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0:36Past the spheres beyond the known into
0:40the maladiction. This is beyond the
0:45conclave.
1:06Hello and welcome back to Beyond the
1:09Conclave, a male addiction podcast like
1:11no other that you'll find anywhere else.
1:15I am your host, Toxic Mike from Deviant
1:17Dice Rollers. If you don't know about
1:19Deviant Dice Rollers, that is what is
1:20presenting this show to you right now.
1:23We are a community of passionate
1:26maladiction players, players of all kind
1:29of card and tabletop games, but mainly
1:31malad addiction because that's what
1:32we're here for. Not we're not here to
1:33talk about anything else. Get that out
1:35of your brain. Um, today's show we're
1:38going to be answering the question that
1:39every male addiction player when they
1:42get into the game has to decide on their
1:44own. But we're going to give a little
1:46helping hand there as to what faction
1:49you should be playing. Okay? So, it
1:52doesn't matter if you're brand new.
1:54Hopefully, by the end of this episode,
1:57you'll know where to start cuz we're
1:59going to give you a little helping hand.
2:01If you've already picked up your
2:02favorite, I'm probably going to tell you
2:04why you're wrong. And that just means
2:07why you should play the Conclave.
2:09because
2:11I don't care how many games I've lost
2:12posted on deviant dicerollers.com.
2:15Um, the Conclave still reigns supreme. I
2:19put that in the Discord. I'll say it
2:21right now. They reign supreme. I don't
2:23care what you have to say. Anyway, we're
2:25also going to be covering a new addition
2:27to the website, Gro's Games. Uh, this
2:30edition is blowing up more than I
2:32thought it was going to. Um, you guys
2:35are very passionate about playing these
2:37mini games. We're to go over everything
2:38that's there. Reinforcement packs,
2:41previews, we got more. Last week we went
2:43over a couple. We've got a lot more to
2:45go over this week. And the first Agnar
2:48tournament is coming up September 5th,
2:51Cherry Hill, New Jersey. If you're in
2:53the area, come up and and play with us.
2:58Put tip put your hat into the ring. See
3:01if you can survive and become number
3:04one.
3:05Uh thank beauty the update to everyone.
3:07Thank you everyone for the amazing
3:09response not only on the podcast but on
3:12the daily lore challenge over at
3:15deviantdicrollers.com.
3:17If you go over there right now, let me
3:19bring that up on the screen for you
3:21people that are watching the video right
3:24now. We have these lovely games. one of
3:27the top uh mini games on the site that
3:31is just it's it's far and beyond what I
3:34even thought it was going to become,
3:35which is the Gro's daily lore challenge.
3:39You come here, you get asked a question.
3:42Uh this question right here is what are
3:44anchors within the maladiction? All
3:47right. Now, I'm going to give you the qu
3:49the answers. A stable locations that can
3:52be reliably reached and used to
3:54navigate. B, gates through the wall of
3:58Gauldron.
3:59C, relics that hold back the corruption,
4:03or D, shrines raised by the first
4:06seekers.
4:08And I am going to be honest with you, I
4:09am not very good at the lore. So, I'm
4:11just going to take a shot in the dark
4:12and go D and let's see if I'm correct.
4:15No. Teleportation and long range travel.
4:20All right. Wait, that wasn't even the
4:22question. My sight just
4:27[laughter]
4:28this question was what is the magical
4:30specialty of sphere ackenza within the
4:33conclave of the spheres. That is weird
4:34that it changed up right there. I see
4:36that there is some magical uh things
4:39going on with that site right now. I'll
4:40have that fixed. Anyway, go check it
4:43out. Check out the mini games. There's
4:44also a couple others like the dice
4:46rolling uh challenge, guest the card,
4:50and the daily community challenge,
4:53which a lot of people are there's been
4:55some arguments over this one. This one's
4:57starting actual fights where it gives
4:59you a scenario on the on the uh playing
5:02field. Uh this one says aggression or
5:05control. So, I'm going to give you a
5:07little tidbit into this one. Let me read
5:08this correctly.
5:10You lead on mastery going into what
5:13should be the the final round. Okay, so
5:16you're leading on mastery going into the
5:17final round. Their strongest unit is
5:20damaged and standing in the open and
5:23simply keeping a unit nearby your husk
5:25claims the relic in the end phase. So
5:27they're saying what should you do?
5:29Should you charge the damaged unit and
5:31finish it? Hold position nearby the husk
5:33and claim it? Split the activations. one
5:37charges, one holds, or reposition to
5:40deny their approach. I chose hold
5:42position nearby the husk and claim it.
5:46Whereas apparently the right answer was
5:48to charge. There is no right answer by
5:50the way, but the right answer according
5:52to a lot of people is to hold the
5:54position
5:57or no charge and damage the no hold the
5:59position nearby the husk. And I chose
6:02charge and damage the unit. A lot of
6:04people are saying hold the position.
6:06All right. So, go over to the site,
6:08check that out. I appreciate everybody
6:11uh enjoying that feature of this site.
6:14I'm having fun creating these features
6:16as much fun as you guys are having uh
6:20enjoying them and going to the site on a
6:22daily basis. Uh reinforcement packs.
