The Blood Moon - beta test

[jaxon]

Here it is!

Please give the Blood Moon a bloody good test. There are lots of new card effects and other game/rule changers in this expansion, so there's lots of scope for things to go wrong.

Pay particular attention to the new Lunar Events and normal Events, making sure the Day/Night cycle behaves correctly.

This expansion has probably prompted more discussion amongst ourselves about how cards should work than any other expansion so far, so if you think we've got something wrong and have rule evidence to back up your claim then please let us know.
Please note that 'That's how I've always played it' isn't rule evidence :)

As usual, post everything you find in here with screenshots and videos if they help.
Your testing is much appreciated, as always.

Things we know are missing -
An attack sound effect for the Werewolf
Some translations - they're in progress
Some AI for the Lightbearers ending - there is a basic level of AI done, but AI characters might still attempt to kill players with spells or in other non-combat ways. Playing Lightbearers with AI isn't recommended at the moment, and is best played online or in local multiplayer mode.
The Werewolf doesn't end it's turn on a space with a character on it during the night.

Enjoy!

Carl

[cheshirecatgirl]

Black Ice spell not working correctly, Sprite doesn't slide but just lands on it.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=724574530

[Neil 666]

Found a couple of card title typos, so I've posted them here (before Toothless does):

Witch's Broom (not Witchs Broom)
Pharaoh's Crown (not Pharaohs Crown)
Self-Portrait (not Self Portrait)

and these 4 are still there:

Sabertooth Tiger (not Sabretooth Tiger) from The Reaper expansion
Energize (not Energise) from The Frostmarch expansion
Wizards' Chess (not Wizard's Chess) from The City expansion (also wrong on the card's text)
Merchants' Quarter (not Merchant's Quarter) from The City expansion

and this one on The City board space:

Speakers' Corner (not Speaker's Corner)

[Leamsi]

Hey, third game in progress and I still cant work out what makes night and day pass. Is it on timer? Is it by turns? I know cards trigger change, but apart from that, what dictates day and night length?

[Fulgur14]

Leamsi님이 먼저 게시:

Hey, third game in progress and I still cant work out what makes night and day pass. Is it on timer? Is it by turns? I know cards trigger change, but apart from that, what dictates day and night length?

It's Events. The time should switch on every turn someone draws an Event.

[Sir Toby]

I am unable to immediately cast spells that I draw at the beginning of my turn due to the Witching Hour Lunar Event. This is in contrast to other ways of drawing spells at the beginning of your turn (like the Spellbook) where you are able to cast the spell immediately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBROr8DO0zs

[Astra]

Leamsi님이 먼저 게시:

btw, love the night illumination

Yeah! I didn't like it to much on the Screenshots but it looks much better ingame.

Anyone else got problems with Night of the pumpkin king event? The "every space counts as a draw 3 cards space" part didn't seem to work at all on my last game.

[☼Desendos☼]

Provos님이 먼저 게시:

Desendos님이 먼저 게시:

Could you give some specific examples. The more detail the better please. If it is a general issue we'll need create states to test it.

I as the Vampire hunter was facing the AI as the Devil's Minion. Devil's Minion had higher strengh 6 I believe, he rolled a 1 with 4 fate left. I rolled a 5 on a 3 STR. He could have likely won the fight.

Thanks this helped catch it, it was a general issue. Should be fixed in the next update.

[ToothlessNightFury]

Astra님이 먼저 게시:

Leamsi님이 먼저 게시:

btw, love the night illumination

Yeah! I didn't like it to much on the Screenshots but it looks much better ingame.

Anyone else got problems with Night of the pumpkin king event? The "every space counts as a draw 3 cards space" part didn't seem to work at all on my last game.

Fields spaces only!

[jaxon]

If anyone wants an online game of Lightbearers (I still haven't beaten it!) in about 3 hours from now, I'll be setting one up.

[<SNK>XAN7]

I've just started up the game with the Blood Moon expansion!

Carl, would You like me to report all the missing/incorrect Polish translations according to "my game progress" or it would be better for You to put them all later in one bigger post? :)

[jaxon]

<SNK>XAN7님이 먼저 게시:

I've just started up the game with the Blood Moon expansion!

Carl, would You like me to report all the missing/incorrect Polish translations according to "my game progress" or it would be better for You to put them all later in one bigger post? :)

I'm still waiting for some Polish translations to come back, so if you wait until they're in the game, which I'll put in the update notes, then you can tell me what's incorrect after that. Is that ok?

[sjgf]

Leamsi님이 먼저 게시:

OK, just finished first test game with Provos. He has screenshots, but we identified:
-Werewolf can only move in one direction in city, and can't enter shops. Reaper still all-moving.
-Evading nightwatch stopped access to follow up cards by ending turn.
-This is I think general, but AI keeps failing to fate reroll in obvious situations.
-Also general, for the last month, when game ends and rewards being calculated, game speeds off and does them all within a second in swift succession, so I can't see what I actually gained.

The fact that the Werewolf moves in only one direction in the City is actually correct if you read the board game rules. So I hope the developers keep it that way.

If the Werewolf is going to be changed to move the way the Grim Reaper currently moves in the City in Talisman Digital then I hope that this change from the board game rules is optional only. In line with this I hope that one day the developers also restore the Grim Reaper to the board game version and offer the current changed Grim Reaper as an option instead as well. All changes to the Grim Reaper and the Werewolf from the board game rules should always be optional.

[sjgf]

The Rules on Lunar Events are not currently being followed in the Digital version of Blood Moon. In the Blood Moon Rules, p2, it says:

"Some of the Adventure Cards in The Blood Moon expansion feature a new card type called Lunar Events. Lunar Events are treated in all respects like normal Events except that they use
a couple of additional rules, as described below:
• Instead of requiring players to flip the Time Card over to its other side, each Lunar Event indicates which side the Time Card must be flipped to.
• Players do not place Lunar Events on the game board. Instead, Lunar Events are placed next to the Time Card and remain in play until the Time Card is flipped over. This may result in multiple Lunar Events being in play at the same time.

Example: It is currently Night. The Doomsayer draws the “Vampiric Thirst” Lunar Event, which states that the Time Card is flipped to Night. Since it is already Night, the Time Card is not flipped. Example: It is currently Night and the “Vampiric Thirst” Lunar Event is in play. The Grave Digger draws the “Restless Dead” Event. The Time Card is flipped over to the Day side, which
results in the “Vampiric Thirst” being discarded. The Grave Digger then resolves the “Restless Dead” Event and continues his turn as normal."

I cite this because I am currently witnessing Lunar Events being replaced by other Lunar events that have the same Time state on them and this should not happen. Instead if a Lunar Event is drawn and another Lunar event is already in play and both have the same Time state on them then both should be in play at the same time; one should not replace the other.

[Astra]

Toothless_Night_Fury님이 먼저 게시:

Fields spaces only!

Ah thx Elliot =)

The german translation is a bit unclear on that card because it does not distinguish between "space" and "fields" and instead uses the word "Felder" for both.

Guess the next night of the pumkin king here on our couch table will be much less spooky.

[Little Nemo]

Astra님이 먼저 게시:

Toothless_Night_Fury님이 먼저 게시:

Fields spaces only!

Ah thx Elliot =)

The german translation is a bit unclear on that card because it does not distinguish between "space" and "fields" and instead uses the word "Felder" for both.

Guess the next night of the pumkin king here on our couch table will be much less spooky.

Perhaps You should play the game in English then. When I test the games I always play in the original language in case something is wrongly translated and whatnot.