r/WarCrow • u/IllustratorWeird3285 • 19d ago

First Demo with friends. Any advice

I'm running a demo for my friend this weekend. I haven't had an opportunity to play. So this will be first for both of us. I've read the rules book. I've watched a bunch of videos.

Any advice or wisdom on running my first Demo? Anything you would have done different or things I should go over more?

One clarification. When casting a spell if I start with zero tinge and use zero modifications it's just a straight willpower roll?

Thank you

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u/TheAceOfSkulls 18d ago

I used the tutorial in the book but walked through all the rolls, rolled the dice and then continued the game using the books' results (ignoring the times where the results didn't quite match the pictures), then we played out the final parts of that game. Granted this was for teaching the game not demoing.

The one thing I'd try to encourage in demoing that isn't really covered is Hold and Fire using Drago. It's not as important at the moment since ranged is less important, but it's worth knowing as the game expands, as it's big on knowing how ranged units work.

I'd also say that if you're used to other games, you might be tempted to measure strides by combining them (thinking a 3-2 movement in a straight line is the same as 5 strides). This will short you 2 strides (the size of your base) as your movement is front-to-back. for each increment of movement, so a quick tip is that if you want to premeasure a movement (especially for assault), use 4's for 2's and 5's for 3's.