Fallen Kingdom Strategy

[Klaxas]

I heard from a friend (and player) that the zombies are better placed defensively; the opponent common comes on your side of the field, you surround him, kill him, which raises a zombie in its place, then retreat. He said that only once all your zombies are on the board do you advance. I played a game with that strategy in mind and I believe it worked (I wasn't able to get them all on the board, but practically none of them died).

i use them more offencively, but the key reason why zombies are good is not attack value its life. every time you turn an opponents unit into a zombie you are creating 2 more life points for the enemy to have to kill. even if your only attacking with 3 at one attack die each, you win by attrition. which is how the fallen kingdom win.

[Sauam]

I heard from a friend (and player) that the zombies are better placed defensively; the opponent common comes on your side of the field, you surround him, kill him, which raises a zombie in its place, then retreat. He said that only once all your zombies are on the board do you advance. I played a game with that strategy in mind and I believe it worked (I wasn't able to get them all on the board, but practically none of them died).

You are pretty correct on that play style, I too play as such, a lone Zombie is rubbish (like in real life) but 2 or 3 bunch up together is fearsome, they will be harder to take down and can focus fire ensuring them to gain some buddies, snowball effect style

I do hide them behind walls or behind acrhers if they are alone, than does some sort of sneak attack ala cloak style... archer are the best to be front line since they very likely waste your enemy attack and they are dirt cheap, plus range will bait them to move their unit forward, than bite them with zombie

[Tisroero]

I went over wall placement with a friend one night and came up with my own little invention I call the Necropolis.

Bare with me, I'm horrible at text diagrams.
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Edit: apparently it doesn't let me create spaces in posts. anyways, wall placement is down and over to the east of the first wall, and up and over to the east, creating a Y-shape or fork. Ret-Talus is beneath the first wall, staying put.
Equal signs as walls, The S, Ret-Talus. First wall placement goes to the southeastern location.

What this essentially does is force your opponent to attack the western side of the board. Going after Ret-Talus to the east is now a fools errand, and he's safe from rider units as well. There are positions open for his summoning events, and you'll draw the enemy closer to you until you get the third wall card.

Now, the northernmost wall is there for two reasons: Offensive trap summoning, and creating a means to truly wall off the eastern side of the board. If you get both wall cards in your first hand, this creates a rather funny set-up. The East is yours. Punish anyone foolish enough to actually bother heading all the way out there, and keep the West strong. If your opponent actually thinks he's got a chance out there, remind him that your walls are summoning points, by killing the unit/s for magick.

The west is the most difficult part to fight in, largely because Ret-Talus is open to rider units if you don't keep up your defenses. This is where Zombie Warriors serve a true, planned purpose, which is to create barriers until you get your Champions out.

Draw them in, counter attack. Counter, counter, counter, surprise summon Elut-Bal, bring in Skull to terrorize the opponent, not to mention give you an offensive measure.
If your opponent sends a couple commons to the east, Dragos can serve a purpose as well(can't stand him).
This set-up will likely bring you to end-game, where the FK can dominate. Until then, make most offensive strikes with Skeletal Archers only, to keep the opponent's magick pile short. They'll spend their own commons for Champions, if that's their playstyle, to which you can respond by using your own champions, sacrificing your commons to heal your champions should they(and likely will) be damaged during scuffles.

[Mookinizer]

I finally read one of your posts man. lol. This strategy sounds good to me!

[r0gershrubber]

Bare with me, I'm horrible at text diagrams.
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If you use the "code" feature, you can force the text to have uniform spacing. For example:

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[Tisroero]

Yeah, this board is pretty foreign to what I'm used to.

[Infection Reflection]

Yeah, this board is pretty foreign to what I'm used to.

But forums don't have nationalities!

[Tisroero]

Aaaauuuuuggggghhh....

[Mookinizer]

I don't know that guy Tisroero, Seriously!!

[BiPolarBear]

Dark Sacrifice: Useful in certain situations. But not really worth saving.

Best card in deck with early champions, can't kill 2 champions that are regaining life...