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Let's Delve Into Shadespire

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22 Oct 2017 07:43 #256156 by stormseeker75
I got my copy on Friday night. Still in shrink. Legend of the Five Rings is occupying my life right now. I'll get to this one.

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24 Oct 2017 17:39 #256272 by Matt Thrower
Great tutorial on building custom scenery from Reddit

www.reddit.com/r/WarhammerUnderworlds/co...sable_hexes/dotc1rv/
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24 Oct 2017 19:31 - 25 Oct 2017 06:08 #256279 by Mr. White
I ultimately decided to buy the following. Very durable, prepainted that i can just toss in the shadespire box and not worry about it. I can use pillars, upturned tables and chairs, etc. Whatever I need to fill blocked hexes.

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25 Oct 2017 12:01 - 25 Oct 2017 12:02 #256337 by GorillaGrody
Just finished these li'l jerks up for mirror matches. Really liking the game, but this game is in need of more cards, soon.





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25 Oct 2017 12:55 #256340 by charlest
Great paint job.

Those additional cards exist in the Orruk and Skeleton expansions.
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24 Jan 2018 12:57 #261978 by Mr. White
Wasn't initially interested in the Fyreslayer warband, but that duardin with the axe over his shoulder is too badass. I like the name too. "The Chosen Axes"...reminds me of watching the Sharpe series and the 'chosen men'.

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24 Jan 2018 13:01 - 24 Jan 2018 13:02 #261980 by Mr. White
This game is tight.
Maybe we should be talking more about it.

Right now I run my Bloodskin (blood reavers) warband. I've pretty much tossed all the named upgrades except for Garrick (sp?) and Saek. I use the other three to run around and grab objectives for quick glory points, buff Garrick and Saek and in the latter half of the game unleash hell on my opponent(s) with those two.

Lots of fun and having some decent success solely with the base game. I do know I need a few more cards though and the Ironjawz are calling me.

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24 Jan 2018 14:03 #261990 by charlest
I still love this game. I've not dedicated myself to any one warband, usually we'll decide before game night to play and I'll quickly build a deck for a faction I feel like playing that week. It works remarkably well with not too much prep (but just a little).
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24 Jan 2018 14:28 #261995 by Mr. White
But are you also building decks for everyone else or are they bringing their own?

Shadespire is a hoot in multiplayer, but I think Gorechosen is the superior multiplayer pick-up-and-play casual game. No deck assembly required.

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24 Jan 2018 14:39 #261999 by charlest
I've done both. I have another guy who bought in and we'll get a game in before everyone else shows up for game night. He'll bring his deck and we'll use my minis/boards. I've also had people build their deck on the spot, and I've had people use whatever deck I already had built.

We prefer the play of Shadespire to the play of Gorechosen quite a bit, although we do all dig Gorechosen still.

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24 Jan 2018 14:43 #262001 by ufe20
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Now that this has been out a while, how replayable is this? I know that's vague

Also, I can't remember, but does this do the FFG thing where there will be cards I want for my Stormcast deck in the Skeleton pack? That's sort of a non starter for me.

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24 Jan 2018 15:16 #262011 by charlest

ufe20 wrote: Also, I can't remember, but does this do the FFG thing where there will be cards I want for my Stormcast deck in the Skeleton pack? That's sort of a non starter for me.


Yes, unless you remain blissfully unaware. I haven't found there to be power creep and decks just built from the core seem just as strong, but there are cards you can use and build around for pretty much any warband released in an expansion that contains another warband. These are neutral, not faction specific cards.

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24 Jan 2018 15:29 #262015 by Colorcrayons
Would the lack of possessing those neutral cards hinder you in competitive games?

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24 Jan 2018 15:39 - 24 Jan 2018 15:40 #262020 by charlest
I don't think so, but it's hard to say. There's no real meta or anything that I'm aware of.

Edit - to be more clear, this is a very different case than something like X-Wing where you need certain upgrades to make certain ships viable. In Shadespire, you are not guaranteed to draw specific cards since you draw randomly from your deck and don't typically burn through the entire thing. This means any single card is de-emphasized on the whole.
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24 Jan 2018 18:01 - 24 Jan 2018 18:02 #262072 by Mr. White
To add to Charles' last comment, not only will you generally not see all your cards, but you can't have multiples of any card in your decks. Any card.

This is awesome for two reasons. 1) You don't need to go buy 3 expansions to get 3 more of a certain card. 2) Even if there is an Uber card (I'm not sure of one yet), it only can appear once...and again it may not even get drawn. This makes buying the expansions less necessary.

However, naturally, buying more expansions will allow you to tune your decks to play differently, but I'm not convinced expansions are necessary to be competitve...just to maybe freshen up your game if you run the same warband over and over.

Another key point to consider, unlike a CCG, there's more than just card flopping in play here. Model placement and die rolling are huge. So, even though deckbuilding is a fun part of the game, it's not the end all be all. That's probably why Charles' friends can show up, roll their own, and still have fun.

The game is great and I should probably buy all the warbands just to at least have when the game goes oop. Or, maybe, just buy all of the 'Shadespire' setting warbands for now.

Edit: I currently only have the base game and seem to be able to hold my own. I credit some of that to years of playing BB and seeing 'tackle zones' for assists.
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