XCOM - How To Play (Part 2) - Resolution Phase

[@brunoteky5699]

Really astonishing quality on the tutorial! The edition, music, written commentaries, the transition between table and app, you awesome pronunciation and clarity when explaining concepts and the organization of the information... Really top quality material. All your videos rocks, but this two in particular for xcom, with the added difficulty of having to use an app,you really nailed it! You even put timestamps in the description! Respect to you sir! Outstanding job!

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Bruno Teky Thanks for enjoying the video and taking the time to let me know Bruno - very kind!

[@dwiggysdemos]

Wow! Excellent walk thru of every part of the rules and mechanics. Your videos truly are the gold standard. Thanks for all your hard work!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're welcome, thank YOU for the kind words!

[@TheXeskimo69x]

I was playing off the tutorial app and everything I did was wrong so as we played the game was impossible to beat. Thank you for this very professionally laid out demonstration of the proper way to play this beautiful game

[@WatchItPlayed]

TheXeskimo69x So pleased to hear you found this helpful!

[@esspro]

very comprehensive rules summary that shows experience playing the base game covering off FAQ items

[@Joelok314626]

My friends and I played the tutorial and got hammered HARD in the skies. Then we switched to easy, thought of a strategy, and were able to pull off a victory. This is a really fun game and would love to see you guys play a game!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope we can make that work (and congrats on your win!)

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Pablo Bustos Successes still count, even if you fail the threat level. So both would be removed from the area.

[@MrPodaky]

As a huge fan of the game and a huge board game lover I've got to say i cannot wait till the next one.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hoping to shoot a play through of the game.

[@MrPodaky]

***** Dear diary: Senpai noticed me.

[@teamsexypantsawesomesauce7455]

***** When do you think that will be up?

[@WatchItPlayed]

TeamSexypantsAwesomesauce ! Don't want to try to estimate at this point. Have to coordinate with a couple other people.

[@teamsexypantsawesomesauce7455]

***** thanks for the quick response looking forward to it.

[@miracleofbeing]

really excellent 2 part tutorial, excited about checking out some of your others. all-in-all this is the best tutorial (most thorough, simply explained, and easy to understand) i have viewed for any board game. wow, excellent job

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very kind of you to say Paul. I hope you'll stick around - we may have some other tutorials that would interest you!

[@Dougmysticeye]

Great pair of videos. Very helpful. This is on its way to me now!!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you Doug, glad you found them helpful!

[@baronjutter]

This looks great, we've been on the fence about trying this but you've helped! Instructions are one thing, seeing someone play and explain are another. Thanks!

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Jarren Butterworth A pleasure - glad it was helpful!

[@jikeserver3]

Thank you for great tutorial videos! I bought this game as used then I played it by myself but I was not sure how to play. Because of you, I finally understand it and now I can teach how to play to my friends and play together! I can't wait to play this with my friends, thank you again!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you have a great time playing Jike!!

[@kirkklopfenstein9016]

Great set of training videos. I didn't see these videos until after I tried the tutorial on the App. These videos are much better and it helped correct two things I did incorrect in my tutorial play. Very helpful! FFG should use you for all their tutorial videos.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Well, I wouldn't complain if they did :)

[@orssondorfman]

A great set of videos, Rodney! Just in time for me to try the game this coming weekend. You've saved us from having to start with the tutorial!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hope you guys really have a good time, and that the video gets you up and going quickly!

[@TheEctomancer]

I love your Index. I have been searching everywhere to see if units spent on assets cost funding. I clicked on the appropriate link and you immediately answered my question! ^_^

[@WatchItPlayed]

Alonso Rubio Very nice to hear. I don't often get feedback on them, but do hoped they could be helpful.

[@dionis4ever]

Great tutorial! I was wrong about some aspects, but thanks to you, now I've understood them better.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very nice to hear - I hope you have a great time playing!

[@MeerkatCinema]

Very clear and concise. Cleared a lot of things up for me.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Great to hear it was a help!

