Trees & Sand

[Mantisking]

Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack Game 9-29-18, on Flickr.

The Battle of Trees & Sand. Battle report here.

[VitorFaria]

Nice pics, Mk!

[spacemonkey]

Nice report, Mantisking. I have a question regarding turn 4:

Occam's Spork's barely surviving Green frame -- it has 1 White die left -- lurches across the battlefield, smashes into Chuck's Purple frame for 5, destroys it, and captures the Station it was guarding.

How did the Green frame both move and attack if it only had one White die left?

[VitorFaria]

I guess it would use the for movement and the for attack, being stuck with a defense of 0.

[Mantisking]

Nice pics, Mk!

No comments on the actual game?

Nice report, Mantisking. I have a question regarding turn 4:

Occam's Spork's barely surviving Green frame -- it has 1 White die left -- lurches across the battlefield, smashes into Chuck's Purple frame for 5, destroys it, and captures the Station it was guarding.

How did the Green frame both move and attack if it only had one White die left?

I guess it would use the for movement and the for attack, being stuck with a defense of 0.

Vitor has it right.

[spacemonkey]

Ah, knew I was forgetting something; it's been awhile since I've played a game.

[Mantisking]

Ah, knew I was forgetting something; it's been awhile since I've played a game.

Okay.

I'm kinda surprised no-one has commented on my squad having no weapons beyond three SSRs.

[spacemonkey]

Huh, totally missed that since I usually just skim the load-outs and jump to the action. What was your game plan with that setup? Hope to tank the damage and use spots to encourage the others to attack each other?

[Mantisking]

Huh, totally missed that since I usually just skim the load-outs and jump to the action. What was your game plan with that setup? Hope to tank the damage and use spots to encourage the others to attack each other?

The hope was to present as "non-threatening" due to lack of weaponry, also it was an was a way of stopping myself from standing my ground as Defender as I only had three ranged attacks to use for the entire game. Loadout was for survival, to get the hell out of the way, and for a bit of social engineering.

[spacemonkey]

Interesting. Do you think it's a strategy you would try again?

[Blorf]

I've played that strategy. It was a ton of fun. I'd recommend it to seasoned players who deeply understand game mechanics. It's really hard to play but super rewarding if you pull it off.

I went with a little more yellow to keep opponents more interested in each other than in me, and a couple h2h for when I finally decided I wanted to make a play for a station toward the end. But it's the same idea. You can find my report by searching for "waffle".

I'm kinda surprised no-one has commented on my squad having no weapons beyond three SSRs.

To be honest, I have a really hard time following what was going on unless a report is extremely descriptive and includes visual annotations.

[VitorFaria]

The no weapons shenanigans were cool, but some well taken close up shots so I can actually see the frames being used really tugs my heart-strings!

[Mantisking]

Interesting. Do you think it's a strategy you would try again?

Probably. I tend to play Defender more than anyone else in the group and I'd like another shot at using this squad and playing it better.

I've played that strategy. It was a ton of fun. I'd recommend it to seasoned players who deeply understand game mechanics. It's really hard to play but super rewarding if you pull it off.

Yeah, I didn't play this game to the best of my abilities. I made a rookie mistake by ignoring Occam's Spork's Zombie Frame -- the one White die one -- and I got caught up in analysis paralysis trying to figure out if I should use a SSR during my Frame's activation.

I went with a little more yellow to keep opponents more interested in each other than in me, and a couple h2h for when I finally decided I wanted to make a play for a station toward the end. But it's the same idea. You can find my report by searching for "waffle".

Tom commented after the game was over he would have went with double Spotting, and I believe that was also mentioned during the meal where this squad was initially conceived. I wanted the Movement system to get better probabilities for my "Run Away" strategy. I also went with no weapons -- defaulting to HtH from white dice -- as I wanted to present as "Not A Threat" to the other players.

I'm kinda surprised no-one has commented on my squad having no weapons beyond three SSRs.

To be honest, I have a really hard time following what was going on unless a report is extremely descriptive and includes visual annotations.

Fair enough. I'm trying to be more descriptive in my reports but between being wiped out after the game is finished and recollection fading as the week progresses it leads to less than stellar reporting.

The no weapons shenanigans were cool, but some well taken close up shots so I can actually see the frames being used really tugs my heart-strings!

I will try and take more photos like that in the future then.

[Blorf]

For what it's worth, the comment about following reports was a generalization and not specific to this one.

[Mantisking]

For what it's worth, the comment about following reports was a generalization and not specific to this one.

I didn't take it personally.