It was a bit of an odd stream last night. It started late because of a toddler, but still went under an hour. Join me at the table for the second game play of Stars of Akarios. The cadets, Violet Ray and G’iardian, went back to the Sparrow to await further instructions. Of course, things did not go well in the space battle and as we looked to leave the system, we had to go out and fight enemy ships that were showing up. But this time we were a bit better prepared for the battle. Catch up on Stars of Akarios here.

Stars of Akarios Tactical Combat

Thus far we haven’t experienced some of the game, mainly the space exploration has been limited and we haven’t gone down to a planet yet. What we’ve really learned is how space combat works and how to blow up the enemy ships, so let’s talk a little bit about the space combat.

Mainly because the space combat offers a lot of interesting tactical choices. Both with how you activate everything, when you use stress and supplies for that bigger hit. And so much of it is about how you fly around. The hardest part of the puzzle is to get your ships positioned correctly. I want to just rush up and get in their face and blast them. That is what you do in a lot of games.

But for Stars of Akarios you really want to get behind your opponent. That allows you to flip two cards and really decreases the chances you will miss. And at the same time, you want to position yourself so you won’t have ships flying up behind you. The enemy also gets advantage if they get behind you, so you can just fly into an area and not think about what could happen.

Upcoming Streams

On Monday, my plan is going to be streaming a roll and write game. I picked up Trek 12, so my hope is to get that one to the table. Though, Long Shot the Dice Game, Super Skill Pinball 4-Cade, Isle of Cats: Explore and Draw, and Cartographers are all on the short list as well. Same with Sagrada if I don’t want to do a roll and write game.

Then on Wednesday, at 8 PM this time, I will be streaming more Stars of Akarios. I believe that I have one more space mission to get through and then it’ll be to a planet. One question I have for people watching, do you want to see the whole campaign? From what I can tell this is a huge game, you don’t play every scenario but there are a lot. I’d like to get through the prologue at least, but ideally further into the story than that. Let me know how far you’d like to see?

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