The Crimson Scales

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Campaign play — This is basically a standalone campaign in the Gloom Haven world and universe. It has a whole campaign that you play through. It has 65 New Missions with different pathways.
• Card Play — It has combat decks, reward cards, and monster ability cards.
• Collectible Upgrades — It includes a sticker sheet for all of our little upgrades and bonuses.
• New Character Classes — It brings in brand new character classes that you're going to be taking on your adventure with you. It brings them in and levels them up and has the full expanse of the Gloom Haven experience mixed into it.
• Scenario Book — The rulebook and scenario guide walks through the different campaigns and missions.

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• hello welcome to calou thank you for being here today I am bringing you a quick unboxing of what I think is the single most impressive fan-made expansion for any board game ever in the history of board games
• the insanity that went into the production of this is off the charts
• this is basically a standalone campaign in the Gloom Haven world and universe
• the production quality is on par with Gloom Haven
• Holy cow not only is that dark and twisted I think potentially darker and twisted than what I see in Gloom Haven typically but I'm heavily heavily compelled
• The developers journals here that give you an insight into the background of how they're actually created for me is really compelling
• I don't know I I it's just it's really inspiring honestly I know a lot of people that have gone through the process of falling in love with a board game and then wanting to create something in the game Universe something substantial

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• Boss battles — Includes new and unique boss battles.
• Character progression — Features new characters and mechanics, suggesting character development.
• scenario-based play — Involves playing through scenarios with a focus on survival and success or failure.

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• screw it that's the title of this video
• This is the real followup to Gloom Haven
• this is the heart and soul of what people fell in love with
• you've got 48 hours until the original creators who did all of this for you the community at no cost or at at no uh you know reward to themselves no profit to themselves nonprofit they have their first ever game over on Kickstarter now
• you can unback that campaign the moment after you leave a comment
• for you naysayers for you Reddit trolls for you people who told me to stop doing giveaways because it only was to benefit my channel screw you
• I don't need to convince you all that it's worth it or that it's good so I'm not going to that's my job
• if you're still watching at this point it means you're irresponsible and you haven't gone and done the one thing that I asked you to do so that you can win a copy of a game that you literally you literally cannot buy it

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• Mmm, when in doubt, err toward omission. A null field is always better than a wrong field.
• The most important thing: rules are meant to be broken. Why else would they make books so thick and impossible to remember?
• Here's the thing I think it balances itself out and I also think you never play board games right.
• We're playing through Gloom Haven right now, we're actually going through we're we're probably going to get I hope almost done with Crimson scales Trails of Ashes.

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• Kickstarter today is not what Kickstarter yester year was
• Kickstarter has bought paid tricked lied swindled and convinced you that you need every single thing under the sun
• The stuff that's getting the most attention the stuff that's getting the most noise the stuff that is tricking people into backing buying and supporting beyond their reasonable means a lot of that stuff is stuff that doesn't belong on the platform
• this video is an analysis of what's gone wrong on Kickstarter and an advocacy for holding Publishers accountable and rewarding Publishers who are doing things right
• The contrast of that and the thing we have to recognize is that creators like this need to succeed on the platform
• if you are frustrated with how the kickstarter industry is you should do something about it
• Creators like this Indie creators small creators firsttime Publishers creators from diverse backgrounds from various regions of the world who are collaborating working and bringing a dream to life are often times the most abused and overlooked on our platform and in our industry
• Our industry disregards takes advantage distorts lies manipulates betrays you the fans betrays the Publishers who are trying to make a dream come true takes money right from us from them
• Publishers who care about their Community who support their fans who give updates who let you know what's happening Who deliver products
• we should support and reward the public Publishers who do it right
• Ro's my example I can't think of another person in our industry who has went out of their way for a board game they loved to the degree that Mti and his team have
• if you're complaining on my videos if you're talking about how manipulative the kickstarter space is to me in person or over the phone or you leave a comment my first response from this point forward is going to be hey who'd you back for a dollar who' you support
• The dollar just allows you to make the comment that's it and and that's where these small Indie Publishers that are trying to battle the big you know Mega companies that are you know a ble to uh generate thousands and thousands and thousands of comments in a day on their first day of C of launching the people who need the attention are those small guys they need that algorithm boost

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• the 10 things we wish we knew before ever buying or diving in to this Behemoth Masterpiece and uh overwhelming board game
• one thing I wish I knew before I started playing is the monster AI is not like Dungeons and Dag dragons
• Jaws the lion I wish I knew jaw the lion existed
• you're going to have some new best friends through through Gloom Haven
• I wish I knew that I needed an organizer
• the Mechanics will tell the story The Mechanics will reveal the characters the mechanics will give you epic climactic finishes almost every time you go on this journey
• Gloom Haven is a commitment
• you don't have room in your life to play table purchase obsess over any of these other big box scale games you can only have room for one

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Attack modifier deck — Each player has a deck of modifier cards that are drawn to determine the final damage or effect of an attack.
• Combat goals — Scenarios can have specific battle objectives that grant bonus check marks upon completion.
• difficult terrain — Hexes with difficult terrain cost extra movement to enter and can be interacted with by character abilities.
• Element infusion — The Fire Knight can generate fire elements, which can enhance abilities.
• Experience points — Players gain experience points for performing certain actions or defeating enemies, which can be used to level up.
• Hand Management — Players select two cards each round to determine their actions, and careful management is needed due to powerful abilities that exhaust cards.
• Hazardous terrain — Tiles that inflict half the damage of a trap when entered, remaining on the board indefinitely.
• Immobilize — A condition that prevents an enemy from moving.
• item acquisition — Players can acquire items from treasure chests or through scenario rewards.
• Ladder overlay token — The Fire Knight character has a unique token that can be placed to gain bonuses, considered difficult terrain.
• loot — Players can perform a loot action to collect coins or other items on the board.
• Personal Quests/Milestones — Each character has unique objectives that, when completed, unlock new content or modifiers.
• poison — A condition applied to enemies that deals damage at the start of their turn.
• Resting (short/long) — Players can rest to recover cards and health, with different initiative order consequences.
• retaliate — An ability that damages an attacker when the enemy is attacked, with specific range and timing rules.
• Stun — A condition that prevents an enemy from taking an action.
• summons — Some enemies are summons that do not drop gold and are removed when defeated.

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• The single most ambitious incredible fan-made product ever for a massive game.
• Hand management is going to be a key factor of your game play.
• My core abilities are going to deal with imbuing more influential effects like higher level poison and higher level wound.
• There's no excuse at all for not subscribing, liking and leaving a comment because it is the way that we are able to continue creating this content.
• Always put your ladders over top of rough and tenuous terrain.
• An unsteady unsound Foundation is the first step in proper ladder usage.

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