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Role Call Part 7 - The Specialists

There's one more part due for this series, it will be on Off-Tanks, but I'm waiting to see if Willow arrives on the Simulator during the Black Friday update, because I want to discuss Sword based Off-Tanks in the video because they're an interesting new form of Off-Tank

Next Dark Bestiary video will be in 2 or 3 weeks, it's going to be on The Gorm. That'll be followed by either a review or a primer on People of the Lantern, then after that it will be Dark Bestiary - Screaming Antelope.<...

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The 2024 Players Guide to Buying Kingdom Death: Monster – Part 2 The White Boxes

With the expansions covered in last week's post it is time to dive into the White Boxes. Now by a “White Box” what I mean is the releases that come in higher quality boxes that are usually white along with some more glossy printing of artwork on the box and plastic sprues in the box. I'm not going to cover the content that comes in the plainer brown boxes that come with photoresin prints such as the beta content because that stuff really seems to be thrown out for a single sale and once i...

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Flash Sale!

Hi all, as you may be aware I'm only part way through my treatment and also our dog managed to score a vet bill that's nearly 900 Euros. As such I've decided to downsize my KDM collection and will be selling off various things. This is the first selection that's going in order to create room in the display cabinet.

This occasional is the only way I'm going to be releasing miniatures painted by me, I do not do commissions because they don't spark joy and I can't put my best effort into ...

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The 2024 Players Guide to Buying Kingdom Death: Monster – Part 1 The Expansions

As I wrote a couple of months ago, once the Gencon releases had landed with me I would take a week to write out an updated purchasing guide to try and help provide some way through the now dozens of white boxes and expansions that we have. In order to do that I'll have to first of all deal with a certain elephant, but before that let us round out what structure I'm going to follow:

For each entry, I'm going to give a paragraph or two outlining what the particular release brings to the g...

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Kingdom Death: Monster Review – Lantern Aya White Box

Legendary characters are born with a story to tell. Included character cards foretell a journey on a grand scale. Use only one legendary character card per campaign. This character's story unfolds throughout their lifetime.

The mounting evidence of close scrapes and inexplicable escapes invites sideward glances wherever she stops long enough to be known. In her hands, a...

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Kingdom Death: The Dark Bestiary - Chapter One - The White Lion

Here's the White Lion video. Recording session clocked in at over 2 hours of footage, final video is a bit less than that.

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Kingdom Death: Monster Review – Survivors of Death 1



This product is best experienced with Gambler's Chest and Frogdog Expansions.

A celebration of survivors from Kingdom Death: Monster. Featuring four updated sculpts of strangers struggling to survive the darkness. This set includes a range of rules and tools representing the ways survivors might harness the world around them for their own gain. F...

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Kingdom Death: Monster Review – Golden Bat Hunter Foltron (Beta)


The shining wavelength of pure gold is the only visible wavelength for the otherwise sightless bat. The monster fills its habitat with gold-trapped survivor remains, depicting arcane messages only understood by its species. Foltron, one of the most flashy of the Golden Bat hunters, wields a gilded weapon, baiting the monster to follow as the others use their relative obscurity to hunt the darting cr...

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Kingdom Death: Monster – Glow Review

Legendary characters are born with a story to tell. Included character cards foretell a journey on a grand scale. Use only one legendary character card per campaign. This character's story unfolds throughout their lifetime.

Glow was born with glamorous future. Between fantasy and flesh a vast chasm of questions. A precocious child, she was a clever, nimble-fingered art...

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Between Heroes and Monsters - Primal: The Awakening A Review


Primal: The Awakening (Hereafter referred to as Primal) is a 1 to 4 player card based boss battling game from Reggie Games. Originally launched via Kickstarter, Reggie Games are now moving to a webstore based platform for selling the game, this is something I greatly approve of and as such I think it's a great ti...

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The Dark Bestiary: Introduction (Early Release for Pillar Patrons and above)

Introduction video for the biggest series; this will alternate with Role Call for a few releases as I finish out that series.

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The Good Boy Who Waited: A Review of The Black Knight Expansion for Kingdom Death: Monster

Before we get into this, I'm going to start with a Patreon only “editor's note” that explains why it takes such a long time to review things that involve nemesis content – this won't be present when I post this review on BGG.


When reviewing any KDM content, the kind that is encountered more often and earlier in the timeline is faster for me to get to review. This is because get to choose when and how often I hunt them. This means I can get enough repetitions in wi...

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Gen Con Releases: First Impression Reviews

I recently got to see the Gen Con KDM content ahead of it being reaching the shop, which I assume will be on the last Friday of August; this is a rare opportunity for me to review the content before the sale so you can make a slightly more informed decision about what is the right fit for you. So I am pushing this week's post release to Thursday (today) in order to give enough time for you all to get additional info. I am going to return and review these fully next month, but there are so man...

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Early Release for Pillar Patreons - Role Call - Part 6: Lancers

Somehow, despite the side-effects from treatment I've managed to find not only a window where I was mostly lucid enough to record this, but also a second window where I can edit it.

Enjoy! Next time will be the start of the Monster/Showdown guide series.

