank you for that. I have enjoyed every game no matter how frustrating it can be at times. Thanks again.
Again, thanks for all your MK videos! Such a joy each time. I watched all your series many times :-)
my pleasure :)
Just bought MK Ultimate edition and everywhere I looked people recommended your playthroughs to learn how to play. After watching this I can see why. Awesome content! Subscribed.
Great choice! Hope you enjoy the game - and thanks for watching :) R.R.
It feels like 2012 again. I am glad to see you take another go at this. Your content is amazing as always. Also, we need to increase our reputation by 1 after we take out the zombie horde. Rampaging faction enemies give reputation the same way as their non-faction counterparts.
Love your Mage Knight videos! Thanks for sharing
I would have conceded so hard after that start. Really looking forward to seeing if you can pull this off, thanks for uploading.
Yours was the first board game channel I subscribed to (2012) and Mage Knight was the first game play through I watched. This upload therefore is a very pleasant surprise. Thank you.
Well ... That was unexpected. Brings me back to when i discovered your channel and wanted to learn this new and complex games i had just received called Mage knight. Oh my how time goes by. Thank you to bring me back to those happy times.
I friggin' love this game so much, it's the perfect content to watch. Thank you!
Thank you so much for another fantastic playthrough, i really missed these videos series, MK is the solo king!
YES!!!!!!!! A fresh mage knight play through to enjoy thank you soooo much
And STILL the gold standard for MK videos. Bravo!
You got me playing the game and I can’t get enough watching Mage Knight run-throughs 🥰
Man you are the best!!! I've been trying to find mage knight gameplay for a while. I've learned all the rules, but I still suck at it. So I have tried to just watch someone play, and not explain every little rule. Do more of these pleaseeeee
Oh man!! These videos got me to buy the game all those years ago. Never regretted it. Seems like these videos will restore my flame for this game. :)
Found your channel and subbed because of your MK vids. Very happy you’re making more, thanks! :)
You made me had a feel to start a game.
Regards from Malaysia.
Dude...I’m getting my copy today in the mail. I’m so excited, I’ve been binging all your play throughs since I made the purchase, thanks mate!
Me too man! I'm gonna go pick it up from the post office today. Thanks to Ricky for getting me so pumped about this game. Enjoy!!
:D I will get mine tomorrow. Have a great playthroughs guys!
So you *were* recording when you posted on Twitter the other day. Very glad to see another Mage Knight series from you. Always fun to watch!
YEES. More mage knight! I´m hyped
Hey Ricky, nice to see some MK again! Thanks to you and your videos, I bought and learned both Mage Knight and Robinson Crusoe; two excellent games. I have watched your MK tutorials so many times when learning the game, that I get a warm nice feeling inside when I hear the intro music to those videos. Keep up the good work👍👍
thank you Erik! They are two great games. Great choices by you! R.R>
You've made me love this game from day one.... Many years ago. Thank you
oh! how did I miss you posting these?! perfect quarantine viewing material! I'll be catching up and probably playing my own MK right along side ya, M8!
Wow! Cheers from Argentina! My favorite Channel AND Game
No somos muchos, difícil encontrar con quién jugar!
Glad you took the time to go back to it, I’m doing the same since last week with this quarantine thing, what a coincidence cause I had to check your old videos in fact!
Hey Ricky,
Nice to see a new Mage Knight campaign. Good luck!
This week my german channel will start the 4th series of Mage Knight. This time: full cooperative with 2 Mage Knights. It was epic.
Nice one! Viel Glück
WOW!! This is great! I ordered mage knight just by watching your videos (still waiting for it to arrive!)
Thank you for your videos, by them I learn how to play MK and I also practice my english! Grateful from Italy!
My pleasure. Best wishes, R.R.
9:00 not blocking the Familiar attacks will be 6 wounds, not 8 (Brutal doubles the attacks, not the wounds) - still knocks you out. brutal start. I probably would have picked Planning and gone for the Mage Tower. when you reveal Familiars, they're killable with the hand of Swiftness x2, Concentration - not sure that you want to wait to assemble that (also needs an extra mana from Mana draw or earlier Crystallize). Or maybe 7 attack 3 block is easier?
