As always, larger version in the download link below so you can keep it separately. This one is designed to be used in concert with the core game one released last week (here).
You can see there's no 'trapp...
2022-06-10 06:52:21 +0000 UTC View Post
As mentioned last week, due to the injury to my wrist/hand I've had to lighten the amount of typing I'm doing for a little while. Fortunately my mouse hand wasn't the one injured, so I'll be catching up on a few Visual Guides I intended to do.
This one is for the Core Game only and it cover...
2022-06-03 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWhile updating the Early Years visual guide and releasing its expansion featuring “complete picture” I had a few questions surrounding the status of Screaming Armor, which departed from its staple state in the 1.5 guide versions to a 'highly situational' position in 1.6's tier lists. Patron J...
2022-05-27 07:28:28 +0000 UTC View Post
So, if you want a full breakdown of the game theory and reasoning behind this visual guide, let me know in the comments below and I'll record a video on it. I have to minimise my typing for a little while due to RSI.
2022-05-20 10:36:20 +0000 UTC View PostAs bizarre as it is to be writing this, in a refreshing change the Oblivion Mosquito Dark Herald was released a whole day before the end of the month. If you told me back in 2016 when this Kickstarter was first pitched that I'd be commending the team for beating a self imposed deadline by one day...
2022-05-13 07:01:57 +0000 UTC View PostSo last month we got not one, but two pieces of beta content in the shop. Now before we get into it, I do want to express some concern about this acceleration of broken promise that this represents. We were told that there would be no more store sales until the Gambler's Chest was complete – we...
2022-05-06 07:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the updated version of the Early Game Visual Cheat Sheet for 1.6.
I'm going to support this here with some discussion on what's changed and what's stayed the same.
As before, it still remains optimal to hold off...
I've written about the Dung Beetle Knight in detail now, however the Visual Guide was released before. So lwe'll be moving along to covering the Gold Smoke Knight, because it's an interesting case to try and understand, especially with its switch from being a non-hostile, even helpful side charac...
2022-04-29 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Dung Beetle Knight is much like the Sunstalker and Dragon King in that it presents a real challenge when you are attacking it due to the way that it mixes up its defences with a few curve balls throw...
2022-04-22 07:56:42 +0000 UTC View PostThere is no other showdown in the entire game that is as tightly balanced on a knife edge as the Dung Beetle Knight's. You can be in complete control, as safe as the last egg in a forgotten carton one moment and a single misstep later you're on the floor, broken and leaking yolk all over the prec...
2022-04-15 07:37:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The hunt phase is a mostly narrative experience where players get to experience an abstracted expression of the journey. A large part of this is wildly random, as basic hunt events are a wild swinging fo...
2022-04-08 06:52:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Townsfolk Tussle arrived in Europe recently and I've spent a fair bit of time playing through it because it has that sweet spot mix of constructing builds from semi-random options vs. bosses with a set o...
2022-04-01 09:37:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Guilt is the force that drives Grimmory. Betrayals mar his conscience, sins for which he can never fully atone. His shoulders are heavy with death and his heart is lost in the past. His Knives serve ...
2022-03-25 08:21:05 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the most fundamental things which should be considered when deciding what monsters to add to your campaign is the carrot. The carrot is; as you are probably aware, the reward for interacting with ...
2022-03-18 08:52:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I checked on Monday to start work on this, the Dung Beetle Knight just about won out over my personal favourite, so that's the next deep dive subject. Now first of all we'll explore the inspirations for the Dung Beetle Knight's design and the lore/folklore surrounding the creature in game. W...
2022-03-11 10:12:16 +0000 UTC View PostSo, which monster will we start a deep dive into next week? Pick your choice!
2022-03-05 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
While it arrived in March (why on earth they can't internally schedule these things to launch in the middle of each month instead of behaving like someone dragging their feet over homework); the Frogdog ...
2022-03-04 09:12:46 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a patreon request by Helge Thiel, if you have any requests, please do make them as they often bring up areas of the game I've not deep dived into yet, and those are always some of the most interesting topics to research and test.
2022-02-25 08:51:43 +0000 UTC
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Here's the capstone on our King's Man section, next week I have a patron request deep dive into one of the mechanics in the game. Perfect hits. So make sure you're standing in the Perfect position!
As always, the full, uncompressed image is in the attachments.
2022-02-18 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Go check it out at the link above, pledge responsibly (or click 'Remind Me' if you're still on the fence). This world's vision is pretty cool and unique.
If you do back, Tell them Fen sent you and that you want a Knight of the Fens! :P
2022-02-15 18:37:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Interview with Marcin about Kingdoms Forlorn has now gone live, I'm missing from the first portion because I went to pick up the game and then share the contents with the others.
It should answer some of the questions that were posted Friday. I'll look through the rest tomorrow and answ...
2022-02-14 08:44:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Kingdoms Forlorn, an upcoming game from Into the Unknown Studios has between 1 and 4 players taking the role of a specific knight in a series of dark fantasy kingdoms. This place was once ruled by th...
2022-02-11 17:50:23 +0000 UTC View Post
To start with before we can get into the interesting stuff that this update brought us, we are going to have to address the bad. First of all, this update was published in February for the vast majority ...
2022-02-04 10:13:14 +0000 UTC View Post
In this day and age it takes an absolute aeon for stuff to arrive from the US to Europe – and until a miracle happens and we get an EU warehouse which holds the promotional content on sale the same da...
2022-01-28 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Tomoe was especially beautiful, with white skin, long hair, and charming features. She was also a remarkably strong archer, and as a swordswoman she was a warrior worth a thousand, ready to confront a demon or a god, mounted or on foot. She handled unbroken horses with superb skill; ... 2022-01-27 16:55:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Last time we discussed some of the themes and story behind the King's Men; including a lament about how the story was abandoned and is currently left hanging. We'll see if the Gambler's Chest does anything to fix that, but considering that the King's Man has not been announced as being a part of ...
2022-01-21 08:52:50 +0000 UTC View Post
"There was once a monster that was to lead its master's regal procession. First the monster came as a herald, then its hungry masters. So fierce were the monster's masters that it never thought to pr...
2022-01-14 07:35:05 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, released for you guys first, but will be available for everyone in 7 days time. It's also included as an attachment in the original size because Patreon downsizes it a bit when you put it as an image in the post.
For all of the related content which lead to the construction of th...
2022-01-07 09:02:10 +0000 UTC View PostForenote:
So, as I promised earlier this week; here is the "rough" draft of the LCP (1.6 Update) pack, it's mostly with it's final text, but I haven't been able to release it onto BGG because I'm waiting to take all the photography of the fresh copy David (from The Last Standee) sent to me....
2021-12-31 09:20:09 +0000 UTC View PostFor myself 2021 held a lot of different board games alongside the few limited roleplaying games I'm willing to play in my private group. As I wrote in the last post - I'm going to take a little time now to write some mini-reviews/summaries on games I explored for the podcast and haven't yet manag...
2021-12-29 08:51:42 +0000 UTC View Post