Blood Rage is not just a simple area control game. While winning battles can certainly be a path to victory, you can sometimes gain a great deal by dying. In a suicidal battle, you can gain glory as your troops are sent to Valhalla. And at the same time you deplete cards from the hand of the winner, weakening them for future battles.

Quests can score huge amounts of glory. They’re much too powerful to ignore. But if you collect too many of them, you may be too weak to accomplish them. You need to strike a balance. It’s also important to watch the other players as they invade and pillage. If you can figure out which quests they are committed to, you have a much better chance of stopping them from completing those quests.