[@the-wisest-emu]

I had no idea Xcom was a board game too until I stumbled across these videos. Now I know what I want for my birthday. :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Here's hoping your birthday is soon :)

[@nukyoj]

I think from all the Tabletop LP'ers, your channel has a very professional setup, clear pronunciation and clear instructionals. Will you make a Gameplay video of XCOM some day? Perhaps in easy mode if the timed phase is too challenging to present and explain things happening? With regards from The Netherlands!

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Noodles This is something I'd like to do, we'll have to see!

[@NickCapron]

Great videos, thanks so much for this, the app tutorial wasn't 100% clear on everything and your videos really helped to clear it up. Keep up the good work

[@WatchItPlayed]

Nick Capron Thank you Nick - very glad it helped!

[@GobiQc]

Thanks!! really appreciate the video got me all the awsers i was looking for in a very efficent way. Every thing that wasnt clear to me and my friends, u made perfectly clear . Looking forward to next game have a great day everybody! :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Wonderful to hear! Hope you have many enjoyable adventures!

[@bazzkrycek211]

As always Rodney you are a legend and made this look so much fun and a little easier to understand :) Can we look forward to a play through with you and Luke?

[@WatchItPlayed]

There will be a play through for sure. Will just take some scheduling.

[@bazzkrycek211]

well if you need a chief scientist just let me know ;)

[@MrRappScallion]

Thanks for this video. Was very clear and informative. Keep up the great work.

[@WatchItPlayed]

So glad you enjoyed this one - you end up getting to play the game?

[@joles72]

Sold! The game is on it's way... I hope I will get it by the weekend!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you have a great time with it!

[@TopknotSwe]

Thanks Rodney. Me and my brother just lost are first game. :D But we hade fun doing it!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

That's what counts :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Joseph Maiz You've got it all correct.

[@mr.peanut6096]

thank you. its alot easier now. loving the game now

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you're enjoying :)

[@CaptainCafe]

This looks great! Buying immediately :D

[@WatchItPlayed]

It just came out, so you should be able to find it pretty easy. Hope you have a great time with it!

[@kevinerskine3299]

Excellent! Thanks Rodney.

[@WatchItPlayed]

You bet, Kevin!

[@Ottuln]

Thanks for the video! Any chance of seeing you and your family playing this game? It would be humorous to see Luke as the Squad Leader.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Wreqt I'm going to try to work out something.

[@apalesch1]

Thank you Rodney!! Can't wait to unwrap this game tomorrow and give them aliens what-for!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Adam Palesch All the best with that - the planet is counting on you!

[@apalesch1]

WOOOOO!!!! Saved the world!!! ... not the first time or anything but, ya know... whoever was left after that... and didn't die a terrible death during the fight... Man that was a hard game. So good!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Adam Palesch Well done - no easy task!

[@catwizard545]

You sir, had pretty good dice rolls =)

[@JamesKeithBaker]

Thank you sir you have made so much clear with this video!!! :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very pleased you enjoyed it!

[@andrevillarep]

Tutorial perfeito !!! ótimo trabalho ( perfect tutorial !!! Great job )

[@WatchItPlayed]

+André Villa Thank you so very much!

[@MarkGiemza]

Great video thank you. I have a question about the "Run and Gun" tech. In order to use this tech, do I need to have a spare Assault soldier in the reserve to use this tech or can I assign the tech to one soldier who attempting to complete a task? This card doesn't seem very useful if I need a spare Assault soldier to use it.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Mark Giemza Hey Mark, I'd be happy to help, but I don't have the card directly in front of me. If you wanted to let me know the card text, I could give you my interpretation.

[@MarkGiemza]

Thanks for getting back to me. I found my answer on a forum.

[@jacobbrostrom1805]

Did you do a video on the XCOM Board game expansion?

[@WatchItPlayed]

No, but we don't typically cover expansions.

[@a-rex5774]

This game looks really fun!!! And I love the video game. Not so much the newer one from a year ago or whatever. But Enemy within and the OG are great. I only regret not being able to play that with others. Maybe make a customized character for each of us. Anyway, I have been dying for this board game and I really want it!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

If you get a chance to play, I hope you enjoy it!

