Mahact Gene-Sorcerers - Beginners Faction guide with easy examples Twilight Imperium 4

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Watch this video to see how the first round can be played with the Mahact Gene-Sorcerers faction in the awesome Twilight Imperium 4 (TI4) board game, including the Prophecy of Kings (PoK) expansion.
In this faction strategy guide I will show you examples on how the first round can go with the best strategy cards, so that you have a chance to pick exactly that card, the next time you play Twilight Imperium.
All the factions basic abilities, faction specific technologies, and recommended technologies to research, are covered in the video as well.
All tips are based on the base game, including the Prophecy of Kings expansion and all three codices: 1) Ordinian 2) Affinity, and 3) Vigil
During the video basic rules are briefly covered as well, but a basic knowledge of how to play this game is expected.
0:00 Getting Started
0:48 Starting units
1:30 Faction Abilities
3:33 Agent
4:33 First Round - Trade
8:54 Commander
10:18 Hero
11:41 First Round - Leadership
13:21 Mechs
14:15 Flagship
14:51 First Round - Politics
15:56 Faction techs
18:05 Technology
21:22 Scepter of Dominion
Thanks:
Toft, for your valuable feedback
Fantasy Flight Games for making a great game
My trusty Twilight Imperium play group, who has taught me so many lessons. And I have even learned a bit from some of them.
The creators at Pixabay
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[@charleshixon3558]

One of my favorite games ever was playing as Mahact. A minor early lead by securing the first point off MecRex combined with some minor ship sniping for faction tokens had earned an exaggerated amount of animosity across the board. By early mid game, a combination of a tactical phase and agenda phase had every single player take their turn twisting the knife into me. With cold fury I prepared for what would later be known as "The Round of Revenge". With my entire stash of command tokens saved, Leadership in my hand and Integrated Economy & Fleet Logistics researched, I declared war on the galaxy. Scouring the planets of my enemies one by one, using IE to reinforce the fleet & army as it moved through weakened systems, surrounding and cutting off routes of retreat for enemy fleets and forcing them into battles of total annihilation. Popping leadership to refresh my tokens after destroying one players slice and taking MecRex from another. I continued the rampage. Of course the board didn't take this lying down. Two massive fleets from the most powerful players left came to confront me near MecRex. The Fools. My Hero forced them to fight each other, completely destroying both fleets leaving essentially nothing left for the victor. With only one player left to contest, but finally economically exhausted & weakened, we clashed over their territory where I was turned back, but not without seeding mechs and legions of inf at strategic positions all over the map to slow any counter attack. After the table was completely shattered, they did attempt to break through to my home world and end me but it was too late. I won the game holding no Supports for the Throne. No Compacts. No Terms. Kneel.

[@essersgamingcave]

Thank you for sharing this awesome story! Can this be turned into a movie, please? I love your writing!

[@owencoukell388]

Sick

[@RichardVerheulDrums]

Ohhh, audio improved so much. Also loving the time stamps.

[@essersgamingcave]

Thank you. It helped with a new microphone

[@dannyentwisle6372]

I must say, the audio is fantastic in this video, much improved sir. I love your videos and find the content so helpful, hopefully I will be able to use it to actually win a game soon - I've been close a few times now!

[@essersgamingcave]

Thank you! I am so happy to hear that the audio has improved. I didn't imagine it would be that hard for me, when I started making these video! I hope you first win will come soon! Which factions have you played so far?

[@mattstrauchon6756]

Nice editing and effects. You've continually upped your skills 👏

[@essersgamingcave]

Thank you! Im unlearning the powerpoint presentation format, 1 film at a time 😀

[@thomasromanelli2561]

Another great video that highlights one of the more powerful (and complicated) factions to play! 🖖 I would like to hear your thoughts about how Mahact should approach their Imperia ability, as not all commander-related abilities are created equal. The ones displayed as the example would have created a Mahact juggernaut- Nomad's "free" flagship; Empyrean's system de-activation; Titan/cabal production bonuses; Naaz's exploration. Depending on your opponents, the potential combos could make Mahact very disruptive to the standard TI4 gameplay (think Argent, Barony, Keleres, Mindnet, Hacan, Jol Nar or even Winnu). These blended abilities may even incentivize other factions to delay their commander unlock or not even unlock them at all, which then has its own downstream effects on the player decision spaces.

[@essersgamingcave]

Thank you. I really like the idea of making a video with commander combos. I'll add that to my list of future videos. Do you have any other tips on playing Mahact? :)

[@andriilobanov7369]

Great video, love the ships in the background, shows the extra effort. subscribed

[@essersgamingcave]

Thanks for the subscription! I appreciate it. You're the first one to mention the ships in the background. I was just playing around while editing, and found myself laughing when I did the animations. So I thought, why not just include them as funny little thing :)

[@janolthof2487]

Good advice on the faction techs; highly situational. They really don't need them because of they're overall good faction abilities. Good video!👍

[@essersgamingcave]

Thank you! :)

[@essersgamingcave]

Thank you! :)

[@essersgamingcave]

Please let me know your tips and tricks for this faction in the comments. And you can nominate the next faction to cover here: kzbin.info/door/hTopbuDktyYaH-kDbru-qAcommunity

[@themightyspargus3832]

Great video. Mahact are an interesting faction to play in that the bonus commanders they get can influence how you play. Have you thought of doing a video on good commander combos? I played a game recently as Mahact where i had the commanders from The Empryean, The Nomad, Sardakk Norr, Ghosts of Creuss and The Naalu. The Empyrean and Sardakk are particularly nice but the Ghosts' free fighters were amazing with small cruiser fleets, absorbing PDS fire when I moved.

[@essersgamingcave]

Thank you! That is a great idea with a video discussing the commander combos. I'll gladly add that to my list of videos to do :) How did that game go? Did you take the win?

[@themightyspargus3832]

@@essersgamingcave Unfortunately no. I spent the last round systematically dismantling The Naalu's ability to score before me, I used the Sardakk commander to get mechs into his HS. However the Ghost player, whom I had discounted, managed to sneak a win before me. Was a great game though.

[@essersgamingcave]

It sure sounds like a great game. The best ones are the ones, where all or most players can win in the final game round

[@RickarRickani]

Tomorrow i am going to play an Alliance game as the Mahact with The Nomad as my Ally. Free Flagship and commander directly unlocked, this is going to be so much fun 😊

[@essersgamingcave]

Nice! How did the game go? :)

[@RickarRickani]

@@essersgamingcave We couldn't finish the game because of time, but i did manage to score 11 VP's and was in the lead. It was a whacky game because of the commanders, a lot of fun.

[@essersgamingcave]

@@RickarRickani Nice with the 11 VPs and the lead. A shame you didn't finish though! Thanks for the follow up :)

[@viesturskokarevics2427]

Mahact are really powerfull! And hard to predict where they will strike next. Played once, want to play again at some point. Taking MR first round will not make you any friends, I better wait. I think I lost most of the games where I got MR very fast :D

[@essersgamingcave]

Yes it can be risky to take MR in round 1, but you also get 1 point ahead of the others. So a little attention is to be expected. It will be good to produce lots units fast and probably dont take Imperial i round 2 😂

[@Toftolus]

But someone has to take it 😃 And by the example in this video it dosen't seem that Mahact is spread out thin. I like it 👊