6:26Let's get into that. We're just jumping
6:28right in cuz you know what? We don't
6:30have any time to foot around. All
6:33right. So, let's go into some I think
6:35that we did not discuss last week.
6:39All right. So, first off,
6:42we have Oh, let me get out of there.
6:44Back to this one. Uh, hands of the
6:48church. Now, this one, when I first saw
6:51it, and we're looking at the image right
6:52now, and it's the image of a guy
6:56uh bound by what looks like a a a a
7:00star, a metal enclosure
7:04with actual I just noticed this hands
7:06over his mouth, which is is just a very
7:09very creepy
7:11almost image from the movie Saw type of
7:14imagery.
7:16and the the the
7:18model that you're going to be printing
7:20for this. I mean, geez, whoever thought
7:23this up, see a therapist.
7:26Um, oh, the I'm looking at the alt alt
7:30models and there's just one with the guy
7:33like it looks like he's in midstroke
7:35midw walk and uh the hands are over his
7:39mouth. He just he looks so sad. So, the
7:42card reads like this. So, this is for
7:44the order of the shattered throne. It's
7:46a human. All right. Attack three. Uh,
7:50graze is one. Uh, but it says this. So,
7:53it it has unleash. Unleash. Whenever an
7:56ally activates nearby this unit, you may
7:59exhaust this unit. If you do, it may
8:03perform a charge if able.
8:06So, somebody else activates, you just
8:09kind of exhaust him and he charges. Or
8:12dire one. Whenever an enemy engaged with
8:14this unit activates, that enemy suffers
8:18one damage. That's crazy. So, you want
8:22this guy up close in in r in in uh at
8:27least contesting other units
8:30uh nearby because he is going to be
8:33doing damage no matter what. That's the
8:37order of the shattered throne at the
8:38bane of my existence. Uh, next one.
8:42Courtly spectacle.
8:45Let's see. This this one looks like
8:46something this card and and the the the
8:50head of it. I just noticed that he's
8:52bound by his ankles. Um, looks like
8:56something out of um ah the PC game. Why
9:00can't I think of the name? Halflife. It
9:02looks like something out of Halflife.
9:04Um Oh, it's weird. And it's like all
9:08like stone coming out of the front. Oh,
9:10is that actually a nose and eyes up
9:13there?
9:16That's creepy.
9:18And he's trying to rip it off, I think.
9:21Well, that's going to be fun to paint.
9:24All right, so this is Masher,
9:26and he is for the Legion, Legion of the
9:30Fallen, and he's going to be a cost two.
9:35And he doesn't do much. Like his hit is
9:37two, his graze is one. He gets one for
9:41his accuracy. [snorts]
9:43But here's his special ability. Con
9:46convoke fallen. When this when this unit
9:50is defeated, you may search your deck
9:53for a fallen unit of its rank or lower
9:57and play it exhausted without spending
9:58any echo. If you do, deploy it in the
10:02this unit's place equipped with any
10:04attachments this unit had and then
10:07shuffle your deck.
10:09Wow.
10:11So, he's going out there and he can do
10:13damage and you can play channels and you
10:15you could do some stuff with him, right?
10:20But then when he dies,
10:23you're getting another unit out there
10:26for nothing.
10:30That That's one that I could just see
10:32being a problem. That's one
10:36definitely going to be a problem on the
10:38battlefield. All right, let's go to the
10:40next one. Least re least research.
10:46I know English. Don't don't come at me.
10:49Um, [laughter]
10:51this one looks creepy. And I didn't
10:54think it was going to look creepy just
10:55by looking at the image that they show.
10:59Uh, but when you go to his model, he's
11:02he's like a spider with lestrom uh like
11:05a tank on his back.
11:09Very, very creepy. Now, I do like this
11:12one because there's not many um cards,
11:16not very very many units or anything
11:18that that gives you back uh Ekko playing
11:23as the Conclave. And it's it's
11:25frustrating because you can run out of
11:27echo very quickly.
11:30Uh spell. So, it is a conclave uh unit
11:34cost three.
11:36Uh, it's spellbound and it's construct.
11:39Spell focus one, one AP. The next spell
11:42you play, this action costs one fewer
11:44echo, which is always good. And catalyst
11:48two, whenever you play a spell during
11:50the activation of a unit within 6 in,
11:54you may exhaust this unit. If you do,
11:58reduce the cost of that spell by two.
12:02Right there. uh especially if you're
12:06playing uh uh Pollenor,
12:09you're getting free spells uh right from
12:12the door. You're you're getting it's
12:15it's it's insane. You're going to just
12:17be bashing them over the head with
12:20spells. Uh Twin Flames is just going to
12:22be flying all over the place. I like
12:24this card a lot. It will definitely be
12:26going into my deck
12:29as soon as we can get them out.
12:31[laughter]
12:32Beastial advantage.
12:35No mercy from above.
12:38This one uh as we're looking at it here
12:40cuz it's got like a rock and then like
12:42one, two, three, four, five, six birds.
12:46It looks like it looks like this is
12:48going to be a printer's uh nightmare for
12:50the stands for for the support. So,
12:53we'll see how this one goes.
12:56Very cool, though. I like the blood on
12:58their beaks. I like the idea that whole
13:01um oh what is the movie that uh with the
13:04birds that come down? Somebody say it in
13:07the comments. I know the movie uh is it
13:09the birds? I don't think it's the birds.
