2 Stations, 1 Winner
We played another one-on-one game of Mechaton the other night, once again opting to mix up the rules for a more even fight. Four mechs aside, 11 attachments. We put two stations in the middle of the battlefield, worth five points each.
Playing this way made for a far more bloody fight than we’d had previously. There was much less positioning and racing for objectives, and much more standing up and fighting. That said, there was still a good degree of tactical complexity in the game. The doomsday clock became a much more tense decision. Malcolm won the game based on smart timing on ticking it down, and appropriate concentration of force. It was very close though. One white die left on one of his mechs, and if I’d knocked it off, it would have been a draw.
It’s interesting that a lot of Mechaton games come down to a plucky little mech holding on despite all the odds. It’s hard not to identify with the little guys when all your hopes are riding on them lasting through just one more round of withering fire.
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August 24, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Maybe it’s just the way I play, but I find that most games are like that. Hammering your opponents mechs until they’re scrap, then racing to grab any open stations is the way it usually goes down.