I'm trash at this game. Please help.

[Ashcarr]

I've been playing this game since the base game of the physical version and still suck at it. It just feels like you're almost always too far behind the Nameless to make meaningful progress. Looking at global statistics, I see the win rate is higher than like my BFF and I's 10-15%ish win rate though so it's obviously something we're missing.

If anyone wants to watch me play a game and kind of discuss options on a turn by turn basis so I can understand why a good player does what they do and learn some things, that'd be great. Otherwise, some helpful general advice too would be appreciated.

[ejg_dnd]

I would be open to watching you play some games and giving advice, but I am not a complete expert. I played the game a lot on TTS and backed the original kickstarter. I can give some general tips that should be helpful, but I am by no means an expert, or I can watch over a few games. Just curious, how are you picking nemesis + breach mages + supply when you play, and what difficulty are you playing on?

I would recommend playing 2 mages max if you are feeling overwhelmed. If you are trying to manage 4 players there can be a lot going on.

Generally speaking, it is often a good idea to discard your most powerful gems/relics first from play and cast your most powerful spells first, so that you can use them sooner.

A common beginner mistake is to not buy enough spells/damage sources early on to deal with threats. Many minions will make the nemesis unmanageable if left alive for too long, such as bane sire. As decks are not reshuffled outside of a few nemesis mechanics, it is possible to see future hands, and buy spells to round out your damage in the future. Sorry if my explanation is a bit lacking, I can explain it better in voice chat.

[Gamil]

Originally posted by ejg_dnd:

I would be open to watching you play some games and giving advice, but I am not a complete expert. I played the game a lot on TTS and backed the original kickstarter. I can give some general tips that should be helpful, but I am by no means an expert, or I can watch over a few games. Just curious, how are you picking nemesis + breach mages + supply when you play, and what difficulty are you playing on?

I would recommend playing 2 mages max if you are feeling overwhelmed. If you are trying to manage 4 players there can be a lot going on.

Generally speaking, it is often a good idea to discard your most powerful gems/relics first from play and cast your most powerful spells first, so that you can use them sooner.

A common beginner mistake is to not buy enough spells/damage sources early on to deal with threats. Many minions will make the nemesis unmanageable if left alive for too long, such as bane sire. As decks are not reshuffled outside of a few nemesis mechanics, it is possible to see future hands, and buy spells to round out your damage in the future. Sorry if my explanation is a bit lacking, I can explain it better in voice chat.

People love to talk about picking sets of things. If you can only win with one specific set of things together, you're not playing a game, you're just painting by numbers.