13:11Anyway, it's a black and white movie
13:13where the birds attack the woman. I
13:15forget the name of it. Anyway, it has
13:17that kind of vibe to it.
13:20Murder of Shriers.
13:23And this is this is giving me like
13:25childhood trauma uh vibes because my
13:29parents had birds throughout the house
13:32and [snorts] the sound of them shrieking
13:34in the evening.
13:36Yeah, that was murder to my ears. So
13:39yeah, just in case you were wondering.
13:41Um it is a [clears throat] unit. It is a
13:43beast. Cost three for primal blood and
13:46it's not going to do much. It's going to
13:48move eight. It's going to have a 12 uh
13:52shield and it's have six six health.
13:55Okay, so really you're not doing much
13:56with this. Let's see what uh the
13:59abilities are though. Overrun two for
14:01two AP,
14:03two action points. This unit performs a
14:06move that can pass over units and husks.
14:09Deal two damage to each unit it passes
14:12over this way. Wow.
14:16All right, so you're doing a move. So,
14:17you're moving eight. Oh, wait, wait. No,
14:20but it costs 2 AP. So, you're you're
14:22moving eight. You're moving one move
14:24that's going to do this damage, which is
14:27pretty impressive. Uh, it has flying.
14:30Again, we know that one. While moving,
14:31this unit can pass over any obstacle. It
14:34also has phasing. Whenever a graze is
14:36scored against this unit, it prevents
14:38that damage. So, it might have only six
14:40health, but if you're up against
14:42somebody with some bad rolls, uh,
14:45they're not going to be doing much to
14:46this. So, Murder of the Shriers. If I
14:48had Primal Blood, that would be going
14:50into my deck. I love flying units.
14:54Now, this was one that when it was
14:56originally uh the image was originally
14:59put out there, I was really into this
15:02one. Hands of the church, unshaken by
15:04chaos, bound by command.
15:07All right, swipe for the spoiler. Yeah,
15:09we're giving spoilers here.
15:12Gilded Centuries. this image of just two
15:16different armored uh individuals from
15:19the order of the shattered throne with
15:22their weapons that combine to make one
15:24weapon. It kind of looks like and then
15:27the models
15:29just as as fantastic as I thought they'd
15:31be. Just look amazing.
15:34Okay, so this is a cost seven. Okay, so
15:37this is unique. You're not going to get
15:38multiples of this. The [clears throat]
15:41accuracy is three. The hit is five.
15:45Order of the shattered throne. They hit
15:47hard. So hard. Uh, graze is a two. Speed
15:54is five. 14 for defense and 14 for
15:57health. And the abilities. Whenever an
16:00enemy resolves an attack, you may
16:03exhaust this unit. If you do, it
16:05performs a charge against that enemy if
16:07able. So, they are just charging. It
16:10also has reach two. This unit's melee
16:12attacks can target enemies within 2 in.
16:16So being able to do melee attacks in
16:18within 2 in doesn't even have to be an
16:20inch because those poles. I mean, look
16:22at how freaking how long those things
16:24are.
16:26I mean, please let me know in the
16:28comments which one of these cards you're
16:30most excited for. I think you've already
16:31heard mine. [snorts] Now, this one,
16:34these type of cards and these type of
16:36models is why I literally I I haven't
16:39decided on a second deck yet, a second
16:42seeker. But Legion of the Fallen is is
16:46really
16:48uh tickling my fancy in terms of of
16:51where I want to go with this cuz this
16:53thing the harp on the back with the arms
16:58back there playing the harp and in the
17:01front just damage and scariness and it's
17:05just it's it's amazing.
17:07A nice melody as you die. That's what I
17:10like. All right. So, Masharin, Death
17:13Singer. All right. Uh costs five for
17:17Legion of the Fallen unit. She is a
17:19fallen and horror.
17:21Uh she hits for three, grazes for two,
17:24accuracy of two, reach is six. Her range
17:30uh speed six, defense 11. I like it. And
17:34health is 10. Now, this is where it all
17:36comes down to. This is what everybody
17:38cares about. The abilities. Mockery 2.
17:41Whenever an enemy within 6 in resolves a
17:44graze, its owner loses two echo. If it's
17:48a critical graze, you also draw a card.
17:51Jinx. When this unit is defeated, each
17:54opponent discards a card.
17:57Oh man, I don't want to come up against
18:00making me lose Ekko, especially playing
18:03Conclave where Ekko is is key to to to
18:08victory. No, no, I do not want to go
18:11against that. But if I do decide to come
18:15up with a Legion of the Fallen deck,
18:17which I'm very close, that's the one
18:20that I'm going to go with. So, that is
18:23all the cards that they have released so
18:27far in terms of their abilities, their
18:30uh their artwork, their minis that are
18:33going to be released. Um, I believe if
18:36I'm not mistaken, that might be all of
18:38them. No, no, no. Cuz we have seven
18:40cards each pack, right? So that's not
18:42all of them. But that is, let's see, 1 2
18:453 4 5
18:476 7 8 9 10 11. I think that's 11 so far.