23:10 "only Ice block is effective" - no, only Fire Block is effective.
26:14 don't forget Shapeshift is only on Basic cards.
Great to see a new Mage Knight playthrough!
Spot on! Yes, I misspoke on Brutal... thank you for spotting that one. Yes, I could have waited to get the right hand; that's not a bad tactic. But I think I did okay at the end of the day pushing onwards... So many choices! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series, R.R.
So happy to see this! Like others here your first MK vids got me into board gaming. And during lockdown ... MK feels even more relevent!
Oh wow, what an unexpected treat! Thanks for doing this again Ricky. Cheers!
Your videos really taught me how to play this wonderful game, thank you for a new video!
Holy macaroni a new mage knight playthrough quarentine brings good things too hehe
I always like taking Planning in the first day because I find I often just use a couple of cards, so having 6 for the next hand, often helps. I never knew you took the benefit token for beating a tezla enemy in a non-Tezla scenario. I need to start doing that because they're definitely a bit tougher.
whoohoo, mage knight series again! love it, thanks!
Never played this game and I've no idea what's going on, but it's soothing to watch.
...Just bought the game.
What a rough start! Good luck!
Thank you !
Awesome.
I'll happily request another round of TMB or Hoplo
Yes!!! Now we just need a new Hoplomachus video as well :).
Hooray for MKBG!
One thing I've started doing is putting mana tokens on the map whenever I draw mines and glades. It's easy to forget their benefits when you're figure is on top of them, especially after combat with a rampaging enemy on an adjacent hex. I also keep a couple shield tokens next to my deed deck and put them on it before starting a fight. That way if I'm due a combat reward or level up, I know to take them before drawing. But therein lies the challenge to the game, remembering to remember to follow the rules.
Ricky, it broke my heart to watch you take those three wounds from the zombie horde. With one more (spell) card, the movement from Improvisation would've reduced its attacks to zero, and you could've killed it with Blood Rage. Since it was your last turn of the round, I think it would be fair to wind it back and say you discarded the spell card with Improvisation, but it may be too late for that. Here's to watching you pull a rabbit out of the hat and conquer those two cities!
You need to block each attack separately. Can't group them together.
@@SoloClub123 The Zombie Horde had cumbersome. You can use movement to reduce their attack, and unlike a regular block you can split up the movement points however you want to do the attack reduction. A move 3 in this case would have completely nullified its attack.
Haha! I fixed my mistake before the start of day 2... maybe i didn’t do so badly after all .. 3 less wounds is a lot better! Thanks for the support ! More coming soon....
@@heyman458 Awesome, I learned something new with this game as always. Thanks for the info!
This means more RUclips for me the next couple of days! Go, Royal, go!
Thanks god you are back with MK
Good luck with the Conquest scenario. But boy was that an unlucky start.
Very well edited!!
hey, really enjoy your MK videos. It would be interesting if you added a little bit more comments on your decisions along the way - for example I was quite surprised that you replaced your illusionist so quickly after hiring them, and I would be interested to see how many wounds you'd be happy to take for the early mage tower etc. Please make more MK videos :)
Boom. Box of Delights. Mage Knight! 2020. I did a double take when this showed up in my feed. Awesome. I love this game and I learnt to play it with your help Ricky! You know it’s a bad first day when you don’t get off the first row! 😂What brought this one back to the table? Not that I’m complaining. 😀
thanks! It was a tough start.... But I always love Mage Knight. I'll keep demoing the game, just for the fun of it!
Just got a second hand copy of mage knight ultimate. Havent brought out that beast. Think i need a few more videos
Hey man, awesome video :)
Would be amazing if you could do a video on a hero tier list. Which are the strongest in order and also rank their skills. Would help new comers a lot I rate :)
Ah. Classic. Look forward to more
YAS!
YES!
Thank you so much for this.
Another game bought because Of you hahah cheers from Argentina
Ricky Royal playing a new game of Mage Knight? What is it, Christmas in May?!
I am so jealous of his mana crystals. They're actually brightly colored and shiny. I bought the original and the latest Ultimate Edition, and the mana crystals are muddy, dull, and look nothing like that!
