Let's Play - Kingdom Death: Monster [Lantern Year Twelve]

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It's Lantern Year Twelve in our second series of Kingdom Death: Monster and the survivors are hunting the infamous Dung Beetle Knight.
Warren has rejoined the group so the chances of survivors in pink thongs has increased dramatically.
Have you challenged the mighty DBK?
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[@jamiemartinson100]

This series is 3 years old. Yet I can't help to find myself rewatching this series every year.

[@matt.oconnor]

Back for 4th rewatch!

[@DarkerDaysRadio]

So at 32 mins I should have done Baller as the Beetle was next to the ball. It's a more complex fight (I should have revised it) but we can face it again and hopefully do a lot better.

[@brandonmerrick5108]

When you realized Warren rolled 4 10s in a row at the beggining

[@princeneumator]

I love how everyone is forgiving all the mistakes you made...but just coz you all died anyway...

[@Ajehy]

We don’t need to give them shit, the knight did it for us.

[@glalizas]

Just got my copy of Kingdom death been watching your videos to tide me over till I can get some games in. Please continue making these videos they are great

[@kyriebrunton4504]

Woo! You've been so quick to upload a new video on Kingdom Death: Monster since the previous Lantern year! Thank you, Guys!

[@zaiddden]

I'm really loving this series! Please keep up the great work! :D Also, wow Warren with those non stop lantern 10 roll results during the hunt phase!

[@SithDuckTTV]

Holy.......! We just got year 11. And now you bring us year 12. Abd with a dlc! Thank you. Vacation starts out pretty good, doubt I can stream tonight. Still have 1h20m of year 11 and now this. Kudos to you guys. Keep at it!

[@80TheMadLord08]

DLC...? It's an expansion. there was no downloading here...

[@SithDuckTTV]

80TheMadLord08 Hahaha true. Some words die hard. ;)

[@DarkerDaysRadio]

Warning.... it was a while since I used the Beetle, so I do mess up remembering his Baller action, and actions that cancel if it is not next to the dung ball. Also the giant stone face does block the ball. As always learn from our mistakes. Saying that doubt any of that would have changed things for us.

[@EpicLifeGame]

Darker Days Radio it's ok bud. I just love watching you guys play

[@jamiemartinson100]

Still a good episode! Even if it was a TPK. Frankly knowing how brutal this game can be to completely wipe out a party very quickly. Then to see it happen in Lantern Year 12. Proves one or two slight misjudgements and bad rolls (Warren needs his dice Mojo back) can put your group in a place they can't recover from. Still very fun to watch and you guys seemed to have fun and that's what really counts.

[@checuervo]

Still a great episode indeed! Thanks for churning these out so fast. I look forward to them every time! Two more to think about for next time: I'm pretty sure when you wound on the carapace, it said not to wound. In other words, you should only have archived the hit location, not removed the AI card as well. Second, with the slam dunk, I'm pretty sure you gain a bleed each turn you fail to leave the dung ball, not only on the turn you succeed. Can't wait for the revenge episode!

[@DarkerDaysRadio]

Yeah too much auto-pilot on my part to get these games running faster. For the next batch I have invested in some new tokens to track some stuff, and I may well insist I just become monster controller in future just to keep us on the straight an narrow.

[@crimsonsun2000]

I think this is very much your problem, you read the cards but don't listen to what your saying and you know the rules on instinct better than when you try to think about them, things like not being able to dodge a reaction if your the attacker, you clearerly knew the rule but then forgot it when you thought about it too much. Trust your gut more!

[@JackgarPrime]

Warren's gone for ONE LY, and they lose two characters!

[@DarkerDaysRadio]

At 20 mins - yeah the ball would have stopped!

[@GhostGK21]

Didn’t know you guys have resumed the let’s play of KD:M! Awesome, I got some catching up to do.

[@jonstrike8875]

Excellent guys!much love for this series!

[@raphaelperry8159]

Ah, the new 100 hunt event. Almost as much fun as rolling the Gregalope.

[@monkeyman100000]

WAIT A FUCKING SECOND! You rolled a 100 on the hunt event! Then rolled a 10 and got the thunder maul! (then sadly died after the tpk...) AND THEN ROLLED A 10 ON THE BARBARIC PRINCIPLE GETTING THUNDERCALLER!!!! WARREN IS THEE THUNDERCALLER, IT WAS DESTINY!

[@rowluxillusion5235]

fantastic glad to see a new one so soon

[@BoCieNieLubie]

Did you think about making hours ring in plumery for your savior? If I understand it correctly, you could max her xp out(you don't have to, but it would be better to have all stats from doing so, although not sure if the maxed out savior is considered retired) and then put it on her character to take her to every hunt.

