by Tennberg
I played this game during the preview weekend at my FLGS with a few people from my game group, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. I was able to play both as a hero and as the overlord, and found myself enjoying the role of the overlord much more.Now that the game is out, 2 people in my group have picked up the game and we are tentatively starting the campaign this coming Wednesday. Since I enjoyed playing the overlord so much, they have offered to let me play that role. Before that preview weekend, I have never played the role of overlord/GM in anything, and would love to hear suggestions on how to be great at it.
I suppose the main thing I should ask them is if they're looking for a straightforward experience or if they're looking for one that is much more thematic. This will help to decide if I tell them every aspect of the quest or if I hold back some information (such as why they're needing to pick up item X, why they're killing X of something, if I should make search tokens fully visible or if I should only spawn them when the heroes are adjacent).
Beyond that, I know as overlord that my objective is to win. As such, I need to play better than the heroes, though I don't want to make their experience overly harsh or overly boring. I welcome any and all suggestions on how to succeed at this role.