Rogue Angels – Action System

Let’s next talk about the card play system. I think for me, that’s one of the areas that Rogue Angels really shines in. The card play is simple and I mean that in the best way possible. It’s not that the card actions or choices are simple, it’s that how you play with the cards is simple.

Cards fall into specific slots on your cooldown track. And at the end of your turn they cool down. So something that is very good, it might land on the track at a four. Or something that is a bit more basic, quick movement, or further movement I should say, might be a two. So you get to do that extra movement more often.

Filled Slots

But the game also doesn’t let you do actions if you can’t place them. Now, it’s probably rare that you’d do it to yourself, but wounds take up spots on the action track as well. The more wounds you take, the more that they fill in. So it’s possible to have all four action spots completely filled. As a player you need to decide if you just compete with your basic action cards or you rest, and cool down other actions faster, or cool the wounds off of the track faster. The sooner they come off the track, the sooner you can play more cards.

Though, if there is still room on the track, you can always play a card in a slot higher than it should be. So a card that cools down at a two you can place up to the four if you want. This can be forced, if there is already a card in the two and three slot. Or it can happen if you choose as well. And you might choose because some cards, stealth for example, stay persistent while it’s in the track.

Basic Cards

Now, sometimes you just don’t have a card that works, or the one you want to use is further up the track. So the game never locks you out of actions. You always are able to play a basic interact and a basic move card. They both do a base of one, so they are worse than your other cards. But if you need to move twice and you’re cooling down your good move card, it is always an option.

And, like I said, you can always do it twice. Even the same action. They go into the zero slot for cooldown. The zero slot doesn’t actually exist. When something gets to zero it goes back to your hand. So in this case you play it and immediately get it back, no waiting for the end of the turn. I appreciate this element of the system as well because it means that you always can do something, which is important for a game.

Upcoming Streams

On Monday I stream at 9 PM Central. That is sometimes a bit hit or miss, but that’s the goal. And I do small solo game plays. That is going to be interspersed with learning to paint. I am not going to be teaching you how to paint, I’m going to be learning myself. So join me on Monday for solo gaming or painting.

On Wednesdays, well, I said that I plan to play at least 10 games of Rogue Angels. This is going to continue how I play my solo campaign games on the channel. We’ll see if I am able to get four different campaigns played at least 10 games this year. It’s tricky, but I think that I can do it. That is at 8 PM Central time for the campaign games. The next part of Rogue Angels can be found coming up here.

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ISS Vanguard Ship Phase

This one is interesting to talk about because I have some thoughts on it. Mainly about how it’s taught. Mostly the thoughts are good on it, but a few times I went looking for clarifications. So let’s get into that negative right now.

The ship phase of the game doesn’t really have a rule book. So you just go through the ship phase and are trying to figure it out from reading on that page. They do a very good job of explaining everything. But it’d be nice, especially for the first time, to run through it differently. Or to have a slightly better walkthrough of what is going on. The ship phase is supposed to be a tutorial itself, but it works, but on ly so well.

Once it became clear as to how it was working, then it moved smoother. And I think in the future it’ll go very smoothly. The system works well. I like that there are elements you are required to do, and then other things that you pick and choose. I know with the areas of the ship, you used to do them all when the game was originally on Gamefound. But I am glad that it changed.

It is also a meaningful section. I think being limited in what you can do is meaningful because now I wonder, what did I miss out on? I did production and research, those were two cool things. But are they worth passing on other areas that will help the ship as well? Or are they worth it for other things that might affect the sips morale that I’ll need to deal with eventually? It is a good question.

Upcoming Streams

Next stream is going to likely be either Roll to the Top or Planet Unknown again on Monday. I really liked Planet Unknown solo so I kind of want to get back to that. But Roll to the Top is a new game in my collection that I want to try. Either way at 8:30 PM Central time on Monday I will be streaming a board game. Who knows, by then it might be a different game that I pick.

And then next Wednesday, it is down to the planet in ISS Vanguard again. You can click the notification bell for the stream here. That is at 8 PM Central like normal. I want to see what a new planet will look like, or the remains of one.

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