I do to you now the enormous hurt!
This evening I was sort of surprised in to playing Mechaton, the table-top strategy game built of LEGO bricks. I was in a sort of blah mood to start with, and after we built our armies we went to Dairy Queen for ice cream since it was 10PM. Mike was on a sugar high and kept noting that these rules seemed awfully complex and confusing as I read them. I offered him the print out and he declined to read for himself.
Miscommunication abounded in the first round of the game. More than a little frustrating. If I had been more prepared I probably would have at least skimmed the rules again and suggested we play the Short game instead of the standard game..
We each built four mechs. I had the fewest total attachments so I had the highest points-per and started the game with 36 points. Mike started with 30 and Erik with 24.
We discarded the initiative rules and instead rolled initiative and defense for each mech at the beginning of the game and left those numbers alone.
I rolled poorly for one of my main defenders and it was taken out mid-game. On the last turn I lost another mech and one of my stations, leaving me with 18 points to Mike's 30 and Erik's 28 (Erik captured my station)
We all agreed it was a fun game, but the rules seem overly complex at times. Complexity for complexity's sake, as Mike noted.
Tomorrow is the start of Nan Desu Kan. I'll be offline all weekend, with probable updates to Twitter.
Miscommunication abounded in the first round of the game. More than a little frustrating. If I had been more prepared I probably would have at least skimmed the rules again and suggested we play the Short game instead of the standard game..
We each built four mechs. I had the fewest total attachments so I had the highest points-per and started the game with 36 points. Mike started with 30 and Erik with 24.
We discarded the initiative rules and instead rolled initiative and defense for each mech at the beginning of the game and left those numbers alone.
I rolled poorly for one of my main defenders and it was taken out mid-game. On the last turn I lost another mech and one of my stations, leaving me with 18 points to Mike's 30 and Erik's 28 (Erik captured my station)
We all agreed it was a fun game, but the rules seem overly complex at times. Complexity for complexity's sake, as Mike noted.
Tomorrow is the start of Nan Desu Kan. I'll be offline all weekend, with probable updates to Twitter.