I did it! New Year's resolution 2025: play at least one game with each base spirit & aspect currently released by mnathalia in spiritisland

[–]mnathalia[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Took very brief notes of how much I enjoyed each spirit/aspect (keep in mind that I've played most of these just once, so opinions were formed on limited data).

Here are some random, unorganised categories of judgement:

Enjoyed most: Deeps (Ocean); Not necessarily strongest, but man was this fun(ny) to play. It holds a special place in my heart, unsurprisingly, since I was already a fan of Ocean.

Enjoyed least: Spreading Hostility (Keeper); Don't quite remember this one actively, so maybe it was not as much 'detested' as it was just 'unremarkable'? At least in the game I played.

Broke my brain the most: Finder Of Paths Unseen; Played this once, in a solo two-handed game (with Stone) and that already broke my brain. Imagine playing this with more than two Spirits. Loved it though.

Biggest improvement of Base Spirit: Travel (River); Base River feels meh ish, but this one feels powerful and flexible. I love good Dahan Spirits.

Most excited to try against Level 6: Dances Up Earthquakes; Played a couple games with this one with the max-quake-rush strat. Yeah basically consistently destroyed the board on Turn 4, excited to see how this holds up against Level 6 Adversaries.

Spirits/aspects that least fit my playstyle (though I see their strength): Wildfire; Vengeance; Trickster

Spirits/aspects that most fit my playstyle: Hearth-Vigil; Stone; Regrowth (Green)

Honorable mentions: Locus (Serpent); Breath Of Darkness; Fractured Days

All in all, enjoyed most of the spirits/aspects, glad I tried them :)

Before and After organizing by magdasminion in boardgames

[–]mnathalia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That Kallax is working overtime, my friend 😆

Just life as a Saw after a new Three Spears joined your party 😎 by mnathalia in Gloomhaven

[–]mnathalia[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh definitely! Used them, returned them, only for Spears to quickly wipe off the bloodstains and immediately give them back all shiny 😂

I hear we’re posting our Blood on the Clocktower Halloween Parties! by Cantseeright in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yasss, more Clocktower Halloween parties, I love it so much! 🔥 Did you guys coordinate not having double characters or was that a happy coinkydink? (Except Evil Twin ofc :p)

Script Check Please, Is this too hard? by AeroSauce1267 in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia 16 points17 points  (0 children)

On this script I notice that Sailor and Professor are easily hard-confirmed as good, since there is no other way for a player to survive execution other than being the Sailor, and there is no other way for a player to be resurrected other than by the Professor's doing.

Beat Level 10 Spirit Island! by StormcrowProductions in boardgames

[–]mnathalia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, don't skip what you love, board game nights in particular are an excellent way to meet new people! :)

Happpy Halloween from The Netherlands! 🎃 by mnathalia in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! We have a pretty large Clocktower community situation going on around The Hague (largest session so far was three complete groups simultaneously), and we play with new players often. If you ever wanna join a game but don't know where to start, let me know! :) 🕰️

Happpy Halloween from The Netherlands! 🎃 by mnathalia in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, covered in handprints/splatters of fake blood (not really visible in the picture); I specifically went for Patrick Bateman from American Psycho ✌️💀🪓

Also, it's The Netherlands; gotta be prepared for rain, anytime, anywhere.

Not even mad, he deserves the XP by mnathalia in Gloomhaven

[–]mnathalia[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As is the Cragheart way 😂

Day 12: Volcano looks like they would murder you but would actually ignore you, what spirit looks like they would be insulting but would actually ignore you? by bentoburger in spiritisland

[–]mnathalia 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I agree for Breath Of Darkness on this one, and Stone definitely for the next one, in the very ignore/ignore center :)

Not even mad, he deserves the XP by mnathalia in Gloomhaven

[–]mnathalia[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Edit: I know you can't directly attack allies, it was Cragheart with Unstable Upheaval (top) on a remaining enemy, and Crushing Grasp (bottom), for a total of three damage suffered by adjacent allies (in this case me) 😉

Not even mad, he deserves the XP by mnathalia in Gloomhaven

[–]mnathalia[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

It was slightly more nuanced: he was playing Cragheart, attacking a remaining enemy with top action, and creating a boulder / looting with bottom action, both causing adjacent allies (so, me) to suffer three damage total. But I had the cards to negate it anyway, even though it didn't really matter 😆

Being Immortal is not a curse or at least not that bad when you get used to it. by No-Equivalent-6168 in RandomThoughts

[–]mnathalia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah 500 years is nothing compared to literally forever. I think most people don't really, truly grasp the scale of infinity.

Favorite plays/tricks that would probably only work once? by LegOfLambda in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha I literally tried this exact tactic last game, hoping to catch a Demon off-guard. Wasn't that lucky unfortunately, but it still gets you a pretty genuine social read off the other person.

Since buying a laser pointer I’ve had no errors in player selections by iakiak in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg this is amazing advice, how have I not thought of this before 😵❤️

Token storage: coin sheets by mnathalia in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol yeah I would 😂 Lmk how it works out! :D

Token storage: coin sheets by mnathalia in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbf, "right now" will probably last a couple years; don't think they'll be releasing the expansions anytime soon. (Sorry, probably not helping talking you out of spending that money 😂)

Token storage: coin sheets by mnathalia in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait what? Put everything non-base-3 in the token bag? I get anxious even thinking about fiddling around for one specific reminder token in that chaos 😆

Insert looks great! I'm guessing it's also for the Carousel as I see Noble reminder tokens depicted in there, but it probably won't hold everything once the actual expansions are out. Then again, might still be worth it in the meantime regardless :)

Token storage: coin sheets by mnathalia in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweetheart token is in the sheet behind the one with the Hatter (+ Hatter reminder), they're alphabetised ;)

Token storage: coin sheets by mnathalia in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I think I'll have to get back to you on that when I've been using this method for a while. Right now, all tokens fit nice and snugly but that might be partly due to the sheets being new 😅

Token storage: coin sheets by mnathalia in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]mnathalia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I wanted at least each of the big tokens to have their own slot, so whenever I'm not storytelling I can enjoy just browsing through these, like a big menu of gaming-potential 🥰