[@a-rex5774]

@@WatchItPlayed Yay! Thanks for the heart. And I know I will. Even if I have to to solo!! P.s. I first came onto your channel with Marvel Legendary. I liked how you explained and then did a run through of the game. I hope you get a chance to do more gameplays soon!!

[@a-rex5774]

@@WatchItPlayed I ordered it and got it today. First ever game was a solo round. Made it 4 rounds before I had global panic. Beat my first 2 missions, but my prob was getting losses like every time. My world got overrun with UFOs as my ships couldn't either fight or even be built. So almost every continent had 2+ UFOs. I might've done the orbit panic track wrong, but it wouldn't have made a difference

[@Fatwelchy]

hey man, can you explain what the Workshop asset card does for the chief scientist? It reads - Place X "research" here > use the "exhaust this" ability on a tech card of cost X in your hand, then discard that card. Sorry if the answer is obvious, im more than likely confusing myself but I just cant work out what it does.

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Chris Welch Basically, it lets you use the benefit of a card in your hand, without actually needing to properly research it. However, you only get to use the benefit once and then you have to discard it. Hope that helps.

[@Fatwelchy]

Yeah as it happens we almost worked it out to be that. Thanks for confirming though bud. Appreciate it

[@LordIlpalazo]

Thanks so much for this, like a dummy I went ahead and set a game up without watching this first and got a couple of key rules wrong. So on the mission tasks, even tasks with two soldier symbols only need one success to pass? And UFOs on continents stick around from round to round untill you get rid of them somehow right? They dont disappear during the refresh phase.

[@WatchItPlayed]

The mission tasks always only need 1 success unless it states otherwise (enemies that are part of a mission task, still require the number of success as printed on them). UFO's stay until defeated.

[@DenisRyan]

Great video! Question: If I was teaching this, what role should I take as the teacher, and what is a preferred role for a new player? Should I be the Commander, coaching the new player(s) through the game, or is another role preferred for that? And, assuming a full set of four players with only one new player, should I let them be Commander, calling the App details, or Scientist, dealing with her single set of tasks?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Denis Ryan The Central Officer controls the app, and I like being that person so I can read out and explain the steps for people. The new person might find it easier to be the Commander?

[@vmi02raven]

Question about the regular mission and the threat track, maybe I missed it. I know for other tasks that every subsequent time you roll the dice you have to increase the threat level beforehand. Is it the same with the missions? Say there are three parts of the mission card (as in the example), you succeed on the first roll and complete the first part of the mission. When you roll for the next part of the mission is the threat level still at one or is it now at two? Also, if the squad leader decides to stop rolling on a mission would any success tokens already on the card be carried over to the next resolution phase or will the players have to start from scratch?

[@WatchItPlayed]

The Mission, like fighting enemies in the base, never resets the threat level during a single round. So if you complete the first part of the mission, and choose to go to the next part within a single round, the threat does not reset. Success tokens, once placed, always carry over.

[@gera9576]

great channel,greetings from Argentina!!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you very much :)

[@OGNoNameNobody]

Thorough tutorial makes me smile. Lack of Let's Play makes me frown.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Focus on the smiling part :)

[@BackgammonNoord-brabant]

Little late to the xcom party but just got it yesterday. The not reseting of the threatmarker is that also when doing the different parts of the mission ? (Is the mission all one action?)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Sebastiaan Kuijs The mission is all one action, it does not reset.

[@BackgammonNoord-brabant]

K thx rodney.

[@jhjh76]

So you can only assign the research tokens on the missions which is stated in the app? Do squad leaders which stay at mission cost gold again every round till it is complete?

[@WatchItPlayed]

This game is a little tricky to answer questions on, as it doesn't have a standard rule book for me to reference. If you had a time stamp for where in the video you had a particular question, I could try to help be referring back to the answers in my video, but otherwise, it might be easier to grab the app and check what it says there (that's basically what I'd have to do at this point).

[@Y0uWinY]

Seems like Rodney's dice rolling ability has significantly improved, got some training from Luke?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Ha, can I make it work in an actual game though?

