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mark monk
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Hi,

How do you use the camp card? I know 'how' to use use it but I mean how do you use it from the perspective of tactics? I've played as the invader about 5 times and never really used it. Is that the same for everyone else or do you tend to horde troops on this card to unleash a big wave of them later on?
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I love Trolls. They are great combat units and can get you bonus Glory by getting four of them on a wall section at the same time. However, they are easy targets for Cannons and Sharpshooters and Marksmen and Traps. So sending them out a few at a time mean that they will likely get picked off on their way to the walls. So, in early turns, I tend to "save" a Troll or two in Camp until later turns. I will usually only keep enough so I don't have to pay the extra Hourglasses or 1 Hourglass at the most. Then, when I am ready to make a good advance or if I drew a lot of Trolls from the bag to add 3 or 4 more to, I'll move them up.

There are some other occasion and situational uses for it, but primarily, it is to put my Trolls in a holding pattern to get them up to the walls without being picked off so that I can get a strong assault as well as get the bonus Glory.
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