My adventures with the Isofarian Guard continue. Grigory and Alek face off against our first boss of the campaign and, well, you can see how it goes. What does the boss add to the game? And does it feel different than other battles? Those are the questions I wondered. Join me at the table as I play, on Malts and Meeples, more of The Isofarian Guard.

The Isofarian Guard – Boss Battles

A boss battle is part of The Isofarian Guard that I have had yet to play. And an interesting part, for me, in that I wasn’t sure how much it would differ from regular combat. The simple answer to it is that it didn’t differ all that much. But it is harder, which is what I expect from a boss battle.

I think it reminds me of how they recommend playing Dungeons and Dragons. The idea is what you battle a number of times throughout the day. I think it’s something like six times, so if you have a team that is loaded and ready to go a boss battle won’t be so bad. But as you fight throughout the day, a boss battle becomes harder and harder. You use more resources that would be useful.

The Isofarian Guard kind of feels this way. If I went into that fight full health, no negatives in my bag, I would have won. But because I went in down health with negatives already in one of my bags, it made it harder. I like that about it because I can’t just assume that I’ll win. There is a grind of the travel and combats leading up to the boss fight.

I also think that I could have been higher leveled. If you make it to the end of the fight, you’ll see how many chips I’m drawing for Grigory and how I am able to manipulate them. That offers an interesting shift from the faster battles. I can activate Grigory almost fully, but do I get the best benefit or, like at the end there, was it hurting me because I drew out a lot of poison. But it lets you ramp into bigger and better attacks.

Upcoming Streams

So, next Monday I want to play one of two games. I have Trailblazers that just came in what I want to learn. Or I have Cursed!? a little solo game that seems like a lot of fun as well. So that is what I am debating about for Monday. Monday streams happen at 9 PM Central time. And I will announce what game I plan to play, probably about thirty minutes before hand.

Then on Wednesday, it is time for more of The Isofarian Guard. This happens at 8 PM Central and I will be playing for two more weeks. After that, at the start of October, the focus will shift to my Top 100 Games (of all time) 2023 Edition. I do that every year around this time and try and finish up before the holidays. So I hope that you will join for both more of the Isofarian Guard as well as my Top 100.

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