Thank you for the effort you put in. It is great to see a detailed playthrough of MK. Here are some of the things I caught. 1. Norowas is a guy. :) 2. Space Bending and other cards/skills that allow you to travel in spaces has to end on a safe space unless specified otherwise(i.e. Underground Attack). 3. When we explored backwards for the sixth country tile it was beyond the coastline. 4. If Expose is played in the ranged/siege phase the ranged attack does not carry over to the attack phase. In this game it didn't matter because Expose could have been played in the attack phase and the outcome would be the same. I really appreciate this. More MK videos are always welcome.

You can really appreciate how good Colin is at his craft when you transition from other youtube channels doing Mage Knight to Colin's playthroughs. Truly a joy to watch! Other playthroughs felt like a chore.

This is one of the BEST Mage Knight playthroughs I have seen. I really love the way that you carefully walk through your decision-making process while bringing in some of the less well-known rules that trip up new players in a way that puts people at ease. Never having seen this really helpful video, I had a really tough time learning this game ages ago and had to draw from a lot of different sources to finally gather the rules together piecewise but this video is a great example of how to gradually ease players into a game that can seem incredibly daunting. Thank you for this!

My Ultimate Edition should arrive any hour now. Watching these videos has me more pumped about it than I’ve been for anything in a long time!

Mage Knight content? And even more Mage Knight content coming - wonderful. Thank you Colin.

More Mage Knight is always a good thing to my way of thinking! Great playthrough, Colin!

Amazing video! I've just started getting into (solo) board games and stumbled across this after hearing about Mage Knight. You explained everything so clearly that I was able to follow along despite not knowing most of the rules. I really appreciate how you zoom in & clearly show each card instead of having a single static shot.

That was the best Mage Knight video I've ever seen, so clear and concise, and great camera angles, and terrain! Watch out Ricky Royal, theres a challenger for your crown!

Your play throughs are fantastic. ive only just delved into the beast that is mage knight and these really help me understand the game mechanics better. thanks and looking forward to more!

To me Ricky Royal‘s Mage Knight videos are the best around. They are excellent to follow, take care to explain the moves made and really get that Mage Knight feeling across. Having said that, Jason, I have to say this video is certainly on par with Ricky‘s video - excellent job! Thanks a lot, really loved the video!

Colin, please make more of these. I’ve learned how to play because of you and now MK is my favourite board game ever. Also, the way you present it, you’re voice and enthusiasm, it’s all top notch!

Colin has truly surpassed Ricky Royal as the king of Mage Knight solo playthroughs! Everything from the editing to video quality is unparalleled.

Ohh yeah! Mage Knight gameplay is always welcome. Congratulations on the victory. It was a clean and powerful run!! Also, omg those terrain pieces are sooo awesome!!

I enjoyed a lot your MK playthroughs, your explanations, and the funny but helpful flavour of your clips. I really love this game, but its difficult to find in youtube someone who really know and love the game like you. Congratulations and thank you Colin.

Thank you very much for that fantastic video! It really helps me to get a better grasp of the gameplay (as I just got into the game) and was also very fun to watch! Thanks for all the work you put in condensing the game into this compact video!

Thanks so much for this run-through. I've bounced off mage knight every time I've seen it in the top solo games on bgg, but I finally pushed through the rules overhead this week and I got through First Reconnaissance. Wanted to check out a playthrough to see how cities and the other locations worked, and I really appreciate how well you explain new rules and your decision making as you go through. Ton of help, and awesome run!

These videos are great. I've binged them all trying to learn the game before my copy arrives (any idea when the next printing is 😂). These are easily the best mage knight videos on KZfaq. Your passion is infectious

Always & I mean ALWAYS great solo playthroughs. Thank you Colin!! :D

Wow that was a pretty good playthrought ! Your explications are super clear. Very fun to watch! Thx!

Love these Mage Knight videos! And thanks for the hot tip on the terrain… just ordered it!

I have Mage Knight UE on the way and this video is very helpful in getting the flow and rules of it! Thanks.

51:28 Gotta love it :) So fun to watch. 56:13 Thanks for pointing that out, I was doing it wrong for the cities as well. Makes it much easier to go in at 2 movement.

Epic video! You really highlight why this is one of the best games out there, in my opinion.

You made that look like a walk in the park. Hopefully the motivation I need to finally beat this game! Nil out of three solo conquests so far.

Good gameplay. Enjoyed it a lot. Even despites few little mistakes I am impressed how smooth you conquered all the obstacles.