[@josephpalmer271]

yes yes yes love your play through and nice job on the quick turn around!

[@phulcrum1984]

KDM and Warren is back! Today is a great day!

[@cartoon80s90s]

True, but his obsession with that thong was a little creepy. :) That said, that thong is too expensive. Some events in the game still feel very unbalanced despite the game being in 1.5.

[@oraclesgame3544]

Amazing detailed game play. We're always on the lookout for you guys :D

[@RanMouri82]

1:10:19 "Always look on the bright side of death, just before you draw your terminal breath~"

[@excusitis4156]

Ok so for my next character in D&D will be Helga the Horrible of the Lantern who wears a shiny thong!...also fights with whips!

[@osimo3405]

I love your KDM vids. First time lose; Is also nice to see how it works. Please continue...

[@NafenX]

Around 57:00 didn't they just get done saying that she wouldn't be able to spend survival to dodge because it was still her attack?

[@pkr4]

at 28:15 Basic attack against the attacker. you guys choose a different person to dash away. then change mind but pick a different person other that the attacker to take the hit ( who has higher evasion) but clearly stated basic action against the attacker

[@dylanboren8431]

So when you have intestinal prolapse and king’s curse which takes priority? Because if you can’t equip the waist gear but each LY you’re required to add a new piece would it be able to prevent the transformation? I have a feeling the king’s curse would override, but I don’t have the book yet so I can’t check

[@michaeledmonds4849]

that prolapse permanent injury means no more armor set bonuses (if you survive)

[@cardyfreak]

Unlucky with the TPK! Also, if all your survivors die you lose all the resources gathered on that hunt and showdown.

[@DarkerDaysRadio]

Ah yes. When you have not had a TPK in a while you forget that :/

[@cardyfreak]

Darker Days Radio it’s fresh in my mind cos I had started a new campaign with my brother and the second hunt we basically had a resource piñata and had about ten different resources! But white lion had other ideas and wiped us out. Lost the lot. Could have cried.

[@DarkerDaysRadio]

cardyfreak nasty

[@cardyfreak]

Hope this doesn’t come off as nit-picking either, it’s just I look through the comments of these videos for rules clarifications myself so thought it might be helpful for others who watch the series to have the clarification posted. I love the videos, honestly hope you guys do people of the stars/sun campaigns too!

[@XxXthe3kingsXxX]

Shouldnt be removing wounds form the AI deck after wounding century carapace. meant to just archive the carapace cards instead.

[@nighthunter028]

Weak spot you must wear armor at the location in order to depart you said she can't ware armor there just remember that for next video

[@DarkerDaysRadio]

Awww bugger....

[@nighthunter028]

Darker Days Radio not a big deal just allows you to make sure she has it for the lion hunt. Think Achilles heel you want to make sure it's protected good luck love the videos wish I had a group like you guys and could justify spending the money for the game.

[@TheGeneReyva]

I thought you only roll King's Curse when you kill a King's Man How do you misread "cannot depart unless armour is on that location" as "cannot wear armour for that location"?!

[@Ajehy]

As a pro romance author, I can speak to the validity of barbarians in shiny thongs.

[@amorbavian]

How does the monster you are fighting work in this game? Are you told in the campaign which monster and which level you play next or do you draw them randomly after settlement phases?

[@DarkerDaysRadio]

So.... you pick the level of the monster, and which, to fight. Unless it is a nemesis encounter, in which case the timeline makes it clear which and what level.

[@amorbavian]

Thanks. Just saw it explained at the end of the video. D'oh. But you know how it is, you comment what is on your mind while the video is playing. :)

[@cartoon80s90s]

It was great to see another episode so fast. Well done guys. You never disappoint. So unlucky that you got Grab & Pummel as the last AI card. This is one of the weaknesses of the AI deck design decision. The game is an RNG fest so finding yourself in a situation where there is nothing you can do can be very frustrating. How knockdown works also feels very sloppy. Being knocked down in the monster's turn instead of the character's turn makes a huge difference because you lose an extra character turn. It would make more sense to have a rule in the game where the knocked down character uses one of his actions to get up (either move or combat action) like it happens in most RPG games.

[@crimsonsun2000]

The games very clever however as theres a lot of ways to mitigate getting stuck with a bad AI card (in fact many tactics are based on specific card removal) and there's tons of ways around Knock downs, from encourage which can be done at anytime as long as someones standing, to leather armour which ignores bash and fist and tooth specialisation which allows you to stand up for free at the start of both the player turn and the monster turn.

