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Yep, retreating on Archer-Sierra has no next turn strategic action cost - neither does it cost the players in warchest, political, or strategic points. For Blue Hole, losing a battle has more consequences that can tip the balance of the conflict over the long run. But for Archer-Sierra, we made the campaign system simpler to help introduce new players to the basic concepts.

Best part about BLKout is its fast and simple. you can genuinely play a full match in 45 mins or an hour. As much as i love infinity, you can't say the same there lol

The same to you! I enjoy your battle reports very much!

The player who goes second has an advantage because they can react to what their opponent just did. Some players move all of their mechs at once before ending their turn while others alternate moving mechs. It depends on the player group Each round is supposed to simulate ten seconds of combat. That is absolutely time for a final salvo of missiles to reach you, a broken reactor to run for a few more seconds, or the machinegun bullet at the ninth second being the blow that defeats the enemy. This is a detail more obvious in classic where you roll separately for every weapon you fire Battlemechs normally carry conventional weapons that at worse are capable of reducing a city to rubble. The sort of weapons that extinguish an entire planet *usually* aren't used in warfare but humans are stupid and classic does have rules for their use

That's BattleTech- these war machines can get at least one shot off before they kick the bucket. Since they can get at least one shot off, the initiative holder shoots last so they can have better "reactive" shooting and get to use their mech at least once. I think that was the intent of the author(s) of the rules. But, it's a game that's still fun to play. I am glad you're enjoying the campaign :) A player has shown interest in playing One Page Rules- Gang Wars before. So, who knows...

They sort of have it now. But, I think as battle field support assets is fun. Though, having aerospace duking it out for air-superiority is something the players and I have been discussing how we would conduct it- if the need arises.

Thanks! Will do!

I'm glad you're enjoying the video. And welcome to BLKOUT! The new Impact expansion is really good! I really like the new forces and the dusters. The next BLKOUT battle report will have a few dusters in it and will release on 24 December.

You're absolutely right! It's like finding a gold mine but then realizing you forgot to bring your pickaxe.

I know, right!? One can only retreat so far on an asteroid...

I hope you do! One of our goals was to inspire other players to play some campaigns!

The Pain Posse! Nice! Right now there is a Knight and Notable Noble assignment to put together mercenary reinforcements for Blue Hole. Don't miss out to create your own lance or company with a crazy name to go into battle for Blue Hole's destiny.

@@WargamerStories I am happy to report that I have just done exactly that. I had to edit a lot, because I am functionally unable to post something like that without a small narrative, and I really got hung up in the BT timeline, but it should stand up to some scrutiny now... ;)

Only one way to know for sure... Stay tuned to the next exciting episode of "Mercs on a Rock!" :)

Thanks! That's a nice comment! We are having fun! Even losing a war, in an odd way, can be fun! Glad you're enjoying the campaign!

I was going to post this, but I see you beat me to it

Happy Birthday!

I'm glad you're enjoying the campaign!

Speaking of having having a "blast," be advised: we made some errors on the blast rules in our game. But, yea, BLKOUT is a ton of fun. A lot of small tactical choices that have huge impacts. It's a fast-pace exciting game. I'm liking the front line dusters. Next BLKOUT report will have a few dusters

Heat is a little less prevelant in Alpha Strike. Some weapons cause Heat to their target. Heat can still be self-inflicted, but only when a mech is trying to do more damage (but not all mechs have the ability). On the mech card, next to the heat scale is OV. The mech can overheat and add the OV value to their damage at the cost of hear. My players try to avoid at all cost, lol

The players can only see what is immediately beside their units. Or, they have an area revealed using orbital satellites. towards the end of the campaign, the players will start moving their satellites around to get a better idea what the enemy was up to.

Glad you liked it!

There is a whole campaign of episodes, please enjoy :)

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

he players had some things come up, and couldn't continue the campaign. But this is one of my personal favorite games, so I will play a few non-campaign games starting after all the coming holidays.

The player had no where she could withdrawal; Emeraldstone is deep in enemy territory. The only escape was to the dropship that was already on the way to the battlefield.

@WargamerStories well when I talk about the forced withdrawal rule in alpha strike, I'm talking about when the pilot launches their escape pod abandoning the mech where it stands

:) I agree, I think!

I use Da Vinci Resolve as my video editing software. The weapon effects are VFX files from ProductionCrate.com. Each VFX is a scaled video layer laid on top of the image/ video of the mechs that was taken during game day. Depending on what is happening, there is about 2-30 video layers working together. I then splice together sound effects timed with the VFX, which adds another 10-12 layers of MP3 or Wav files into the shot. Think of it like layering a cake- once you get the hang of it, it's a piece of cake! :)

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Battle Armor, maybe soon (one side has them in their army). Protomechs, maybe one day. If a player ever says they want to play as the Clan Hell's Horses, that is.

That's a good point about the Fenris. As a silent observer during the battles, I witness a lot of "Heat of the moment, tunnel vision". My guess: the Panther scared him, so he shot it. Didn't work out... just ask the infantry guys 🙂

@WargamerStories Rarely if ever does it work out for the infantry guys, no matter how you slice it. They aren't called PBI for nothing!