Battle Report: Bunker Battle

Blorf and MRaichelson were in Massachusetts for assorted reasons and managed to meet up with some of the usual suspects at the Hobby Bunker in Malden, MA for a game of Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack.  These are the results.

The point totals for the beginning of the game were as follows:
MRaichelson (5 frames & 19 systems) = (7 points per asset) * (7 assets) = 49 points.
Me (5 frames & 20 systems) = (6 Points per asset) * (7 assets) = 42 points.
Blorf (6 frames & 23 systems) = (4 points per asset) * (8 assets) = 32 points.
Tom (6 frames & 24 systems) = (3 points per asset) * (8 assets) = 24 points.

Here's the board layout at the start of the game.  I started out near MRaichelson on the left side of the table.  Tom and Blorf started at opposite corners of the right side of the table.

Events of Turn 1 (DDC@11):
A lot of posturing and movement by all players.  I attacked MRaichelson, Blorf attacked MRaichelson, and Tom attacked Blorf.  No frames were destroyed but several were damaged.  One of my frames was reduced to just white dice after a strike from Blorf's HtH specialist frame.

End of Turn 1 pictures.

MRaichelson: 49 points.

Me: 42 points.

Blorf: 32 points.

Tom: 24 points.

Events of Turn 2 (DDC@9):
The heat was turned up in this round as MRaichelson lost a frame and a station to me.  I then lost one of my frames.  Blorf and Tom also jockeyed for position.

End of Turn 2 pictures.

Me: 42 points.

MRaichelson: 35 points.

Blorf: 32 points.

Tom: 24 points.

Events of Turn 3 (DDC@6):
This is when the balance finally tipped and all hell broke loose.  MRaichelson reclaimed his station but lost a frame.  I lost another frame as well.  Tom and Blorf began to consolidate their forces towards their side of the table

End of Turn 3 pictures.

MRaichelson: 35 points.

Blorf: 32 points.

Me: 30 points.

Tom: 24 points.

Events of Turn 4 (DDC@3):
Things went from bad to worse.  I lost another frame but captured one of MRaichelson's stations.  MRaichelson also lost another station to Tom.  On top of that he lost two frames.  Tom and Blorf got into a dust-up over Blorf's stations but no frames were lost over them.  Blorf clicked the DDC down to 1 and I decided to click it down to 0 because I couldn't see a quick way to win and we were running out of time.

End of Turn 4 pictures.

Blorf: 32 points.

Me: 30 points.

Tom: 27 points.

MRaichelson: 7 points.

Here were the stations that were most contested.  This was a hard fought game and I believe Blorf said, "You guys have made me think more about this game than any other I've played."

Thoughts & Observations:

• We used Environmental Systems for this game.  The Blue felt areas were considered water and you needed an Environmental system to operate fully within them.
• The Environmental Systems ended up not having that much impact on the game that we could see.
• We also switched from full buildings to partial walls for this game.  It was pretty satisfying seeing all the broken terrain at the end of the game.
• The Hobby Bunker is a good location for a game.  We'd be willing to go back if any of the Eastern Massachusetts MoF0s would be interested in a game.  Hint, hint.
• There were several people who came over and took a look at the game while we were playing.  A few expressed interest, including a couple of store employees.
• It was great meeting Blorf again, and MRaichelson for the first time.  It was also great getting to game with both of them.