[@cartoon80s90s]

The thing with encourage is that by the time the monster is down to 1 AI, it's very likely that most survivors won't have any Survival left, and some monsters can knockdown multiple characters, or even the entire party. Some monster attacks can give Survival to the characters, but this is hardly a reliable way to get it. Fist Spec is great and the Mastery is amazing, but the hit chance with Fist & Tooth is horrible. I've had a few characters reach Specialization, but never Mastery. Between surviving several Nemesis encounters, horrible Hunt events, and even more Showdowns, you have to be extremely lucky to get Fist Mastery. Like I said, what bothers me mostly about Knockdown is the inconsistency. Since most of the time you have the option to choose which location you hit first, you will probably choose to hit last any location that might cause a knockdown, which means that other than missing a wound you lose nothing else when the monster knocks you down at the end of your turn. Then it's the monster's turn and you get up. Compared to that, knockdowns in the monster's turn are horrible. Sure, you can encourage to get someone up, but is this how you want to use your survival? I still enjoy the game a lot, but I think it is already punishing enough without forcing the characters in these hopeless situations or the inconsistent and dumb knockdown rules. In the last campaign I had (more than 6 months ago) I house ruled some things that didn't make sense (not the knockdown - I might try the version I mentioned it), and although we still lost, the game was much more enjoyable.

[@crimsonsun2000]

Out of interest what's causing most of your knock downs, I agree in the first 10 or so lantern years they can be hard to deal with but later on I find careful AI manipulation and positioning make it almost no issue at all. If its hit location reactions then you can do something to cancel the hit before the card comes up (like knock back) or your using too much speed without knowing what cards are coming. Slow and steady is the only way to win at KDM.

[@crimsonsun2000]

Wow you weren't kidding about mistakes, no power forwards, no baller, not reading thunder maul it causes sevre injuries when used!!! Century carapace doesn't inflict damage they are impervious essentially you read the card but removed the wound anyway. You forgot you can only crit if it has a symbol. You didn't ground pound when next to the ball but it causes bash on everyone though it seems everyone misses this! A basic attack that is resulting from a reaction theres no targeting step its always the attacker. Baller always leaves the ball finished in front of the DBK so powerforward will always happen. It also destroys terrian it touches clearing the path for the ball. You cant dodge or block the damage caused by the ball, its tumble or dash if there's a flow and that's it, its one of the reasons the DBK is considered the hardest monster in the game as evasion doesn't stop the damage (that and burrow which is seriously brutal). Its all good though, we all make mistakes its the best way to learn. :D

[@angelicus-9307]

Pretty much why i enjoy watching these playthroughs. They seem like fun guys and would be nice to play with, they do however swear a lot less than my gaming group... can be because of this being youtube though. And they learn the game by playing and actually reading comments.

[@BunnyStomper3000]

The Thundermaul is you take a severe injury on critical hits.

[@angelicus-9307]

should be stated (and probably has) that you always fail on "1", you always HIT on "10". But you only wound by beating the monsters toughness or by rolling a critical on a location that has a crit location. So a "10" is not always a wound.

[@carateachingstuff]

Rulebook p. 39: "During showdown, it is possible to encounter situations where it is impossible to succeed or fail at hitting or wounding. In such cases, Lantern 10's always succeed and 1's always fail." Note that this does not count for crits! So, yes, a Lantern 10 on a wound attempt is always a wound, but not always a crit (either there is no crit location or if luck modifier chances the crit range to 11+).

[@angelicus-9307]

Cool thanks. have been playing this more difficult than i needed :P

[@JasonSetley]

Gives us Sam so it’s 4 at the table

[@Derinma]

Subbed for this

[@michaeledmonds4849]

I know this is old, but I'm thinking this beetle was way too much for the current survivors' gear and power levels. (i'm at the 51 minute mark currently and it is kicking their ass)

[@jonathana6298]

Cool background. No idea what all the models are from. But looks nice.

[@colmhain]

I hab dain bramage......

[@berger15]

Wow 11 Lantern Years in and you still prefer to surge as much as possible, rather than Rawhide Headband and/or Cat Eye Circlet?

[@monkeyman100000]

Craig Adamson Surging is the best option in most cases. The less amount of turns the monster takes the less likely you are to die.

[@hamsterlover1888]

Interesting and fun as always. But I do have two gripes: -one of the cool things about this game is discovering how each monster fights. It spoils much of that when you have an experienced player giving it all away. "Oh yes, this guy spins the ball around, so we need to keep our distance from it! That kills the mystery and sense of discovery to some degree. -this is a low model count game. Paint your miniatures! There really is no excuse to make a video with unpainted models when you have a whopping six figures on the board!

[@OnTableTop]

The minis are painted, there's close up's of them at the beginning of the video.