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This time, I'll focus on "Embergard," which serves as the starter set among the various Underworlds products available.
I hope you will stay with me until the end this time as well.
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Product Contents
Embergard contains the following products:
・Rulebook (+ Quick Start Guide) ・Miniatures for two players (Stormcast, Skaven) ・Tokens for the game ・Game board and specialized dice ・4 Rival Decks ・Warscroll cards with Stormcast and Skaven abilities, etc. ・Fighter cards detailing each miniature's attack methods
This product is an excellent value, allowing two people to play Underworlds just by purchasing it.
You can play Underworlds with two people just by buying this product.
The price is a bit high at 15,000 yen, but since you can play Underworlds with a friend just by buying this, it effectively becomes a much more affordable 7,500 yen per person.
Recommended aspects of Underworlds
What I like most about the game Underworlds is that you can play with fewer miniatures.
For this starter set, you only need to assemble 3 Stormcast and 5 Skaven miniatures to play the game.
It's easier to get started than other games, and the game itself is enjoyable.
・It's hard to prepare a lot of miniatures. ・I'm not good at measuring distances with a tape measure. ・I want to play an easy-to-understand game.
If any of these apply to you, definitely start playing Underworlds!
You can play with significantly fewer miniatures compared to other games.
Since we're on the topic, I'll now introduce the performance of the warbands included in Embergard: "The Embergard Guardians" and "Zikit's Diggers."
Stormcast: The Embergard Guardians
This warband consists of 3 fighters.
※Warbands with a small number of fighters usually have stronger individual fighters.
Front? It shows the miniature's name and a short story.It displays this warband's 'Inspire Condition' and 'Ability'.
The inspire condition is to use any of 'Attack,' 'Move,' 'Charge,' 'Guard,' or 'Focus' from within the enemy territory.
Since it's "from within the enemy territory," you'd probably charge the opponent first, so inspiring would likely happen from the second turn onwards.
All Stormcast in the Embergard Guardians have a high HP of 5 and possess both ranged and melee attacks.
Among them, ① Ardoon and ② Farasa's defensive capabilities improve when inspired, so I feel it's good to actively push them forward.
※What is Inspire? It's a system present in all warbands, where fighters become slightly stronger when inspired. For example, Ardoon's defense dice increase from 1 to 2, and his attack dice also increase by one each. If you roll more dice, the success rate of attacks and defenses increases, so it's good to actively meet the conditions if possible.
Before InspireAfter Inspire
Skaven: Zikit's Diggers
The Chaos Skaven consist of 5 fighters.
Each has less HP and lower defensive capabilities than the Stormcast, but they compensate with higher movement speed.
"More, more power!" sounds strong, but it's high risk lol.
The inspire condition allows you to choose one fighter to inspire at the end of the action step if an ally takes damage or is slain.
Tiktik (⑤) is a fighter who does not award points to the opponent when slain, so it would be best to send him to the front lines first.
The ⓪ on the left represents the points an opponent gains when this fighter is slain.With 2 HP, it's good that it can't be defeated in one hit by the Embergard Guardians' ranged attacks.
Leader of Zikit's DiggersThis fighter also gets an increase in defense and attack dice when inspired.
Bonus
Differences between the starter set and individual products Currently, several individual products are available, containing: ・Miniatures ・Warscroll cards ・Fighter cards However, they do not include the "Rival Decks" found in the starter set, so you cannot play just by buying miniatures alone. Individual miniature products are intended for those who already have cards (Rival Decks) and want to play with new armies, so please be aware of this.
Fighter cards are included, but Rival Decks are not.
※Conversely, this product only contains cards. If you get tired of your current cards, try buying this.
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Currently, as a special price for spreading Underworlds, it's on sale for exactly 15,000 yen, including shipping!
