Really enjoyed your playthrough. It was the reason I decided to buy that game as well. ;-) Love your dry sense of humor during your play... "Bringing some friends", "Crazy as he can be" .... :-D Keep up the good stuff! Wish I could join your play group in real life, must be a blast!
@Sascha Kleiber Thanks for watch, and the dry sense of humor isn't always welcomed at my day job. lol I've been with the same group of guys for about 12 years .. so yeah, we have some fun. I am hoping to go to the next GenCon, and after the first day of buying all the games i can find, I hope to be able to meet and play some games with other gamers. :)
Great video, I like that you play the game. Some channels spend way to much time talking and explaining rules and such. And wow, i just realized just how good maxed out brawling can be
One deck dungeon automatically shown in my head after seeing the dice rolling, however, this game is much much better than one deck dungeon. Thanks for sharing
@@DaletheCasualGamer Hi Dale! Thanks for the advice. My 80x80 cm table could be moved and put side by side with another wooden table and make a bigger table. Walking to balcony might be tricky, but that is a solution when I will not go to balcony for a long time. Thanks for your boardgame suggestion!
@@DaletheCasualGamer I have. Come close to winning Ep1 but not yet. It's a sure sign of a good game (my $.02) though that losing is still a ton of fun.
I believe the game winning is the norm! Winning for the investigators will be an anomaly! I’m hoping to get some plays in tonight with my game group. We typically do not do well cooperatively. :)
I backed the latest KS and just got Season 1 for Christmas 2022. I played my first solo game last night with the same exact setup. Rasputin really is a beast as his Arcane Mastery ramps up. It was clear in my game if he didn't put down Cthulhu with his last roll then the game was lost.
During the second turn of Sister Beth you took 4 actions (Heal, Move and 2 Attacks). Also on the 4th action, you used the monkey paw to deklare an additional success, but took only 1 sanity hit and not two (one for the pawn and one on the die) All around Min 10:00.
Good catch on Sister Beth for taking 4 actions. She didn't have Monkey Paw but an ability to allow to count 1 sanity as a hit (high strung). Thanks for the comment and watching!
@@DaletheCasualGamer Ah I see, the paw was with Rasputin, sorry for that! During the action phase of Rasputin around 38:30, I believe you missed out on the green dice he gets because of lowered sanity Very nice playthrough, I enjoyed it a lot!
First turn you give Rasputin 4 actions... Moved, x2 fights (three actions), and then you got him to search. Easy enough to do in solo if/when you forget how many actions you have already done :)
So this is just an arena fighting game with Mythos flavour - I just bought Kingdom Death and costed me $$$$$ but not having much fun with it - considering picking this one up hoping its not as complicated or impossible to beat ~_~
Win or lose, this has been a very fun game with everyone in my game group. I've never played Kingdom Death, putting all those minis together kept me away. Other than Shadows of Brimstone, I'm hoping to stay with miniature games that come already together. :) Cthulhu Death May Die is a keeper in my collection.
Dale the Casual Gamer you are right - it took me an eternity to assemble all the statues, final assembly looks impressive but i dont really if it was really worth it - they could have decrease the sizes and details a bit and save the headache - but the game is nearly impossible to beat (I know there are people out there who did it) but losing in a campaign of 70-80 hours and starting agian is mad lol but meh thats what its called kingdom DEATH lol I alreayd ordered my copy on eBay - found kickstarter edition with unspeakable box for a really good price - I invested many hours playing FFG Different lovecraftian games too
Unless you change it partway-through, the figs have the wrong base colours. Momentarily confused at this, but i see you were paying attention to their forms, not their base colours.
Wouldn’t fire tokens have come with you when you dragged all the monsters from the room with The sister down to Cthulhu with Rasputin? There was a ton of fire in that room. Or am I misunderstanding how moving through fire works?
On the final turn? Yes, but they would not have resolved since the game condition was met. Not a perfect play through, but everyone was going insane. ;)
I enjoy Arkham, but am having more fun with this game now ... and my game group seems to like it more too. It's probably all the dice, with a side of insanity. :)
With toughness do you ignore the entire die or just the "success" from it? You seemed to ignore one that was a success/tentacle against Sister Beth. Just curious as to whether or not she should have taken an extra sanity and just ignored the wound or if that was correct.
While you were trying to destroy equipment with Rasputin 38 minutes in, you were already crazy enough to have a bonus green die, which might have helped save time.
Holy cow brawling is a beast power when you max it out, but I think you still get your 2 free rerolls per attack even after you leave level 2 to level 3, right? If so, you seem to have stopped doing that outright.
Brawling maxed is AWESOME!! And I would typically only reroll to prevent sanity damage to keep him somewhat sane for a little longer. ;) Thanks for watching!
