Want to test a quick FPS solo game

Wow. I usually make it quite far in and have actually won a few games.

Mostly, btw, I've played the "escape" scenarie. I find that if you don't have a time limit you can optimize your movement by moving to a door, waiting for next turn and then enter fully "loaded" with movement and that can be a bit unsatisfying. If you can pull it off, that is - it depends on whether or not you clean out the tiles.

On a different note I'm thinking of a third scenario/plot entitled "survive" where you have to survive a number of turns in a base that is - I think - laid out beforehand. It will require some extra spawn rules, but more on that some other time. For now I need to get the basics to work.

Yes, I try to play them as intelligently as possible. But even though, you should still be able to outrun them - which you should do sometimes in order to pick your battles. And remember that you can block grates by standing on them.

Concerning Alien Marines they are, as you write, activated when you move into line of sight. But they do not move until the alien turn. In other words they're not laying traps for you. The activation rule is in fact just a way of ensuring that the different aliens don't move the same way. In my first playthroughs all the aliens would just shamble towards you which made for a game with almost no tactical decisions. But that being said I will consider making even bigger differences. For instance I could "borrow" (ie. "steal") a rule from Doom: the board game and allow Hunter-Killers to move through grates making the already spawned monsters even faster.

Happy gaming!

mads

Thank you for your comments - sounds like you've had fun playing it.

I think the idea of adding variation is a very good one. Because, of course one should have different weapons with, for instance, area effects (grenades or such), and more aliens that actually act radically different (like stationary turrets, swarm bots that do little damage, but hinders you, boss monsters etc.) plus extra event cards will do a lot to add flavour. But also, I'm afraid, more complexity. So I have to find a balance between upping the epic feel and still maintaining a quick and relatively simple game.

Concerning room size I also think you might be right. As it is, the rooms don't require that much planning and bigger rooms would - I think - make them harder to navigate. But again it has to be balanced against the fact that the tiles need to be easy to handle while the squares can't be too small. I'll look into it - your suggestion is sound.

Finally concerning co-op, publishing and so on. From the beginning the game was meant as a free solo print and play game. The inspiration comes from - among other things - the quite succesful Zombie In My Pocket that can be downloaded from boardgamegeek.com. It's a cool little game, but for me it was a tad to light and sorely lacked dice. That being said Zombie In My Pocket has just been published in a beefed up version that also supports multiplayer, but for me the priority right now is making a game that's fun to play if you need a quick board game fix. I hope I'm on the right path :-)

mads