Jon Anderson
United States
Grantham
Pennsylvania
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I guess the subject says it. I've played this about a half dozen times now - mostly 2 player and it just seems like there's very little danger. My comparisons are drawn from Sands, a few of the smaller adventure packs and of course the base quest. I really like the feel of this expansion and some of the mechanics are really cool but it seems like FFG decided that they wanted to make a shorter game out of Runebound - my son and I can knock this out in about an hour with no problem (of course we've played a lot of Runebound, but still it seems a little like autopilot). Mists just seems very easy and forgiving.
I don't imagine that we're 'just that good' so what do other players who like a challenge do with this one?
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Yep, mists is easy. You can tell they wanted to make the game 'quicker'.
Have you tried the optional rule with the multigods at the back?
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Jon Anderson
United States
Grantham
Pennsylvania
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That's a good idea we're going to give it a try. I don't think most of the gods are very hard to kill, but most of them are at least really interesting. I had actually not read the multi-god rules. I got to the section with a heading for 5-6 players and just stopped right there - really do they think anyone plays this game with 5-6 players?
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Jon Anderson
United States
Grantham
Pennsylvania
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As a short follow-up, I got to play Mists again the other night. Just one player this time and I used the normal 1-2 player double omen rules along with the new (for me) 'epic kill 3 primal gods' rules. My character, randomly chosen, was Tara. With no pre-combat abilities and a primary skill of magic I think she's a little weak, perfect to see what kind of a challenge I have.
As usual, things started pretty quickly and within a half hour I'd woken the first god (the guy that blights cities). He's pretty tough with the double omen rule and I made a bad move going after him right away. In the end I got knocked out a couple of times and even thought for a little bit that I may not win, however I eventually killed all 3 gods easily.
Good and Bad:
The epic is better than the basic mainly in that the game's not over in almost as long as it takes to set up. I actually got to fight some red monsters which was a lot of fun - I believe that a number of these are a better challenge than the primal gods.
The bad was that toward the end, I spent a number of turns just trying to wake up gods. There are so many ways in this expansion for characters to level up that it just doesn't take long to build a character that is close to invincible - especially with a good ally. I think playing the 6 xp points per level might be a the final fix for me.
Hopefully someone finds this interesting/useful. There is something about Mists that I find really cool but without epic and something else, I think it's somewhat flawed.
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Brian Lombard
United States
New Carlisle
Ohio
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thanks for this post Jon. i just bought mists today and am looking forward to playing. i will be keeping everything you've said in mind and checking out the best ways to keep things interesting and challenging. again, thanks for sharing your ideas and experiences.
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