Battle Report: Aristeia! 4/13/2019 (Assault)

After our game of Guild Ball yesterday we had still had some time in the afternoon so we got the Aristeia! board ready for a game, this was only going to be our second time playing through a full game.

For this game, the Scenario was 'Assault' again (while we are still earning) and my son was the Green Team this time (a change from our first game) which consisted of 'hEXx3r', 'Maximus', 'Major Lunah', and 'Parvati'.  I was the Orange Team which had 'Wild Bill', 'Gata', '8-Ball', and 'Miyamoto Mushashi'.

We are still a little slow with our game play, but we really did speed things up since the last game.  We were able to finish all 5 Rounds in just under 2 hours.  This was the first time with 4 new models each so it does take a little time learning what the can do.  I am hoping we can eventually get this game down to an hour game play.

Well after 5 Rounds yesterday it was a close game and my Orange team lost the match to the Green team 7-6 (I missed out the win by only 1 space).

I am really looking forward to trying out some of the different scenarios.

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Battle Report: Aristeia! 4/6/2019 (Assault)

Yesterday afternoon my son and got to complete our first full game of Aristeia! and it was interesting, a good interesting.  Even though the game is played with only 4 models, there is still a lot of information on those 4 player cards that we are still learning and processing which made the game last longer, along with still learning the actual rules of the game and trying to figure out how "Cover" works (which I believe we finally figured out).

Just like our previous 1 Round game a few days ago, the Scenario was 'Assault' and I was the Green Team which consisted of 'hEXx3r', 'Maximus', 'Major Lunah', and 'Parvati'.  My son was the Orange Team which had 'Wild Bill', 'Gata', '8-Ball', and 'Miyamoto Mushashi'.  The next time we get a full game in, we will swap the Teams around and each play with a new 4 before we start to open up any of the expansion boxes.

Round 1: I scored 3 VP (3-0)
Round 2: my son scored 3 VP (3-3)
Round 3: went back to me with a 3 VP (6-3)
Round 4: we each scored 1 VP (7-4)
Round 5: we each scored 1 VP (8-5)

Green Team WINS!

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Battle Report: Aristeia! 4/2/2019 (Assault)

Last night my son and I opened up our new Aristeia! Core Set and started to go through the guide "How To Play Aristeia!".

For this first game, the Scenario was 'Assault' and I was the Green Team which consisted of 'hEXx3r', 'Maximus', 'Major Lunah', and 'Parvati'.  My son was the Orange Team which had 'Wild Bill', 'Gata', '8-Ball', and 'Miyamoto Mushashi'.

Unfortunately due to time restraints we were only able to play 1 Round, but in that Round, we both had 2 models in the Scoring Zone for 1VP each, so this game was a Draw.  Obviously since it was our first time playing and seeing what the player cards can do, it took us quite a bit of time.  We still have much more to learn in subsequent Rounds, so the plan is dedicated a bit more time for the next game and finish the game through (hopefully Friday night).

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