Embers of Muatt - Mechs & Leaders Update - Twilight Imperium: Prophecy of Kings
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- čas přidán 25. 12. 2020
- Rulebreaker revisits the Embers of Muatt - with a look at how things have changed for them since the release of the Prophecy of Kings expansion for Twilight Imperium 4th Edition.
Join us as we look through their Mech units, Leaders, and new possibilities.
Twilight Imperium 4th Edition Codex print file and rules are available at www.fantasyflightgames.com/en...
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the Codex section.
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Keep in mind that the start forge ability not only triggers the mech ability but also the commander since you spend the token from your strategy pool. That makes it a lot more economic.
Correct, also if you have multiple mechs in or adjacent then each mech gets infantry. So a command token for 2 fighters and 4 infantry that can be worth it and game changing on your home system or Mecatol end game.
@@jaystrickland4151 unfortunately the flagship doesn't trigger the mech but it does trigger the trade good.
Yeah, that is interesting. Nice!
@@jonaskramer7205 You are right it is still pretty useful though.
Remember everyone, it explicitly states that the Ghost of Creuss delta wormhole is not a home system. Nothing stopping from replacing it with the superior Muaat supernova.
On the one hand that's so evil! On the other hand, if they are in the lead you just prevented anyone from being able to take their home system.
This would mostly just help the gost player. Having an unreachable home system is extreemly good and if they wanted to leave their home sytem they could just build their flagship or generate a wormhole.
This has up-sides and down-sides though! Seems like a very targeted move for your once-per-game special. Funny though :)
This was never a sound tactical move but to the nay sayers I offer this extra bit of the delta wormhole. Their flagship contains a delta wormhole and if I am remebering how this can work a non ghost player with lightwave deflectors, enabling your ships to move through systems containing other players ships, and enough movement can go theough their flagship to their home system.
@@smallunit338 Yes. I've seen this done, specifically while the Ghosts were using their flagship to attack someone else's home system. It's hilarious.
Played these guys for the first time this weekend and ended up in 2nd place with them. The combination of their Agent, Commander, and Mech are amazing. Didn't get to use Nova Seed, but I threatened a lot of people with it, so that still counts.
Definitely a fun faction. Would 100% play them again.
Thanks so much for making these videos. Great to get ready and learn about the races before we get the expansion and start playing :)
Glad you like them! It helps me learn them too, to be honest!
@@RulebreakerBoardgames Teaching others is a great learning experience and even though it would be cool to jump in blind, I fear the added time it would take to learn it as we play would be too much.
You can't jump in blind to this game. Not if you want to enjoy it.
Thanks so much for making these videos. Love'em!
You are very welcome, Christian. Glad you like 'em
I really like these guys! Thanks for the video!
My pleasure!
Interesting observation about Muaat using destroy and producing supernova for negotiation power. Very subtle (?) technique but one that may be overlooked during the game. Great videos - keep going! (LOL)
I'll keep going :)
Do keep in mind the stack ability / synergy of starforce! I wasnt a big fan of it either before POK, but now it is first of all a stall, than you can build destroyer or fighter, you'll get a tradegood and if you have two mechs around you'll also get two free infantery! Which makes you're starforce worthy of three resources in general. Aka the cost of a token. And that in my humble opinion is definitly worth it, since you'll be producing without activating and you're also stalling. Couple that with Umbat you'd basicly could have a dread, couple of destroyers and a fighterscreen and a bunch of infantery laying around your warsun without ever having to activate any of it.
If you're able to get a hold of mecatol you'll also have two extra tokens at your disposal, meaning per round two stalls, 2 destroyers or 4 fighters and four infantery. The economics behind it really line up rather well actually.
Uhh man! U are so nice for sharing this stuff with us! Big Thanks to your Work you put into these Videos!
Thanks, Dennis. I'm enjoying making them too.
3rd time playing and I decided to try these guys out. Only the 2nd race I ever played. It caused absolute chaos, the game took 13hrs and we had to split it between 2 days. I almost won with these guys, needed 1 point left, would’ve been my 1st time wining, but lost cause someone cheated (we found out later) was not disappointed playing as them tho. Blowin up a whole system and having those warsuns was beautiful. Will play them again
Nova Seed is going to give the Embers a nice edge because opponents won't want to clump their fleets together - which makes it easier for the Ember warsuns to mop them up. Super scary power.