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Kingdom Death: Review – Seed Pattern Willow White Box

Editor's Note: This is a shorter review this week because I am hit by a lot of side effects from my treatment. I do however have two large reviews coming up in the next 2 to 3 weeks. Including my full review of the Black Knight Expansion and a Review of Primal: The Awakening. Primal is going to become a 'Purchase via the webstore' brand soon and I really like that they are attempting to not return to the Kickstarter Well and instead choosing a direction that gives them more direct control...

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Early Release for Pillar Patrons - Role Call: Part 5 - Archers

On holiday, I'll be back week commencing the 12th with a look at Primal: The Awakening, because rumblings are that the game will be getting a second crowdfunding release and it is something any Boss Battling aficionado should seriously consider picking up. Think Marvel Champions deck construction based gameplay with a really high level of player synergy, combined with monster hunter style equipment crafting and topped off with simple miniature positioning combat.

Beyond that, I'll have ...

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Gambler's Chest Expansion Review – Encounters and The Bone Eaters

Spoilers for:

  • Bone Eaters

  • Marrowism


As we have finished looking at Marrowism I am now going to take a look at the Bone Eaters; however, the structure of this review is going to be a breakdown and review of the Encounter system in isolation, followed by a spoiler review specifically into the Bone Eaters themselves. So this means if you are curious abou...

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Kingdom Death Simulator Review: Echoes of Death 1

Surprise, recorded this earlier this week and I just was able to get it uploaded. Sorry it wasn't faster!

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August State of the Patreon

Currently on the painting desk and making apperances on the board, the Frogdog! This one isn't even halfway done. Another miniature like the Killennium and Gambler which is really loads of miniatures in one.

Hello all,

Occasionally I try and do a general kind of 'state of the patreon' address, especially at this time each year to note that I take the first week of August of as a...

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Kingdom Death: Ultimate Showdown Board Review

Note before we start the Gallery Above contains a lot of close detail images if you want to see some of the interesting world building features sculpted on this board.

This week my copy of the Ultimate Showdown Board arrived, and ahead of it turning up in the KDM shop I wanted to actually try and get a review out ahead of a release. Most of the time I just cannot do that because I do not get any form of early release, so I cannot pass up on this opportunity. However this means wh...

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KDM White Box Review: Indomitable Survivor Morg

Note: I have a video review of this box on the YouTube Channel (see this collection here); you can disregard my concerns about the content being digital only there because it now has a physical release. Unless we have a situation where that changes and the KDS starts getting digital only game content, I am no longer concerned about that situation.

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Kingdom Death: Beta Content Review – Sky Fisher Melo

She cast the line and watched the faintly glowing lure disappear into the darkness overhead. Feeling a slight pull, she let the line slacken and braced her feet, driving her heels into the stone mouths. With a sudden yelp, she was yanked out of view, leaving just the echo of dismay in the emptiness.

Melo is our latest beta content release, this time providing a new Fish resource for us...

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Early Release for Pillar Patrons: Role Call Part 4 - Supports

Public Release: 24/7/2024.

Next video in this series will be on Archers. Then this series is going to alternate with the Monster Breakdowns.

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Arc Philosophy & Knowledge: Part 18 Marrowism 2 – Knowledges

I must confess a lot of excitement about getting to break down and discuss this particular group of knowledges, they have parallels with how Blood Paint, Gorment Armor or People of the Skull can change your game experiences if you embrace them in that they offer a very striking alternative play style when compared to the usual routes one takes in the game.

Expansion of the mechanical space in...

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Kingdom Death Simulator Review of Skrelle and Morgan

Released early for A Pillar of the Patreon and above tiers; general public release on 17/07/2024.

I wanted to get a review of these two boxes out without disrupting the timing for the Role Call series, so enjoy a bonus review video this week, "Role Call - Supports" will still be coming out next week for those of you at these tiers.

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Arc Philosophy & Knowledge: Part 17 Marrowism


Spoilers For:

  • Marrowism

  • Reference to Homicidalism

  • GCE Encounter System

  • Twilight Sword/Katana Mastery

Quick additional spoiler note; I would really recommend that you complete Marrowism's ranks before reading this particular article. You've been warned.

If back when the seco...

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KDM: Role Call - Damage Dealing - Patron Early Release

Released early for "A Pillar of the Patreon" tier and above. Public Release on 10/07/2024

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Kingdom Death: Monster – Björn Beta Content Review


Despite their precautions, the survivors that craft the hide of the bitter beast spend lantern years wearing an unintentional expression of disgust on their faces. Only the hardiest survivors wear the resulting gear, breathing exclusively through their mouths.

Box Contents

  • Björn photoresin miniature

  • Large Matte Art Print

  • ...

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Kingdom Death: Monster – Elsbeth White Box Review

Elsbeth was born from her mother's armpit. So the settlement always said she never knew the way. Breathlessly struggling to keep up with the others as they journeyed through the gloom.

Often her directionless senses leaves her in peril, but occasionally a glint of opportunity is found lost in the gloom alongside her.

Box Contents

  • Elsbeth Pla...

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LaserOx: KDM Gambler's Chest Organizer Review


LaserOx sample photo of the insert from their site. See link at bottom of this review for more images from them.

This review is not sponsored in any way or form. I purchased this direct from LaserOx and received no special treatment/review copy or similar.

Just over 4 years ago in May of 2020 2024-06-21 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post