It’s deep in winter now as Bumir travels through Lands of Galzyr by Snowdale Design. His adventures have led him many directions and he has part of a treasure map. Where will that lead him and will it be worth the effort that he takes to complete that adventure? Plus, what other adventures await him on the board as he traverses the lands?

The Game – Lands of Galzyr

Let’s talk about the skill system this week. It is one of the core elements with how you roll your dice. And the dice are the main core element to the game. Most everything else is story focused. So how you setup your skills matters and determines a lot of what you do.

Each character is going to have a balance of how they start with their skills. Bumir was very sneaky, combative, and good at survival to start. And since then I’ve progressed him a few times. Though, only with the combat trait, or what was originally the combat trait. I now have him focused on sneaking, perception, and survival.

But it is important to think about how you space everything out in the game. I’m not sure what the ideal would be. Four spots with one each, two spots with two each. If those two spots are opposite each other, that means for every roll you get two good dice. And for two of the roles you get two really good dice. But with four different ones you are never as strong in a single thing, but consistently better in everything.

Now, optimally, I think you would play either of those configurations if you can, probably the one in any skill. It makes it harder to get a hard, but a lot of the time your options have a medium which would make a lot more accessible. But I like having something I’m really good at it. It makes three skills more likely for me to use. And I think that setup makes it more interesting.

Multiplayer

I do want to mention multiplayer. Clearly I’m playing this solo with one character, I could do player multi-handed, but that wouldn’t be as fun and would get through more of the story for me. But in multiplayer you might consider focusing on two skills because other players might have the other skills.

Now, if it’s competitive, you might get someone to partner with you or you might not. So there is a risk there. Cooperative you are much more likely to play in a group and optimize what you are doing. That way all players will be able to partner and hopefully get the best results that they can.

Upcoming Streams

So, next Wednesday, I don’t have the link up yet, I’ll be playing more Lands of Galzyr. I’m excited as we turn the leaf into a new year to see what happens. I don’t expect the game to change much, but it might add in a new event for me. That’ll be at 8 PM Central time.

And on Monday, different time than normal, 8 PM Central, I’ll be streaming another solo game. Maybe I’ll do more One Card Dungeon game play. But I’m hoping to have a new solo game ready to play around with by then. We’ll have to see.

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