Last night I got Stars of Akarios from OOMM Games to the table. This is a big space adventure game with both space exploration, space combat, and planetary exploration. The first part of the prologue gives you story and then your first taste of space combat. What is what I dove into yesterday. Let’s see how that first combat went in Stars of Akarios.

The Game – Stars of Akarios

So I can only give initial impressions on this so far. There is a lot to potentially look at because there is a lot of game in the box. I’ve done one, kind of two, of three parts of this game. I did a little bit of space exploration, but not really. There is a spot on the map to interact with, but that just immediately takes you into your first combat. Instead, what I’ve done thus far is space combat.

The space combat is intriguing to play. Mainly because positioning has so much to do with it. Get behind an enemy ship, and you get advantage. That can take a miss into a nice success. Or push you over the top to get the damage out that you need to. Or even stay out of the firing arc of an enemy for a turn. There is a lot to think about, and I appreciate that.

At the same time, with that planning, you still don’t feel bogged down with the game. The space combat turns go fast, you have a limited number of actions that you can do. And the dice further limit that. And that isn’t a bad thing, I think it’d make a multiplayer experience work well. For me playing solo, it matters a little bit less, but it makes controlling two characters easier. I thought about just doing one ship, but I’m glad that I have two to play around with. It allows me to try and see more things.

The one initial knock or thing to be aware of is how big this game is. It takes up a ton of table space. It doesn’t seem too large, but it is very large. I think I could play four characters solo. But to get the camera and lights where they need to be, and to show the board, I can’t do that. So know what you’re getting into. It could maybe be scaled down in size slightly. But I do appreciate that it has the giant nature to the game, it makes it feel more epic.

Upcoming Streams

So Monday I had plans to do a Top 10 list, but Etherfields is finally shipped. This is a Kickstarter that I backed probably in 2018 and is now just making it here. Granted, Wave 1 has been out for a bit, but I didn’t pay for two wave shipping. So I don’t even know all of what I have coming with my pledge level anymore. Whatever it is, I’ll be unboxing it.

Then next Wednesday another Stars of Akarios live stream. I put out a question if we should follow orders or not? So there is going to be a poll down below to help decide. Let me know what you think I should do. I’ve seen one of the two ways played on another YouTube channel, so I’m tempted to one direction but vote and let me know.

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