by JFarceur
We had our first games yesterday (3 players then 4 players), and had a lot of fun! I'm glad I can still trust my instinct when it comes to buying games I never heard before.Here are my questions. Since I am a french speaker, some of my sentences may not make any sense, when complex grammar occurs (see?).
Earther special power: "Once per game, one of your fighters can self destruct."
Can this power be triggered WHILE moving? I.e. : I have 3 tiles to move, but I blow up after 2?
- If yes : do I have to move all my fighter squadron 2 tiles, then self-destruct (in case I blow up my own ships), then finish moving the surviving ships?
Earther special power: "Once per game, one of your fighters can self destruct."
I think the power should also be triggered by the ship's death, such as :
- laser shot (ie : point-blank enemy capital ship)
- collision with an asteroid/enemy ship/enemy capital ship
Personnaly, I would even think that if the fighter explodes in a collision with an asteroid, that asteroid would be shattered, but that's just me :-)
Vonyan special power: Each ship in the fighter squadron you are moving may move double the number of spaces.
I'm not sure if this power is intended to last the entire duration of the game, but my guess is that it does. In that case, I'd change the phrasing for "All your fighters may move double the number of spaces..."
I had the power, so I made an "hexagonal formation" at the beginning of the game, so I could try to get all 6 probes in one move. I wasn't lucky and did not get the correct movement card on my first move. All the rest of the game was about dodging the other players, using that power. I don't think it's too powerful to last the whole game.
Vonyan special power: Move one asteroid per turn one hex [...]
Can this power be activated WHILE moving (passing by an asteroid that is not 3 hex away neither on the start or end of the movement).
Vonyan special power: Move one asteroid per turn one hex [...]
What about the "central asteroid"? Luckily, during our game, it was not moved, because many questions would arise :
- Is the "central asteroid" a special asteroid? I think that asteroid contains the ancient technology everyone is after, so yes?
- So, the hexes that are worth 2 points each around the "central asteroid", do they "move" with the asteroid?
- Should the probes move if the central asteroid is moved?
- ...
Stopping with those questions I was thinking that this "Asteroid" should be a "little moon" that cannot be moved by any mean, and can only be destroyed with the Death Star planet-destroying superlaser.
Vonyan special power: Move one asteroid per turn one hex [...]
What happens when an asteroid (not the "Central one") meets a probe? I guess it's destroyed.
Vonyan : Move one asteroid per turn one hex [...]
Can an asteroid be moved on another asteroid? Maybe it could "knock back" the other asteroid one hex away, meheheh.
Vonyan special power: [...] If the asteroid hits an undamaged capital ship, the ship is damaged, and the asteroid destroyed.
Moving Capital Ship Encounters
Enemy fighter: Fighter destroyed, capital ship takes one point of damage.
Asteroid: Not permitted
Moving Capital Ship Encounters
Enemy fighter: Fighter destroyed, capital ship takes one point of damage.
Asteroid: Not permitted
I suppose that this special power was written that way so that an enemy capital ship can not be destroyed in "one blow" (unless the Vonyan capital ship is in fire range of the enemy capital ship : it could throw an asteroid on it then finish it with lasers - AGGRESSIVE!).
I was thinking of two alternatives to theses rules :
1: (Following the logic written on the special power card)
a) When a capital ship moves onto an asteroid, it takes damage, and the asteroid is destroyed.
2: (As in my last question)
a) When a capital ship moves onto an asteroid, it takes damage, and the asteroid is "knocked back" one hex.
b) With the Vonyan special power, the moved asteroid would "knock back" the capital ship one tile away (therefore rotating from the other hex, if colliding from the side).
Following my logic on (2), I was then wondering if a capital ship could ram into another capital ship (each ship takes damage, the enemy ship is knocked one tile away), then you could fire at it and finish him off on the spot, or if that idea is just crazy talking.
That's it for the questions. The game is awesome.