My spell books probably fall into one of those categories I would imagine.

Do you have a link to more information on those builds and the staple cards of them?  

Well I played my first four player game this weekend. We had the Beastmaster & Wizard Vs Priestess & Warlock.  

A couple of my friends were not in favour of any modifications so we played with full health. The game took just under four hours and ended with the Beastmaster and Wizard being defeated. With a new player I thought this was pretty good and can easily see us shaving an hour off the time.

The Priestess played very campy occupying only three zones for more than half the game. She used the time to summon a few temples, archers, angels and clerics. She also cast a couple of bear strengths and a marked for death on the wizard.

The Warlock as you would expect cast a lot of equipment to buff his attacks with the lash. He cast his biggest demon and used fire spells to weaken the Beastmaster. Although he didn't really play to the warlocks strengths and ended the game in his starting zone only moving once towards the priestess to be healed.

The Beastmaster was played by the new player. He focussed on casting lots of small threats and equipment for his mage. He did do some damage to the warlock but it was healed back by the priestess.

The Wizard was played by me. This was my first game with the Wizard so I decided that a wand with an attack spell and some hydras would be my battle plan. Chain of lightning was very effective weakening multiple creatures and then allowing a direct attack spell to take out a unit or two. My Hydra was also very effective before the sheer amount of enemy creatures dispatched him within a single turn.

In the end the Beastmaster was killed by a fire spell. We had both overlooked his health and two explodes had left him without any armour. After that the Wizard was doomed. The Wizard had 4 enemy creatures in his zone and two royal archers in range.



A few questions if I may:

1. When it becomes one mage versus two, how does the turn order work?

2. This is the second game I have lost because I have been cornered and had 4+ enemy creatures on top of me. Next time I will use walls more effectively to control the board. However if I am cornered again, are there any Wizard strategies that may save my skin?

3. The Wizard & Beastmaster were the aggressors for the whole game. The priestess and warlock didn't move from their starting zones. It seems very hard to win when your opponent casts creatures to protect themselves each turn and you just cannot do enough damage! Any tips?


Thank you.

So embarking on my first four player game this weekend with 2 friends who have played around 4 games each and one friend new to Mage Wars. I will probably run through the demo at the front of the rulebook with him before the others arrive.

I have no idea which Mage will be on which team yet but I figure my friend new to the game will play as the Beastmaster and I will be left with the Wizard or Warlock.


One arena Board or two?

Any good Mage partnerships?

I remember comments stating the length of a 4 player game was rather long. Anyone found a good method to limit the length?


Any other advice for the team variant will be gratefully received.

Thanks

Hi Mestrahd,

Once you are more familiar with the game how much time do you reckon you will shave off of a 4 player game?

4 players will be my target audience for this game and we have all played MTG for years so this should help a little I hope.  

Have you considered lowering the health of each Mage slightly so that 4 player games can conclude quicker?

From board game geek by pconnor:

Thanks for being so patient. We have been working very closely with our printer, distributors, and retailers to bring Mage Wars to you as quickly as possible. We sincerely apologize for the delay, but I am happy to announce that we have an OFFICIAL street date of September 21 for the sale of Mage Wars at your local game retailer or hobby store.

Looks like the release date is the third week of September possibly according to a Mage Wars post on facebook.

Saw the date of 4th September and assumed it would be quicker...the wait is killing me!  :blink:

I am still on the fence about purchasing the core spell tome.

Having a bigger card pool means I can play the odd 2 Vs. 2 team game when I have my play group over which will be fun.

Do people think at some point they will rotate through all the cards or will some be dead weight never seeing the spell book?

Hello All,

I have been reading information on the game and also watching some of the videos and I must say I am very eager to get this game!

Is their an ETA on when I would be able to pick this game up in the UK?

Has anyone in the UK found an online store to pre-order the game?


I hope to have some other questions once I have digested some of the information on the forum.

Thank you kindly
Dan