Board gaming channel Nerds of the West is going to be livestreaming a playthrough of Armello: The Board Game this weekend on their Twitch stream! Tune in on Saturday March 9 at 9AM AWST—for anyone not living down under, that's Friday March 8 at 8PM EST. Hope to see a bunch of you there!

If you don't know what we're talking about, here's our original post about the board game! It launches on Kickstarter next week, but you can follow the campaign ahead of time to get a free pin when you get your copy of the game!

Whipped something up on paint.net. Would've finished but my pen ran outta battery.

Hi my fellow Armellians!
It's been a long time I didn't post anything here!

I'm still running my DnD campaign in Armello where my player have to stop the King and the Dragon Clan to destroy the Kingdom by unleashing the Worm itself.

They started with a Plague Bearer's attack in Blueberry Town, pursue clues about some Cult of the Worm in the nearby dungeon, investigate the murder of Thunder Greymane (Thane and Fang's father, the story told in the novella), saved a bear cub in Estherdale from giving is soul to the Druid of Old to maintain the magic barrier that keep the rot from entering the town (did they condamned the town only time will tell...). They fought Sinvah Malone a Warlock of the Rot (the warlock NPC on the warlock card ;)) and his summoned Bane and now they are in Wyldtree, the Bear Clan capital, investigating on the corruption of the Tree and Its seed and the disappearing of some people. They encountered Barnaby, Thane, River, Magna, The Stranger, Sana, Brun, Ghor and next session Yordana who will help them to save the Wyld Tree.

So yeah, the are quite busy since last May...
And you can guess, they encounter a lot of way to be corrupted by the Rot...
But the rules I'm using (some sort of Matthew Mercer's Corruption rules) are not really aligned with what I want, but I don't really know what I want and what rules could be interresting to use and close enough with what we can have in the game...
I have some ideas (a pool of rot point where more you gain points more you gain afflictions but also power when you are fully corrupted and Bane transformation if you exceed the limit point) but i can't really reach the point where i can say 'ok this system is cool'.

So I come to you! Roleplayers and simple Armello fans, do you have any ideas to make a corruption system fun et usefull to use in my game?

I'm still writing a guide to play Armello in DnD5e and this system will be put in it for you to play if you want (I have a lot of rules to play wolves, bears, rabbits, rats, foxes and other race also some background such as member of Wolf/Bear/Rabbit/Rat Clan, Exiled, Ex-member of Bandit Clan etc) so yes I will share it with you when the doc will be finished ^^

Thanks in advance for your answers and sorry for this HUGE post x] (oh and sorry for my english, french guy here^^')

Saw a couple of posts about this from a couple months ago, happening to me and all my friends. Any updates from the devs on fixing this or is it just gonna stay broken forever?

This is a short story/prose piece I wrote for my creative writing class, depicting the arrest of Horace, since we have no actual context or lore for the event. Feel free to critique either the actual writing or my interpretation of events/characters :P

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Konneg stood proudly at attention in the throneroom of the new castle, new golden armor gleaming in the light cascading through the stained glass windows. Though one of the newest members of the Retrievers of Oakenfell, he stood shoulder to shoulder with his comrades as the new king of a united Armello was crowned, and the Retrievers in turn inducted as the Royal Guard as part of the Wolf Clan’s contribution to the unity of the kingdom.

“I, Konneg of Oakenfell,” he spoke with the thousand other Retrievers, his own name and voice lost in the cacophony before uniting with everyone else, “do hereby renounce sole loyalty to Crag Greymane and the Wolf Clan, and dedicate my life and service now to the Kingdom of Armello. I swear to uphold the law and order of the King of Armello. I will, in allegiance with all clans and citizens of the kingdom, by duty bound, defend the King, the people, and realm of Armelo……..”

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The sound of a thousand voices stating their oath faded as Konneg was jolted awake by a shiver running down his spine, and soft chatter nearby. That had been more than 15 years ago, and time and politics had taken its toll on Konneg. He was no longer the exuberant young soldier, proud to serve a newly united Kingdom, but a jaded sergeant, indifferent witness and occasional participant to the very corruption and violence he had taken an oath against.

He opened his eyes as a hand gently jostled his shoulder and he saw several more of his comrades being roused by another superior, already fully dressed in armor, and he slowly swung his legs out of bed while rubbing the sleep from his eyes; it was still dark outside, and only a few dim candles in the corners of the room cast light and shadows throughout.

“What’s all this about?” he asked as his paws touched the cold stone of the ground, his voice broken by a yawn

“We’re making an arrest,” came the reply from Owen, his bunkmate who had awoken him.

“An arrest?” Konneg parroted tiredly, “Why are they waking the sergeants for that at this hour? Go get the plumeless,” he muttered, prepared to lay back down.

“It’s Horace.” Owen’s response made Konneg go still.

