XCOM Board Game

FrenchTart · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:32

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/02/03/xcom-board-game-review-1

This review makes it look interesting...then a few of the comments make it look *really* interesting (though also raise a few points about the whole 'app' side of the game).

Personally I'm pretty sold. Has anyone already played it?

FrenchTart · 4 Feb 2015 at 08:37

Awesome - I look forward to hearing how you find it

FrenchTart · 4 Feb 2015 at 09:10

Woogie said:
I had a look at this, It just doesn't seem to sit well with me, I am not sure why but it just doesn't.

I'm coming at it from the angle of someone that has only a passing knowledge of the computer games - were you more into them? I get the impression that it's more of a respectful nod to XCOM rather than a reproduction.

Or is the the requirement for an app side of things? I was put off by that but it does sound like it makes for an interesting game.

FrenchTart · 4 Feb 2015 at 22:29

To be honest most rulebooks in games can be pretty vague/badly worded too. I imagine for this I'd play through a tutorial game where I was the only player (or emulated two) by myself to get a feel for it.

FrenchTart · 5 Feb 2015 at 09:39

I'd prefer to have a rule book in addition to the tutorial too tbh - though that's just based on me wanting to have some kind of written reference as that's what I'm used to.