You completely forgot to take account of the Monkey paw for Rasputin, he should have take 2 wounds when getting it, then a lot of sanity damage in the next turn ((the first roll had 2 elder sign symbol, the second one, another one) and probably after. But nice video anyway since you were consistent (you didn't apply neither the good effect nor the bad one, it was like you discarded it).
With the Monkey Paw, you only take two wounds if you have the monkey, and the effect is a “may”, which really isn’t any good if you have arcane mastery, unless you want to take sanity damage. I could have discarded it but thought there may come a time when I wanted sanity damage to “level up”. Thanks for watching! Have you had a chance to play the game solo or in a group?
@@DaletheCasualGamer you can only get the monkey paw if you have the monkey. no monkey, no monkey paw. IF YOU HAVE THE MONKEY! you didn't have the monkey so you can't do anything with the card. if you had the monkey you would take 2 wounds and discard the monkey, then you can ether take the paw or not take it and heal. you cheated in the first turn of the game.
@@1981troyboy Quit monkeying around! ;) I guess the card can be interpreted two ways. Statement 1, if you have the monkey take 2 wounds and discard the monkey. Statement 2, You may claim the monkey paw. Nothing ties the two statements together. So, no monkey, no wounds ... claim the monkey paw. For clarification, statement 1 should have added, if you took 2 wounds, then you may claim the monkey paw. A character with Arcane mastery really doesn't need a monkey paw.
MacGyver The card doesn’t say so, check page 15 of the rulebook where it gives an example using a similar card. The statements are separate. This is not a debate, the rules state you are wrong. You were certain of yourself and you were sinfully wrong, speak your mind less.
Got this game over x-mas, it's a shame it's so messy - the monsters not being able to fit on the board properly when there's more than a couple, keeping track of individual monsters health especially whilst moving and a couple of other rough edges really keep me from loving this game. Anybody else with the same opinion?
Tiles definitely feel like they should be a little larger given how often stuff is spawning in. Some kind of health dial in the bases also seems like it might be useful. Maybe a cutout with a cardboard spinner visible through it. When you've got one mini that takes up an entire room, that's never gonna play comfortably with horde spawning as well. Did you ever figure out a solution? Either proxy figures or something else?
If by easy, you mean I won as opposed to the typical end result of me playing Arkham Horror ... you are correct. I owe it to my two well skilled investigators. ;) I got in a four player game this weekend and it went well. Very similar to Arkham Horror, player turns are quick, so down time is not an issue. All that played really enjoyed the game! Thanks for watching!
you can only get the monkey paw if you have the monkey. no monkey, no monkey paw. IF YOU HAVE THE MONKEY! you didn't have the monkey so you can't do anything with the card. if you had the monkey you would take 2 wounds and discard the monkey, then you can ether take the paw or not take it and heal. you cheated in the first turn of the game.
Quit monkeying around! ;) I guess the card can be interpreted two ways. Statement 1, if you have the monkey take 2 wounds and discard the monkey. Statement 2, You may claim the monkey paw. Nothing ties the two statements together. So, no monkey, no wounds ... claim the monkey paw. For clarification, statement 1 should have added, if you took 2 wounds, then you may claim the monkey paw. A character with Arcane mastery really doesn't need a monkey paw.
The speed that you play at is refreshing. Doug and others take an hour for 2 turns... thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the play through!
@@DaletheCasualGamer Also like the tempo in this video! Hope you play another episode and post it!
@@mindtwist Such a great game, and it's been a while since I've gotten it to the table. :)
Got it after watching you dale
I miss your video
Stay safe take care and good luck Dale
@Jirayu Such a great game! Hope you enjoy it! :)
I knew I was going to love watching you play this one Dale. That looks like way to much fun. This game is definitely going on my wish list.
Really enjoyed your playthrough. It was the reason I decided to buy that game as well. ;-) Love your dry sense of humor during your play... "Bringing some friends", "Crazy as he can be" .... :-D Keep up the good stuff! Wish I could join your play group in real life, must be a blast!
@Sascha Kleiber Thanks for watch, and the dry sense of humor isn't always welcomed at my day job. lol
I've been with the same group of guys for about 12 years .. so yeah, we have some fun. I am hoping to go to the next GenCon, and after the first day of buying all the games i can find, I hope to be able to meet and play some games with other gamers. :)
Just getting into this after owning it for a year. Your playthrough was extremely helpful. Love your channel and your Patreon!
@Drew Grgich If you got all the expansion, there is quite a bit to get to the table! And glad the playthrough helped! :)
Great video, I like that you play the game. Some channels spend way to much time talking and explaining rules and such. And wow, i just realized just how good maxed out brawling can be
Thanks! And yes, maxed out brawling is AWESOME!! Maxed out Toughness is really great too! :)
One deck dungeon automatically shown in my head after seeing the dice rolling, however, this game is much much better than one deck dungeon. Thanks for sharing
If you have the table space, I highly recommend this game! :)
@@DaletheCasualGamer Hi Dale! Thanks for the advice. My 80x80 cm table could be moved and put side by side with another wooden table and make a bigger table.
