Had another game last night. We finally beat the easy mission.
Had a lot of fun in doing so
It was a three player game so I took on the roll of central officer and research.
For the most part my group likes the game with one or two exceptions.
With an expansion I think its safe to say we'll probably see things like
New research
New troops/abilities for troops (likely in form of research)
Néw aliens.
New missions and final mission.
That is pretty well a given but I'm sure it can add other things.
One thing I'd like to see is something new for the chief scientists
In our games it's obvious nobody really wants to be the chief scientists. They feel that he doesn't get to do much
Yes the role is important, but when your familiar with the research deck you basically just wait for the app to tell you to research and during the resolution phase their tasks seem to be over faster than others. Especially squad leader as they have to take more options into consideration.
My group feels the chief scientists lacking vs the other three.
So I hope an expansion can add some minor ability or effect that the chief scientist can do to make them feel like they are not sitting out so much and just watching others.
The central officer imo is another role people don't seem to want as much.
Again to some it doesn't excite them reading out the apps instructions.
Since I'm the one who bought it and have the app it's basically me who always becomes the central officer.
I don't mind it, bit I'd like to try other options as well.
So with an expansion I just hope that with whatever néw and improved ideas they add to it they make the central officer and chief scientist a little more enticing.
I wonder if they'd add a new color dice.
I believe one in our group wasn't too keen on the dice odds.
One bad roll really changes the tide
No matter how good our resource management is if the research scientist bombs the first couple research rolls it makes it so much harder for everyone else, and the squad leader is in a uphill battle.
After last night's game the three of us enjoyed it and had a lot of fun.
I personally wish there was just a little more to it, which is why i hope an expansion.
Add the obvious new cards and abilities, but also maybe make some of the other roles a little more interesting for some players.
As i said research and maybe central officer (one game a guy picked being chief scientist because it seemed nobody else wanted it, during the game he did start to look a bit bored which is why i really hope they add something to that)
So what would you like to see added?
Other than the obvious (New technology, aliens, mission, soldiers/abilities)
Is there another component of the game you'd like to see tweaked or removed from the game?
(A new dice option. Maybe with more hits for example)
If so what or how would you like to see it implemented?
Edited by Krynn007