Overall, Neuroshima Convoy really felt like it could have used more time in development and definitely some playtesters outside of Portal. I had to quit out of the game and start over. An even bigger one was that the app told me I needed to destroy some robots to advance to the next location, yet it wouldn’t let me click anything. One time I clearly won a battle, but the app said it was a tie. I also encountered some fairly serious bugs in the game. I ended up reading the rulebook again to remember what everything I needed to know.
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The tutorial teaches you how to do some things, but not why. There were things it never taught about the game-like what the circles around the units mean, or what a Shield token on robot does-to give you an example.
While I think it was better, it still wasn’t good.
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However, there was a patch at some point that updated the tutorial, and I did try it again for the sake of this review. Players will battle over five different cities. Other than a few of the basics, I had no idea what I was doing or why. The app walked me through a couple of turns and then dumped me into the game. Unfortunately, when I played the tutorial for the first time, it was flat out awful. Skip the rulebook and let the app teach you. This is something that every digital board game should have. So the best I can do is give you my experience with the game up to this point and you can take it from there.Īnd for Neuroshima Convoy, it’s been a fairly mixed bag. The state of the game when I first play it might be different then when you are reading this review. Unlike board games, digital apps can change with patches and updates. Reviewing digital board games is a challenge task. The player with the most strength at the end of the round will win the location. The Moloch player wins if they have a robot left alive in New York or a card in their deck at the end of the game. There are a few more wrinkles in the game-such as bomb cities, playing units to locations ahead in line, and specific victory powers-but that’s the quick summary of it. There are 5 cities in total, each with a different number of locations to battle over. If the Outpost has the most, they will discard the top card of the Moloch players deck. If the Moloch does, they will destroy that location and the next one in the line. The goal is to have the most strength of units in the current location at the end of the turn. In addition to playing units, players also have instant cards they can play during their main phase that will let them move units, draw cards, and do other one time effects.
These will add to their strength or give them unique powers. Finally, the Moloch player gets a chance to play and activate module cards that attach to their robots. Then the Outpost player gets to respond by playing soldiers. The Moloch can play any number of robot cards into a city location.
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Each unit will add strength to the battle and maybe a special power.Įach round is played out in a series of phases with the Moloch player always going first. The Moloch player wants to march their robots to New York City, while the Outpost must try to stop them… or at least slow them down as much as possible. Gameplay Overview:Įach player in Neuroshima Convoy has their own unique deck and goals. Did the jump from tabletop to tablet work well for this underrated title? Let’s find out. Specifically, the new digital offering for iOS and Android. But today, we are going to be focusing on Neuroshima Convoy, a two-player asymmetrical card game between the Moloch and the Outpost.
Then there is 51st State, a fun engine builder that works off a shared deck. Neuroshima Hex, the absolutely fantastic abstract strategy game is a must play in my opinion. Portal Games has actually taken this universe and built a few games around it. The factions range widely from the Moloch: a faction of killer robots, to the Outpost: humanity last bastion, to the Borgo: a race of super mutants. It’s a post-apocalyptic setting where humanity has devolved into their own tribes and ideologies (hmm, maybe not that far off is it?). Portal Game’s Neuroshima world is one that I really enjoy.
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