18:52And we're not even fully out of the
18:54woods with that. Now, [snorts]
18:57I've gone up to my local game store
18:59already and have pre-ordered the
19:01reinforcement packs. One thing that they
19:04are not telling us. This has not been
19:05announced, released anybody. The price.
19:09The price. What is the price? How much
19:11are we paying for this? I mean, it can't
19:14be that much. You're talking about seven
19:16cards and then you add in the the
19:18standies. So, seven standies. Um, I've
19:20heard anywhere
19:23from somebody thinking $7 to somebody
19:27thinking $15.
19:29That's where I've been kind of hearing
19:31people discuss. Now, if we come over
19:34here to the tavern over on deviant dice
19:37rollers.com,
19:39I'd put up there I think $7 the sweet
19:41spot. Um, you know, maybe uh Garnifax
19:47thought 15ish
19:49uh maybe 15. Now, you're gonna buy them
19:53all. You know, you got to add that up.
19:55um the amazing VHS. He said if you go in
20:00how they price the secret decks, maybe
20:03$15 at the most
20:06is is $15 too much for the reinforcement
20:09packs.
20:11I mean, is that too much for you? Would
20:12you would you say never mind? I mean,
20:16you're already This is the problem with
20:18these kind of games. I'm not saying
20:20it's, you know, a deal breakaker, but
20:24obviously for Loot Studios and Mel
20:26Addiction, pricing is key and they got
20:28to figure it out. But I I I I can't
20:32imagine,
20:34you know, it if they outpric it, then
20:37somebody's just leaving the game because
20:38they're not going to continue playing
20:40and not being able to buy the extra
20:43cards. So, they've got to figure out
20:45that price point, but also once that
20:47price point, if they can figure out that
20:49max, everybody's buying these. There's
20:51nobody that's going to have their deck
20:53and not have the reinforcement packs.
20:55Whether they're putting all the cards in
20:56or one card in, they're not doing it.
20:58And the the sheer fact that this isn't
21:00like a booster pack. You're not
21:03wondering what cards you're going to get
21:05in there. You don't have to buy a
21:07booster box to try and get all the cards
21:09you need, which you're spending $100 on.
21:12So really, is that $15 price point too
21:15much for the luxury of knowing what the
21:19cards are? Is there's so many different
21:22things that go into this business model
21:24of how to do uh expansion packs or, you
21:29know, extension packs, however you want
21:31to say it. Um that I I I don't see it
21:37I don't see them outpricing themselves
21:39too bad. I think $15 that would be the
21:43limit. $7 is holy crap, they did really
21:46really well. $15 is I'm not I don't
21:50really feel good about this, but I'm
21:51going to pay the money anyway. Hopefully
21:53by the next episode of uh Beyond the
21:57Conclave, we'll know and we'll be able
21:59to say. So, please let me know in the
22:01comments how much is too much for you,
22:03how much is just right, how much is too
22:07little. Nobody ever talks about that
22:08either because they don't care about if
22:11it's too little a price. Uh or if it's
22:15too little, does it does it
22:18lessen the value of the game? You know,
22:21some people talk about that. You know,
22:23you you you keep making it a uh a
22:27premium price for a premium product kind
22:29of thing. So, there's a lot going on
22:32there. Um, I don't think there's I think
22:34there's cards I 100% need. There's cards
22:37I don't want others to have without me
22:39having certain cards. But but at the
22:43same token, I'm still okay with the deck
22:46I have. With all that being said, I'm
22:49still buying them. So, take that for
22:51what you will. All right, let me know
22:54what you think. Uh, we do have the
22:57thread going on in the tavern over on
23:00Deviant Dice Rollers. So, you can go
23:02over there, you can say it in the
23:03comments, or you can just message me in
23:06the Discord.
23:08Now, on to our main topic, choosing your
23:12faction.
23:16If you didn't know already, which I
23:18think you do, if you're on to episode
23:20three of a show called Beyond the
23:22Conclave, and you know that it's a male
23:24addiction podcast, a podcast dedicated
23:27to the absolute best
23:31MCG miniatures card game, card game
23:34slash uh uh miniatures tabletop
23:39uh game that nobody competes with, Then
23:45you should know what's going on. You
23:46should know what the deal is. [laughter]
23:49Here I am babbling. Uh, let me take a
23:51drink.
23:55Okay.
23:57Anyway, so let's get back into this main
24:00topic. First one we're going to go with
24:02is Conclave of the Spheres. Now, we're
24:05starting off with number one because, as
24:08you know, number one is the Conclave of
24:11the Spheres. I don't care what you say,
24:15but Conclave of the Spheres, they are
24:17mystical. They are magic. They are
24:19control. They are controlled deck with
24:21tricks and ranged comments combat ranged
24:25combat.
24:27And um they are in my mind number one.
24:31That's where you want to start.
24:34Uh they have rewarding strategy. uh
24:38planning the spells and combos.
24:41The combos that you get to do
24:44with uh Pollenor is just insane. Just I
24:50love playing spells from the graveyard.
24:54If you don't know what I'm talking
24:55about, go check out his his special
24:58ability. You're able to play uh for an
25:00extra echo uh spells from the graveyard.
25:05Uh, so this way you're getting that
25:08spell twice and then they get banished
25:10and then you get another card from the
25:11top of the deck. Oh my god, anytime I do
25:15that I I this the amount of appreciation
25:18I have for that combo is ridiculous.
