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I have now played this class for 11 scenarios and am level 6 in a 4 player ( melee heavy) party. Its been nothing but pure misery up to level 5. My lifegoal forces me to get perk ✔️ so I often have to play awkwardly on a class that is anything but flexible to begin with. I fail to see what this class does that Kelp doesnt do equally well as a Damage Dealer with much less prerequisites. I have read all the guides for it, almost every recommended item and understand the mechanics by now. It still feels VERY mid at best. I watch my buddy in the oh so maligned Bannerspear (lv7) do a formation attack with upwards of 12 total damage with selfheal of 1 and shield 1 and am left wondering....whats my purpose again? To enable other people to have a good time with spamming brittle while I loot everything with my lv 4 card? It becomes especially tragic when the Meteor just trashes shielded mobs while I wail away helplessly at them or I have to beg for heals because the self heal potential is pitiful if you dont go tank route. This class has all the "magical Christmas land" trappings where it could be great but never is because your elements get sniped, you need a ton of items, mutually exclusive upgrade cards, certain mobs to not be in the scenario, etc. Maybe its me but beyond reading guides, trying different hand setups and hoping that the last two games with the class having reached 6 where its at least tolerable I don't know more to do .

Allan here. I was fortunate to jump into a big lead early, and I knew Raul was remotely close (was around 15+ points ahead of Angela and JC), so I devoted all energy in denying Raul pharaoh tie/win

The spreadsheet tracking made watching this so much better, especially if you don't watch it all in one sitting. This was a really interesting one to watch since Phil did the thing I thought you want to avoid at all costs (run out of money). Good one to watch for learning the game.

What's the software you are using for the cards?!?

Is there a link for the player mat sheets so I can print some myself?

I really like this game IRL. I´ve got to try this version. Have you seen Ark Nova coming to Steam soon BTW, Nick?

Amazing play through! Very entertaining to watch you play games. Please do more of these the future!

One thing that i missed in Frosthaven is how well some classes synergize with some others, compared to Gloomhaven. F. e. run a negative conditions build, and the "Crab" guy does his Bane one. Have those Steel Automatons drop like flies. Or the Drill ability card that makes a certain mastery possible (and comes with a huge con) doesn't seem so bad. And you become an absolute menace in the process, provided you're careful on your own. So, Pain Conduit is indeed as close to being overpowered as you can get.

I am seriously thinking of getting this game. I have a lot of other Wallace games and he in the top as designers go for me. Nice to see some high level play.

If your agent goes to a battle square and you don't deploy troops, but you have cards with battle point effects, do you still take part in the battle via the cards? Or must you always have deployed troops in order to participate in the battle?

Thanks for the insights Nick. It was very interesting to see how top players play a game with a very wide appeal in terms of gamer abilities, definitely some tips I've picked up that will enable me to crush Grandma at this next Sunday :)

I also think you may have misread Behemoth’s ability on turn 7; I think it’s like a mini eternity rather than a green-scoring card

I love this game, it’s one of my favorites

@41:20 - But you never know if your opponent is quickly grabbing the token they don't need and feigning contemplation on the one they do need in order to throw off such behavioral observations😁

Hi! I listened to you journey in the WSBG and all the emotions you got when losing so close to the finish line. Wonderful stuff and thanks for sharing! 🤗

Wow I was not expecting cards 1. I never flip cards 1, it’s usually my last upgrade if I upgrade it. And I think I have the top 20 players stats on my side here.

This must be the hardest Class to learn and play. Blink and Geminate is also 5 complexity, but feel easier to grasp. I like the other robot more than hive.

More cat cameos please!

This was helpful. Thanks!

1:21:00 why doesnt he play the city next to the lake and opposite his other city northeast of the board? Creates 2 great spots for greeneries, gets 2M back and 1 steel. Btw, really impressed with how Anthony played it, but Levi's brute force way just barely won it.

I've made my own character that's hungry for elements like this. I call him the Quatryl Meteorologist. He brings two new Elements on the board: Lightning and water. And he has an own mechanic called forecast. Those are skills you need to use Elements to bring them into the active area and in three Rounds the effect triggers anywhere on the map. There are also skills that bring the marker on an active Forcast ability forward, so that it triggers earlier.

Can't believe no one picked up the arrow head artefact at round 3

I think this is the weakest class in comparison to anything I've ever played in all Gloomhaven/Frosthaven, jotl, forgoten circles, and trail of ashes. The amount of effort you need to put in into this class in order to do very mediocre things in unreal :D I've had less troubles playing FH starter class Geminate with the amount of thinking that needs to happen in order to do basic things. When played on higher levels, there is no way either of your pets is surviving an attack from mobs so in order for you to swap back and heal that damaged summon. Even if they had 10+hp each, it would still be super underwhelming. Level 8 card being attack 3 wound in a 3 hex cone is criminal :D (for refference Brute has attack 3 in 3 cone on level 1)

Hi Nick, Congratulations for winning the Ring Games of Lost Ruins of Arnak and Earth at the 2024 WSBG! I am a fan, watching your channel from the other side of the globe. I am a board game coach in Singapore and I found your commentaries very helpful for in-depth understanding of the selected WSBG games. You are doing a great service to the board gaming community through the analysis that you are providing. You are an inspiration to the students that I show your commentaries to. I hope to meet you one day in person at the WSBG or major board game conventions.

All these hour long guides and no ones gives a good example of the first two or three turns. I play this class and find it way to slow in a 4 player game. By the time you have enough shadows to do anything the room will be cleared and most of the shadows will be left behind. Gaining XP is also hard and very dark and shadow dependant. Looking forward to retiring this class.

