Lands of Evershade | GameFound Preview | How To Play | Into The Whitewell | Part #1

[@RollingSolo]

*Become a channel member for early access & perks:* bit.ly/3TmtGIz | *Discord:* bit.ly/3ylw5KE | *Facebook Group:* bit.ly/38aY3On Rollers! Join me today as we begin our adventure in Lands of Evershade created by Ernest Kiedrowicz, Krzysztof Piskorski and published by Awaken Realms. Be sure to stay tuned to the channel as we continue the Preview Series together. Hope the series helps you make an informed decision and don't forget to let the community know your thoughts! 🔥 *Lands of Evershade (GameFound November 14th):* gamefound.com/en/projects/awaken-realms/lands-of-evershade 🍿 Intro 0:00 🎥 Game Overview 0:45 📤 Progenerated Character Loadouts 3:12 🎲 Into The Whitewell Storybook Gameplay 7:30 ⚔ Combat Setup 37:59 👏 Conclusion 39:25 "Lands of Evershade is a hybrid RPG/board game experience that lets 1-5 players enjoy grand, richly narrated open-world adventures without a dungeon master, while keeping the game approachable and easy to learn. Start by building your perfect character using an immersive player's handbook. Choose from unique races and origins, dark secrets, and exciting classes with interesting advancements and specializations that ensure no two characters are the same. All decisions made during character creation - as well as later in the game - change how the world reacts to you, both in story and combat. Were you a nobleman or a common thief in your past? What's your secret or personal quest you hide from other players? New stories, interactions, and combat opportunities unlock at every step. You can explore the game's multiple standalone story modules and scenarios in the order of your choice to create your own campaign that will lead you to different areas and significant events in the vast universe of Lands of Evershade. When necessary, engage in fast-paced tactical combat in which enemies react to your actions. Enjoy dozens of high-quality models that bring life to your party members and enemies. Lands of Evershade is more than a game; it's a universe built over many years, a world of secrets buried in the shadow of the goddess Luada that will grow and expand with new content for years to come."" *Media Inquiries: [e-mail]* *Want to support the channel? Here's how!* Rolling Solo PayPal: paypal.me/rollingsolo Rolling Solo Merch Store: bit.ly/3yftvWp *You can connect with us in all these amazing places!* Rolling Solo Community Discord: bit.ly/3ylw5KE Rolling Solo Facebook Page: bit.ly/3MVYAT7 Rolling Solo Board Game Facebook Group: bit.ly/38aY3On Twitter: bit.ly/3M4jNdi Instagram: bit.ly/3P1Fmxa BGG Guild: bit.ly/3P2n5zT BGG Microbadge: bit.ly/39JIAVZ

[@giannisc.5254]

This is really interesting and as always Awaken Realms knocks it out of the park with the presentation. Can't wait for Part 2 and of course the campaign itself !

[@RollingSolo]

Should be a fun one! 🔥

[@DukeJohnny]

Yeah, that's the game I'm waiting for, glad to see you doing a preview, looking forward for part 2!

[@RollingSolo]

🙏🏼 Appreciate that! See you then 😄

[@jayvir6]

I really am liking that this is taking the narrative elements of their other games and wrapping it up in a cool RPG box.

[@RollingSolo]

It’s got that board game / rpg mix nailed. See you in the next one! 🔥

[@vincevella4178]

My thoughts, exactly, really love this.

[@RollingSolo]

@@vincevella4178 Good to hear I’m not alone! 🙂

[@CosmosKnight31]

Very hyped for this game!

[@RollingSolo]

More gameplay to come! 😄

[@MacScelaro]

Character placement looks good to me. For the Alf being a Paladin, she seems weak, so I understand why she is slightly behind the Dwerg. Can't wait for combat since this is what I am still confused by. This is also probably why I think the Alf is weak since I don't comprehend combat mechanics well enough yet. Nice job as always!

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks! The Alf not being a combat focused character should make this fight interesting. 😏

[@kaseyschertenleib]

Thanks for the great play through! Looks like I’ll be saving up for another Awaken Realms classic!

[@RollingSolo]

You’re welcome! It certainly draws great aspects from prior games and mixes them with some new ones well. More to come!

[@moo2k4]

Every time I see you roll on the board I can just think "get a dice tray, you heathen!" 🤣 This game looks excellent! Thanks for the fantastic work, as usual!

[@RollingSolo]

Thank you! 😁 I used to use a dice tray. Now I just find the oddest places to roll to torture you all 🤣

[@FernandoWeiler-ji1ku]

Looking forward for part 2.

