Battle Report: Asian Antenna Farm 3

This is our first game for 2025 after taking the last two months of 2024 off.  This was a War.

Occam's Spork (7 Frames & 24 Systems) = (6 Points per Asset) * (9 assets) = 54 points.
   #2 Oso Oro Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.

   #5 Oso Oro Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.

   Orange Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.

   Blue Scout Bodyguard -- 2Rd/2Rh/1B/1Y/2W.

   White Scout Bodyguard -- 2Rd/2Rh/1B/1Y/2W.

   Grey Scout Bodyguard -- 2Rd/2Rh/1B/1Y/2W.

   #6 Oso Oro Missile Monkey -- 2W + SSR(x3).

Tom (7 Frames & 27 Systems) = (5 Points per Asset) * (9 assets) = 45 points.
   Green Armored Swarmer -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/1Y/2W + SSR.
   Blue Armored Swarmer -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/1Y/2W + SSR.

   Grey Armored Swarmer -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/1Y/2W + SSR.

   White Light Brawler -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/2W.

   Red Anvil -- 2Rd/2B/1Y/2W

   Orange Anvil -- 2Rd/2B/1Y/2W

   Yellow Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.

Me (7 Frames & 28 Systems) = (4 Points per Asset) * (9 assets) = 36 points.  (Goldbugs)

   Green Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W +SSR.

   Yellow Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W + SSR.

   Blue Soldier -- 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W + SSR.

   Red Heavy Assault -- 2Rd+d8/1B/1G/2W.

   Orange Heavy Assault -- 2Rd+d8/1B/1G/2W.

   White Recon by Fire -- 2Ra+d8/2Y/2W.

   Pink Brawler -- 2Rh+d8/2B/1Gd8/2W.

Phungkyjams (4 Frames & 16 Systems) = (4 Points per Asset) * (5 assets) = 20 points.  (Rebricked Chevrons)
   Purple Bodyguard -- 2Rh/2Rd/2B/2W + SSR.

   Pink Swarmer -- 2Rd+d8/1B/1Gd8/1Y/2W.

   Red Swarmer -- 2Rd+d8/1B/1Gd8/1Y/2W.

   Blue Armored Swarmer -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/1Y/2W + SSR.

   Light Blue Armored Swarmer -- 2Rh/2B/1Gd8/1Y/2W.

   Green Scout Stalker -- 2Ra+d8/1G/1Y/2W.
   Lime Scout Stalker -- 2Ra+d8/1G/1Y/2W.

This is what the table looked like at the start of the game.

Events of Round 1 (DDC @ 11): Occam's Spork's #6 frame moves Northwest and hits Phungkyjams' Light Blue frame for 1 with a SSR barrage.  Phungkyjams' Purple frame jumps over the Sunflowers and hits Occam's Spork's Blue frame for 4.  Tom's Lime frame hits my Blue frame for 1.  My Blue frame hits Tom's Blue frame for 4 with a SSR.  Tom's Blue frame hits my Green frame for 4.  My Green frame hits the Red antenna in front of Tom's Red frame for 1.  My Red frame hits Occam's Spork's #6 frame for 6, destroying it.  Phungkyjams' Lime frame hits Occam's Spork's #5 frame for 2, Station Dance.  Occam's Spork's #5 frame hits the Red antenna remains for 1, destroying it, and Tom's Red frame for 2, Station Dance.  Tom's Red frame hits my Yellow frame for 1.  My Yellow frame hits Tom's Grey frame for 3.  Tom's Grey frame hits my Green frame for 1.  Occam's Spork's White frame hits Phungkyjams' Light Blue frame for 1.  Occam's Spork's Grey frame hits Phungkyjams' Purple frame for 1.  Tom's Orange frame hits Phungkyjams' Pink frame for 1.  Phungkyjams' Pink frame hits my Orange frame for 1.  My Orange frame hits Phungkyjams' Blue frame for 2.  Tom's Yellow frame hits my Pink frame for 4.  My Pink frame moves Northeast and captures Phungkyjams' Flame station and Occam's Spork's (Phungkyjams') Grey station.  Tom's White frame hits my Blue frame for 2.  Phungkyjams' Red frame hits Tom's Blue frame for 8, destroying it.  My White frame hits Tom's Red frame for 3 and the Yellow antenna it was using for Cover for 2, destroying the antenna.

Occam's Spork: 48 points.

Me: 44 Points.

Tom: 40 points.

Phungkyjams: 28 points.

Events of Round 2 (DDC @ 7): Phungkyjams' Blue frame hits Occam's Spork's Blue frame for 2, destroying it.    Occam's Spork's #5 frame hits my Blue frame for 1.  Tom's Grey frame hits my Yellow frame for 4.  Tom's Orange frame hits my Green frame for 1, destroying it.  Tom's White frame hits my Blue frame for 2.  My White frame hits a Grey antenna for 2.  Phungkyjams' Green frame hits the other Grey antenna for 2.  Phungkyjams' Red frame hits Tom's Yellow frame for 6, Station Dance.  Tom's Lime frame hits my Yellow frame for 1, destroying it, and the bamboo it was using for cover for 2.

Occam's Spork: 42 points.

Tom: 40 points.

Me: 36 Points.

Phungkyjams: 28 points.

Events of Round 3 (DDC @ 3): Occam's Sporks' #2 frame moves South and captures my Pink station.  Occam's Spork's White frame hits a Yellow antenna for 2, destroying it, and Phungkyjams' Purple frame for 1.  My Red frame hits Phungkyjams' Pink frame for 1.  My ?? frame hits Phungkyjams' Purple frame for 1.  My White frame hits Occam's Sporks's #2 frame for 1.  Phungkyjams' Light Blue hits my Red frame for 3.  Occam's Spork's Grey frame captures my Lavender station.  Phungkyjams' Pink frame hits my Red frame for 4, destroying it, and recapturing his Grey station.  Tom's Lime frame hits my Blue frame for 2, destroying it.  Tom's Orange frame hits Phungkyjams' Red frame for 1.  Phungkyjams' Red frame then hits Tom's Yellow frame for 9, destroying it.  (Which is now the highest damage hit we've seen in a Rapid Attack game.)  Tom's Grey frame hits Phungkyjams' Red frame for 2.  My Orange frame hits Phungkyjams' Blue frame for 1 and Phungkyjams' Blue frame recaptures his Flame station.  The Doomsday Clock is ticked to zero.

Occam's Spork: 54 points.

Phungkyjams: 36 points.

Tom: 35 points.

Me: 12 Points.

Here are several during and aftermath pictures.

Round 2.

Round 2.

Round 3.

Round 2.

Round 2.

Round 3.

Round 3.

Round 3.

Round 3.

Round 3.

Thoughts & Observations:

• This was a War.
• We didn't use the Neutral Station rule.
• Phungkyjams was Point Attacker which was decided by a die roll.
• Frame counts are taken from this post.
• This was an experiment as we'd never played a game with this many Frames on the table before.
• It was pretty claustrophobic at the start and basically devolved into a couple of different scrums.
• This game reminds me of a game from several years ago, Missile Base Omega.
• Once again, I feel like I made my move too soon in the game.
• This game has the highest Damage total of any game so far.
• Which isn't surprising considering how many Frames were on the table.
• Although I did miss a couple of interactions in my notes.
• There isn't a Compass Rose on the table, I really need to make one for this table-setting, but I
  decided that West is the direction the radio antennas are facing.
• Flickr page.