[@AcidUsagi]

A quick question. If the UFO's are not dealt with during the phase, do they still stay or do they go back to orbit, this has confused us a little. since on the PC game the UFO's do leave the atmosphere after succesfuly increasing the panic in said country.

[@WatchItPlayed]

***** They stay. Also, any UFO's in orbit at the start of the next round will be directed to the continents.

[@AcidUsagi]

***** thanks! That's what we thought!

[@toolthegreat]

When a crisis card says to shuffle the crisis deck, do we shuffle just the cards face down or does that include shuffling all cards used previously?

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Nuno Gomes As I understand it, just the face down stack. But remember, you do that when resolving the Crisis deck cards - not at the moment that you draw it.

[@wackydave46]

My question is can you carry over extra sucesses in the mission resolution or actually any task from a completed task and use them on the next task or do you lose them?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Yes. Once placed, success tokens stay in place, from round to round.

[@BackgammonNoord-brabant]

Still dont get the assigning of the soldiers to the defence of the base. Do you need to match all icons or can you match one and roll just one die against the alien ?

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Sebastiaan Kuijs You assign soldiers to the base, then when resolving the base, you start with an alien, and can assign one soldier to it, for each symbol on the alien, so long as the soldier also has the symbol that you are matching it to. Then, you roll a number of dice equal to the number of soldiers assigned, but you get bonus dice if the soldier has a specialized skill symbol (the highlighted version) and the alien does as well. This is the section in the video where it is discussed and it shows how you resolve it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJq2dKePmrGgnLMm29s

[@niallcampbell]

If I don’t have the ability to send interceptors to a container with a UFO (i.e. I can’t fight them off) does the task still resolve? I can’t fight them so the UFO remains and panic increases in that continent?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I lent my copy of the game to a friend, so I don't have the rules handy to help you with this, I'm afraid!

[@antytrend]

Thank you!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You're welcome Jacob :)

[@jasonlee6062]

Another great tutorial, thanks. This seems like a really interesting resource management game, but I can't tell whether or not it is actually fun to play. A review I read recently said it was very engaging, but not always in a satisfying way, and was pretty exhausting. How did you feel about it?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I don't review games, I leave that to reviewers :) My hope is that people can use my videos in conjunction with their own likes and dislikes to decide for themselves. We also hope to show some game play in the future as well, to help.

[@GunmanJag]

Question: Is it possible to abandon a task for their current turn? For instance - The threat level is 4 and I have three interceptors placed on a continent. There is only one UFO remaining on the continent. Am I able to just allow the UFO to remain and increase panic so that I do not risk losing my three interceptors, or am I forced to risk the interceptors and roll?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Ray Kane You can stop at any point, you don't have to keep trying a task. Just be sure to resolve any penalties from UFO's or aliens remaining.

[@GunmanJag]

Thanks, and one follow-up: On the missions where for one task there are two soldier skill icons, do you need two soldiers to attempt the task, or is it optional to have both soldiers just so that you might increase your odds of rolling a success?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Ray Kane You are not required to assign a solider to each task symbol.

[@QamarPl]

It seems to be fun and engaging game. I'm usualy not very excited by cooperative games as they aren't exactly my piece of pie, once in a blue moon (like Dead of Winter earlier) I find one very interesting. I have a queston. How many credits players wold gain at the begining of next round in this paricular situation? It seems like it's easier to rise panic levels of continents then to decrese them and players already spend half of their emergency funds just to satisfy their needs in first round. Another related question is: are there ways to replenish emergency funds or once they are gone they are gone for good?

[@WatchItPlayed]

The amount of credits you receive is based on the app, there is no way to know for certain. There are ways (through tech and asset cards) to gain additional credits.

[@wackydave46]

Not quite what i wanted to ask...so let me try to ask in a differwnt way....ok i am rolling two dice, and need only one success, but i rolled two sucesses. Can i use that unused success on my next task? Or is it lost?

[@WatchItPlayed]

David Fears It's lost. Each role is for the specific task or step you are working on.

[@Arraxis_Denacia]

Hey, love your presentation of this! Not sure if you know the answer to this, but do you happen to know when this game comes out in Australia? Also, are you planning to do a full playthrough of this for your channel?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks so much :) I don't know when it's coming to Australia, unfortunately. That said, I do plan to do some kind of play through, but I'm working on the details.

