Mage Knight: Volkare's Return Solo Playthrough Part 1 

Guardian Golems are one of my favorite early game units! I was so excited when this vid showed up in my feed!!

That set up of stacked command tokens and crystal in your Goldyx card is so funny 😂, I’m like “why is it inverted?” Before reading the yellow text 🤣. Dang I can’t wait to play this again, I’m discovering new things always and sometimes, some rules error I committed. But for some reason I always get excited to try a game again to fully cover those mistakes and newly discovered tactics instead of getting annoyed or discouraged. This game is really something.❤

Great video! When I first got MK, I didn't understand the rules at all, and this vid helped my get a grasp of the game. Now I know which expansion to play next!!

This is so good editing and explanatory video! I can see the whole lot of work that was put in this, congrats.

Is managing volkare worth the effort or do you prefer solo conquest

Since your guardian gollems have physical resistance wouldn’t the attack of the mage be inefficient so that to wound them 6 physical attack points are needed."

You know, they tell you that owning a keep is great, that you can use it for extra storage, it's defensible, prestigious, all the kind of stuff you'd expect. You know what a keep is not? Cheap. Yeah they don't mention that part. You gotta pay for staff, guards so that the staff aren't too scared to do their jobs, maintenance costs, you need to keep it stocked with food and weapons and armor, you gotta defend it from every jerkwad and their dog with a catapult and the big enough ego who think they can take it for themselves, repair costs, you actually have to defend the surrounding area from bandits and highwaymen... Honestly it's better to just ignore real estate as a hero, no one expects anything from you that way. When you swoop in and destroy some terrorizing monsters everyone's a-gush with thanks and gratitude. If you own a keep, well, then you only did your job, what do you want a medal? Yeah. It's a world of difference.

Awesome! Just a note, when leveling up First take the skill, if you select yours then you can choose any AA, but if you select a Dumny skill from the pool the you’re force to always pick up the last AA . By picking up the skill first it is easier not to make a mistake ... congrats!

Thx for this! Just learning this game. Just to clarify (cause I wanna make sure i'm understanding) at 24:30 if your Golems didn't have physical resistance they would have taken 2 wounds and you would have taken 1 in your hand and 1 in your discard?

"Oldie but a goody ". Good to see Mage on the table again.

At 24:15... I thought that Ice attacks could only be blocked by Fire Blocks, and not normal blocks like you mixed in from the Golems. Is that correct?

According to the Official FAQ: Do Wounds count as cards in your hand for the purposes of the Tactics “Planning”? Yes. The ruling about Wound cards not counting as cards is for the purposes of things like Improvisation, not for cards in hand So after you conquered the keep you should've drawn up to 7 cards not 6

Just bought “Ultimate”. This video is going to be indispensable. Thanks

Love your videos, love your enthusiasm for the game! Also a great teacher :-) keep up the good work and please do more Mage Knight videos! Haha. Also I was curious which dice tray that is? It looks nice

Good first round! Mana search is always good for the first night. Alternatively just pick tactic 1 to ensure you go first (which saves you a turn on the Volkare deck), and then take mana search in the second night.

Great Vid, good explanation and even beter video work on the pieces/board. 10/10 would recommend

This show why I like this game so much, always a lot of ways to use your cards. Great playthrough.

Hi again ! good teaching. you will help people with their gaming. turn 2: I 'll follow your strategy, not adding other possibilities;MARCH + IMPROVISATION sideways 3move assault KEEP; 2 wounds; MANA DRAW; RAGE + gold & SWIFTNESS + white 7 attack; TRANQUILITY heal 1 wound :-) thank you for reading, Michel

I have been playing the base game now for about 3 weeks. Once I get a good grasp of the rules, this will be my next expansion play. Really enjoying your videos. Thanks.

Contemplating pre-ordering the Ultimate Ed which includes the core game and 3 expansions. Due out around September, I think. Looks like a fun game for a rainy wknd (like this one here). Thanks for the upload, OSCS

Understand why people love this solo, seems awesome!

He Colin, yet another AWESOME (also called the „Colin word“) video with great explanation - thanks for keeping these coming up!

Not sure if this was already commented on, but wounds do indeed count as cards in hand for planning.

Learning how to play on table top simulator, I wish I could play with you or someone that explains as well as you do haha, great video! loving the game so far

Hi, I've just found out your gameplay and I am astoned by the level of its quality. Well done, man! One question: I didn't get why you can wound Guardins twice. I play MK occasionally, so I might forgot the rules, but I thought you can hurt unit just once. Is it because of that poison? Or it is because of level 2? And shouldn't it get 2 more wounds from second attack and poison? Thanks in advance for the explanation!

At 18:12, did you forget to move Volkare? You rerolled the mana die but I don’t think you moved him.

Fantastic explanations. Great job Colin.

21:55 Ice and Fire damage can both be efficiently blocked by Cold-Fire as well.

Great Video, like your close up views. But why didnt you get a knock out when receiving 2 wounds when fighting the enemy in the keep?

I am newer to Mage Knight, why wouldn't you use your Golem to block the Monk instead of Ice Mage? That would mean the mage then attacks the Golem and you would only get one wound on him instead of two since you blocked the poisonous monk. What am I missing?

Yesss! One of my favorite solo games!

For tokens at first I used to put them pointing down and crystal in normal stand position to make some differentiation, cuz later in game when u won several of those and different colors, was easier for my playing group keep track what its what for the first games ( even more that some cards keep track if u use a mana token or a crystal) excellent video! Colin u need to play at least one scenario each 6 month 👍

Great playthrough. Goldyx is leveling up nicely.

Hey Colin. When you fought the two mages and the one with poison attacked your Golem, Shouldn’t it’s damaged have been inefficient, so that it was halved?. In other words, you would have subtracted 3 from the 5 physical attack and then taken 0 Damage on the golem?

I received LL as a gift just yesterday! Can't way to try it!

Thanks Colin!

That die roll at 6:57 defied the laws of physics

Love the editing! Well done!

Been waiting for this!!

Hmm, I'm confused about your keep attack. You did not block it and played 4 cards to take it out while even wasting a move point. That seems excessive. Why didn't you play March for the regular 2 move and play Mana Draw sideways for the missing 3rd move point. Then take the 2 wounds from the enemy and play Rage with the gold mana for attack 3 and Improvisation with discarding Swiftness for a total of attack 7. This would have left you with Tranquility and you could have instantly healed 1 of the 2 wounds again!