I got this game last year after watching your commentary and got to play 10 or so times. I feel like the first round of this particular game happens decently often that seeing how newer players who are good board gamers react to the shock of a quick round was really interesting.

Hi, Nick. Raul here. Great to hear you commenting on our game. Yeah, none of us had a lot of Ra experience. It was fun playing. Alan did a great job, very consistent in all rounds. I tried to catch up on monument scoring in the end, but not enough. Hope to see you all next year again and have fun again. Let's RA!

Ra is a wonderful game!

Maybe Plague Protocol top could have been awesome, if the downside of its mode was "Heals targeting you are reduced by 1 Heal".

45:53 One thing players may not appreciate when evaluating Wracked with Pain is that you can opt to ignore the Wound and *only apply the Stun and Brittle conditions* to avoid the Brittle being wasted on a tick of Wound damage rather than a bigger attack. This makes it a reliable control card that also contributes significant damage provided you meet the health requirement.

44:07 Replace one "+0" card with one "+0 invisible self" card - you can decline to apply the invisibility condition to yourself if you draw this card it at an inopportune time when it would be helpful to tank for the party. It's a broadly applicable rule that you don't have to apply any *non mandatory* conditions from abilities or attack modifier cards to enemies just because they appear on the ability card or attack modifiers you draw. Usually it's a benefit to do so but there are niche cases where it may not be.

28:15 Minor rules correction: The first attack on Tumultuous Panic has a square enhancement pip so you can only enhance it with a +1 sticker, not a poison condition. You can add poison to the second attack though. This is similar to the Geminate card Changeling's Boon. The balance team did this so you can't benefit from the poison damage on the second attack immediately - otherwise poison would be a no-brainer here.

The Doldrums of Insanity!

Yes, he should have taken Kwisatz Haderach out of the game.

Same problem with summons again, Isaac. Cant play them at higher levels. We play +1 and +2 and one hit and those summons are wiped. Loss card waste. Bad design. Just up the health of these things.

My wife keeps beating me at Arnak so I'm hoping you can help me. Love hearing your thoughts on here and the Friendly Ties podcast. Thanks for making these videos and congrats on your WSBG wins.

Definitely NOT a fan of this one...

Since the video does not provide any evidance or statistical data: "My preferred card flipping order" would be a better title, also Upgrading Cards by itself is not a strategy but inevitable embedded part of gameplay, when talking about certain cards changing the prefered order of flipping, that is commonly referred to as tactics, not strategy. Opportunity cost is a missing concept, to get any idea, why flipping certain cards before other is good or not (e.g whats is the average cost in actions and money to play out an animal vs just buying conservation points from the upgraded asociation card?). There should be enough empirical data, what cards highest ranked players flip first on boardgamearena to get a better picture of what works best and it would say a lot more, since the numer of games one can play is quite limited in comparision to that.

Hey Nick, love your videos! One tip for future WSBG commentary videos, may you have the video you're watching be at a higher quality before recording? Not sure if its a video capture issue but would definitely make your future videos easier to watch and enjoy!

That was very interesting, thank you for doing this video! And congratulations!

Did not know the singer of Depeche Mode played boardgames

Congratulations. And I enjoyed your commentary a lot. Looking out for that strategy guide.

Congrats Nick! Glad you brought a token back from Vegas if this does end up being your last

you had an opportunity being second one to the temple to get an extra 11 points, that would have given you at least five more points then the artifacts that you purchased.

Congrats, do you feel like Antoine made a mistake not getting an assistant round 1 to block you?

Congrats on the double ring win! It's so impressive that you've won four rings in four different games. Hope you can win two more rings in yet another two new games next year haha!

Love this kind of content! All the GWT strategy I know, I learned from your other videos haha. It’s so cool hearing about how dynamic some of the games were. Game 2 sounded particularly interesting, just wondering, how important do you think getting that early taxer down was in contributing to your victory? Or would you say that the variance (e.g. Jonathan’s bad draws, your great draws) was a bigger factor?

Congrats on the great run! Really liked these v-logs. Looking forward to more content and hope you'll do more live playthroughs on BGA!

Nick, awesome job! Really pleased to hear you had such a good time, and all the positive encouragement you got to keep putting out great content. It’s probably easy to forget that a few hundred views on a 1-hour board game video is equivalent to a humongous room full of passionate board game fans each spending an hour in your virtual company. Keep that ball rolling! It’s been fun following your progress this week. What a run. GG!

Thanks Nick for covering several super important topics! I especially enjoyed the stories, and appreciated that you shared a time when you wished you were a better sport. I just got back home from WSBG, and to keep this shorter I’ll only share my perspective on luck. Post-WSBG I’ve changed my mind about the relationship between skill and luck. Coming into WSBG with a “decent” ELO of 350-450 ELO in Wingspan, Ark Nova and Azul, I thought I had a small, but not tiny chance of winning a ring. But experiencing how many high skill players attend WSBG, I now believe my chances were far far lower than I’d imagined! I even told people leading up to the event, “I have an ok shot because luck is such a big factor in board games”. But for my situation, I believe skill was far more significant than luck. And this is clear from your examples: a 0.3% chance is worlds apart from a 13% chance! I’m not saying luck isn’t a big factor, I just think that skill is a much bigger factor for most players, like myself. But when you’re right up there skill-wise with the best, the role of luck grows. Btw I’m Dennis, I only got a super brief chance to say hi to you in the Ring games area on I think Day 1!