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OK, so i plan on buying the box, and if i have money left over the von drakk expansion ( or the rock and fire one if it is cheaper ) i have 3 other people who would join and i called consol and i know mostly how to play ( viva watch it played )

but my question is how should i go about being the concol? should i go starfire ( i ****ing love dragons ) or should i go drakk ( or the other guys idk much about )

what would be easiest for me to go along killing the heros and simple concol strategy

was thinking of going starfire ( because of epic dragon time ) reaper as mini boss 2 dragon eggs spawn and 1 shallow grave spawn at the very back , ideas? strategies? what

any help would be appreciated

I'd get the base game and learn that first before jumping into any of the expansions.

Well first off Von Drakk manor and caverns of Roxor are expansions, as in not the main game. You still need the base boardgame for the rulebook, dice, extra heroes and main treasure and loot decks. The expansions yes give you 3 heroes and extra monsters, but they only include a booster pack (so to speak) of treasure cards that you swap out with some of the main ones. Also I'm not entirely sure of how many boards they give you in the expansions from the top of my head, but it won't include the Consul board from the main game either with all the meter tracks.

Focus on getting the main game for now, look towards the expansions once you have gotten some of that down pat. Watching a game played online isn't the same as playing it yourself.

well, i know all what you both said, and i plan on buying the main and the expantion

 jbsnv wrote:
well, i know all what you both said, and i plan on buying the main and the expantion

I'm not saying you shouldn't; I'm simply saying that you should start with the base game monsters and heroes so you can get a feel for the game as a whole.

 cincydooley wrote:

 jbsnv wrote:
well, i know all what you both said, and i plan on buying the main and the expantion

I'm not saying you shouldn't; I'm simply saying that you should start with the base game monsters and heroes so you can get a feel for the game as a whole.

ok ill just start with that then, any tips you can give though? for heros or concol?

 jbsnv wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

 jbsnv wrote:
well, i know all what you both said, and i plan on buying the main and the expantion

I'm not saying you shouldn't; I'm simply saying that you should start with the base game monsters and heroes so you can get a feel for the game as a whole.

ok ill just start with that then, any tips you can give though? for heros or concol?

As the consul be prepared to loose fairly often. The game tends to favor the heros fairly heavily. The addition of anti-heros in the Von Drake expansion might change this but I don't have that expansion yet.

The dragons from the base game are more powerful then the Kobalds. The minions from Caverns of Roxor are better then the minions from the base game.

Personally I think your thinking to much into this game... I think in your mind you have it worked out to be more strategic and deep then it really is. It isnt a super conpetitve game, fairly balanced with a deep and imersive ruleset.... It's more about a group of friends coming together, killing some monsters and getting some loot.

 Catyrpelius wrote:

As the consul be prepared to loose fairly often. The game tends to favor the heros fairly heavily. The addition of anti-heros in the Von Drake expansion might change this but I don't have that expansion yet.

Speak for yourself! My Starfire is getting fat from the number of heroes she's eaten . Though my play experience is against younger relatives, my parents, and generally "new SDE" players, so I have the experience they don't have.

But yes, once your group knows what they're doing, expect to lose fairly often.

well they know nothing of super dungen explore because i dought they watch the video i sent them, so i will probably win alot

Best advice I can give is remember to mob with Kobalds, with there cleric never by if possable. Basically, if they are listed on the same spawn card, there is a combo there waiting to be used, find them.

Noir wrote:
Best advice I can give is remember to mob with Kobalds, with there cleric never by if possable. Basically, if they are listed on the same spawn card, there is a combo there waiting to be used, find them.

ill try to do that, and ill keep them spred so someone like deeproot druid cant nuke them in 1 shot

the Caverns of Roxor do not come with additional boards. I THINK Von Drakk Manor does, but I do not know.

The Rock Top Gang, and the Fire Flow Denizen packs essentially split the Roxor set into the Rock themed critters and the Fire critters, and neither has the heroes.. so if you wanted a small expansion these would work.

I bought the Rock Top guys, thinking they were new.. and was a bit dissapointed that they were stuff I already had.

so, they sit, waiting for a new home..

-P

 porkuslime wrote:
the Caverns of Roxor do not come with additional boards. I THINK Von Drakk Manor does, but I do not know.

The Rock Top Gang, and the Fire Flow Denizen packs essentially split the Roxor set into the Rock themed critters and the Fire critters, and neither has the heroes.. so if you wanted a small expansion these would work.

I bought the Rock Top guys, thinking they were new.. and was a bit dissapointed that they were stuff I already had.

so, they sit, waiting for a new home..

-P

Von Drakk Manor doesn't have tiles either. fyi...

They NEEED new tiles ..

Tempted to make my own, actually.. I got Proxie Model 25mm bases to make my own, and haven't been motivated recently to do it..

 porkuslime wrote:
They NEEED new tiles ..

Tempted to make my own, actually.. I got Proxie Model 25mm bases to make my own, and haven't been motivated recently to do it..

If i recall i'v seen quiet a few people around on the net use a variety of tiles from different games, including the Doom boardgame. I'm tempted to use my old dungeons and dragons boardgame tiles for it.

 jbsnv wrote:
OK, so i plan on buying the box, and if i have money left over the von drakk expansion ( or the rock and fire one if it is cheaper ) i have 3 other people who would join and i called consol and i know mostly how to play ( viva watch it played )

but my question is how should i go about being the concol? should i go starfire ( i ****ing love dragons ) or should i go drakk ( or the other guys idk much about )

what would be easiest for me to go along killing the heros and simple concol strategy

was thinking of going starfire ( because of epic dragon time ) reaper as mini boss 2 dragon eggs spawn and 1 shallow grave spawn at the very back , ideas? strategies? what

any help would be appreciated

Check out the tutorial shows on you tube. The base game box is a bear, with LOTS of figures and options. Basicly, you pick the console based on the level of adventurers going in. 8 bit- a few 16 bit a few more Super- pretty much all.

The dungeons are enemy specific, as well. You have around 5-7 different enemy groups right now with more on the way.