[@RollingSolo]

You can enjoy it now!

[@FallenRaven]

Thanks for the video. You did much better than the creator of this game did for Dice Tower. Now I’m interested in checking this game out when the campaign launches.

[@RollingSolo]

Hey! Great to hear you enjoyed it. Looking forward to the campaign launch as well. Should be a good one! ✨

[@vincevella4178]

All i can say is wow, right up my ally, what a great game, definitely backing this, looking forward to the battle Great explanations, watched it 4 times already, cant wait.

[@RollingSolo]

Glad you're enjoying the video! Thanks for the feedback and see you in the next one. 😄

[@zimbo5521]

This game looks wicked awesome!!

[@RollingSolo]

Happy to hear it’s of interest to you! 💥

[@allfour1]

Loving these videos.

[@RollingSolo]

More to come! ❤️

[@raortiz73]

The story is very engaging. I already want to know how this fight ends and if you catch the villian.

[@RollingSolo]

I was also pulled in by it. 👍🏼 One of the better starts to a narrative game I’ve seen. I cared and that’s saying something!

[@cinshome2]

Question, at 29:17 do you not get a Fate token for rolling that 1 because it was a success overall? Just wanting to clarify how that is different from the roll at 30:58 cause that was still a partial success with the 1+ entry and you took a Fate token for that one. Or was there a mistake on one of those? :)

[@FallenRaven]

I’d also like to know. But I think partial successes don’t count as successful skill checks.

[@valerioderosa3690]

Thank you for this masterfully done preview! From what i have seen, the games fits perfectly my liking. I will see adjust the part 2!!! Will you back the game?

[@RollingSolo]

You’re most welcome. Happy to hear it’s a fit for you. And yes! 🤩

[@CaribouKai]

I really like failing forward mechanics. This looks awesome so far.

[@RollingSolo]

Glad it's catching your eye! 😄

[@MrMy23]

Thanks for the great video. I recently found out this and Agemonia. Unsure which one to get. I like how Agemonia has some scenarios with different strategies and evolving maps… which one would you get if you could only get one?

[@RollingSolo]

Glad it was helpful! Go with your gut. It won’t fail you. For me, I have Agemonia already and enjoy it. I want LoE! 🤩

[@agentsolorunthroughs6010]

Colour me intrigued. Thinking this might be alright to solo multi handed and interested in yet another rpg (pledged for story of many) style game. The checks I feel would be easier if you played with more characters? Combat seems to have ways to adjust for number of characters.

[@RollingSolo]

Glad it piqued your interest! 😁 You’re right in that for each extra character you might get an extra die to support a roll but it’s based on keywords. I bet they took that into account design wise when they spilt up the keywords across characters. So the advantage is likely there but not large.

[@GIOPERFUMES]

Looks really good, do you think the game is well compensated for any number of characters or it is better to play with an specific number of them. Great review by the way. Greatings from Spain 👍🏻

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks for watching! Someone else in the comments asked this as well. I gave an answer there too. Basically the more characters you have in your party you have a slight increased chance of getting an extra support die for rolls in the game. But you still need to have a matching keyword and get a success to get the advantage. I also assume the keywords were balanced out in game design to avoid gaming the game for the available characters to choose from. So it’s a slight advantage at best for each character added in your party.

[@hpfreakje]

Could you give us an idea of how much table space this games takes up compared to Tainted Grail or ISS Vanguard, given those were notorious table hogs? Thanks for covering and the excellent camera work!

[@RollingSolo]

Appreciate that and of course! I’m playing on a 3x4 play space. The game takes up a 3x3 of that space and to have a place for the story book I’d say 3x4 is what you want at 2 characters. More each extra character.

[@thebrothersslim6056]

Love it! Mind if I ask how you recorded the story narration?

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks for watching my friend!

[@romainformet4346]

Hello rolling solo! A big thanks for your video, we can understand better how the game is playing. But I was wondering if you can explain if it's possible to play true solo? And how will it be possible to progress through the game?

[@RollingSolo]

You’re welcome! You will be able to play true solo in the final version. It will play 1-5 players. I imagine those details will land for the campaign. I’ll be watching for them as well! 😄👍🏼

[@romainformet4346]

@@RollingSolo great 👍 I'm looking for those details to know if I'll be backing the game or not. I found two players board too wide and would take up too much space on my table.

[@RollingSolo]

AR always has an eye on solo play and I confirmed that true solo will be in the final game. To be honest though, I wouldn't adventure without a party of at least two for synergies sake.