I just got my ultimate edition and the Blue and Green especially are extremely dark/dull, the blue is practically black
Why do his crystals look so much more vibrant (I'm jealous) ? I've considered replacing mine with acrylic gems
so glad you are playing this game again, if i could make a request star trek frontiers, return of Khan. please please. thank you again
Do you ever try the other scenarios, or even community scenarios like those found on BGG? I recall finding a word doc or pdf or something a couple years back that had a dozen community scenarios pulled together in a handy booklet, for example.
It’s the legend
Yep awesome...I always watch MK with Ricky!
I need more mage knight gameplay in my life. 2021 version? 😇
At 14:54 ; Isn't your tile placement illegal ? When you explore isn't a new tile be connected to 2 installed tiles ?
No, that rule only applies to CORE tiles; countryside tiles can be placed adjacent to two tiles OR next to a tile that is adjacent to two other tiles; Hope this helps! R.R.
@@BoxofDelights So many rules and exception, i have been playing wrong for lot of days, lol.
1:39 - 'This might be the way' - Unsure Mandalorian
😂😂😎
Mage Knight? The only game I saw was "Bad RNG beating up a poor Braveheart" haha.
Great videos as always.
:D :D
At 19:10 why did you reveal the zombies? I thought during night time It is neccesary to get to an adjacent hexagon to peek. Just learning the game... Very good video, thanks for sharing
Hi ! Good question; Zombies are rampaging enemies; they are not hidden. It's the enemies in Fortified sites like Mage Towers that are hidden, both Day and Night, and then revealed during the Day [only] when players are adjacent. The ones running around in the countryside are always face-up. NOTE: your reference cards will help you with this, so keep them handy whilst you play and refer to the 'when revealed' text on them when you turn a new tile.
@@BoxofDelights Thanks, crystal clear now!
Yes! My favourite game.
I love me some mage knight
The king 🤴 is back! Love it. Playing Renegade, what a great game you made 👌🏻. Are there expansions I can buy (in Holland 🥺😉)? I want more Renegade!!!
Thank you ! There are two Renegade expansions.. Hope you can find them! R.R.
Had my first solo game today. Didn't even manage to conquer the first city...feeling dumb now :D
You are not dumb.. the first half of you comment proves this. :) Happy gaming ! And good luck next time ! R.R.
@@BoxofDelights Thanks alot. Great game, lots of fun despite I failed miserably ;)
Isnt every tile you reveal you level one up? And during night time savage orcs can only reveal when your adjacent to them? Or am i wrong?
You only gain 1 Fame for revealing a tile in the First Recon scenario: it was a way to help new players level up more quickly. Marauding orcs are always placed face, irrespective of whether it is day or night. You might be confusing them with the rules for Mage Towers and Keeps: these are face down, unless you are adjacent during the day, and are always facedown during the night.
@@BoxofDelights ohhh correction wat i meant one level up is one fame up, sorry hahaha 😅... and thank you for the correction, ive been hearing different rules from other people and the rulebook is kinda overwhelming for me to understand but im glad u straighten it out, tnx 👍
Does siege attack hit fortified mage from mage tower??
Siege attacks break fortified; only siege attacks can break through fortified during ranged combat. They are only stopped by double-fortified. During regular melee attacks, siege and ranged attacks are just like regular melee attacks. Just remember, if you can't break through their armour during ranged attack, then the attack (siege or not) will do no damage, so you have to wait for melee attack phase.
Nice playthrough. What plastic tray are you using for your tokens?
These are Wham boxes.
[At this point in writing] It is not often you see a video with 4724 views and not a single downvote (340 upvotes), it speaks to you as a content creator as well as the Mage Knight community.
how do you choose where to place the tiles?
do you mean what are the rules, or do you mean strategically ?
Hello. At min 24, wouldn’t you had to take 10 damage instead of 5? It was an elemental attack.
Elemental attacks do not do more damage; they need more block to stop, unless you can generate efficient elemental blocking.