[@Arraxis_Denacia]

No problem, I'll just have to be patient. Looking forward to seeing what you've got planned! I can see how it could be tricky given the real time aspect of the timed phase and not having a set order for it.

[@FoxFives]

Zephaeon Most stores seem to list them from early Feb -> March. Games Paradise says it has it in stock for 80ish not including shipping. I ordered mine from ozgameshop based in the UK but include free shipping for 80 (available now). Most other stores i've checked from Victoria do not appear to have the game yet.

[@Arraxis_Denacia]

Marcus Ng I called up my local store and they said they're hoping to get it in this week. Still no word on Star Wars: Imperial Assault, but glad that this has some estimates.

[@ilijaveselinovic8441]

i have question, so if you science are dead in reserch and then return(if you can) and take the refresh, did will come back?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Sorry, but I'm having trouble figuring out what you are asking.

[@gabrielchan6475]

Suppose the Chief scientist did not complete a research and was told to assign research in the next timed phase. Would he be able to choose whether or not to replace the current research with a new one?

[@mikegoodrich5793]

+Gabriel Chan Yes, the Chief Scientist can choose to leave it there or replace it.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks to Mike for the assist!

[@afjb1234]

Great video, thanks! I was wondering if you would recommend this game for my son (who is 15) and myself as a good game to "start with". I play mostly sports themed solo board games but thought something like this would be fun to play with my son. Plus, the app might actually be an enticement for him. We play a few board games together but mainly the family types. I thought this game would be a good change of pace from the video games, etc. I'd appreciate any thoughts or ideas! Thanks.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Tony B Sorry Tony, I don't feel like I can say with confidence what would work for you and your family.

[@afjb1234]

***** That's OK. No problem. Everyone is different. It doesn't seem like the game is too difficult to pick up from a rules and strategy standpoint. Your video is a great tutorial in its own right and gave me a good foundation. I think I'll pull the trigger and try it out! Thanks again, I'm really enjoying the videos on your channel.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Tony B I think a 15 year old with the interest, should be able to pick this up, so all the best with it and happy alien slaying!

[@johnieyoung123]

Am I ever allowed to remove soldiers from the mission back to the reserves? For example the final mission becomes available and I want the soldiers involved in the mission to abort that mission and move to the final mission instead.

[@WatchItPlayed]

You are never allowed to remove units from a mission, until that mission is complete, or if you replace the mission, when given the option to draw a new one.

[@chucaraDK]

This game looks great, I hope this will be a full playthrough. How does it work with only 2 players? Are you given more time for your turns?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I'm not sure if it adjusts or not. I have played 2 player, but I don't recall if it provided extra time or not.

[@toddkelly4553]

Are we going to get to watch it played?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope so. It'll be a little more involved, as I'm going to try to have 4 players and do it live. May take a week or two.

[@TheNeilbrandsma14]

Can you say that an elite soldier on a asset card is in the same pisition as in the reserves?

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Neil Brandsma Sorry Neil, I'm not sure I understand the question.

[@pedroikkan]

The best!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you kindly Pedro!

[@thaMegaMenace]

***** Hi Rodney, great channel! I have 3 questions about this game. I tried it once before, but I think we got some of the rules wrong. 1) During global defence resolution phase, do each success die destroy a UFO? For instance if you have two interceptors and roll 2 XCOM die and they're both successes, do you destroy 2 UFO's or are you always attacking only 1 UFO at a time, no matter how many interceptors are assigned to the continent? 2) If a loss is rolled during either base or mission do you lose all the soldiers at that place or ONLY the ones assigned to a specific task? E.g. using two of three soldiers to attack a base enemy would only destroy those two soldiers in case of rolling a loss? After that you can place the remaining on the same enemy and try again? 3) I think I saw in the App Tutorial that any remaining UFOs in continents need to return to orbit, but as I understood you, you're just to keep the UFO's at those continents for next round, correct? Thanks in advance for your help :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

1) Each success destroys an enemy UFO 2) Only those assigned. 3) UFO's stay at the continents. However, any UFO's in orbit at the end of the round, will be sent out to continents at the beginning of the next round (maybe that's what you saw?)

