How do I...Note: Most actions can be done using either the bottom board or the side board. You can decide which you like to use the most. I'll assume that the bottom board is being used for your hand exclusively, and the side board for your deck/discard/etc....Bid to see who goes first?Type
/secret into the chat window and a number to set your bid. After your opponent does the same, you can both reveal your bid by clicking the
/reveal button above the chat log. For example:
You type: /secret 2
You see: OrcMasher sets a secret message.
You type: /reveal
You see: OrcMasher reveals his secret message: 2.
As long as both of you have set your bid, it does not matter who reveals first, since the bid cannot be changed without the other player knowing about it. If you tie, have someone call it, and press F2 to flip a coin.
...Play my starting companions?Click on the Deck tab of your side board and then click on the
Owner Can't See button below the card list to reveal your draw deck. Drag your companions on to the board. If you want to play them face-down, hold down CTRL while dragging. Click on the
Owner Can See button to hide your deck and then
Shuffle.
Note: Sometimes, these buttons can get covered by the cards in the deck. If that happens, you can still click on them, or right-click on the Deck tab for more options....Draw my starting hand?Press the
/draw8 button above the chat log, or type it in.
...Mulligan?Click on an empty spot in your hand (bottom board) and drag the mouse cursor over all of your cards to select them all. Drag your eight cards to the top of your draw deck,
Shuffle and
/draw6.
...Play a site?Select the sites tab in the side board and drag a site on to the board. To rotate the site, double-click on it.
...Move to a site?Click on a site and add a token of any color (
Wound, Strength+, Culture+, Orange, Black, etc.) In previous versions of Lackey, you used to be able to use your avatar as a player token. For some reason, that ability has been removed (though it has been promised in a future version). Therefore, IMO the easiest way to move is to add tokens when moving to a new site but not bother to remove old tokens. Less mouse clicks.
...Take control of a site?Simply drag the site to your support area.
Clear it if you want to remove tokens.
...Replace a site?Have the owner of the site drag it back to their Sites tab, then play a replacement site.
...Play a card from hand?Drag the card from your hand on to the table.
...Discard a card?Drag a card from wherever (Hand/Table/Opponent's Hand...) to the Discard tab.
...Select multiple cards?On the table, you can select multiple cards by dragging over an area with your mouse (much like you select icons on your computer). You can perform actions on these cards by dragging them around, or right-clicking for a list of options. You can also select multiple cards by holding down SHIFT when clicking on a card. A few examples of how this could be useful:
-At the end of a turn, you can select all of your minions and their possessions and drag them at once to discard.
-For a card such as
Nobody Tosses a Dwarf, you can SHIFT-click on the top three cards of your draw deck (Deck tab on sideboard) and drag them to Discard to discard them simultaneously.
-While at a sanctuary, if you have 5 or less wounds, you can select your entire fellowship and click
Clear to heal them all completely (or
Heal to heal them all once).
...Choose a card at random from my opponent's hand?I love doing this in real life... fun psychology. Select your opponent by clicking on the arrow next to your avatar in the side board. Now click on their Hand. It will show you all of their cards (face-down, of course!). Click on one and do what you need to do!
-To discard, drag it to the Discard tab.
-To reveal, just drop it on the table.
...Play a card from discard?Select your Discard tab and scroll for the card you need. You can drag it to the table, your Hand, the top of your draw Deck, etc.
...Reveal the top X cards of my deck?Right-click on the Deck tab and you'll see a bunch of options. Just follow the menus. To conceal, you can use Reveal to All-->NONE.
...Wound/heal a character? Add/remove a culture token?Click on the card and use the Wound/Heal or Culture-/Culture+ buttons.
...Wound many characters?Nifty trick: If you right-click on the Wound button, the mouse cursor will show the text "Wound" next to it. Now, every time you click on a character, it will wound that character. This is especially useful during the skirmish phase to quickly deal out wounds and exertions. Click on the Wound button again to end this mode. Another way you could use this is with Heal at a sanctuary.
...Attach a card to a character?Unfortunately, Lackey does not have an attachment feature yet. However, in the game appearance preferences, you have an option to show either
Lower Cards on Top or
Lower Cards on Bottom. So, for example, if you had
Lower Cards on Bottom selected, you would want to play possessions/conditions/etc. to the left and slightly below your characters. This will ensure that your character is on top and you can see the stats of the card they are bearing. If you opponent plays with the opposite setting as you, then both of your cards will display correctly. To move a characters and the cards it bears, select them all at once and drag them. Here is an example of what this should look like (one player with lower cards on top, the other with lower cards on bottom):
...Rotate a card?Double-click on it.
...Turn a card over?CTRL-click on it.
...See the text/errata of a card?Underneath the card viewer is a checkbox marked "Text." Click on it to have all card's text and notes shown over the image. Or, if you want to look at the text of just one card, hold down the
~ or
\ key on your keyboard while mousing over the card.
Zoom in and out on the table...?The scroll wheel of your mouse works beautifully for this. Otherwise, you can click on the Zoom button on the top of the table and then drag the mouse up and down. Make sure to click Zoom again when done. The
0 next to Zoom resets it to 100%.
Tip: If your opponent is playing cards that seem to be off the screen, you probably need to zoom out.Pan around the table...?I'm not sure why you would want to do this, unless you had zoomed WAY in. In any case, use the Pan button on the top of the table and then drag the mouse around whichever direction you want to go. Make sure to click Pan again when you are done.
Tilt the table...?Similar to Zoom and Pan, there is a Tilt button. Tilting the table gives a 3D effect and lets you see your opponent's avatar. This is especially useful for multiplayer games where 2 or more people are seated across from you. It also gives a visual indication of the cards they have in their hand (normally you could look at Hand in the player info box).
Mark up the table...?This is mostly for fun. Use the Mark button on the top of the table. Erase erases ALL players' markings. Here is an example.
Please let me know what other questions you have! On to some other features below.