Reply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: Rules:: Re: Leaving Alliance vs...
by rattkin I did, about 10 days ago. No reply so far. Touko is online on BGG almost every day, so he either did not notice the mail yet or chose not to answer for some reason.
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: Rules:: Re: Ancient hives ship dispersal
by bepeacock What about using the Ancient cruisers from the expansion, instead of the regular ones?
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Re: 7-player game with new...
by KAM1138Nemesis420x wrote:One thing you should NEVER do is tell new players that any species is overall worse than any other.Well, then should one lie to them...or just "if you can't say something...
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by kollapse Love following the discussion here. Thanks for the advice and thoughts, though we did end up playing another (more easy to teach) game. Will probably teach this game in phases, with a...
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Re: 7-player game with new...
by LazyJkollapse wrote:Love following the discussion here. Thanks for the advice and thoughts, though we did end up playing another (more easy to teach) game. Will probably teach this game in phases,...
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Re: 7-player game with new...
by kollapse I will definitely have all players play as Terran for the first game. After that, is there a nice and simple "pros and cons" of all the alien factions somewhere to be found? Since I'm no...
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Re: Unexpected research...
by Nemesis420x This is true. But I'd argue that computers and sources are generally a priority over more powerful guns. It's far better to have a ship that does a little bit of damage consistently than...
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: Variants:: Re: Interceptor Bays
by eoingibb Well we have played with several variations on this now.1. using it as an outside hull tech. This was overpowered without limits. Not sure what appropriate limits would be - maybe 3/6 for...
View ArticleSession: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: Stupid Ancient Hives... the Story of...
by ghbell So, this is actually a report on 3 games. The game that matters to this report is the second game, and I will actually present that to you last...So.... Our set up in all 3 games included...
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: Sessions:: Re: Stupid Ancient Hives......
by freddieyu Ouch....
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: Sessions:: Re: Stupid Ancient Hives......
by ghbell You're telling me. My sphincter still hurts from that Ancients attack.
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Re: Unexpected research...
by rattkin I second that. Computers are absolutely crucial. It's just math and chance calculation. As for buying techs, you sometimes do that not because you want the actual benefit, but instead:- you...
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Re: Two players with the...
by rattkin Good catch! Obviously, a manual error.
View ArticleThread: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Rho Syndicate overpowered...
by alepsycho I played a session of Eclipse with the expansion saturday in 3 and for the 3rd time when the Rho Syndicate plays in the hands of different players, they won, so we all agreed that this...
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by charlest I've only seen Rho Indi in one 3 player game and I almost won with them. When I beat down one of my opponents the other one was opportunistic and started pressuring me on the opposite side....
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by alepsychocharlest wrote:Are your opponents counter attacking you? Rho Indi is good but it's still very difficult to deal with a war on two fronts, especially if opponents upgrade their Dreadnaughts....
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by ghbell Agree with Charles. If you are winning a 2 front war with more expensive ships, and fewer of them, then your opponents need to do more to inflict attrition.Yes, they are great against...
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by Nemesis420x Rho Indi can certainly find an advantage in taking a lot of sectors early on the game which can drive their resource production, and if the other players leave them alone once they do...
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Re: Rho Indi Syndicate...
by alepsycho Yes, I understand that to win against the Rho Indi the other races must invade then early to try to avoid they getting rich enough, but the problem is that in a 3 players game the...
View ArticleReply: Eclipse: Rise of the Ancients:: General:: Re: Rho Indi Syndicate...
by ghbell Rho Indi don't have the advantage in taking lots of sectors, everybody can explore. Do you mean they have the advantage in fighting the Ancients?They can certainly move more, but the others...
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