[@thaMegaMenace]

***** Thanks a lot for your help that clears it up for me! :) I think you're right regarding the third bullet point that I just confused the action of moving UFO's from orbit to continents with the other. Thanks again - keep up the great work! :)

[@aldosuran6916]

At 15:10. Does the yellow square means that the soldier rolls one more dice against the Floater?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Aldo Šuran Only if the Floater itself also has a yellow square around it. Some enemies have yellow squares around their symbols. These do not.

[@aldosuran6916]

Thanks for the clarification. We were playing wrong.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Aldo Šuran An easy mistake to make. Glad to help!

[@AcidUsagi]

One thing confused me. About the remaining mission you have, Is the Alien optional (for salvage) or is it mandatory to kill to have a successful mission? So in theory, you only need to do the mandatory tasks and then the mission is complete?

[@WatchItPlayed]

All of the tasks on a mission (an alien is a task) must be finished before the mission can be considered complete. Hope that helps!

[@AcidUsagi]

***** Clears out my confusion! Thank you!

[@WatchItPlayed]

***** My pleasure :)

[@NTLBagpuss]

***** I take it dead aliens from missions also count as salvage for scientists?

[@WatchItPlayed]

David Maple Correct

[@SwordAgainstChaos]

Is the threat level reset between mission tasks?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Nope!

[@johnieyoung123]

For missions, if I decide to stop at a certain task and say the threat level is at 4. Does the threat get reset to 1 in the next round?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Yes.

[@Sean-or1bv]

Rodney, What is the youngest age that you feel could play this game? (Great videos, btw)

[@WatchItPlayed]

+Sean Gibbons Sean, this is terribly hard to answer, because it's less about the age and more about the aptitude/interest of the child. There are 20 year olds who could have trouble with a game like this :)

[@hayray5277]

hey i like all you videos but can u do a gameplay of this board game plz

[@WatchItPlayed]

+hayray 9 No plans to currently, it's a trickier one to record, given the real-time nature of it.

[@chrisknab4087]

I have three undefeated enemies remaining in my base at the end of the round. Now I'm in the next round and the app is asking me to add another enemy to the base. Is it right that I would now have four enemies in my base (even though there are only three slots?), or have I done something wrong?

[@TheJonnolove]

+Chris Knab you should remove them from the base and put on the bottom of the enemy deck, and advance the ! token along the base tracker the same number of moves as aliens left undefeated. Therefore, you start the next timed phase with an empty base again

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks to Jon for the assist!

[@DeltaAirbusFlyer]

Rodney, Are you and Luke going to be playing this game or just teaching it?

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope to do something, but I'm working on how I want to pull it off.

[@Vagenlitefoot]

***** I hope you do a play through, I know with the timed turns it will dificult if not imposible to do the usual format for your show. Still, I think it would still be really great to see you guys run one.

[@Calixtus]

How do you complete Missions with the Squad Leader? Didn't understand that part. I have never played this game, but I have designed a variant to how combat at the squad level works, with each of the four classes having two abilities that it brings with it into a squad combat round. If you want to know what they are, you can check it out on www.boardgamegeek.com, but at this point, it is still pending for a GeekGold Award.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Calixtus Not sure I can really explain the way missions are completed, better than what I've shown here without knowing your specific questions. Basically, you assign troops to the symbols and they let you roll dice, which improve your odds of gaining successes.

[@Calixtus]

***** Sounds like a very uninspired and uninteresting setup, for what could possibly be the most fun and developed portion of the game. I will share a little of how the different classes work in my variant. Once I do that, you can tell me how we can fit that into the playing out of the Missions. For instance, the Sniper has two abilities, Headshot and Overwatch. Headshot refers to the ability, before the initial attacks are made, to roll a single XCOM die, without the need to roll the Alien Threat die. Overwatch refers to when an Alien Threat die is successfully rolled, then the Sniper, if he is still alive, may make one attack, and if that one attack successfully kills off the last of the Aliens, the Alien Threat is ignored. Wanna hear the rest?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Calixtus Sounds interesting, but I don't tend to play with variants, and never had a problem with how the game resolved this, but you've done the right thing sharing this on BGG. Cheers!

