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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 10, 2023 4:56:48 GMT
Finally finished assembling Titanica (the "convention exclusive" version ofc). It took me a while to fix the minor miscasts along the hair.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 11, 2023 17:53:15 GMT
Walked a friend and his son through a game of Monpoc: soulsamurai.blogspot.com/2023/03/old-enemies.htmlI really felt how much the kickstarter delay hurt, as they commented a 4-player game would be great, and a single affordable starter box with two full armies would be so much easier to recommend, than trying to explain how to build their collection with the 1-player starters, unit boxes, monsters and buildings.
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Post by michael on Mar 11, 2023 22:34:40 GMT
Walked a friend and his son through a game of Monpoc: soulsamurai.blogspot.com/2023/03/old-enemies.htmlI really felt how much the kickstarter delay hurt, as they commented a 4-player game would be great, and a single affordable starter box with two full armies would be so much easier to recommend, than trying to explain how to build their collection with the 1-player starters, unit boxes, monsters and buildings. So did Defender X miss attacks even with his rerolls?
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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 12, 2023 3:16:32 GMT
My thing is, for intro games I generally don't worry about model's special rules (for the most part). I mainly just explain the base rules, walking players through movement, attacking, generating power, and power attacks. A couple of special rules will usually come up, but complexity explodes if you start worrying about all the model's special rules right from the start.
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Post by michael on Mar 12, 2023 22:55:00 GMT
My thing is, for intro games I generally don't worry about model's special rules (for the most part). I mainly just explain the base rules, walking players through movement, attacking, generating power, and power attacks. A couple of special rules will usually come up, but complexity explodes if you start worrying about all the model's special rules right from the start. That’s a different approach from what I’ve done. I place only apartment buildings on the table, but otherwise I let everybody use the rules on their cards. I demo with Defender X + two G-Tank/Repair Truck blisters, and Gorghadra + two Belcher/Crawler blisters. With the exception of maybe one guy ever (who, as I vaguely recall, was kind of a weirdo in general), it’s worked out really well! Players have enjoyed feeling like a boss when they power up for like 8 from 3 buildings and can reroll attacks, or when they spend all their power dice on a big attack and Gorghadra’s “I get all the power dice ever” nonsense fills them back up immediately!
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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 13, 2023 7:05:21 GMT
I don't stop anyone from using any special rules, but I don't try to remember all the rules and bring them all up at every relevant opportunity; I reckon players are busy enough trying to get the hang of the game in general. I mean, I'm busy enough trying to explain the core rules and concepts without trying to deal with lots of small special rules - remember that I have NEVER HAD A REAL GAME OF MONPOC, EVERY SINGLE GAME I'VE "PLAYED" HAS BEEN ME HOLDING A DEMO GAME. So I barely even remember half the model's special rules. Hell, I don't think I've ever even used the unit cover rules, I really need to remember to start playing with those. I just keep forgetting about them.
Also in this case I wasn't playing, and the father was playing Defender X; his son was playing the Terrasaurs and was quite young so I didn't feel the need to help the father win over his son. I'm pretty sure there were some instances where Terra Khan should have done super damage due to the presence of adjacent units, but I forgot about that rule too.
I pointed out a couple of smaller rules at times, like the tanks' aiming rule, but I didn't feel the need to overdo it. They had all the cards in front of them and were free to give them a read; the kid did in fact ask about and use a couple of special rules himself, like Khan's speed buff.
Also I have never bought two of the same unit blister. Each player gets 15 units representing the three available unit blisters for their faction, nice and simple.
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Post by michael on Mar 16, 2023 13:00:23 GMT
… - remember that I have NEVER HAD A REAL GAME OF MONPOC, EVERY SINGLE GAME I'VE "PLAYED" HAS BEEN ME HOLDING A DEMO GAME. …. I actually didn’t realize that. Your stuff is so nicely painted and you’ve had it for so long that I figured you had more than a few games under your belt!
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Post by michael on Mar 16, 2023 13:02:24 GMT
Also:
How about those Dusk rules, huh? Those elves are certainly somewhat undead! And also they have spells and things.
(Hurrah, Battle Lust finally made an appearance! And now that it is COST 2 it FINALLY makes sense for a caster to cast it on themself.)
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Post by Havock on Mar 16, 2023 14:17:07 GMT
I am rather content with the Railless.
And Mackay.
I am going to bring a triple huge base list in the first tourney I will show up to; not because it's good -and I'm not saying it isn't- but as a statement :v
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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 16, 2023 15:50:52 GMT
I've not gotten around to looking at the chariot rules. Someone mentioned something about Old Witch, but I didn't see her in the app. I want my Karchevs and Strakhovs PP please.
I am trying to decide whether to glue on my Forgeseer's hat or not. I think I'm leaning towards protecting his bald head from the harsh cold. Did you know how much heat you can lose from your head? It's... a lot. I'm pretty sure. Wear hats in the cold yo.
I finally put the chrome down on the model I wanted to give my friend for his birthday (which was three days ago, but I doubt I'll see him for another week or more). It... did not go on as well as I'd hoped, looking like a rather mat metallic rather than a reflective chrome. It looks better on the test model. I think that's because I was careless with the black gloss primer on the test model, applying it quickly and heavily. But that caused some issues with "drips" so for the actual model I applied the black gloss more slowly and carefully, and the result was... it didn't really go down all that glossy.
At this point I don't think I have it in me to try again. I'm just gonna finish it and he gets what he gets.
Printed up another model to try to paint for another friend's birthday, which is in around 3 weeks. Maybe I'll get that one finished in time. Probably not, it's Ramadhan soon. At least this model doesn't include anything fancy like chrome, just regular colours. Not sure what to do about the base though, I don't like the base the model came with. Need like a building corner or a gargoyle or something.
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Post by michael on Mar 16, 2023 16:17:03 GMT
I am rather content with the Railless. And Mackay. I am going to bring a triple huge base list in the first tourney I will show up to; not because it's good -and I'm not saying it isn't- but as a statement :v The Railless looks a bit more sensible in this edition, at least: six fewer damage boxes, no more Build Up Power, no Exhaust Fumes, and no Scather template. I vaguely remember the last time I faced a Railless, though, so I am not especially invested.
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Post by michael on Mar 16, 2023 16:42:45 GMT
I've not gotten around to looking at the chariot rules. Someone mentioned something about Old Witch, but I didn't see her in the app. ... Old Witch 2 currently appears under Battle Engines and not Warcasters. Just some sort of categorization issue; I’m sure it’ll get fixed soon enough.
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Post by Havock on Mar 16, 2023 19:04:43 GMT
I am rather content with the Railless. And Mackay. I am going to bring a triple huge base list in the first tourney I will show up to; not because it's good -and I'm not saying it isn't- but as a statement :v The Railless looks a bit more sensible in this edition, at least: six fewer damage boxes, no more Build Up Power, no Exhaust Fumes, and no Scather template. I vaguely remember the last time I faced a Railless, though, so I am not especially invested. To be fair, most battle engines were rather overtuned in mk3.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 17, 2023 5:41:34 GMT
I never played any, and I don't recall playing against any (maybe the Skorne turtle once, though that might have been before it got buffed?), but I remember complaints about some of them. Lots of free boosted shooting iirc?
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Post by Soul Samurai on Mar 17, 2023 7:51:49 GMT
My evil plan progresses unopposed! With the release of my Bombard STL, PP will no longer be able to sell Destroyer warjacks! THEY ARE DOOMED!
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