Another Glorious Day in the Corps! Mission Two - The Hive

[@wombatwargaming1634]

This mission has been run again with the expansion pack, and would recommend that video over this one as i've had more experience with the game and so had less rules related errors; kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4Gyqqp7oqt0asU

[@philiphale2785]

Thanks for sharing- the game is looking great painted. Couple of things to note: - the 'cost' of equipment is to equip it, once done so, it's cheaper to fire, eg pulse rifle only 1 card - motion tracker cards- its 2 per hero unless 3 or more heroes then it's 1 per hero - flame thrower is bulky, therefore no backup weapon can be equipped - newts ability to move someone 2 spaces, I think, costs 1 card to exhaust. I've played twice and still not got the rules sorted yet.... there's a lot of subtlety I haven't figured yet.

[@wombatwargaming1634]

Thanks for that! Was our first run at the game, but will try to include those going forward. The motion tracker card error certainly explains why we were having a somewhat easier time of it than expected!

[@philiphale2785]

@@wombatwargaming1634 no worries, I've played the first mission twice now and know I haven't got all the rules sorted. More mt cards does ramp up the difficulty- choosing to rest or shoot becomes a real balancing act. All fun regardless!

[@archersterling8707]

smartgun is bulky. flamethrower can have a backup weapon. flamethrower cannot be used in defensive fire since it is cumbersome.

[@amusement420]

30:00 It looks like you were misinterpreting the Pistol card. The BGG FAQ "The pistol always hits on a 3 or less, this is in addition to what your aim dial says. For example if you shoot with a pistol and you have 5 aim you will hit if you roll a 1-5. If you have 2 aim left you hit on a 1-3 ignoring the aim dial, though you would still lower it if you can after each shoot. The idea of the Pistol is to always have a weapon you can fire when you are low on Endurance cards or you Aim is really low." I do like the close-ups of the board and it was fun to watch.

[@thehound1138]

Nice video :) One important thing you have missed. Squares containing characters (heroes/grunts) BLOCKs line of sight for ranged attacks (defensive fire also) for rest of your teammates. You cant shoot through your buddies, but can shout through Aliens - those nasty creatures only blocks movement but not LOS.

[@rev857]

On your first turn, the marines can see all 3 of the first group of blips. That big white rectangle is impassable terrain, but does not block line of sight. I played this scenario 3 times before I realised this. 🙄 Also, you can move diagonally across corners, if the white line follows the lines of the squares and doesn't protrude into a square. You fire the flamethrower and grenades at a square, not a model. So (as with Gorman near spawn 1), if an Alien is 3 squares from you, aim for the square next to it (2 squares from you) and it comes within the flame/blast area. Waiting for the next mission.

[@theturdreich9546]

Thought tracker cards were drawn per hero character you control

[@wombatwargaming1634]

Yes, we should have been drawing more, it's a mistake we corrected for later missions

[@johntailby74]

There’re coming out of the walls.

[@spacegobbieentertainment4270]

So, watching the video, I noticed you paid 4(cost) to use the flamethrower. That is the equip cost. In the first line it says "exhaust two cards to make an attack with this weapon."

[@spacegobbieentertainment4270]

The pulse rifle has an equip cost of 3, but its first line states "exhaust a card when you take an attack action with this weapon." So, the cost is to equip cost (when you draw cards and find a better weapon, you use equip cost to give that item to a character or grunt) and the to fire cost is usually stated in the first line of card text. Hope I helped!

[@spacegobbieentertainment4270]

Also, page 27 rulebook, cumbersome weapons cannot be used in defensive fire. Flames can't be used to save players when attacks happen. Hope to help out on the next game.

[@VikingVern7]

You did well cause i think u botched a few more rules than just the flame thrower. But it was fun and ur gf seems like a super sweetheart, so thats cute.