YOU ARE AWESOME! ❤❤❤ I am excited to get this game and start playing! I want to try pvp with friends!!!! I'm going to get the deluxe version and I love the stuff you got to give the board depth! I want to get those for my version of the game! I just have never painted minis before, great job painting!

Thank you for the video! I'm gonna get MK Ultimate edition soon and this video is great to get the hang of the rules and get the feel of the game before actually playing. The editing and sound are excellent and it's overall an entertaining watch. Can't wait to play the real thing!

insanely good video format, thank you for your effort!

Just found your channel and this is the second Solo Conquest playthrough of yours I've watched. Great editing and explanation of your thinking throughout! It has been a long time since I've played solo (I typically play competitive 2p against my brother), but these videos are making me want to play solo again. One thing I caught was at 1:21:30, you take 3 wounds from that fire draconum, but you could've used your Altem Mages 5 resistance to absorb that and only take a single wound into your hand. You are allowed to assign damage to a Unit even if it is spent (and it also doesn't spend it so you can use it for one of its abilities as you do in that combat for the cold fire attack)

I did my first conquest, because I just dind't really like the intro scenario but hey. I also played without a dummy and I'm happy to see that I got every rule right. But I did make some mistakes on my first playthrough and adjusted it when I noticed it. Great to see a playthrough to make sure I understood everything :). Next time im going to play with a dummy and see how it goes.

Every time you play this on the channel Colin, I find Mage Knight hitting my table within the month.

You sound like you really enjoy this game when you play it! That makes for a fun video to watch. I think there is one small error; 1:32:51 When you fight the final Illusionists in the castle you don’t need to use Concentration and a green mana on Counterattack, because the basic effect of Counterattack would already do the 6 damage you need to take them out ( 2 plus 4 for the two monsters already blocked)

Finally getting around to watching this one. Little tip for your reference cards. If you get one of those 3x3 binder card sleeves. You can fit all of them in it. Makes it like a double sided piece of paper for all your quick reference stuff.

After playing the original box (2nd hand from Ebay) for a few games I saw that the ultimate is back in stock so bought it. Waiting for it to arrive and this has just got me more excited for it!!! Great play through!

Tickles me that you lose reputation when you take out a mage tower and a city when they are full of evil beings! Was horrified when you ransacked that poor village after they treated you kindly! SMH Colin! So disappointed in you! (wags finger!) lol That was a great playthrough thanks. Looking forward to the next episode of Mage Knight (with Tesla and his electrical devices)

Glad you came back to this game. Makes me want to get back into it! I always forget the rules though haha. You're doing very well! (Still watching up to the first night :P hopefully didn't jinx you haha).

Always makes me smile to see this :)

Always tune in when colin does a game, so relaxing

Yesterday I played Mage Knight for the first time. Four years ago I tried this game but the setup put me off. After a couple of hours of watching you play, I decided I had to give this game another chance. The Ultimate Edition landed on my table and it's awesome! Thanks for convincing me to play Mage Knight!

More mage knight please! Show off those cool painted 3d terrains Would love to see a play through of each hero and some of the more unique scenarios. Such a great game to show case!

Many thanks for the video. I am learning to play MK and this videos really helps a lot.

I came here for an imperium playthrough and was left out watching a Mage Knight playthrough XD. Thanks for the video. It was very interesting to watch

Please keep always posting MK matches, I love watching! Thank you Colin.

Excellent playthrough!!

Best gameplay of this masterpiece! I'm sooooo ready to play now and I own it to you ( I hope I said it right, English is not my first language). Great job! (43:00 just a reminder for my future solo conquest ;)

Norowas is one of my favourite Mage Knight. It's awsome to have a bunch of badasses units.

Oh maaaann I just bought MK UE this week and I watched your entire solo Conquest video of 9months ago. What an amazing surprise! Actually it was kinda funny cause KZfaq notified me and I thought "why is he suggesting me the same video form one stop again?" Lol ..now it is time for another epic adventure, btw I'm loving MK

Thanks for continuing to cover the game :)

Thanks for the reminder to get this one to the table.

Awesome play through! That was a lot of fun. I’ve got a production question, do you have one camera filming the whole setup and you zoom in when you edit, or do you reposition the camera each time theres a cut?

One of my all-time favorite games! It was my very first game when I began my solo gaming hobby! Where did you get those 3-D tokens. They are awesome! Keep up the great content!