The agent is also excellent, definitely a turn 1 play to produce another carrier with infantry; the agent also makes a lone warsun not 'alone' any more - also scary.
The commander synergises nicely with the Star Forge power, so combined with the mech you are gaining a decent amount for your command token compared to before.
Overall I think the Embers gained a good deal; the upgrades further cement them as the 'warsun faction', and make them far more reliable in the early game.
Their biggest weakness was the slow start. Now they can have a decent start.
Yeah they still are the War Sun faction in my eyes, but hopefully they are more diverse as they seem. Can't wait to play them.
Played my first POK game a week ago with these! Especially love their high utility agent and hero, but I lacked influence most of the game so I never felt like using those few tokens on Star forge or Ember colossus. Overall, Nova seed with Magmus reactor is pretty threatening and you can basically claim a tile for yourself by sweeping away your opponent at the same time.
Ah fantastic to hear someone has actually played them. So Nova Seed is as scary as it seems?
@@RulebreakerBoardgames I'd say it is very strong ability but still not too op in my opinion. Some factions seem to have an op commander that doesn't require exhausting the card so imo Nova seed works as a balancing leader for Muaat. :)
Star Forge's cost can be expensive or not. 2 fighters and possibly 4 infantry for 1 command token is not bad at all. Plus a token with the commander ability.
Your Omega Magmus Reactor looks great. How did you get it printed in such good quality?
Great etsy seller based in Lithuania. www.etsy.com/ie/listing/809937338/twilight-imperium-twilight-codex
@@RulebreakerBoardgames they look great, thanks!
Embers opening move. Take diplomacy. First action play agent produce 1 carrier and 1 destroyer in home system ( 1 infantry if one of your neighboring planets is a 3 planet system or if highest resource neighboring planet is 2 resources). Second action take highest resource neighboring planet and other planets in system ( assume warsun with 2 infantry and 1 fighter). If someone suggests rushing tech remind them you will play diplomacy and give them the ability to spend 6 for two tech. Play diplomacy refresh home system and highest resource planet. When tech is popped research sarween tools. Hopefully warfare is popped at some point in which case you should follow and build 1 carrier and 1 infantry ( or just the carrier if your highest resource planet is 2). Once the dust settles you should have between 5 and 7 planets. If your neighbor has taken trade and you get unstable fuel source you may want to send a destroyer for trade at some point as well.
I like this open; however, I have been going AIDA instead of Sarween... then Magmus reactor and WS2.
@@brandonbiondo9208 yeah it comes down to if you want one more system at the start or rush warsun prototype 2. Also if you do not have three systems near your home system.
I didn't quite understand what this codex was about. Why would FFG put additional stuff outsode of the game for self-printing?
I guess it's a cheap way to give extra content to players? I think many would buy it as a small expansion made by FFG, personally, but they chose this method maybe as an experiment.
@@RulebreakerBoardgames thanks for the explanation! Well, if these small-scale expansions include "balance patches" as well then I already feel like I got an outdated product. :(
And printing and cutting them out of paper certainly feels cheap between the other components. Not to fond of this method of distribution I have to say.
Does the Nova Seed get a Frontier token?
No, Frontier tokens are just placed on non-planet systems at the start of the game, this happens later, but the Empyrean leader could give it one.
Trimeus is correct.
What if the Embers player used Nova Seed on Malace (wormhole nexus)?
I am not sure! I assume it's a valid move. If anyone else knows, please respond here.
I think it does work, turning the spiral system to a supernova hex, which will still be unconnected to the rest of the galaxy. And the wormholes of mallice... I think they also go, but maybe creuss tokens/exploration gammas can stay on the system.
I am not so sure about that, it just has the Muaat’s Insignia to tell you that is not a natural supernova and did not start on the map. Muaat is their home, but they can build in novas with their magmus reactor omega.
You can blow up the Nexus. And then Ghosts hero can swap it with Mecatol, if you want to work together to steal the capital forever.
The main thing that really busts my chose about this faction is how the flagship does not synergize at all with starforge. Both cost a command token, so you have to choose which to do, and while the mech synergizes with star forge, it also does not synergize with the flagship. I hate it. I hate the flagship so much.
could they blow up malice?
Doesnt look like there is anything stopping them.
I don't see why not.