[@romainformet4346]

@RollingSolo thanks for getting back to me about the solo playthrough. I understand the synergy token etc.. so it seems easier to play at least two different characters. But maybe there will be a way to play one character and have something to counter balance the synergy mechanism?

[@RollingSolo]

@@romainformet4346 AR confirmed true solo play will be a part of it.

[@abrahambardalez4703]

I’d love to see a large 3 x 5 neoprene mat as the map

[@RollingSolo]

As a lover of neoprene I would be all for this!!

[@marsyon77]

Hi Adam, thank you for your videos that help us a lot. I am very interested in this game, but I have question, maybe stupid: for what you have seen, what is the replayability of this game? Like if I choose to use one of the pre determined characters, and then I decide to make one of myown for example. Thank you!

[@RollingSolo]

No stupid questions here. Thanks for the appreciation. 👍🏼 As the storybook branches into multiple path, characters and keywords on things per decisions made I see this game having replayability for sure just at a base level alone. Without seeing the whole game it’s tough to say overall though.

[@olegyd]

Very interesting quite cool detailed story. I like the tension. Cool! Narrative voice is come from the app?

[@RollingSolo]

I found the story pulled me in too! The chase was cool and makes me wonder what would have happened going down alternative paths. 😏

[@olegyd]

@RollingSolo cannot wait to see battle system in next video! voice narrative come from the special app?

[@RollingSolo]

@@olegyd Finale has landed 😄👍🏼

[@Biodelic]

The real question, as with every AR game campaign, is "what will be really delivered in the end?". Great video, as usual. Thank you very much for showcasing the prototype.

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks so much my friend! AR’s ability to leverage community feedback is well done. One of the better companies to do. Can’t make everyone happy all the time of course 😜

[@ZentaurFTW]

You could have used the fate token to add 1 to your 8 in the alley?

[@RollingSolo]

Only on the DIV dice from what I see below. D12’s can be rerolled though. 😄 Fate tokens can be spent in the following ways. Anytime: • Spend 1 fate to refresh a card. • Spend 1 fate to prevent 1 terror. During Rolls: • Spend 1 fate to reroll any number of your dice (including DIV dice). • Spend 1 fate to add 1 to the DIV die value. During Character Activation: • Spend 2 fate to immediately gain 1 additional Action.

[@ZentaurFTW]

@@RollingSolo oh ok, my bad then. Was too invested in the story and was hoping you catch the killer. Having said that I know that does not happen as I saw Dice Tower’s play through which is for the chapter after this lol.

[@RollingSolo]

@@ZentaurFTW Thanks for watching! 😄

[@loic4018]

Is the bread stick so hard in Poland that they use it as an improvised weapon?

[@RollingSolo]

Any breadstick can eventually be an improvised weapon! 🥖

[@MrDoncarnage]

Part no 2. Now. Do it. Do it.

[@RollingSolo]

👏🏼🤣

[@olegyd]

Yes I need it badly😂😂 game will be released in November as i know

[@MrDoncarnage]

@@olegyd it will be live on crowdfunding. Thats not being released

[@MrDoncarnage]

@@RollingSoloseriously where is our part 2? We know you have it filmed in 1 go. Give it here 😄

[@RollingSolo]

@@MrDoncarnage Ha! I wish it was all filmed in one go. It’s on the channel now 😏

[@nagredmoonstriker252]

34:00 Whoops, wrong die. Too bad you didn't roll a 9-12, you'd have immediately noticed your minor goof.

[@RollingSolo]

Good eye! 👀

[@Yves-o8g]

Despite the gorgeous artwork I don’t see anything new or innovative that the game will bring to the table.. how was your feeling while playing, is it just another campaign-skirmish-game or does it feel like a new and fresh board game experience?

[@RollingSolo]

I’m happy with what I’ve seen in the prototype. As the game goes on it expands and more elements come into play during the storybook, exploration and combat. The campaign will most certainly have more details. Cheers!

[@Yves-o8g]

@@RollingSolo Alright, sounds good -thanks! 🍻

[@RollingSolo]

You bet! 😄

[@ashleyhawkins9619]

Just wondering why the choice was made to call them Alf and Dwerg instead of Elf and Dwarf as that is clearly what they are modeled on and even the pregen states lend toward that. If you want to create something new change more than a few letters. (Make the Dwerg benefit more from a mage class or the alf be inclined to become the beserker/warrior).

