You can spend a token to reset the decks in the story mode.

right, but then i might as well roll the dice, cuz for a fresh deck the odds is the same

without spending the token

But if you do like me and draw 5 blank in a row first, then the deck become much better.

of course, but as i said, i prefer not having that kind of situation.

it is much more exciting knowing u can fail flat or hit big at the same time, it created some of my most favourable memories in these games

the closest analogy i can think of is like playing arkham, drawing a Tentacle/Star when u least expect it

Not quite true, there's still some not insignificant difference in variance if you're drawing 6+ cards. I'm definitely on the other camp to you! I love the extra decision making and gaming of the system that comes with might cards. And I hated in Gloomhaven that if I drew my miss first, I could still draw it again next turn... :p

I was definitely pro-dice-only when I first started testing Oathsworn back in 2019/2020, but I'm now definitely pro-cards with some dice thrown in if my cards are in a bad spot but I haven't reset the deck yet

I hate both Arkham horror and gloomhaven at higher difficulties right because you must rely on luck too much

Agree. It is better to fail flat than hit (too) low. Especially when you also have the determination rule to buff you further up.

I really enjoy manipulating the decks...I wish there was a way to reset the decks during the story, if you get a couple of good pulls suddenly it's either dice for the rest of the chapter or else you are purposely pulling cards from a bad deck

You can reset the decks in the story by spending any combat token

you have made my day sir 🙂

if a minion has no target in LOS, does it follow step 6 of the boss targeting rules and move its max towards the closest Oathsworn without regard to LOS and then skip its attack, or does it do nothing? E23 and the minion targeting rules don't specify.

It would move towards the closest Oathsworn (regardless of LOS) and skip its attack if it can't get adjacent

but if it can get adjacent (or in range of a ranged or charge through attack) it would still attack?

Yes, if it can move to a non-LoS character it will do so and attack if possible.

thanks!

I started my solo playthrough cards only. Coming from games like Gloomhaven I had preconception cards would be more fun and interesting. But also play dice chuckers like Middara. Then around chapter 5 I got fed up with how long it was taking me to check discard piles, ok, how many blanks, ok, what’s the risk here… etc. Went for dice and oh my - this is FUN! Besides being so quicker to resolve, the dice play here is simple but tons of fun (Middara’s it’s fewer dice, and you don’t decide which, how many - they’re set by your weapons). Now, I am still doing monsters with cards (except ch11 where ||thematically I stayed with dice for all, made sense||). What are the disadvantages with also doing monsters with dice? Now, good cause I kinda know when there are many blanks left, or when few, that a hard attack is coming. But switching to dice for players reminded me how fun dice can be…. see one spinning and oh please oh please not a blank arghghh 🤬 that was my last reroll token! Hahah

@JuanV, have you consider mixing cards and dice in one attack? I have done that many time with especially the whites might deck, f.x. 2 white cards and 2 dice.

But then again I am really unlucky with my draw. First attack - 2 white become 2 blank Second attack - 1 black (blank) , 1 red (blank) , 2 yellow (1 blank and one with number)

Thing is - I really overthink turns - who goes first, what abilities, how does that impact others, what do I do next, battleflow, etc. So part of my enjoyment in doing dice only is it lessened the cognitive burden on me and sped up part of the game for me. So I rather not try combining. For monsters cards are ok as I am taking no decisions in that step and just drawing the required cards. Although yes I look at how many blanks to decide if I need enemy to target my tank as next hit likely to be big, or if I can expose my squisher characters if not many blanks have been drawn.

I do the same kind of overthinking and yes, some rounds does take forever. Especially when it is time for dice breaking. Maybe I should try more of the non-white dice and see how it goes.

There isn't anything wrong with using dice for the monsters. The dice can just produce results that aren't typical, such as back to back completely blank dice or back to back attacks filled with nothing but crits. The cards for the monsters are intended to prevent the swingy damage that could happen with the dice. Use them if you want to!

For me it’s part of the ‘zen’ of solo boardgaming and why I find it relaxing especially in times of stress - has become my go-to along running.

I am using Cur’s Backstab against a small monster with 4 hit locations die. Attacking from the rear to get the +5 damage. Only dice left are 1 flank at 2hp and front at 6hp. Normally for larger monsters I could only attack nearest die, flank. But given this is a 1 hex monster, I am assuming I can attack the front as well, as both flank and front are within the same hex?

Backstab doesn't say that you attack from the rear arc, it says that you target an enemy's rear...I don't think this is clear from the rules necessarily but in the spirit I don't think it makes sense to "backstab" somebody in the face, I made myself target the rear, or the flank if the rear was broken.

For melee it's impossible to attack another arc than ur adjacent to. For range not, u can possibly attack another flank even if you're not I that arc, considering LOS for example.

Um that is not true for all encounters I don't think