Recently picked up this game and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite games but I have a few questions.
1)Combat is a little bit confusing to me, specifically when you can play tactics cards. The way I interpret it is the attacker rolls dice, then plays one tactics card, then the defender can play a card to block damage then the defender rolls dice. Is that correct? When the defender rolls dice(essentially becoming the attacker) does he get to play a tactics card as the attacker or is the card to block damage the one card per combat round he is allowed to play?
2)When and how do you play an action card during the assignment phase? Do you place it face down like you do a mission with the leader on the card or do you just play the card at any time during the assignment phase so long as the leader is in the system you are playing it in?
3)Do you keep tactics cards after the battle? I have run into a few situations where one player hoards the cards and there aren't any left to draw in later battles.
Thanks in advance!