Mega Man Pixel Tactics: Proto Man Red

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 8 out of 10

   bob_the_goon

   Obviously its Pixel Tactics with a layer of Mega Man love. The cards do a great job keeping the spirit of the characters.

2. 5 out of 10

   Alyiz

   Mega Man Pixel Tactics is a game with a lot of fun and exciting ideas...that it rarely executes correctly. --Generic stuff about ALL Mega Man Pixel Tactics: Component quality is very awful. If you don't plan on sleeving these, don't even buy the game. The cards are core-less and flimsy, with the feel of them only being describable as "nails on a chalkboard". Even sleeved, they are still obviously flimsy and there's no easy way to ever make this feel like a professional product. The non-competitive rules (the ones you actually get in the box) are pretty awful, as they make Leader selection somewhat random. In the competitive rules, you choose leaders for a separate stack. However, this doesn't work with only one core play set, as you need at least 4 additional cards per person. The action economy system feels incredibly choked. Despite the fact that you get 6 actions per turn, they're split into 2-action phases, and you have to spend them on EVERY game mechanic: drawing, playing dudes, clearing the dead dudes off your board, activating spells/actions on board, and playing effects from hand. Which, yes, means actions can be used to GET cards and USE cards. Historically speaking, that type of system fosters terrible balance and gameplay. --Stuff about THIS version of Mega Man Pixel Tactics: This one is mildly better than the Mega Man version simply for the addition of slightly more complex effects, more variety, and less boring cards. However, compared to the Mega and Bass sets, I tend to find less of these ending up in my constructed decks. --Summary: If you're going to play casually, I suggest not bothering with this version. If you're going to play competitively, I'm not sure why you're reading an "average" review. Pixel Tactics seems to have a lot of potential, but hasn't made this game appealing to play in over 8 sets now. To really enjoy it, I would require alternate rules that change how the action system works. I'd like to say that's impossible and that they balanced the game around it, but it doesn't feel balanced in the first place.

3. roboman

   (11/23/2016) - Backed on Kickstarter! (05/01/2017) - Mega Man Pixel Tactics (in its multiple variations) has arrived! (09/26/2021) - SOLD - A victim of the Great Game Collection Culling of 2021.