Amathul / Marc

That’d be me!
I got into Kingdom Death: Monster during 2023 after having followed the game for about 9-ish years on and off so I am still a fairly “new” fan. For the longest of times KD:M felt like a unicorn amongst board games to me, something ethereal and/or perhaps unattainable, and I was incredibly happy when I first unboxed my very own copy of the Core game.
After showing the game to a few of my friends I thought it would be a neat idea to post pictures of one of my campaigns on Instagram – which was a fun but flawed experience, with picture and text limitations being just too stringent most of the time. So, here I go again, this time with a dedicated site for my antics and hot takes.
I am pretty sure that I over-corrected a bunch after that first attempt on insta, but eventually the solid middle ground will – without a doubt – be found.

On this site you can expect Lantern-Year-by-Lantern-Year campaign play, update and expansion overviews, pictures of my amateurish painting and just about anything KD:M-related I find the time to write about.
Eventually I would like to do something on the game’s lore as well, but that is pretty much the hardest part about the game .. figuring out what is actually going on. Not to mention that condensing any revelations down into coherent write-ups won’t be an easier.
As for any game-play content: settlements will fail, whilst others will prosper. Just don’t expect me to min/max too hard or actually play all that well. For me, the stories the game tells are the most important bit, not which item is the “best” or most cost-effective.
I have gained some insights into my own play patterns at least over the last few years, as I typically opt for immediate power. So far this has secured me a fairly stable early to mid-game, but it falters towards the end (of PotLantern at least)
Aside this, up until now, just me being a Luck-vampire has carried me through a lot already.

Ever since I got the game I have been spending a lot of money on plastic (but at least the voices can’t get to me now) and as far as major expansions currently I own:
– Core
– Frogdog
– Gorm
– Flower Knight
– Spidicules
– Dragon King
– Sunstalker
– Dung Beetle Knight
– Lion God
– Pariah
– Red Witches
– Slenderman
– The Black Knight
– Killennium Butcher Vignette
– Screaming Nukealope Vignette

with pre-orders running for Titan Bee, Honeycomb Weaver and Screaming God/Parasite Queen.

Add to that a bunch of White Boxes:
15th Anniversary Survivors, Guinevere, Jackel, Survivors of Death Vol 1 & Vol 2 and Glow being some of the stand-out ones that I have written about before.
I have not backed anything of the game on Kickstarter or Backerkit.

About me? Uhm, I’m from Germany and I’ve studied Screenplay Writing and I enjoy working creatively. I spend a considerable about of time recovering from the when I had to care for my grandma. Though I am reaching a point were it feels less easily justified to bring this up.
I also enjoy video games – from Elden Ring to Anno, to Hunt Showdown or Guilty Gear, my tastes are all over the place, and I am partial to Anime. Which shouldn’t be that surprising for somebody playing KD:M.

Video game-wise I am currently enjoying: Guilty Gear: Strive and Anno 117.

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The Feline Entity

She is the true ‘Star’ of the show. She enjoys being pet, play-fighting (more or less seriously), walking across the game board, sitting on gear grids, shoving monsters around and trying to bite into survivors and their weapons.
An ever-present menace living in the shadows, when I set up the game, she usually comes to check on me and my survivors about once per lantern year.
She has also been pretty good at buffing monsters recently, and so far she has refused to tell me how she does that!

It’s not all KD:M for her though, she also likes messing with my Call of Cthulhu preparations, long naps and snacking on treats.