Pretty good thanks for all the work!! Your videos help me a lot, Just one thing I think that according to the rules you cannot explore a tile if this doesn't adjoint to two other tiles.

I love a good solo game, definitely gotta check this out

those 3d components look so cool

Awesome game. Where you got the extra terrain pieces for MK ? They look amazing and makes the game feel more interesting.

yay more mage knight! I love it!

Great Job! Thanx!

48:21 you didn't need to use the concentration, you could use just the golden die to power up the swift bolt and white crystal to power up the swiftness, which in total is 7 damage, and could save the concentration card. It is a small difference but in this game small things like this can cause a big difference in the end. Great content though, I learned how to play mage knight from watching your videos.

I really need to get this game on the table again. I'm just so bad at it lol. Always reach the last castle on the last night and usually too many wounds.

hi iam newbie but in 45:40 I think, the hex was played off the rules. The reefs on sides from portal must continues straight, and if I good see you put part of world to the" sea" . But awesome game. ✌️ I played 3times solo,and still no win

hi, can I block those two separate attacks from the first orcs with a card with block 2? Or do they have to be 2 different cards? great video

Always love to see you play MK

At ~45 mins when you explored at the start of the day is that tile past the coastal boundary of the wedge map?

Great video. didnt know these existed for mage knight, now i just printed these myself. There's a much cheaper alternative to printing these 3d bits yourself. You can buy 3d designs of similar models on ctgtrader instead of spending $230 for the whole set on esty

Die allererste Partie haben wir hinter uns ! Ein wirklich großartiges Spiel! 😍 Aber natürlich auch jetzt Fragen 😉 : wir haben einen umherziehenden Orkgegner gehabt mit physischem Widerstand! Einmal steht bei Widerstand das der Schaden gegen einen solchen halbiert wird und an anderer Stelle das zuerst die Rüstung abgezogen wird vom Angriff..was denn jetzt? Bei dem Ork war es noch egal da er 3 Rüstung hatte und ich so oder so 6 Punkte Schaden machen müsste um ihn zu töten. Vielleicht ist's rechnerisch auch egal, aber vom verstehen her gibts doch mehr Sinn das der Widerstand bedingt das ich doppelt so hart zuschlagen müsste um .. ? Ich finde den Text mit Rüstung erst abziehen in Verbindung mit Widerstand halt echt irreführend. Halbe Wirkung aufgrund Widerstand viel verständlicher. Und dann war noch eine weitere Frage zu z.B. einem Magierturm. Der Turm ist befestigter Ort, die Zauberer darin zählen als befestigt. Im Text etwas das damit auch Angriffe mit Belagerungswaffen ausschließt richtig? Also bliebe bei einem Magierturm es immer nur übrig den zu überfallen? So da nie die Option den durch Fernkampf/Belagerung auszuschalten bevor es ungemütlich wird? Würde dann ja auch für Burgen gelten, weil befestigt. Wann kann ich gegen was überhaupt Belagerungswaffen einsetzen?? Sorry die scheinbar unnützen Fragen, aber die haben uns beschäftigt. Trotzdem sehr geiles Spiel ! 😍

At 48:08, if I am not wrong, you can play swift bolt and swiftness directly using the same two mana for ranged attack 7 and hence save concentration. Is it a strategy to go through your deck faster?

You can only have 3 of each crystal in your inventory? So any games played and I never knew that. Not that I hit that limit often.

Mage Knight has been on my radar for a while now and this is really helping at winning me over. One question though. What is the reason for the dummy player?

Hey just learning Mage Knight as I got mine a couple of days ago, yay! Quick question, in another video of Shaggi from Totally Tabled he reminds us to add one fame to our track each time we explore a new tile. I didn't see Colin do it in this playthrough, is it something that you do depending on the scenario? Kudos on the videos, they're amazing!

I was hoping to ask a question here since I can't seem to find it on any forums. I am playing one game with the ultimate edition but using only the standard stuff for my first few games. I just noticed by shuffling my map tiles that my present game has no Monastries. Is that possible or is that something I need to ensure is in game at all times. I was using seven country side tiles so some are left out. edited: Ok just hit my first city with a monastry on it. So I guess it could be possible to luck out throughout the map and hit only later. But any comments welcomed thx.

I have 1 question at 59:20. You have a Golem with Physical Resistance (3 armor) and the enemy's attack is 6. Why don't you let the Golem receive the damage on the Assigned Damage Phase? As I know, the damage will be less than half because of the Physical resistance. So it's no wound.

