Certainly some crap dice rolls there, but it wouldn't be a channel playthrough without those. Regarding the Ini dice. I get what you're saying, and I full well know the limitations/sub optimal play you went for. But on the longer campaigns, you do need the health stat because you know those 20 point baddies will be coming out and they will be hitting hard. 7 HP for each gearloc seems pretty low to me for such a final encounter. Related to the ini die, not enough is done with the locked slot that I can think of readily. There needs to be a limited prep phase before each battle where some number of skill dice can be locked sort of like Picket's innate where he can roll his def die and start off with shields. Being able to start a fight with Tantrum's Like a Kobold? Sounds good to me. I do wish the game had some better, generic health gain option. Frankly, loot cards are too random to rely on and successive day failures can result in a death spiral if a player can't pull loot cards while the baddies get more numerous and much stronger.

Note: I had a rules wrong in the set up of the tyrant encounter. Nightshade should be at the TOP of the the BQ (not the bottom). Ultimately, I like this rule because it helps reduce the chances that you will have 3-4 heavy hitting baddies going before all gearlocs. Happy to discuss further in the comments!

Regarding the thick skin and engulf - I agree I don't think it would have mattered. I won't go right back and check because it's hard to know how much HP there is on the wolf. But my justification in part is that Stanza still had her def 2 die in the active slot at the end of the fight that you forgot about. It wouldn't have changed anything with Tantrum's death from memory and the wolf was going to die from poison regardless.

Thank you for the video

Oh I know that goblin pyro. Had him come up a few times in my various games. So much for shuffling chips well... Pain in the butt, but realised Boomer has the means to dispatch him quickly with her frag grenade :) Waste? Perhaps. Satisfying not having two attack dice hitting my weakest gearloc? Yes. Always read the fine print in this game. Or between the lines, Or just read in general. You know what I mean. Lots of reading. Though your solution to nullify him was absolutely clever. I was revisiting some of your old videos recently too for this game. Hello 2021, my what a long time ago that was. Watching your old Patches video for instance - have you ended up trying out Hoplomachus Victorum yet? I've personally shelved that game for now and awaiting the new content which I think will address most of my complaints with the game. In days 1 - 3 (when not on a raft), I normally think about one signature skill I want on the gearloc, then go for stats. Then days 4-6 is a mix of skills and stats. Then after that, I've invested enough into that particular game I just try and make the best choice I can.

Great playthrough, Greg -- I always appreciate your content -- some of the very best on the Tubes! You are playing on Legendary, with the additional self-imposed nerf of balancing skills and stats. A couple fewer skills and a couple boosted stats, and it would have been much more balanced. When played on heroic mode, the opposite issue is often seen -- too much power creep. But I think you would have seen more success even on Legendary, if you had gone just a little more stat-heavy. Tough to pass judgment (not that you are, necessarily) on the game with your masochistic rules ;)

On the other hand, at 1:02:20 you made the game easier for you: I am pretty sure the trans dim planet needs to be in range to be subjected to the gaia forming process. Nice playthrough anyway, I am learning a lot!

At 54:17 you were not allowed to reveal the core tile. Core tiles can only be revealed adjacent to 2 other revealed tiles. Standard exploration rules are still in use in Volkare's Quest.

3:43:43 preach it, preach it!!!

Hey man! You ever tried Fields Of Arle solo? I think its pretty great

I definitely need to play this scenario! Looks like a blast.

Have not wqatch this vid yet . Comment on your recent 2 ep plythrough on Zeds: Playthrough was" "MARVALOUS" and well made/edited. I just bought the game TODAY, June 31 😉2024 because of your vid LOL Try "Zulu at the Ramparts" next ,for another solitaire war game to do a playthrough.

Man. What an epic fight! Awesome playthrough!

I can't believe they made a game out of one of the oldest dad jokes in the world.

Great playthrough! Most playthroughs only show someone pulling off a win even if by the skin of their teeth. This too me realistically shows folks what to expect. A bad spot in the initiative plus a few bad rolls can crush you when you go against Drellen.😅

fyi just watching this but at 1:47:50 u made a mistake, can't pillage the same village twice in a row

Hi, really like your List. but i think invest in a bit better camera or try moving a bit less. getting kind of sea sick watching you.

That was brutal! Can't win them all!

I backed this game on Kickstarter, all in. One of the first I backed when I was into the hobby. And I didn't mind it, but since other games have come along, it gets harder to bring to the table. It's funny that I came across it a few nights ago while reorganising my collection. I took this game with me when I was away from home for a year. It is a small boxed game with a lot of gameplay inside it. But the lighting conditions at my temporary residence made any sort of gaming hard thanks to shadows being cast everywhere. Last time I tried to play it, I ended up falling asleep. I definitely get the criticism you have of it.

There is a newer version coming out soon, although I could not tell you when “soon” is.