25:22Uh, a little background on Conclave of
25:25the Spheres. Uh, they are organized into
25:28two different magical spheres. uh
25:30thinking of them mostly like magical
25:33universities, corporations.
25:35Uh different spheres specialize in
25:37different forms of magic. Their
25:40philosophy motto is profit or perish.
25:44All right? And they are heavily
25:46connected to leastm.
25:48Uh least is the strange blue substance
25:51used to manipulate reality and perform
25:53powerful magic. Uh powerful but
25:56potentially dangerous magic as well.
26:00They value knowledge, magic, influence,
26:02and opportunity.
26:04They don't necessarily need to overpower
26:06an enemy when they can, when they can
26:09out maneuver or manipulate them. How
26:12they play, strong focus on magic and
26:16spells. Amazing range capabilities. When
26:19I tell you I can keep my opponents
26:21halfway across the board, I'm not lying.
26:24Lots of battlefield manipulation.
26:26Nothing better than teleporting uh using
26:30telekinesis, moving one of the uh your
26:32opponents away from a husk uh when they
26:35think they they've got the upper hand on
26:37you. Can disrupt enemy positioning and
26:40plans, movement and teleportation
26:43tricks,
26:44rewards planning several moves ahead,
26:48and probably maladiction's closest thing
26:49to the uh traditional control faction.
26:53Uh, great for players who enjoy spell
26:56casting, ranged attacks, tricks,
26:58positioning, and outsmarting your
27:01opponents.
27:03Counter spell, counter spell, counter
27:05spell. That's what I'm talking about.
27:08Uh, very easy description. Conclave
27:10wants to outthink you. All right. I
27:14think the last game that I played where
27:16I was over to overtake the board, I did
27:19it within like 20 minutes. It was it was
27:23it was brutal. It was against uh
27:26Carbonach. It was amazing. I wish I had
27:28video of it. Um
27:31but yeah, so Conclave of the Spheres in
27:36my opinion, at least for my gameplay,
27:39any anything that I ever play, uh
27:42whether it's card games or video games,
27:46I'm always going to be uh let me look
27:49this up.
27:51I'm always going to be a caster uh no
27:54matter what. I think they are the most
27:55fun you could possibly have. Uh the look
27:59on your opponent's face as you just
28:01destroy them
28:03with the conclave with your spells with
28:06Polyenor uh when they thought they were
28:08going to do one thing and you kind of
28:10destroy their whole thinking process.
28:13It's amazing. The one deck that I think
28:18really makes me sit down and re-evaluate
28:23my thinking is the uh Legion of the
28:26Fallen. That that deck, that faction
28:31uh really just kind of it it it humbles
28:34you. It humbles you. I'll tell you that
28:36much. Um who used to there was a
28:38wrestler who used to say, "I humble you.
28:41I humble you." Who was it? Um, the Iron
28:43Chic.
28:45The Iron Chic. If you don't know who
28:47that is,
28:49you didn't have a great childhood. Cuz
28:51man, knowing the Iron Chic when I was
28:53younger, it also shows my age.
28:55[laughter]
28:58Um, the next one that we are going to
29:02look at, and I'm trying to find an image
29:04here. If I could just learn how to type
29:07that would be great.
29:10All right. There's like no images
29:12really.
29:13Uh
29:15I was hoping for a really good image,
29:17but we could do we could do do an image
29:19of cigarett. You know what? This one
29:22works good. Open link in new window. Oh.
29:26Oh, it took me here. Oh, this is
29:27perfect. This is perfect. All right. So,
29:32Order of the Shattered Throne. Uh
29:34durable, defensive, frustrating to play
29:37against. That is an understatement of
29:41the year to say that they are
29:42frustrating to play against. I just
29:44played against them yesterday at um at
29:48Top Deck in Cherry Hill and I was
29:51playing against Mac uh one of the
29:53members of Deviant Dice Rollers. And
29:56when I tell you it was a frustrating
29:59match to say the least, um, it was it
30:03was frustrating as anything as they just
30:05kept healing each other over and over
30:08and over again and I I had nothing to
30:11nothing to come back with. Uh, great for
30:15players who enjoy holding objectives.
30:18Uh, defense or armor, discipline,
30:20formation represents structure, faith,
30:24discipline, and restoration. They're a
30:26healing deck. All right. Sees itself as
30:29the the heir to the great civilization
30:31that existed before the fall and wants
30:34to rebuild the lost golden age. That's
30:36what they're all about. All right. They
30:39want to make male addiction great again.
30:40That's what they're trying to do.
30:42Believe stability and order need to be
30:45restored to the world. Important
30:47distinction. They're not simply
30:49stereotypical good knights. They believe
30:52strongly that their vision of
30:54civilization is necessary. They're
30:57willing to make sacrifice to accomplish
30:59it.
31:01Uh strong nightly holy warrior
31:03aesthetic. Very disciplined compared
31:06with factions like Primal Blood. All
31:08right. How to play them? All right.
31:10That's what everybody wants to know. How
31:11do we play these guys?