Hey colin, coming back to ask you a question. I have just printed all the terrains, basically everything in that all in bundle. Don't you find almost all of these to interfere with gameplay? Yeah They look super cool if painted but there would just be no place to put the hero mini, right? Thanks for your time.

Hi Colin, thx for the playthrough. Ive got some questions though. Aren't you supposed to get +1 extra fame everytime you kill a rampaging enemy ? And +1 fame everytime you explore a new tile ?

Can anyone help me understand, as I read the rules, isn’t his map not in a wedge shape as it should be for solo conquest? Maybe I’m not fully understanding it but looks like 1 tiles out of the coast line.

Hey! Thank you for you video, it's awesome! But I have one question. On 1:10:20, how did you beat that monster? Because he has 8 armor with physical resistence. So you need 16 of regular damage for win. But you have only 8. Did I missed something?

How did the Altem Mages get activated twice on your last round? You use them to get crystals, and then you use them again to attack.

I really wanted MK. I'm just not confident with all the many things to remember. So, disappointed but also relieved 🤔. Colin, love your videos.

Been waiting for this! So awesome. I am fairly new to tabletop games because of this channel which is a good thing. Also I have a question for you Colin, it's a bit random but have you ever played any PnP games?

Don’t you have to attack all the enemies at the same time? I’m confused how you approach attacking multiple enemies at cities

Nice! Where did you get the mountains, keeps etc from? I heard you mention having to paint them. Did you make them from scratch? Like 3D printed? Aaand, are you interested in selling some?:)

14:52 where does it say in the instructions that you can’t ever pick the skill token you decided not to choose?

These videos must take quite a while to edit! I love to watch MK content because I don't have the time to invest in this game. Just out of curiosity, what is the metric by which you evaluate how well you did. The final score didn't mean much to me.

At 1:15:13, you say the Altem mage are coldfire resistant. But they are just resistant to ice and fire, not coldfire. Mayby you correct it later (or was mentioned in the comments?). Anyway, I love the fun you have with this amazing game 👍

Have you noticed a quailty improvement or is the quality of the game less than the original version? I got in the new version in today and the cards seem not as good. Plus the tile for volkars back isn't the same color as the normal one.. It seems off

very good gameplay

Thank you!

1:10:17 for the wounds, first you take 1 wound. Then take 1 and subtract 3 from 8 = 5. Take another wound and get 5 -3= 2. Then take 1 wound for the last 2 damage. So surely you should take 4 (and 4 in discard) rather than only 3 wounds?

39:58 I haven't seen this rule mentioned anywhere in the rulebook and haven't been able to find anything about it online. Why are you reducing the movement cost of the terrain because you have a ready unit?

29:50 when attacking the medusa what did I miss you got 2 attack from golems and 2 attack from Rage, from what I see it was 1 from golems 1 from rage ?

I just got into this game, so far Im only playing First Recon with every character to get into the rules. Now I started to watch your playthrough and I am wondering: Where do these walls come from? Is this from an expansion?

Isnt it forbid den by the rules to use any of the units on hand while fighting in dungeons? Im Talking about the situation where Colin used bloc ability of one of his units on minute around 30

At the end of the video I noticed that your map doesn’t fit the “vedge” shape…. or it seems it doesn’t as if the 3rd row was off by one tile. I didn’t know i can explore like this.

You can’t ’siege ‘ a building…thou must BESIEGE it.

Sup Colin. I love your videos of mage knight. I spend hour watching, can you please make one of volkares quest? Thanks

I’ve not successfully completed a game of Mage Knight, in fact watching this video is the closest I’ve come, so take this with a grain of salt. Did you play the Heroes correctly at 1:32:35? The card said you need 2 influence to attack another player. I interpret “player” as a human player. It doesn’t effect the outcome, I’m just curious if you overpaid for that card effect?

Lol, another mistake I did was considering the terrain of the City for moving in. I just really made my previous games harder 😂😅. Edit: I just realized how helpful conquering Keeps really are for the extra card draws, I'll keep (accidental pun 😂) that in mind, thanks!

Altem mages and guardians are just way too good

Can you explore that way at half way through video?

Can you do another play through please ? Hehe

This is 2 years late but at 21:42 you could have been more efficient. Instead of Playing Rage for 2, then Crystalize and Threaten sideways for the other two. You could have saved using the Threaten by using the Blue Mana in the source to power Crystalize, gaining a mana crystal of any color(red) then using that to power Rage to do the 4 attack.