So I have the dubious distinction of turning you on to two games that were one and done for you! Saltlands and Renegade for the loss~~

Just found this game intact at a local Half Price books for a steal! Excited to give it a try.

Nice win Greg!

Arythea's Back Story: While the origins of The Breaking are shrouded in mystery, it is spoken in hushed whispers and knowing glances that it may have been the Blood Cultists who were responsible for the cataclysm and resulting chaos that ensued. Evidence exists that the Cultists were finally successful in their ancient quest to awaken the dark god Amara who repaid his followers by unleashing his might upon the land. Believed to be the strongest of the known Mage Knights, Arythea has emerged from the chaos more powerful than ever and she has gone forth spreading Amara’s bloody gospel as she crushes her foes under her spiked heel. Under her leadership, the Blood Cultists have slipped the bonds of their former masters in the Dark Crusade and have become a power unto themselves; feared by many and respected by all. No one knows where Arythea will strike next but one thing is certain, the bloody god Amara has directed her to participate in the Council of the Void’s plans and will be pleased with her conquests and the proliferation of his teachings.

Here I am again, seeing old videos, because you apparantly have better things to do, than make new Mage Knight videos for me 😁 But I have a question, what is your favorite stout?

The first battle against Volky... you went to the magical glade so you could get a black mana at the start of your next turn. When exactly do you get that black mana? Because you used it during Volky's turn (as he moved into your stop and initiated the attack.) Would you have access to this black mana at this point? Or do you get it as you said, at the start of your next turn?

when u play this game a few times and it starts to click...u realize how evil and sinister this game can be but also extremely satisfying and fun and difficult to win...all of these things in my opinion are high praise indeed....love this game 10 out of 10! great playthrough! i think u highlighted the exact things i just described...lol!

This game has more cards to kill explorers than Spirit island!

I thought you closed your channel due to a Message from Patreon 😢. So happy to see you with one of my favourite games

I love your comment at the beginning about nobody being in stream. Headline: Man Who Creates Solo Gaming Channel Complains about Gaming Alone. 😅

I enjoy this game and happy to see you are playing it.

Thinking 🤔 about this one and War of My but still not sure is my cup of tea.. how you find it?

Hi Greg, I think you must have been doing something really wrong with the passive food generator during the weather phase. For example, around 2:01:23 (round 6), you had 5 hunter's huts (1 upgraded, 4 unupgraded). This shows a total of 6 symbols. This gives you 6 food on the weather phase (+1 food because of Tracking Techniques, so 7 total). Somehow you gave yourself 11 food. I noticed this issue in previous rounds as well. An unupgraded hunter's hut gives you 1 food during the weather phase, and an upgraded hunter's hut gives you 2 food. You don't get extra passive food other than this (unless you have some technology giving you extra food). Edit: I think I figured out the incorrect rule. I think you might have been misunderstanding the benefit of Tracking Techniques. It gives you +1 food per map tile with a food bonus (such as the map tile with +2 food that is south of the generator). It does *not* give you +1 food per map tile with a food generating building/hunting symbol! So your misunderstanding made Tracking Techniques a lot more powerful than it would have been. (it is usually good when you have 3-4 tiles showing food, which wasn't the case in your game).

Taking a turn for a baddie, don't you do it at the end of your turn?

It is funny to see how this was stolen and now it will become an official expansion...

It's good to see when your not successful...lol.

I think solo it is very difficult but as 2 player coop makes sense

Could you not put the last core tile where the keep is? It's adjacent to 2 tiles and not on the coast which means the red mine will be closer also.

I don't think you can bank unspent movement to the attack phase. I looked it up and you cannot use unused movement points into the combat phase.1:26:51 It says in the Expansion Manual on page 6: Cumbersome. There is a note that says: You cannot use surplus Move points from the Move phase for this effect; you have to play Move effects during the combat. (UE version of manual)

Thank you for your videos! Can you help me with one question? Does Mayor need to be in Town Center when he activates his ability Citadel? Or he may anywhere else?

Centaur, Centaur, Centaur...lol

What makes you think that Norowas is small. In the Lord of the Rings they are tall! :)

At night the glade should be 5 movement

Can you use 2 mana dice from the source now?

Pretty soon you will get closer to top 10 with the new characters, Ymirgh, and Coral, so 9.... :)

When I tried to solo these scenarios, my Joe Diamond got annihilated by the encounter deck on the 2nd one. Always have high willpower when soloing GotA if you want to stand a chance.

Hi! Great video! At minute 43:00 you took an artifact after burning a monastery instead of taking a spell…am I wrong? Just to be sure on rules…

Great job. I can imagine that I'll have to play this many times before I can get 3 reknown.

Great job and especially thank you for the raze rule you'd previously missed. I would have done the exact same thing. Epic! Especially with some bad rolls early and crappy landmarks.