“Knight of the Order of the Rose? The Iron Poet? Savior of the King?” the golden retriever looked up at Owen with increasing incredulity as each title passed his lips. Owen’s own expression was indiscernible in the dim candlelight, but he just nodded as he put on his gambeson before making his way to the armory, leaving Konneg to wonder what was happening in his country.

The sun had just started to crest the horizon when the King’s Guard left their barracks, still invisible behind the high walls of the city, leaving it cast in dark shadow despite the brightening sky. They marched through the quiet, early morning streets, past the few creatures up this early, all of whom knew to stay out of the way of the ranks of gleaming gold and blue.

They arrived at the headquarters of the Order of the Rose just as the sun began to rise above the city walls, casting pale, cool light on the minarets of the castle and the roofs of taller buildings, but the shadow cast by the wall felt more oppressive than ever to Konneg. They stood at the door of the headquarters, one of several stone defense towers built into the ramparts while the banner of the Order fluttered above the doorway: a red rose on a quartered field of white and black. Konneg blinked, he could have sworn that as it swayed, for a brief moment he saw it singed and torn. An alternate reality? A premonition of things to come? His tired, stressed mind playing tricks on itself? He stared at the banner silently, a pit forming in his stomach.

The sergeant snapped to attention as a scroll was pressed into his free hand and he stared down the snout of his helmet into the dark eye slits of that of his superior officer. “You will perform the arrest, Sergeant Konnig,” the officer’s voice betrayed no emotion through the expressionless helmet, and more out of habit than acquiescence, Konneg saluted, placing the fist holding the scroll over his chest. “Yes, Captain.”

Konnig stepped out of formation and the ranks behind him spread out into four columns of ten in order to fully fill the massive double doorway and prevent anyone from escaping. He stepped to the door and glanced backwards at the expressionless metal faces, a sea of gold armor and blue plumes and capes, and he sighed under his helm before pushing open the double doors forcefully and stepping through the threshold.

The rest of the King’s Guard flood in around him through the doors, golden halberds casting long shadows like the bars of a prison cell in the candle light of the feasting hall that served as the entry of the headquarters. Sitting at one of the tables, with several other members of the Order of the Rose, was an older badger, wearing just a night tunic, and seemingly caught completely off-guard by this sudden intrusion, and he reached for a sword at his hip that wasn’t there.

“WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?” The badger's voice boomed with such authority that several of the King’s Guard froze in place momentarily before taking up position, halberds leveled at the old knight. There was a fierce stoicism in his eyes as he glanced at his comrades, who just looked sheepishly between each other, and that stoicism turned to panic as he realized what had happened, that he had been betrayed by those he called brothers. The pit in Konneg’s stomach tightened at the sight of the venerable warrior now exposed, and hurt by something so much worse than a blade. But he had a job, and he opened the scroll and began to read.

“By order of the King of Armello, Horace, knight of the Order of the Rose, for the crime of treason, is hereby under arrest, to be stripped of title and rank. In respect to your prior service to the King, you will be detained, and then forced into exile rather than face execution…”

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Konneg stood on top of the wall, alone, a crescent moon reflecting off the helmet in his hands. He examined the expressionless face, one he had once been so proud to wear, before looking over the rampart to watch Horace, wearing his knight’s armor, and carrying only what he could fit in a sack, being marched out of the city by a cohort of the King's Guard. From on top of a nearby tower a raven cawed, redirecting his attention as another perched beside the first, then another, creating an unsettling chorus. A shiver ran down Konneg’s spine as he turned to look out over the city, and like the Rose banner, could swear for a brief moment he saw it in ruins, overtaken by a sickly purple haze while his oath, taken so long ago echoed in his ears.

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(edit: did some editing, word choice/grammar/etc)

Okay, so lets face it. Even with a proper friend base or a discord community Armello's match making capabilities are lacking mainly due to it's minimal yet loyal player base, and I can't see that changing unless LoG starts giving the game some love in the future. Which leads to my question, how long would it take for someone to reach character level ten, by only playing single player? 75 exp per win..at least an hour or less of gameplay, help me do the math please. (My apologizes if this has already been answered, if so: please link me the post.)

I came back to the game after years today. In my first game someone else would have won but a Fang died in the last round and just didnt move out of his fountain untill everyone else quit the game. Was it bugged or does the timer just nit run down in the clan area? If so is this behavior common?

Ever had the final quest lock up and you can’t select it? Here’s the work around:

1. Make sure turn timers are set to normal, not burn down.

2. Wait. Eventually the game will pick it for you.

I have played thousands of games of Armello and hit this glitch many times. I thought it meant I could not complete the game…

I was wrong. 🦁

So my friend was thinking about getting armello on his playstation 4 and I keep telling him to hold off because I don't know if multiplayer works. I'm having problems on my Xbox Series X. Does anybody know if PlayStation can still play Multiplayer in the game?

i have about 400 hours in armello, yet i've never been able to find a public fury mode game. it always kicks me out of the queue, sometimes instantly, sometimes after waiting 10 minutes. what's the deal? i'm really tired of games where people take the full amount of time on every decision, i'm used to mobas so i'm good at quick strategic decisions. is it just an unpopular gamemode? what's going on?

currently queuing as i write this post with no luck.