31:14Uh strong defensive faction. Generally
31:17durable models, armor and defensive
31:19abilities. You're playing the long game
31:21with these guys. All right, you're
31:23playing the long game. You're staying in
31:24for the long haul. Units can be uh armor
31:27and defensive abilities. Units can
31:29benefit from supporting one another.
31:31That was one thing that was happening
31:33during my match yesterday where um I
31:37think it was Sigth was uh in a cluster
31:40with a bunch of other units and she was
31:43just buffing them like crazy. He was
31:46units can uh uh benefit from supporting
31:49each other. Positioning and formation
31:51can be very important. Good at
31:54establishing an area and making
31:56opponents fight to remove them. True.
32:00True. Less about explosive aggression.
32:02More about surviving and controlling
32:04important positions. and great for
32:06players who enjoy knights, armor,
32:09defensive play, formation, holding
32:12objectives, and methodical strategies.
32:16If that's stuff that you like, then
32:18guess what? Order of the Shattered
32:20Throne is where you want to be. Uh that
32:24is a faction that is going to make you
32:26very happy. I'll tell you that right
32:28now.
32:31Uh easy description. Order wants to
32:33outlast you and they do. And they will.
32:36They will. They're going to outlast you
32:38and there's nothing you're going to be
32:40able to do about it.
32:42All right. Now, we move on to Legion of
32:46the Fallen.
32:52Uh where in the starter uh pack you
32:55would get Vorandall,
32:58which here he is. Look at that guy. Look
33:01at that mug. Can I click on it? There it
33:04is.
33:05Vorend Doll. He is he is a a a really
33:10badass looking dude. Great to paint. Uh
33:14the other seeker from
33:18uh the uh faction box. Uh Morar. Morta.
33:22I say so many names I can't pronounce.
33:25Um she she frustrates the hell out of
33:27me. Sage, I'm looking at you. Even
33:30though you haven't been around playing
33:31often, I still have nightmares.
33:34Legion of the Fallen, Undead, Numbers,
33:37Attrition, Necromancy. Okay. Your
33:40toughest matchup as a Conclave play.
33:42Conclave player. I cannot agree enough
33:45on this one. This is the toughest
33:47matchup I'm going to have. Uh the
33:50primary undead ne uh necromancic
33:53faction. Uh the living and dead exist
33:57together within their society. Their
34:00philosophy toward death is very
34:02different from the other factions. They
34:03don't necessarily view necromancy as
34:06inherently evil, which I would [snorts]
34:08have to beg to differ. Uh they see death
34:11as a problem that can can potentially
34:13become uh be overcome. So death can
34:16become be overcome. If I say become
34:19overcome one more time, just turn the
34:22knob, shut the computer off, hit pause,
34:25throw your MP3 player out the window. Do
34:27people still have those? Do all that
34:29stuff. All right, I won't say it again.
34:31I promise. cuz I don't want you to ruin
34:32anything that you have. Manipulate the
34:34life and death force known as soul
34:37breath. Uh their necromancers practice
34:40the anushva. Anushva sounds like
34:44something from um [laughter]
34:47sounds like something from the Adams
34:48family. Manushka
34:50uh can raise the fallen and command
34:52spirits.
34:54Preserve knowledge through the dead.
34:57ultimately seek to overcome the curse of
35:00death. And their philosophy is
35:02essentially death doesn't necessarily
35:05have to be the end. It doesn't
35:07everybody. It doesn't have to be the
35:08end. Uh how to play
35:12strong emphasis on numbers. Can put lots
35:15of bodies onto the battlefield.
35:17Excellent attrition style faction.
35:20Comfortable trading models for
35:21advantages. Can overwhelm important
35:24areas. death and losing individual
35:27models isn't necessarily as devastating
35:30to their overall strategy. Can gradually
35:33grind opponents down and great for
35:35players who enjoy undead necromancers.
35:39Basically people that are, you know,
35:41still have issues. [laughter]
35:44You might be going through a phase. Uh
35:46large number of models. Oh my god, the
35:49amount of models sacrificing pieces
35:51strategically attrition overwhelming
35:54opponents. That's the problem. You just
35:57get so many units on the table, you're
35:59just overwhelming everybody with undead.
36:02Easy description. Legion wants to
36:04overwhelm you. Well, guess what, Legion?
36:07I feel overwhelmed and I don't
36:09appreciate you overwhelming me when all
36:13I'm trying to do is play with you. I'm
36:15just trying to play. Don't be mean.
36:19All right,
36:20next one. And the final one.
36:24Where is he at? Where is he at? I'm
36:25gonna You know what? We're not moving
36:27forward until I find my boy. I'm not
36:30moving forward until I find him. He is
36:32the poster child. Well, he was the
36:33poster child. I think he still is. In my
36:37opinion,
36:39he is still numero uno
36:42number one.
36:45And I'm going to find
36:48There he is. That's a good
36:50representation. Ah, no, no, no. You know
36:52what I thought it was? You ever you ever
36:54click on a Google image and you think
36:56that's a good representation and it
36:58becomes bigger and you're like, h maybe
37:01not. Maybe not.
37:04Oh man, I'm clicking on stuff and things
37:06are popping up. What the Here we go. I
37:09think this will work. I know it's not a
37:12big enough payoff, but Primal Blood
37:16and we're talking about Thundersteps.