[@howtpotypo]

If a soldier that is elite dies Does it lose its eliteness when it goes to the reserve

[@WatchItPlayed]

Yes, return the token to the supply.

[@howtpotypo]

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[@jptucker4991]

When does the mission flip over?

[@pillinjer]

After a random number of turns (around 7), however completing missions may make it flip over quicker.

[@WatchItPlayed]

If you really punch through the missions, I've seen it come up in Round 4... I think? It's hard to say, as it's in the programming of the app. Until FFG reveals the formula, it's a bit of speculation on our part. And it may be affected by the difficulty level as well.

[@CeeJaeRgh]

How do you proceed when all remaining units on a mission are killed while trying to resolve any of the missions tasks?

[@CeeJaeRgh]

Also, in my particular situaion, my 2 remaining soldiers were killed fighting a muton as the second task of the mission, however they rolled the correct number of successes to defeat it at the same time as the loss was rolled. 1. Is this muton succesfully killed simultaneously as my men are killed? Like when rolling a failure on research but resolving remaining successes anyway 2. If the muton is killed, can it still be taken as salvage despite having it having also killed all the units on mission? 3. If this happened and the alien was the third and final task of the mission, would the mission still be considered succesfully completed?

[@WatchItPlayed]

0) You stop trying to resolve the mission, it stays there and then during the next round you can deploy new units there, when the app gives you the option (or you can always replace the mission, if you choose to). 1) You gain any successes rolled, even if you roll a loss, killing the troops. 2) Yes. 3) Yes. Hope that helps!

[@CeeJaeRgh]

***** It helps immensely thank you!, Very well done video by the way! Have just got the game and running through it on your own is daunting, A LOT to take in, will definitely be better when I can get the friends involved!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Connor Robertson Yes, it does get easily when you don't have to manage it all yourself :)

[@CeeJaeRgh]

One other thing, similar area - In the following time phase, when it comes to drawing the mission, but there is still already one in play you intend to keep. Do you still bother picking up the two from the top of the mission deck for consideration before discarding them anyway?

[@ricardoruiz-montanez9880]

where could I buy the board game?

[@WatchItPlayed]

At a game store, or online perhaps? It really depends on where you live.

[@ricardoruiz-montanez9880]

I live in Philadelphia I have the xbox 360 version of the xcom series and became a fan.

[@WolfHead0207]

well i just downloaded this game on on tabletop simulator and went here for the insight in the rules... it escalated like this: me holding in my hands actual board game and i preordered xcom 2.............. i was saving my money for the trip on the valentine's day with my girlfriend and she said if the game is crap i will be single. wish me luck.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Quite a gamble! Good luck!

[@WolfHead0207]

flash news: she likes it but she forbid me to spend any more money... i will consider it a win xD

[@hellclaw2]

+Bernard Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein My friend, the moment you accepted her telling you what to or not to do is already a lost. xD

[@koiboyy]

My friends and I were trying this game last night and got the rules wrong. We almost won rolling one die once per task...

[@WatchItPlayed]

Derek Richie Wow - that's hardcore level right there.

[@ioanfat6627]

Is there anyone willing to sell XCOM:The Board game? It seems that it is OOP and I can't find it anymore 😞

[@WatchItPlayed]

Not an easy title to track down these days!

[@shawnpenson]

It seems like the central officer has very little to do compared to the other roles.

[@WatchItPlayed]

It may seem that way, but in the game you may find it feels differently.

[@Sulucion6Tone]

I know that UFO's in space stay on the board, but do the UFO's over continents get removed after each round? As the threat has been raised? Or do they stay on the board as well. If that's the case my first 2 games we really would have been stomped.

[@WatchItPlayed]

They stay on the board! UFO's are a real threat.

[@Sulucion6Tone]

Just played a solo game that way and was destroyed again. Brutal.. .