Ye Olde Inn

by **wallydubbs** » February 11th, 2025, 1:22 am

Just curious guys, how'd y'all do in the battle in Quest 6? The quest notes "When the dragon is defeated..." But when I played
the Dread Warriors failed:
The 4 Dread Warriors ran in, killed 2 Orcs and a Goblin (one Orc successfully blocked).
The goblins all took turns, most of them missed, I got a hit on a Dread Warrior, the remaining Orc landed 2 hits defeating 1 Dread Warrior. The Dragon used Ball of Flame to deal 1 damage.
2 Dread Warriors attacked the Dragon, who blocked all hits. The 3rd Dread Warrior took out a goblin.
The Dragon killed a Dread Warrior while the remaining Green skins delt 2 damage against another Dread Warrior.

Both Dread Warrior then flopped on their attacks and were dually killed.

I got my ass kicked both times (on the app). The first time, the goblins got lucky and did a lot of damage. Firestorm finished off everyone on Qwindrak’s second turn. One of my warriors was able to run up to the dragon and do 3 damage in one blow, however.

My second attempt, I slew all the cronies with little damage and surrounded the dragon. After poor rolling and the dragon blocking everything, Firestorm finished off my team.

So far it seems very unlikely they can win with Firestorm at his disposal.

by **Kurgan** » February 11th, 2025, 8:18 pm

Seems we're still waiting on the fancy "FanRoll" First Light dice. Though I think they look like an improvement over the previous releases (for readability at the table) I'm not planning to buy them because they're "limited" run.

We've also seen that the First Light copies sold in the US (at Target) so far all feature white movement dice with red pips. Meanwhile the copies sold via Hasbro Pulse in the UK are red with white pips (like the 2021/2022 GS).

by **SirRick** » February 11th, 2025, 11:55 pm

Kurgan wrote:Seems we're still waiting on the fancy "FanRoll" First Light dice. Though I think they look like an improvement over the previous releases (for readability at the table) I'm not planning to buy them because they're "limited" run.

We've also seen that the First Light copies sold in the US (at Target) so far all feature white movement dice with red pips. Meanwhile the copies sold via Hasbro Pulse in the UK are red with white pips (like the 2021/2022 GS).

Do copies in the UK still contain the one colored dice?

by **Kurgan** » February 12th, 2025, 1:09 pm

I hear it doesn't work properly in the app if there are less than 4 heroes in play. For the physical board there's no issue because one player could control more than one hero (and also more than one bad guy in this case). Of course none of the FL quests were designed for less than four (and it seems unlikely one would die without a save before the battle event).

So far everyone from Target has said they're white with red pips. Everyone from the UK who got from Hasbropulse has said red with white pips.

I think the combat dice in all sets are the same color... kind of a bone/ivory color rather than pure white like the originals.

Edit: Got confirmation from at least one UK fan, that their combat dice in FL are the bone/ivory color.

by **wallydubbs** » February 27th, 2025, 7:41 pm

Just got done with my first playthrough with First Light. It's a decent enough story. I like the dynamic of civil war among the Dread constituents is nice. Kassandria doesn't exactly make an appearance as it's her Witch Hand doing all the dirty work. Qwindrak has to be defeated so many times before he stays dead, but I kinda understand that this is how they showcase the Dragon. It's a very powerful monster, I'm curious to see what it can do in the arena. Due to its speed and constant Ball of Flame it would easily beat the Ogre Lord. I don't care for the very end when the Dragon Egg hatches and a dragon with a sense of mature consciousness flies off. But it seems like the baby dragon has constant communication with Mentor. So that part seemed a little off to me. I see it ended before the King actually gets stuck at Keller's Keep meaning it seems to end right around Quest 12 of the Game System.
Also, just an observation, but there were no Mummies throughout the quest pack.
I wasn't sure if the fight with Qwindrak at the end, where he throws meteors, are the heroes allowed to defend?
Also the battle in Ring of Return i don't see how the Dread Warriors are supposed to win unless they're supposed to be DoomGuards. But just the same, the 4 Dread Warriors lost this battle.

by **SirRick** » February 27th, 2025, 11:41 pm

wallydubbs wrote:Just got done with my first playthrough with First Light. It's a decent enough story. I like the dynamic of civil war among the Dread constituents is nice. Kassandria doesn't exactly make an appearance as it's her Witch Hand doing all the dirty work. Qwindrak has to be defeated so many times before he stays dead, but I kinda understand that this is how they showcase the Dragon. It's a very powerful monster, I'm curious to see what it can do in the arena. Due to its speed and constant Ball of Flame it would easily beat the Ogre Lord. I don't care for the very end when the Dragon Egg hatches and a dragon with a sense of mature consciousness flies off. But it seems like the baby dragon has constant communication with Mentor. So that part seemed a little off to me. I see it ended before the King actually gets stuck at Keller's Keep meaning it seems to end right around Quest 12 of the Game System.
Also, just an observation, but there were no Mummies throughout the quest pack.
I wasn't sure if the fight with Qwindrak at the end, where he throws meteors, are the heroes allowed to defend?
Also the battle in Ring of Return i don't see how the Dread Warriors are supposed to win unless they're supposed to be DoomGuards. But just the same, the 4 Dread Warriors lost this battle.

The app tells you to roll defend dice when the meteors shoot at you. So I would say yes.

by **Kurgan** » February 28th, 2025, 2:35 am

Apparently all the boxes other than the ones sold by/at Target have red movement dice with white pips so far (while Target has the reverse).

by **j_dean80** » February 28th, 2025, 5:12 am

Kurgan wrote:Apparently all the boxes other than the ones sold by/at Target have red movement dice with white pips so far (while Target has the reverse).

Finally picked up a copy last night from Target. Mine had the white dice with red pips too.