Mage Knight Solo: Kranging It Up! (Tezla, Life and Death Scenario - Level 7)

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Always fun on those rare occasions I try something new for the first time on video! :) Life and Death is a tremendous test for any Mage Knight player, and I'm happy to get another playthrough on the channel. Look out for my Top 10 Mages in Mage Knight video to be released next month! (Yes, I know - there are only 7, but I'll get to 10 somehow! :) ) Happy Gaming! Greg

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Thank you for continuing to cover these scenarios. Working on this expansion was a lot of work, and its good to see it all being played!

[@Sajatzsiraf]

Rest assured, our fine streamer secretly appreciates even the mini for Braevalar. ;)

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Thanks for the comment, Paul! I didn't play Tezla for a long time, but I really enjoy this scenario as well as the Lost Relic. :)

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

@@Sajatzsiraf Ha! No doubt. Love that mini. Wait til my Top Mages video next month to hear me talk again about how much!

[@Sajatzsiraf]

@@SoloPlaythroughs if you grab stuff from Mage Wars you could even make a Top10!

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Ha! I actually fudge it a bit and add my 3 favorite unites to get to 10!

[@bookaddict777]

I don't know about anyone else, but I was super entertained. Thanks for another great playthrough!

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

You’re welcome! And thanks! 🙂

[@tonnysndergaard9732]

[1:29:25] faction tokens can only be discarded for 3 influence (or the 1 fame) during interaction. As you were not interacting, you could’ve have used it for readying your units.

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

You're right about the rule, but my action for this turn was interaction in the Mage Tower. Let me know if I'm missing something though.

[@tonnysndergaard9732]

Ah, alright. Not be be snotty or anything, but I missed that you were interacting, because it did not make any sense to do so (because you decided to not buy a spell after all). Had you used Ruthless Coercion outside of interaction, you wouldn’t have had to counterbalance your -3 reputation by discarding the faction token. Also, you could have flipped Shamanic Ritual back up, as you wouldn’t have spent an action that turn. Anyway, like to see Kring in action. He’s definitely in my blind spot still…

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Not snotty at all! I often forget that Ruthless Coercion doesn’t require interaction to spend influence, so it’s nice to have another reminder. 🙂

[@Sajatzsiraf]

9:59 yes, we know *rubs hands in anticipation*

[@Sajatzsiraf]

44:41 yaaaay!

[@Sajatzsiraf]

45:14 booo

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Ha! I was ready for that jerk this time...

[@tonnysndergaard9732]

[1:40:50] your annotation points out that you could not reduce the earth elementals attack using movement points. While that’s true, you seem to be just straight up blocking them instead, which is all good all day :)

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Cool - thanks for the comment, Tonny! I'd have to watch it back but I might have just been making it clear based on something I said. Or I could have just had my math wrong, too. :)

[@Sajatzsiraf]

44:09 Centaur is not impressed by the heinous misidentification as Minotaur

[@Sajatzsiraf]

48:35 I am in complete agreement with Hover-over Comments Guy.

[@Sajatzsiraf]

1:28:13 ah, guys, you know the drill by now... XD

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

One of them just needs to change the end of their name because it’s apparently too much for my brain.

[@Sajatzsiraf]

@@SoloPlaythroughs yes but... calling it a Centacore would not help, either.

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

@@Sajatzsiraf Ha! It might! I’m pretty sure I’ll never confuse anything else with the Manticore, or vice versa…

[@XHuntinatorX]

Nice run! You're seriously good at this game! I'm still looking for my second win on solo conquest :-).

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Thanks, man! Lots of me getting destroyed over and over again in different scenarios until I started to learn some tricks. The game gives you lots of different ways to overcome problems!

[@justinlenhart4330]

You always pick the exact games I am itching to play. Thanks for being consistent. Jw are you planning on playing hoplomachus on the channel when it launches in March? I’m thinking of late pledging

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Hey Justin! Thanks for the comment. :) And, yes, I'm planning on getting Hoplomachus on the channel next year. I only backed Victorum and I'm very much looking forward to it. That said, I've been sitting on Cloudspire for a couple months now as I just haven't learned it well enough yet to do it justice!

[@justinlenhart4330]

@@SoloPlaythroughs bro, I’ll watch whatever you put out for cloudspire. I guess I should go ahead and late pledge for victorum as well.

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Ha! I'm getting there... I just had a lot of games I was learning the last two months and Cloudspire is such a beast to get into. As for Victorum, I was out...I was out...I was out...and then I was in! :) In the end, I thought the pledge options just made too much sense with a price that was too reasonable for what you're getting to pass up.

[@Sajatzsiraf]

1:23:58 Sorcerers have the assassin ability, you could not have assigned damage to the Guardsman.

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Nice catch, Daniel - thanks for pointing this out! I'd have to look closer, but I'd probably use the faction token I had to ignore the first wound and the poison and then just take the one wound (and one wound to my discard pile) - maybe using the other faction token to throw away the wound in hand. Or I could have used the Guardsman for Block 4 and then used Krang's skill to ignore the last 2 points of physical damage, taking no wounds and leaving the Banner available for later in the round.

[@Sajatzsiraf]

@@SoloPlaythroughs probably not massive gameplay implications indeed.

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Yeah...the mistakes that potentially have those don't come til later! ;)

[@Sajatzsiraf]

44:40 they are _clearly_ the best

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Clearly indeed. 🤣

[@Sajatzsiraf]

@@SoloPlaythroughs Fun fact - I think there were like two times when you were hit by them real bad, the other occasions you had the cards to deck them quickly and efficiently. :D so, in a way, you should be grateful for their existence ;)

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

@@Sajatzsiraf This feels accurate!

[@Sajatzsiraf]

@@SoloPlaythroughs I feel like your success rate with Scouts is much higher by the way...

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

@@Sajatzsiraf This I will need mathematical proof of…

[@Sajatzsiraf]

1:25:15 gold is the same as red, except it's different.

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Exactly!

[@Sajatzsiraf]

It is 2 am, I don't have time for this... (secretly clicks play and proceeds to watch the whole thing, sleep is overrated)

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

This is pretty much what I think when I'm filming at 2am!

[@Sajatzsiraf]

@@SoloPlaythroughs nooo no, playing MK when sleepy is bad for results, I have found. it may be good for fun and video content, though...

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Yeah - filming late works better for me, but it does explain some of my loopiness in some of these videos!

[@marcprobin1659]

What makes you think that Norowas is small. In the Lord of the Rings they are tall! :)

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Duly noted!

[@pauldelguidice8063]

Definitely do the Lost Relic with all Mage Knights.

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Thanks for the encouragement! I'm strongly leaning that way...might take me a while to get through them all, but I really like the idea!

[@marcprobin1659]

At night the glade should be 5 movement

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

Time stamps for things like this would be helpful. Guessing the Glade was in a forest?

[@marcprobin1659]

@@SoloPlaythroughs @41:12 it's night time and you used 3 movement to into the glades.

[@SoloPlaythroughs]

@@marcprobin1659 I just checked - I think I still had 2 points of movement left over from the powered March I played earlier in the turn. If not, just a mistake.

[@marcprobin1659]

Centaur, Centaur, Centaur...lol