[@RollingSolo]

Tiny bit of flair to the names I suppose? That’s my guess. I 100% see what you mean though. Thanks for watching Ashley! 🙂

[@robotradar]

I believe Alf is the old english name for elves. Dwerg derives from the german word Zwerg, which means Dwarf, guess they just mixed it up.

[@laxuscloud2495]

Huh? ELF was modeled after ALF not the other way around

[@avaman1993]

My guess is that they didn't want to give a standard high fantasy feeling to the whole lore/setting. In this specific case using names closer to their historical roots adds a little flavour.

[@RollingSolo]

@@avaman1993 This is close to my line of thinking too.

[@Wolf_Fang-Lc28]

It can be, that I missed something, but is there any dice result mitigation in this game? Maybe later as the story progresses.. Or we just roll dice upon dice. Like change/raise die value with x for y times when a keyword triggers, add dice values together, flip die to the other side, etc Other than: The usage of fate tokens - to reroll any number of any kind of dice (+increase the die value on divinum die) Support from other characters with keywords - add more dice to the roll Divinum - when it is triggered - add a die to the roll Because till now the mechanics feel to me very like a 'choose your own adventure book' or 'role-playing gamebook' style. Roll a bunch of dice when an event is triggered, and sometimes use your Luck or items to roll once more. Success or fail, no chance/space to fine tune (at least a bit) your result, then take the next page.

[@RollingSolo]

Hey! Thanks for watching. There was a few ways to mitigate dice (fear and support action cards) but also as the game your hot bar will change and more options will open up. Remember that game scaling is a thing. They won’t give you a million ways to mitigate dice at the start. You’ll have to earn that as you go! The storybook certainly has its roots in choose your own adventure (like most narrative campaigns) but has its own twists that make it unique for this game. I found that The Chase narrative and gameplay pulled me in but that’s me. You must decide for yourself! 😄

[@Lhorbrum]

Not watched it yet (will do later) but i am following the game. Just finished your Cloudspire playthrough, and backed the game after watching it; can't wait! So a big thank you for what you do, really enjoy your videos. Will watch this one later tonight.

[@RollingSolo]

Happy to hear you found one of interest! 😄 Appreciate the line words. Hope you enjoy it!

[@Rodrigo-pf6jr]

Similar o trudvang legends esse livro desse jogo.

[@RollingSolo]

All leads back to a choose your own adventure style of storytelling. Cheers!

[@Noname6589]

The decision token is something that push this game further apart from a p&p game. That is exactly whats happening in a p&p session. You are in a tavern you need to make a decision and one of you friends is the fucked up guy/girl and punshes someone in his face and the party begins. Is it smart? No. Is it fun? Yes.

[@ferver-san]

looks like an instaback for me. I haven't seen a single thing i didn't like so far.

[@RollingSolo]

That’s a good sign so far then! 🙌🏼

[@kurttemmerman578]

Seems a lot like tainted grail in luxury jacket,

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts to this point. More to come! 🎲

[@TheTintinjb]

Very nice, but it looks a bit like a table hog.

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks for watching! I was able to set up on a 3x4 game space which is average for two characters.

[@derraldlosey1118]

Eh so tired of this type of bad writing in choose your own way stories, or novels in general. Its like the party had to stand around for awhile to give the villain a chance to recover and flee. And why wasn’t the girl screaming. Shouldn’t have even needed those initial checks.

[@derraldlosey1118]

Eh had him in the water but auto fail due to plot armor. More bad writing with tired description swim like a fish. Weak trope villain speak. Blah blah im so great… blah blah you are nothing. If you are going to write narrative games, write better stories. Decent narrator though.

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks for sharing your take. I found The Chase engaging to me. Glad the video helped you decide either way, that’s the aim! 😄👍🏼

[@katarinagamersgal]

too complex for a game that pretends to be a bord game and is deeply going into the elements of FRP. Replayability is at 0 thanks to everything being preset,prearanged and linear. Whoever created this is not too bright,but has lots of money to invest into this shiny crap

[@RollingSolo]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it. There replayability in it due to multiple narrative avenues, keywords, characters, equipment etc. I found the difficulty to be just below average and the enemies don't roll for attacks (made that note in the pinned comment). I find combat moves along nicely but that's me. 😊

[@katarinagamersgal]

@@RollingSolo you said it more politely. Agreed.

[@katarinagamersgal]

@@RollingSolo tho Im sure this could be an amazing game but it yook few wrong turns and implemented some unneeded mechanics and here we are.

[@RollingSolo]

AR is well known for taking in feedback along the way. They will most certainly be taking community thoughts into consideration. Cheers!