Walking to balcony might be tricky, but that is a solution when I will not go to balcony for a long time. Thanks for your boardgame suggestion!
Good job. Excellent play through.
Thanks Yogi! Have you had a chance to play?
Another great video, Dale! Kudos!
Thank you! Have you had a chance to play this game?
@@DaletheCasualGamer I have. Come close to winning Ep1 but not yet. It's a sure sign of a good game (my $.02) though that losing is still a ton of fun.
Great video.quick play
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, much appreciated! This game is really fun to play!
@@DaletheCasualGamer played it tonight after watching your how to vid....lost lol
Then saw your gameplay was up
Helped me with stuff i missed too👍
I believe the game winning is the norm! Winning for the investigators will be an anomaly! I’m hoping to get some plays in tonight with my game group. We typically do not do well cooperatively. :)
great video!!!
Thanks for watching, and hope you’ve been able to keep the elder gods in check!
I backed the latest KS and just got Season 1 for Christmas 2022. I played my first solo game last night with the same exact setup. Rasputin really is a beast as his Arcane Mastery ramps up. It was clear in my game if he didn't put down Cthulhu with his last roll then the game was lost.
Lots of my games have come down to the final roll, but then again, lots have just had us fail miserably. Good luck in your games! :)
best tutorial of this game :)
Cthulhu and all the darkness could muster never stood a chance! Presumably there's a game difficulty slider somewhere in the optional rules.
@John Baker I've found some keyword abilities really make the game "easier", but sometimes the dice or mythos cards can go wrong for the party. :)
My copy arrives today!!!!
HAVE FUN!!! :)
During the second turn of Sister Beth you took 4 actions (Heal, Move and 2 Attacks). Also on the 4th action, you used the monkey paw to deklare an additional success, but took only 1 sanity hit and not two (one for the pawn and one on the die) All around Min 10:00.
Good catch on Sister Beth for taking 4 actions. She didn't have Monkey Paw but an ability to allow to count 1 sanity as a hit (high strung). Thanks for the comment and watching!
@@DaletheCasualGamer Ah I see, the paw was with Rasputin, sorry for that!
During the action phase of Rasputin around 38:30, I believe you missed out on the green dice he gets because of lowered sanity
Very nice playthrough, I enjoyed it a lot!
Chtulhu should have been summoned at the end of the turn after the disruption
Correct! Thanks! I was too excited to get him on the board ... temporary madness! :)
Another great play through, waffle free.
Great playthrough. Super fast.
Thanks!
So you have all the enemys put aside? ie two Vampires? not just one that the setup card says?
The monsters on the card are just for map setup. All others of the same type are put to the side to cause trouble later. :)
First turn you give Rasputin 4 actions... Moved, x2 fights (three actions), and then you got him to search. Easy enough to do in solo if/when you forget how many actions you have already done :)
@Robert Morris Forgetfulness is my middle name ... I think. ;)
searching is not an action though, so Dale played this correctly
Rasputin should have taken tentacles i guess when you fought the Starspawn in the space with the Rlyeh token..but hey, great playthrough!
So this is just an arena fighting game with Mythos flavour - I just bought Kingdom Death and costed me $$$$$ but not having much fun with it - considering picking this one up hoping its not as complicated or impossible to beat ~_~
Win or lose, this has been a very fun game with everyone in my game group. I've never played Kingdom Death, putting all those minis together kept me away. Other than Shadows of Brimstone, I'm hoping to stay with miniature games that come already together. :)
Cthulhu Death May Die is a keeper in my collection.
Dale the Casual Gamer you are right - it took me an eternity to assemble all the statues, final assembly looks impressive but i dont really if it was really worth it - they could have decrease the sizes and details a bit and save the headache - but the game is nearly impossible to beat (I know there are people out there who did it) but losing in a campaign of 70-80 hours and starting agian is mad lol but meh thats what its called kingdom DEATH lol
I alreayd ordered my copy on eBay - found kickstarter edition with unspeakable box for a really good price - I invested many hours playing FFG Different lovecraftian games too
I dont think you can take the monkey paw without the monkey. I think you just discard it.
Unless you change it partway-through, the figs have the wrong base colours. Momentarily confused at this, but i see you were paying attention to their forms, not their base colours.
Oops. Sorry for the confusion! it's fair to say that I start every game with a bit of insanity. ;)
Wouldn’t fire tokens have come with you when you dragged all the monsters from the room with The sister down to Cthulhu with Rasputin? There was a ton of fire in that room. Or am I misunderstanding how moving through fire works?
On the final turn? Yes, but they would not have resolved since the game condition was met. Not a perfect play through, but everyone was going insane. ;)
Thanks! Loved the play through.
