@trebormills, yeah It looks like you could win that particular scenario with judicious applications of Bellybash and leg it, but I’m thinking the other ones won’t be so simple.

Not convinced whether that particular scenario is as perfectly balanced as it should be – the odds seem to be stacked against the dwarfs there, even accounting for some unlucky dice rolls – I could see myself replaying that scenario (with only the 3 dwarfs allowed) six times and quite easily losing all six, regardless of tactics, which could be a tad frustrating – but the general gameplay seems quite interesting. I’m not blown away so far, but I am interested to see what else the game has to offer so I’ll be keeping an eye out for any more… Read more »

Really liked this video. Great to see the game being played. Has me sold to buy myself a copy and perhaps a second for the gaming club.

Have to say, that although it looks good it’s not really what I had hoped for. It does seem to be Space Hulk in a dungeon rather than a more random dungeon crawler that I’d been hoping for. Also disappointed that there are only 6 scenarios included but lets hope that the ‘internet’ and mantic web site improve things on that front.
I’m not put off yet, but will be monitoring for more info..

I like it – definately on my wish list

I’m glad that this looks more like Space Hulk than Warhammer Quest. Also, the tactical action reminds me a lot of “new” D&D.

Of course, I pre-ordered this weeks ago, so I’m glad it’s not going to be money down the pan…

Thanks for the vid.. love how simple the game is.. maybe a little to simple.. but a great quick game.. hope to see this expand into something really huge. 🙂

Really nice job. I love the simple yet tactical rules. Some of the other dungeon games I have require several different decks of cards, a slew of unique dice, or several charts and die modifiers to figure out. While those games are fun, it’s really great to see a dungeon crawler that lets ya play quickly and that others can pick up easily too.

You were right Andy Your dice gods have deserted you! Libations of Guinness needed to placate them, and maybe a human sacrifice or two wouldn’t be a bad idea. If we don’t see any more of Darrell and Warren, we will understand! 😉 Jake has done a good job imho and I like the look of the ease of play/tactical requirement ratio. From what was said in the live interview, Mantic will be producing two more sets with other races and extra scenarios will be put up on the website.. The system is very flexible so you can add your… Read more »

I’ve never played a crawler, and I typically don’t enjoy board games, but so far Mantic hasn’t let me down. I’ll have to give this a shot as soon as I finish my Mantic Wood Elf army, and pick up some new shield-less archers, oh and finish my Abyssal Dwarves, for which I could use some greenskin models as rabble…

I think Andy totally forgot about his objective by turn 2 and went on randomly bashing skellies with no plan whatsoever 😉 As a die-hard fan of Space Hulk, I think a fantasy-version sounds quite interesting. However, I don’t like the random actions aspect and all the tokens / micromanaging it involves. Random dice rolls are enough in my opinion, not really being able to plan your movement due to the fact that you don’t know what and how many actions you can do. I see lots of frustration coming from this and doubt balancing benefits from it (if this… Read more »

Looks interesting – not too sure abbout a “run out of actions” ending – seems a bit anti-climactic. I’d rather that at the point the actions run out, they all get recycled, but the skeletons get reinforcements turn up or something. I dont think there’s enough to say this is imbalanced on watching this – perhaps it might have been better to reverse the roles for this test, with the designer playing what seemed to be the harder job of the dwarves? Even if the skeletons then got the (literal!) hammering,it would have probably been a more exciting outcome than… Read more »

Hi folks, Jake Thornton here. Hope you don’t mind if I weigh in with a few comments of my own. Firstly, thanks for being interested enough to watch the video. It was lots of fun making this and the other videos with the BOW guys. Live internet TV is weird. Secondly, I do understand that Dwarf King’s Hold (DKH) won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. That’s cool. If we all liked the same thing then it’d be very dull. That said, I’d still like to address some of the comments made here as I think there are some slightly mistaken… Read more »

Talking with the main man behind it, excellent. Thanks for taking your time. About the scenario: Maybe you Mantics can put up a little battle-report up in your blog or something where you explain the game a bit indepth for both factions? Or as a response you lead the dwarves to victory, post a bunch of pictures, maybe? I think the ways to “win” for both factions are pretty obvious in this scenario (and it’s reminding me of how playing Resident Evil well works, which is basically to run away from the Zombies), but I wonder if the Undead player… Read more »

Hi Aulbath, you make some interesting points. I’ll see what I can do to answer them. Battle report/tactical notes: certainly an option. I’ll have to see how my time goes this week. Does the Dwarf have a chance? Yes. Shield bash is a good way to clear stalemates and blocked sections if they are positioned so you can use it, but that’s not always possible. As you say, much of the grand tactics are fairly obvious. However, there is a more detailed level of tactics associated with facings, sequencing of attacks and token management (more on that later) which emerges… Read more »

Just quickly – the starter sets will come out in order with gaps between them to get them properly playtested (and wait for Mantic to release the Orcs). So, I’m afraid you’ll have to wait a bit for the Orcs. The tiles will be different art, though naturally some of the shapes will be repeated. Each starter set will have its own set of new scenarios. Not repeating any of them. There will also be extra (free) ones in the Mantic Journal and online. If you had more than one starter set there’s no reason why you couldn’t try scenarios… Read more »

@quirkworthy – thanks for taking the time and explaining the differences between DKH & SH, has made me think more favourably in spending my Hard earned on it, however.. I may wait for the Orc version 😉
Hope it works out for you, it seems you’ve definitely put a lot of work in to it 🙂

For me is’t a fine simple game with depth. I will give it a chance to play. In the video there was really bad luck for Andy. But thats a dice problem not a game problem. 😀