

Bleed decks can benefit from having multiple sources of damage, but combo decks that grow too large can become a burden to manage in late-game play.
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That may take a few runs of trial and error to learn mechanics and introduce yourself to the cards – so take every encounter as a learning opportunity.ĭon’t be afraid to discard old cards (especially single use cards) to keep your deck manageable. Try to keep your deck relatively trim with cards you’re comfortable with in battle. It’s easy to run through the game accepting every card that comes your way, but that will lead to a bloated deck. Always take advantage of this option if you’re low on health – some deadly groups of monsters roam around at night. You can head to The Grog n’ Dog inn at night to talk to Fssh and sleep in your room. You can talk to Fssh who sells food items that will give you an advantage during combat. Always look over new card details if you’re unfamiliar with a new card. It also gives you a summary of that day, showing any new cards, grafts, and relationship changes that happened that day. Sleep allows you to regenerate your health and resolve. You should always remember to rest at the inn by ending the day. Remember, killing brings personal consequences and factional consequences. The white flag state will last for three turns and every character needs to be in surrender state to be successful. Every opponent that isn’t a pet or a summons has a ‘cower’ point where they will throw in the white flag. If you do end up in combat, try to resolve it by allowing the other party to surrender. Be careful when you fight and try not to kill very much, but do what you have to do to survive. You’re also at an increased chance of being ambushed by another bounty hunter. Being infamous can lower your stats and give your run increased difficulty. But you’re also wracking up enemies who can destroy a good run. Rampaging across the Griftlands and killing everyone can feel great, winning battle after battle. When You’re Notorious, They Come for the King Access to friends can bring unique dialog options, combat skips, and better negotiations with fellow faction members. Drink with someone before a negotiation if you plan on friending them or their faction. Making friends in bars before fights will give you backup in tense situations. Having more enemies than friends can really put you at a combat disadvantage. Each of these phases will affect how characters can interact with you – from discounts to extra health. You can move between love, like, neutral, dislike, and hate.

There are five stages of a relationship with characters in Griftlands. As in real life, it’s always better to have friends in high places who can grant you favors when needed.

Having friends grants boons that can be useful for both combat and negotiations. In failures, you may lose help for a mission or be forced to resort to combat to survive the encounter. For successful negotiations, you may win a character’s loyalty or convince them to help you out. When you start negotiating your way through the Griftlands, you make friends and enemies. That’s preferable to losing all your hit points and dying in the dirt after you bite off more than you can chew by angering Admiralty goons. You need resolve to perform a successful negotiation, which can fail the task and present new outcomes. Trying to get someone to bend the rules in your favor or ignore an indiscretion of yours? Negotiating will get you farther than fighting them. Even in duels, you should accept your enemy’s surrender rather than outright killing them. There’s a web of interconnected NPCs, all with best friends and a reason to hate you if you kill them. If you go around fighting everyone, pretty soon the whole region will hate you. The Griftlands are a dangerous place and no one likes a bandit. Negotiate Your Way – Nobody Likes a Bully These Griftlands tips and tricks will get you ready for surviving your first day in Murder Bay.

It’s also a game that requires a lot of trial and error, which may be frustrating for beginners. The story-rich game presents you with multiple opportunities to resolve conflicts in many different ways.
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Check out our full Griftlands review for our thoughts. While the main focus is resolving combat and negotiation with your card decks, Griftlands is much more of a slow burn, with a higher focus on narrative. Griftlands gets compared to Slay the Spire a lot because of the card-based deck-building gameplay – but the comparison isn’t a good one. Need some tips for surviving in Griftlands? You’ll need to rethink your strategy if you’re killing everyone you meet.