Seems more fun than Arkham Horror 3rd Edition.
I enjoy Arkham, but am having more fun with this game now ... and my game group seems to like it more too. It's probably all the dice, with a side of insanity. :)
With toughness do you ignore the entire die or just the "success" from it? You seemed to ignore one that was a success/tentacle against Sister Beth. Just curious as to whether or not she should have taken an extra sanity and just ignored the wound or if that was correct.
Oh never mind you had toughness level 2 that lets you ignore sanity. :)
While you were trying to destroy equipment with Rasputin 38 minutes in, you were already crazy enough to have a bonus green die, which might have helped save time.
Holy cow brawling is a beast power when you max it out, but I think you still get your 2 free rerolls per attack even after you leave level 2 to level 3, right? If so, you seem to have stopped doing that outright.
Brawling maxed is AWESOME!! And I would typically only reroll to prevent sanity damage to keep him somewhat sane for a little longer. ;) Thanks for watching!
You completely forgot to take account of the Monkey paw for Rasputin, he should have take 2 wounds when getting it, then a lot of sanity damage in the next turn ((the first roll had 2 elder sign symbol, the second one, another one) and probably after. But nice video anyway since you were consistent (you didn't apply neither the good effect nor the bad one, it was like you discarded it).
With the Monkey Paw, you only take two wounds if you have the monkey, and the effect is a “may”, which really isn’t any good if you have arcane mastery, unless you want to take sanity damage. I could have discarded it but thought there may come a time when I wanted sanity damage to “level up”. Thanks for watching! Have you had a chance to play the game solo or in a group?
@@DaletheCasualGamer you can only get the monkey paw if you have the monkey. no monkey, no monkey paw. IF YOU HAVE THE MONKEY! you didn't have the monkey so you can't do anything with the card. if you had the monkey you would take 2 wounds and discard the monkey, then you can ether take the paw or not take it and heal. you cheated in the first turn of the game.
@@1981troyboy Quit monkeying around! ;)
I guess the card can be interpreted two ways.
Statement 1, if you have the monkey take 2 wounds and discard the monkey.
Statement 2, You may claim the monkey paw.
Nothing ties the two statements together. So, no monkey, no wounds ... claim the monkey paw.
For clarification, statement 1 should have added, if you took 2 wounds, then you may claim the monkey paw.
A character with Arcane mastery really doesn't need a monkey paw.
@@DaletheCasualGamer you have to have a monkey to gets its paw. the card says so
MacGyver The card doesn’t say so, check page 15 of the rulebook where it gives an example using a similar card. The statements are separate. This is not a debate, the rules state you are wrong. You were certain of yourself and you were sinfully wrong, speak your mind less.
You forgot the starspawn the second time cthulhu advanced.
I'll blame the madness for forgetting ... or the short term memory loss. ;)
Thanks for watching!
R'lyeh - Er-lee-ey
Byahkee - Bye-ya-kee
Haha!! I knew I would butcher some of the names ... if not all of them. ;)
Thanks for the assist!
Got this game over x-mas, it's a shame it's so messy - the monsters not being able to fit on the board properly when there's more than a couple, keeping track of individual monsters health especially whilst moving and a couple of other rough edges really keep me from loving this game. Anybody else with the same opinion?
Tiles definitely feel like they should be a little larger given how often stuff is spawning in. Some kind of health dial in the bases also seems like it might be useful. Maybe a cutout with a cardboard spinner visible through it.
When you've got one mini that takes up an entire room, that's never gonna play comfortably with horde spawning as well.
Did you ever figure out a solution? Either proxy figures or something else?
Seemed pretty easy, does look like fun though. Looks like Akham Horror is better for more than 2-3 players though.
If by easy, you mean I won as opposed to the typical end result of me playing Arkham Horror ... you are correct. I owe it to my two well skilled investigators. ;)
I got in a four player game this weekend and it went well. Very similar to Arkham Horror, player turns are quick, so down time is not an issue. All that played really enjoyed the game! Thanks for watching!
you can only get the monkey paw if you have the monkey. no monkey, no monkey paw. IF YOU HAVE THE MONKEY! you didn't have the monkey so you can't do anything with the card. if you had the monkey you would take 2 wounds and discard the monkey, then you can ether take the paw or not take it and heal. you cheated in the first turn of the game.
Quit monkeying around! ;)
I guess the card can be interpreted two ways.
Statement 1, if you have the monkey take 2 wounds and discard the monkey.
Statement 2, You may claim the monkey paw.
Nothing ties the two statements together. So, no monkey, no wounds ... claim the monkey paw.
For clarification, statement 1 should have added, if you took 2 wounds, then you may claim the monkey paw.
A character with Arcane mastery really doesn't need a monkey paw.
MacGyver you’re wrong.