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ISS Vanguard (Gamefound: Dreadnaught Pledge)

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  1. 5 out of 10

    One of my first campaign games. I love the narrative and initially found it super interesting. The app is great and easy to use. The components are beautiful - but sometimes not functional. I played solo and multiplayer. Played with my daughter (more video gamer) The things that do not work for me and people I played with: - Unclear rules (we just house rule if we cannot find - did not find the rulebook clear, the ship administration was fine) - watch live streaming playthroughs (they often spend a ton of time checking rules) - Dice checks - Tedious and repetitive and way too complex. And not fun for me after the first couple of missions. - Randomness and luck are the absolute rule here - and they layer! Dice check success (mostly random) then a discovery lead - random! UGH! - Punishing with variable mitigation (most times for us it wasn't near enough) - Decision space - it didn't feel like there was much - and most of the time we chose wrong and suffered when it came to what was needed for the mission. - Exploring - you are punished for this and risk failure if you go too far away from the sequence the game wants you to do - Upgrades for crew were woefully light - and did not do as much as you'd think - Mini's are too big and you have to move them. I so want standees for this one! - WAY too long -this is a slog of epic proportions. It's 3-4 hours when you bring it out at a minimum. - Solo - I found I needed to do 4 crew (I'm newer to this type of game so this might be experience but 2 crew did not lead to success). Overall - I wanted to love it. It's beautiful. The story, so far, is great. But this amount of punishment and repetitiveness is just - not fun at all. It needed less to have a more effect - it's not streamlined. I don't feel like I'm exploring. I don't feel like my choices matter much. Without the App this game is unplayable. If I continue I will just house rule to see if I can get some actual enjoyment out of this game. It may be this type of game is not for me.

  2. 9 out of 10

    Huge game. Huge time investment to learn too, and also to play, but a lot of work went into making it and it shows. If you love the X-COM series strategy layer, this is about as close as you’re going to find in a board game (yes, much closer than the actual X-COM titled board game)

  3. 9 out of 10

    Gamefound version sundrop version incl. - Personal files - deadly frontiers campaign (sundrop) - playmats - dice upgradr - section boxes (sundrop)

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This product includes:
1) ISS Vanguard Core Box
2) Close Encounters Miniatures Expansion
3) Personal Files Expansion
4) Deadly Frontier Expansion
5) All unlocked relevant Stretch Goals from this campaign

ISS Vanguard is a 1-4 player co-operative, campaign Board Game. It will bring players right into epic Sci-Fi adventure, as they will play as 4 sections (security, recon, science, engineering) onboard the first human ship with the possibility to reach outer space.
Campaign will introduce the unique story written by Krzysztof Piskorski (Tainted Grail) full of hard player choices, twists and branching storylines.

Gameplay is divided into 2 main stages: Ship phase and landing on planets.

During the Ship phase, players will manage their ship (binder with printed sleeves), where every section will have to make gameplay decisions.

Then, you will prepare your crew for landing on the next planet, in search of answers to humanity’s biggest questions. Together you will pick lander and customize it with modules, then each section will choose a crew member to take on a mission ( more experienced crew members will have better ranks ), deck-build skills deck, take equipment and choose dices for his character.
The game will come with over 100 different Crew members, each with unique characteristics.

During all phases of the games players will be directed to Log-book, consisting story encounters, often written in the form of action-packed dialogues between the characters.

Ages

13+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

90m – 120m
Designer

Krzysztof Piskorski, Marcin Świerkot, Paweł Samborski, Michał Oracz
Mechanics

Cooperative Game, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Card Drafting, Dice Rolling, Storytelling
Theme

Dice, Miniatures, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Adventure, Exploration
Publisher

Awaken Realms
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