Bk on Gunpla: 12.) Mage Knight Bloody Amara

Mage Knight is a miniatures war game using collectible figures, created by WizKids, Inc. Both WizKids was formed by noted game designer and publisher Jordan Weisman, who designed Mage Knight along with Kevin Barrett. A synthesis of classic miniatures games (of which Warhammer Fantasy Battles is possibly the best-known example) and of collectible card games (which began with the introduction of Magic: The Gathering in 1993), Mage Knight was an immediate success when it was introduced in 2000.

On June 30, 2005 Wizkids announced the Nexus expansion would be the last in the current series and that after November 2005 all tournament support would cease. Neither Wizkids or Topps gave any official reason for the cancellation, though drops in sales and player base have been mentioned as possible causes.

Mage Knight and Magic The Gathering at the same time. I kept the miniatures in a box was accidently undiscovered it hidden into my cupboard. Knowing it was a game that was stop production in 2005, i went on ebay to purchase quite a numbers of limited/rare and some common Mage Knights from US in 2007. They're mostly 2nd hand miniatures that are unwanted by players and they're selling it . Though most of them sells the common ones in huge numbers, one of the seller i bought from was selling his entire set of 100++ characters, with 4 limited rare ones that i wanted. Though, i gave most of the common ones to my girlfriend's little brother. I tried to teach him how to play the game, obviously he doesn't share an old interest of mine. Though i believe it's impossible to buy Mage Knight off retails now. None of them are selling it, from what i know. There's a hobby shop in Bangsar ShoppingI was introduced to Mage Knight back in year 2001 when a group of my classmates were playing games during breaks. It caught my attention cause the miniatures are beautifully designed. Though those days it was expensive, a booster pack would cost around RM50-RM60 if i remembered it correctly and a starter pack would cost up to RM100. Though a small game could consists a minimum of 2-3 characters depending on how many points we are playing, and how many strong characters you're summoning. Stronger characters need more points to be casted. I bought a couple of the miniatures from a classmate and started playing with them since. Eventually it became one of the regular thing i did for a year or more. Thus, i started to buy booster packs and a lot of expansion packs. The buying eventually stops when i left my highschool for another highschool in year 2003. I still played once a while in hobby shops but eventually, i've quit the game. I can't be certain of the actual dates cause i was playing both Complex used to sell it a couple of years ago or might still be selling it, he still had some booster and a starter pack and some individual miniatures here and there. Though his price are up the roof. He was selling a Mystic Draconum for RM150, it's a rare of course. I bought it from US for RM15-RM20, it actually came bundled with a lot of common characters. X D

Bloody Amara is a very rare and powerful character. He is a great necromant sorceress who can give a really good fight. He is difficult to beat of his magic blast and life drain! His defense are high(18-17) and with toughness for the first four clicks, every damage is minus by one click. At his last four clicks before he dies, he gains invulnerability. Ranged attack agaisnt him gets -2 the original damage and he gets +2 defense to his already high defense stats(15-13). His movements are not limited by your action points in every turn, so you could attack or move him every round without using one of the action points. Like i said, it has a magic blast, on every success roll of attack, you can roll the dice and the target take damage based on the dice roll, if it rolls six, then it's pretty much good bye for the target. Although it based on your luck, but i've successfully wiped out targets with ease. On top of that, on his first six clicks, he gets +1 healing when he deals damage to a target. With the range of 12 inches, 2 damage for range and 3 damage for close range, Bloody Amara is a really tough opponent to kill. With an optional Necromancer or Grave Digger to revive Bloody Amara when he dies from a combat, and other healers to heal him, one needs a really tough and strategic play to kill it. During my days of playing with Bloody Amara, it was not killed at all, and at the same time, i've not win against opponents that cast Blood Amara. Only one rare character can be casted for both sides during a game.