37:18What? Zoom in. Yeah, it zoomed in on
37:19them. Look at that big bad boy. Look at
37:22that big bad boy. He's also been known
37:25to be uh called out as thunder lips,
37:29thunder cheeks,
37:31thunder steps,
37:34and all the above. But it's neither here
37:37nor there. Where's he at? Let's get down
37:39here. Brahma Blood, aggression, damage,
37:43speed, risk. Just run in there. earning
37:47her with ruthless
37:50aggression.
37:56All right. Warriors and shamans divided
37:59among numerous kiths connected to I
38:03can't even say her name. Yamirus the all
38:06mother also connected to Avakra the
38:09dreaming warrior. If you have no idea
38:11what I'm talking about here, you got to
38:13go read the lore over at
38:14mailaddiction.gg.
38:16strong relationship with the primal uh
38:18forces of the world. Uh culture
38:21emphasizes strength, survival, freedom,
38:24proving yourself against powerful
38:26opponents.
38:28Shamans channel primordial magic
38:31connected to Yamirus and the power can
38:34carry pain, sorrow, and rage. Primal
38:37blood is essentially willing to turn the
38:40raw power into a weapon.
38:45Uh, I don't know what that was. How to
38:47play. Maladdiction's aggressive,
38:48hard-hitting faction, capable of dealing
38:51serious damage. Wants to get into combat
38:54and create pressure. Generally doesn't
38:57have the same defensive tools as the
38:59order. It's not going to. It shouldn't.
39:01Uh, rewards commitment and aggression.
39:04All right. A lot of charging. A lot. Can
39:07create extremely powerful offensive
39:09turns. often ex accepts additional risks
39:13in exchange for greater damage. And I've
39:16seen that forces opponents to react to
39:19them and great for players who enjoy
39:21aggressive play, melee, big damage, t
39:25taking risks, constant pressure, and at
39:28the end of the day smashing things. Do
39:32you like do you do do you sit there uh
39:34at home on the couch just thinking I'd
39:38much rather be smashing things? Because
39:41if you do,
39:43I'm going suggest you go get a Primal
39:46Blood deck cuz you're going to be able
39:48to smash things. Just don't flip the
39:50table. Easy description. Primal Blood
39:53wants to smash you. Smash. Just
39:58All right. I'm I'm aging myself, but go
40:00back to the Flintstones. Bam. Bam. Just
40:02smash. All right, that is all of the
40:06factions that we wanted to talk about.
40:08Well, that we can talk about because
40:09it's all the factions they have. Um, I
40:12mean, we talked about the main seekers
40:14that go into them, but there's a lot of
40:15seekers uh that make up the factions,
40:18the dual factions. So many different
40:21combinations you can make. It's it's
40:23it's amazing with such a small product
40:29pull to pull from the amount of
40:32combinations you can already make so
40:35that you're never playing against
40:36somebody who's playing the same exact
40:38deck. I have not played against somebody
40:40playing exactly the same thing. There's
40:43no real this is the right deck, this
40:45card has to be in there, this card has
40:47to be in there. Everything has been
40:49different so so far and it's made for a
40:51lot of fun and interesting games I got
40:55to tell you.
40:56Uh so please leave in the comments, let
40:59me know the Discord, the tavern over at
41:01deviant dicerollers.com.
41:04Uh what what faction do you claim? Which
41:08one do you identify as? Do you identify
41:11as Order of the Shattered Throne? Are
41:13you with me with Conclave of the
41:15Spheres? Do you want to smash things
41:19with primal blood and thunder lips,
41:21thunder steps? Or are you the Legion of
41:25the Fallen and you love the undead and
41:27you think, "What's the problem with
41:30necromancy?"
41:32A little raising of the dead.
41:34What's the big deal? Just because you're
41:36dead doesn't mean you can't still fight,
41:39right? All right.
41:43Coming up on September 5th in uh Top
41:46Deck Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the first
41:48Agnar.
41:49This is going to be uh Deviant Dice
41:52Rollers first tournament. It's going to
41:54be Top Deck's first tournament for Mal
41:56Addiction. All right, you get to
41:57register over on Long Shanks. I will
42:00make sure to put a link in the
42:03description for this, but there's also
42:04links all over the place, including uh
42:07the website deviant dicerollers.com, the
42:09Discord, Deviant Dice Rollers, and uh
42:13I'm trying to put it up as many place I
42:14can. It's going to be starting at noon,
42:18$25 entry, which goes towards the prize
42:20pool uh forever wins. standard format,
42:2420 player cap, and prize support,
42:27including best painted and record-based
42:30uh uh and record-based uh store credit.
42:34Um
42:36there's also one extra little add-on to
42:39the first tournament. We've actually got
42:42a representative from Loot Studios that
42:44if you have been in the Malad the
42:46official Maladiction Discord, you know
42:48him. Jason, the community manager. He's
42:51going to be taking the trip to the event
42:54on September 5th. Uh coming out to party
42:57with us. Uh celebrate Mel Addiction,
42:59celebrate a game that we all love and
43:01have some fun. So that'll be cool to
43:03have a representative from Loot Studios
43:05there. And I want to see you guys there.
43:08I want to see every face come out, play.
