Mage Knight - Learn While Playing

Here is my Mage Knight tutorial, where I teach the game as it is being played. Paid sponsorship by WizKids.

Teaching Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
Game overview - 0:54
Game start - 4:33
Choosing tactics cards - 5:30
Player turn - 7:17
Moving your figure - 7:47
Using mana - 9:02
Cards used for general attributes - 10:42
Attacking enemies - 11:40
Gaining fame - 16:27
Reputation explanation - 17:00
Reverting your turn - 17:45
Ending your turn - 18:14
Depleted source dice - 18:35
Exploring new tiles - 23:33
Keeps explanation - 25:48
Influencing a village - 26:43
Recruiting units - 28:06
Healing explanation - 30:5844
Plundering a village - 31:19
Mage Tower explanation - 35:28
Gaining spells - 36:02
Playing healing cards - 39:17
Leveling up - 40:15
Gaining advanced action cards - 40:40
Gaining skills - 41:22
Provoking rampaging enemies - 43:49
Enemy resistances explanation - 44:57
Enemy magic damage - 51:38
Siege & fortifications explanation - 52:42
Enemy resistances - 53:19
Monastery explanation - 1:01:04
Artifacts explanation - 1:02:51
Crystal Mines explanation - 1:03:54
Ending the round - 1:04:56
Player & unit resistances explanation - 1:07:37
Rest turn explanation - 1:16:17
End of the round - 1:17:04
Monster Dens explanation - 1:21:15
Dungeons explanation - 1:22:05
Ancient Ruins explanation - 1:22:55
Endgame scoring - 1:24:28
Cities overview - 1:25:51
Player vs player combat overview - 1:27:21
Brief expansions overview - 1:29:27

[GettingGames]

CORRECTIONS:
17:30 - Clarification: Reputation modifiers only affect influence totals when you interact with locals, not necessarily every time you use influence.
57:07 - I could have used our 1 Siege Ice damage skill to defeat the Fire Golem without using Rage. The Fire Golem efficiently takes Ice damage, so only 1 is needed.

[daniyelme]

Man, I don't even want to play, I just love hearing you explaining it. You're so awesome!

[erichchaves]

You are one of my favorite rules teach in the internet, Jon. You have taught me dozens of games through the years! Thank you so much for everything!

[geerstyresoil]

Yes!!! Love Mage Knight, sorely needs updated youtube tutorials. Can't wait for new coop campaign expansion.

[Mike_James]

the greatest teacher meets the hardest game to teach. FINALLY!

ive posted this tutorial in several discords already. love the way you explain games Jon.

[Cyberplex]

Thank you! Still need to learn this game lol Sitting on my shelve for years.

[CristianoErre-shkh]

My first game Ever and a milestone none can even comparate with!!

[woltergeist]

I purchased the ultimate edition today. I will keep coming back to this excellent tutorial until I have a really good understanding of the gameplay!

[melblack]

Thank you! This was a helpful clarification of the rules :)

[mcjedwards]

Great video thank you! Great explanation and amazing editing.

[noodlemans]

I will say this game is worth the time it takes to learn. The investment pays off imo. The puzzle of how to do what you want with the cards you have is a brain burner. Trying to achieve the scenario objective before time runs out while negotiating that puzzle is really rewarding. Every time I play it, I internalize the rules a bit more and play faster. There’s so much to explore with the hero options, and the deckbuilding. It’s just an amazing game. I’ve only played it solo and it’s fantastic as a solo game

[baelrog]

1, 5 hour, alright im going for it! About time i started watching a playthrough / tutorial of this game.

[mzy]

Thank for the showcase for this classic. I think we have so many good old games that are buried in the pile.

[TinyTactician]

I've watched so many tutorials for mage knight, im happy to have yours to reference now as well!

[erikbergman]

A classic masterpiece! Whenever I look for a new adventure game I always compare it to MK.

[Skycroft]

I see you've added most of the corrections I noted. One small thing with the new stuff:

57:10 There was no need to play the Rage card here. You have 1 Ice Siege attack from your skill which the golem is not resistant to. In this case, now that you have reduced it's armor to 1, that skill alone can defeat the golem without you needing to play any cards. Unlike what you say at 57:30 you don't need one more attack. It means you would have activated Planning for once... except you only have two cards in your deck so it still wouldn't have mattered😆.

Great video as usual! Mage Knight is probably my favorite solo game (though Voidfall is currently giving it a run for its money in that regard) and the TTS mod is very, very good. I highly encourage it for anyone looking to give this game a try! There's a reason this game is the beloved of so many.

[timparks]

I’ve had this game collecting dust on my shelf for 2 years because I just couldn’t bring myself to learn the rules. I played it once, thought it had a ton of potential, but never played it again. Maybe I’ll try it again with this tutorial.

[lucduchien]

Thank you for this. MK has been a favorite for a long time, and I always need some rules review before I play.

And as a bonus, you give the back story, which I didn't realize even existed!

[tamiraloush]

Great video as always! Thank you for helping expand the Mage Knight community!
It is of course not complete (as it would take ages) and there are very little mistakes and missing rules, but I believe this will help tons of new players approach the game❤

[eruchii]

I'm interested in getting Mage Knight and this tutorial video is amazing in helping me understand the game before buying.
Great video!