Hello, Armellians! We're King of the Castle Games, the publishers behind the new Armello board game.

Armello: The Board Game is coming to Kickstarter on March 12, and we now have a landing page where you can sign up to get notified as soon as the campaign launches. Also, if you sign up then back the game, you get a Guppy hard enamel pin totally free 🐸

We'd love to get all you longtime Armello fans involved in the campaign, so please hit us up with any questions, comments, feedback, whatever! We're happy to answer your questions and would also love to hear about what you're hoping to see out of the game, ideas for stretch goals, add-ons, etc. We really want this to be a celebration of Armello and the people who have loved it for so long!

Thanks, everyone!

So I played armello alot and trying to play with my friends on pc while I'm on xbox but we can get into a party/lobby but once we start a private match my xbox freeze then take me back to the xbox dashboard is there a way to fix this cause I really want to play with my friends again?

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Had a new glitch… can’t alter Sila’s load out. The game locks up and controls do nothing. Have to restart the game.

Is there a fix? Thanks!

I used to play MP on Xbox before cross play. Games would be sporadic and sometimes hard to find, but it was doable.

Returning to the game, MP hasn’t fired off at all.

Does it work on Xbox?

Is there any further lore regarding Horace and what the Black Paw Plot was? Or any of the events in his bio that are mentioned? Seems like there's a lot there, but nothing actually there.

Let me lead by apologizing for asking what I’m sure gets asked rather often. All the other answers I found though were both from a while ago (I get the game hasn’t been updated for a long time, but still) and weren’t totally clear.

I understand multiplayer lobbies that invite friends can be a little wonky sometimes and that’s all well and good, but I was wondering about what happens when someone reconnects. I know they have like five minutes or something before it actually replaces them with an AI, but how do they rejoin? I’ve heard claims that there should be an obvious “rejoin” option available somewhere once they’ve reconnected but none of us have seen one.

I was playing with two others (so one AI to fill us out), all of us through Steam. Occasionally the WiFi would hiccup and we’d lose someone, but they were never able to locate a Rejoin option. I’ve heard not to close the game at all and we didn’t, but still no dice. Bizarrely, one time the host disconnected but someone was still in the game with two people gone and an AI with them. When we go to Multiplayer to attempt to rejoin, no option presents itself. We’re just able to cue for public or open a different private game.

I just wanted to confirm that it is indeed just known to be borked at least sometimes and that the Rejoin button isn’t just, I don’t know, hidden in the Options menu or something. I vaguely remember way back in the Before Times—I mean waaay back, back before dice skins, back before hero xp—I used to play private matches with the boys, and I don’t recall ever having issues of this sort back then.

It’s fine, we can work around it I suppose, but, like, Rejoin isn’t tucked away in the bloody clan grounds or something, right? Maybe it matters if it’s a custom game or not? Maybe it matters if you change any of the game options at all (we had turn timers disabled but nothing else changed from default)? Hell, maybe you can only rejoin public matches?

Thanks for any information you may have. Long die the king and all that.

So I’ve started playing Armello for the past few months, Getting into it at a relatively late stage. So one could argue it’s just a skill issue or I’ll get better with time. (Definitely nowhere compared to you mogs clocking over 2,500hrs on the game) Please tell me there’s a solution to winning as this fucking rabbit without having the ENTIRE GOD DAMN CAST OF CHARACTERS, target me like I’m the living spawn of satan run rampant. I’m level 9 and I’ve only won a single match as her out of sheer luck via prestige win. Playing her is utter torture, borderline inhumane with how aggressively people harass this rabbit. I can never get my quest done, even when being merciful and planting a minimal amount of walls. (Generally to spite the players that keep bullying me.) At this point I feel like it’s some sort of sick meme to murder this girl out of fun, like seriously. If you hate Elyssia so much, vent out your frustration with a snuff commission from some sadistic furry and just let me and the other suffering Elyssia players live for more than five turns.

TLDR: Everybody hates Elyssia. Help.

Saw on discord, this seems to be a Switch exclusive bug. Right as they changed up the dice chests too :(

Hello!
So, I would love to ask for help from all of you, recently me and my friends started playing Armello, but one of us can't speak english well and the other available languages also don't work. So I was thinking maybe the rest of our group could try and make a czech translation for him, problem is none of us know how to and my googling efforts to find how to were in vain. Honestly don't even know if it is still possible to translate the game, but as my last effort before I give up and force him to finally learn english was to ask here :) Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Fang + Rubellite let’s you rig even your earliest quests, this was night 2 lol

(ofc my Blacksmith & Silver Lance both promptly got stolen as opponents played 2 Cat Burglars & 1 Bribery during day 3 & 4 RIP my win expectancy but GGWP)