first season<\/a> – there were a number of drop-outs, and a bunch of new players, which roughly evened out. Division One was a player short, so each round someone has to sit out and do nothing but it\u2019s all equal and they\u2019ll get the same number of games.<\/p>\nFor this league, I\u2019m going to be taking the Z\u2019zor. I find that I usually get better at playing a team if I take them in a league, so my aim is to work out how these bashy teams work (while sticking with my familiar \u201cSkill 5+\u201d style).<\/p>\n
Game One – Merrick<\/h2>\n
We started with the best of intentions – we both turned up on time. To different venues. We weren\u2019t able to reschedule, so I put it down as 0-pts each. Technically, we did both turn up and nobody won the game.<\/p>\n
Game Two \u2013 Adrian\u2019s Rats<\/h2>\n
This game went fairly well – I scored a few 3-pointers but so did the Rats. Fortunately, they dropped more strike attempts than I did so I squeezed out a 3 point lead (could have been 4, but for a last minute score by the Veer-myn).<\/p>\n
The highlight for me was one Z\u2019zor Striker scoring an achievement by throwing a 9-hex pass to another Z\u2019zor Striker, and having it be caught. It took both coaching dice, but he made it! It only got a single cheer pip, but that\u2019s not too bad.<\/p>\n
After the game, one of my Strikers got Grizzled<\/em> on the Extra Coaching table (which makes him extremely hard to hurt) and the Guard got Quick Recovery<\/em> on the S2 advance table, on the off-chance that he actually gets hurt. I chose the S1 Extra Coaching table since 4 of the 6 options are attractive to a Z\u2019zor Striker \u2013 Can\u2019t Feel A Thing<\/em> essentially means \u201cchoose\u201d in addition to the normal \u201cchoose\u201d option, Lucky is universally useful and a Skill improvement is definitely welcome for 5+ players. So it stands to reason that he should gain Grizzled<\/em> instead. At least I can be sure that he won\u2019t get damaged when I come up against the two Marauder teams near the end of the league\u2026<\/p>\nGame Three \u2013 Stuart\u2019s S2 Corporation<\/h2>\n
This game was nail-biting – by turn 6 I was 5 points down, but my Guard was moving up the pitch knocking out anyone standing in the three-point zone. Unfortunately, no player went out for more than two turns and my defence was almost empty, making it easy for Stuart to score three points most turns. From that halfway point, I got lucky and scored a four-pointer for each three-pointer scored against me until I actually had a point in my favour. Unfortunately, in rush 12 he scored 3 to bring the score to two in his favour, I missed my four-point shot in rush 13 but to balance, he missed his three-point shot in rush 14.<\/p>\n
So the game ended as a loss, but I made it as tough as I could (and I\u2019m amazed that Z\u2019zor Strikers can score four-pointers\u2026) We tried out the Achievements rules again, and since I was mostly beating up human Jacks I got a lot of \u201ctriple-Slam\u201d results. Unfortunately, most of these (and my fan checks in general) ended up being events. With an extra Coaching Dice, maybe I\u2019d have won\u2026<\/p>\n
After the game, my second Striker gained a Skill advancement (again, on the S1 Extra Coaching table). And I\u2019m aware of the counter-intuitiveness of complaining about not having enough Coaching Dice and then spending one to roll on an advancement table. Don\u2019t judge me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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