-We played the starter mission that had no tactics cards, no leaders/champions and very basic weapons for both sides... this really gave the Goliath gang a huge advantage. Their guns do more damage and they are terrors in melee. Escher, without their gas weapons, are at a significant disadvantage.
-The first two full rounds involved some maneuver and a bunch of gunfire... funny how no one was hitting anyone for nearly 2 rounds. Its alternating style of play so he went then I went with each unit. In the advanced rules Leaders can activate two nearby gangers and champions can activate one so that creates a rather large margin for maneuvering and choices on how you want to distribute your combat power.
- The shift between basic and advanced rules is a fairly big step. I'm going to come up with a quick rules reference to make it more efficient as we tried our best to stay with the advanced rules. I was constantly in the rule book and it wasn't always clear (we had an issue trying to really understand the "Coup de gra" maneuver and when you could use a free action to dispatch your seriously injured opponent.
-3D terrain is really going to make this game great! AS you can see we played in a room. I can see 3x levels and even some that are completely separate from the main board (like an extra sewer area)
- Need to have a regiment of player steps after missions: Serious Injury Table, Advancement Table, Shopping and then mission selection involvement... all needs to get streamlined. I fumbled through the book constantly during the game and it was a tad annoying but not nearly as annoying as 7th edition Warammer 40k.
-Used the tactical cards for one game (which was for purely for learning as the mission didn't call for their use) and I really like them... adds another element to the game that it was lacking from before.
-Otherwise, I was pleased to see my huge investment pay off in the first run. I think this is a game we can get into and add a couple house rules to really make it ours.
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