Love story in board games; sadly I have yet to play Tainted grail. The best game with stories I've played is certainly Arkham Horror LCG!

You are in good company here! Haha Kenny I think shares that thought.

Sleeping gods takes that slot for me. I haven’t played a ton of story games but sleeping gods made me feel things

ISS Vanguard has been the best for me so far. I liked it more than Etherfields, but haven't played TG:FoA. I did back this though, so I'm looking forward to it... lots of Awaken Realms!

I like it more when stories are created during and through play by the players and their interactions. If I want stories I read books, play games and watch movies. Story based games are huge shelf hogs as well which turns me off a great deal

I LOVE to hear stories like that!! The OG game is incredible and I wish it was played more by people. The new game you are going to love!

glad you enjoyed it dude I agree I can't wait to see how improved it is now as well in the new one

I heard the same but have yet to see what the changes really are! If it’s like this game, then they would probably be a great addition.

@@Tablenauts Does 2.0 Update Pack add all the new Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin rules to the older tainted Grail content? No. The 2.0 Update Pack mostly contains many small edits, fixes, and rebalances. And while it modifies some core rules, the Kings or Ruin ruleset is too different to apply it to the old game. This is from the Gamefound FAQ.

Nice!! When you finally get to play FoA 2.0 and Kings of Ruin, I hope it’s an epic experience

That’s some big encouragement! Thank you :)

The game is good playable up to 3 Players. More than that will have too much downtime without Houseruling.

I would recommend this at one player, but I know some people love it at 2, it’s just one of those games you and someone else would have to commit to over multiple meets and hours! As someone who loves RPG video games, I will say there is something refreshing about doing it all in board game form and in such a well written way. However, I completely get what you are saying about video game RPGs and adventures being hard to beat!

That’s one I still have yet to get my hands on and try, so maybe that should be what I seek out next!

I think they are beautiful, but unnecessary! If you want them to just have, I completely get it (I want them), but they don’t add much beyond the cool factor, and board presence.

Thanks for the feedback, you saved me a few bucks then :)

Hey these are great questions! As for the “retry” mechanics, it’s as simple as “reloading” an old save, which entails just resetting to the beginning of a day, which probably loses you about 5-15 minutes depending on how many things you did. For the first game, I found myself not even resetting to that point though and just would reset a lost battle toward the end of the game because resetting everything just to get back to the same fight seemed like a waste of time. As far as random card draw, some encounters are random, but the game won’t have you draw a random encounter that isn’t within your character level (unless it’s a scripted space, like in the first game very close to spawn you can find a giant worm that is WAY beyond your level that will for sure kill you). Each time you go further in the game, set up will have you shuffle tougher encounters into the encounter decks to ensure it progresses at a good pace.

I don’t think so! Not to really enjoy it. The base game itself has tons of hours of really great content!