by azoxystrobin
I've played a few games now. All of my friends want to play the good guys all the time, so I am the resident bad guy.The heroes lose 95% of the time.
A lot of the above tips are spot on.
Flingers are great, I don't usually send them into melee, but use them to harass, if they pull a hero away from the group, they are doing the best job.
Kobold mage can pull the same trick, 3 magic attacks from a distance can be great.
Once I pulled the "+1red will die" loot card for the monsters, at first I was like :( but then I kept winning initiative, and shooting 2red+1blue magic blasts !!
I find that the monster loot is usually the final nail in the lid of the coffin. Just about any loot is good, but when it applies to ALL the monsters.
Pick one hero, gang up and get rid of !
Don't spread your attacks, just go for one hero at a time, once one falls the others will be in trouble, partly because they simply won't have enough actions to do everything.
Go for the low def heroes first.
Dwarf and rogue are the worst :( so many red dice to defend! so many "immunities" not fair ;)
Ah and the other thing, try to make them waste potions, or at least use them up. Potions can and will save the heroes, but no potions means no way out.