43:11I want to see your uh miniatures. I want
43:14to see what you've painted. or if you
43:16just are wearing using the standies and
43:18the flat terrain. I want to see what
43:20kind of deck you've got, who you've
43:22chosen, uh you know, what faction, what
43:25seeker. Uh it's very interesting to see
43:27what everybody comes to the table with.
43:29So, please uh go over to Long Shanks at
43:33the link in the description and sign up
43:36for that.
43:38Grock's Grock, if you haven't met Grock
43:40yet, let me pull up Grock. So Grock
43:43here. I'm gonna get him. I'm gonna get
43:46him. Grock is Yep. Come in here. Go
43:51there. Grock is our resident mascot for
43:54Deviant Dice Rollers. All right. Grock
43:57is everywhere. Grock is taking over like
44:00crazy. And I am very proud to have him
44:05be the face of Deviant Dice Rollers. And
44:08here he is. Grock is is a happy golucky
44:11guy. He's a tavern guy. He likes to
44:13play. All right? He's not from the male
44:15addiction universe. He is a player. He
44:18wants to sit down at the table. He wants
44:19to play with you. He wants to have a
44:21game. He wants to drink a beer. And he
44:23wants to have a good time. All right? He
44:25wants to paint. He wants uh to print. He
44:28wants to show off what he's got. That's
44:31who Grock is. Grock is available on the
44:34site. He's going to welcome you there.
44:36He's also available on the Discord. You
44:38can go in there and ask Grock a qu
44:40question. He's going to lead you in the
44:42right direction. And very happy to have
44:45Grock as the the frontman, the Dave
44:49Thomas to the Wendy's, but Wendy's was
44:52really the
44:55the figurehead, but it was really Dave.
44:58My brain hurts. Say hi to Grock. Anyway,
45:01[laughter]
45:03Grock's Tavern question of the week. If
45:06you could only play one maladiction
45:08faction for the rest of the year. All
45:11right, I'm sorry. For next year, we're
45:12almost at the end of this year. Why
45:14would it be for this year? For for the
45:16next year, which one would it be and
45:18why? All right, so you can't play any
45:21other faction. You're not allowed to
45:23pull out a different faction deck. You
45:25have to play one and that's it for the
45:28next year. Why? Let us know over on the
45:31tavern or let us know over on the
45:33Discord. I would love to hear you guys
45:35his answer. Um, so in closing, as we
45:39close out this episode, which I've been
45:41having a blast with, thank you guys for
45:43joining me for episode 3. I'm looking
45:46forward to episode four, five, and
45:48beyond. Uh, really appreciate how quick
45:51and how awesome this community is
45:53growing and having fun. Again, it's what
45:56it's all about. Uh, I invite you guys
45:58all to please visit
45:59devianticrollers.com.
46:01Play Gro Games that we talked about in
46:03the beginning. Go up on the leaderboard.
46:06If I come over here right now and enter
46:08the site, I'm going to see who's at the
46:11top of the leaderboard for uh the enter
46:15war room. [snorts] Uh, if I come over
46:18here, uh, I'll let you guys watch what
46:21I'm doing. If I come over here to
46:23challenges and mini games, if I scroll
46:27down to the bottom, here we go. The the
46:29Gro Hall of Fame most experience earned
46:31across every game in the tavern. The top
46:34of the list is Talk to Mish. Talk to
46:36Mish. I'm going to say that's how you
46:38say your name cuz there's a T O. Uh, I'm
46:43second. Toxic Mike. Third is Gardifax.
46:47Fourth, Guido. Fifth, Demonoid. and six,
46:52uh, Ramal addicted. All right, so head
46:54over there, play some of the games, and
46:57maybe you'll end up on the leaderboards
46:59as well. Join the tavern to join some
47:03discussions over there. Join the
47:05Discord. We're constantly in there.
47:07There's a lot of discussions. And right
47:09now on the Discord, we've got uh show us
47:12your warb band, which I thought show us
47:15your warb band was going to be showing
47:16us like your painted minis or something,
47:18but it's really become show us your
47:20pets. I'm not upset about this. This is
47:22a great thing. So, if you want to show
47:24off your pets, go over to the Discord,
47:27go to show us your warb band, and show
47:29off your pet. [laughter]
47:31And please, please, please go register
47:33for the first Agar tournament uh over at
47:36Long Shanks. again. Link in the
47:38description.
47:42I wanted to keep it under an hour, did
47:43I? Yes, I did. [laughter]
47:46Trying to make these episodes uh not too
47:49long. I don't want to go a full hour.
47:51around half hour 45 minutes I think is
47:53more than enough to have a really
47:56meaningful conversation to teach you
47:58guys a few things about male addiction
48:00for the newcomers for the season vets
48:03for those people that are trying to
48:04midmax and the people that are just
48:06trying to have fun I'm trying to do
48:08episodes a little bit for everybody uh
48:11but also not take up too much of your
48:12time so you can get back to playing cuz
48:15I know that's what you want to do right
48:19am I right or am I
48:20Or am I right? Right. Right.
48:25All right. With that being said, uh
48:28again, thank you. I am Toxic Mike. Thank
48:30you for hanging out with me. And until
48:32next time, I will see you beyond the
48:36conclave. I'm out. Thank you.
48:52Every roll tells a story
48:55just like this one.