Not to question to methods of the Great Sensei, but was it worth it to get the illusionist just to use his abilities twice and replace him with the monks? You spent 7 influence to 1 ) gain a white mana crystal and 2) gain 4 influence? I never replace followers unless they're wounded. (not saying it's correct, just how I play)
I never claimed to be good at this game! haha. The good thing about MK is there are always multiple options and many many choices; and indeed, your own play style has an impact too . But yes, just sometimes there are BETTER moves, and you might have found one ;) Thanks for watching! R.R.
I have a question. What contents from all the expansions would you recommend to keep and what would you leave out for a good mageknight game?
I mix everything together. My favourite, though, is vanilla solo conquest and go back to it all the time.
19:00 I thought you can't see rampaging enemies from a far by night?
No, marauding orcs are always placed face up.
@@BoxofDelights Cheers Ricky. You're the only one who seems to understand how this game works.
@@TheGazza83 Join the Mage Knight: Board Game group on Facebook. We have everyone helping each other in understanding the rules of this excellent game.
There seems to be a certain interest across several board game channels in Mage Knight lately. Why?Maybe because of the pandemic?
Hey Ricky, been really enjoying solo conquest after playing several First Recons. These map tiles look more vibrant. Are these custom printed? Thanks again, for your content. I'll probably get Hoplo in a few months, since that one is rated very positive on the solo experience. Unfortunately, I can't find your game Renegade, as I came a bit late to the party. Cheers!
hi, thank you for watching. The map tiles in the video are from the game/not custom printed. Mage Knight and Hoplomachus are both fantastic choices 👏👏 Renegafe is out of print now, but look out for news of “Deckers”, which will be a new implementation , next year. Cheers! Ricky
@@BoxofDelights if you had a recommendation for a new player interested in Hoplomachus, which version would you suggest?
@@ul7987 if primarily solo, then I was advise VICTORUM. If multiplayer, then REMASTERED.
Why did you block all 3 points of the rampaging orcs damage? you turned a card sideways to block the 3rd point but your character has an armor rating of 2 and can absorb that last point of damage. You wasted a card. Right??? I mean, whats the armor rating for then?
Hi, Armor does not block damage. An attack is blocked only by playing cards with Block. Armor is used to determine how much damage you take from an unblocked attack. Hope this helps! R.R.
Awesome :D !!
Noob question: why would that mage tower do 8 damage?
It's actually 12 "damage" and 6 "wounds" (so not 8; I spoke in haste). The Familiars have two strength 3 Attacks. I have 2 armour. But the Familiar also has the Brutal ability: Brutal will double an Attack's damage; so actually a 3 Attack unblocked does 6 damage, which with my 2 Armour means it does: 1 wound, is reduced from 6 to 4; does another wound, is reduced from 4 to 2; does another wound, reduced from 2 to 0. So each strength 3 attack, with Brutal, does 3 wounds: 6 in total.
@@BoxofDelights oh thanks I missed the brutal part. I’m like, they attack twice, but where is this fine coming from?! Thanks for the reply, loving this game so far.
How big is your table your playing on? I never seem to have enough room for my games.
You had me reaching for my tape measure... My play area is 30 inches by 40 inches.
You forgot to get your spell when defeating that Mage Tower.
Yes! Thank you ;) next time ....
@@BoxofDelights I think you also forgot the reputation boost from the zombies.
Edit: ah, you got it! I didn't see it in any other comments but I see you caught it! Cheers! Love your walk throughs and love Renegade!
Shouldn't you only take 2 wounds from the zombies?
Attack 3 would only do 2 wounds. But this is not 3 attack; it's 1 attack 3 times, hence each 1 attach does 1 wound. Was that what you were meaning? As it goes, check part 2 ;)
@@BoxofDelights yes that is what I was referencing. I know each attack is blocked individually, but I thought damage assignment was just a total pool
Edit: I've now found the reference.
ASSIGN DAMAGE PHASE
1.
b. ...process all unblocked enemies one by one in
whatever order you choose.
All these years later and I'm still learning the rules.
But would the single enemy still have one damage pool to assign?
Edit 2: aaaand of course the rule is in lost legion. Got there in the end. 😅
23:04 "And only Ice Block is effective." I think you meant FIRE Block?
yes... I mention it next time
This confuses me too... Ice block should block ice in my head. But thematical it makes you fight ice with fire. But word wise.. Ye