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May 03, 2015 Watch It Played is a series designed to teach and play games! In this episode we're going to learn how to play Xenoshyft! INDEX 00:00 - Introduction 00:54. There are 5 Card Types in Xenoshyft: Troop, Enemy, Item, Xenosathem, and Division. They are detailed as follows: TROOP CARDS Troop Cards represent the various soldiers you will deploy in order to defend the base against enemy attacks. Xenosathem Cost: This number shows the amount of Xenosathem it takes to purchase this card from the Resource Pool.
The hit Kickstarter boardgame, now available on mobile!Defend against waves of horrific Hive beasts in this beautifully illustrated, base defense, deck-building game for 1 to 4 players!' One of the most fun co-op games I have played in a long time!' - Tom Vasel (The Dice Tower)'The enemies are just monstrous and difficult!' - Rodney Smith (Watch it Played)In XenoShyft Onslaught players take on the role of a commander in the NorTec Corporation. You're tasked with defending your division of the NorTec base as wave after wave of horrific Hive beasts attempt to destroy the base and end NorTec's strip mining operation.Gameplay Features1 - 4 players - Single player compatible, fully cooperative gameplay.Strong focus on coordination and strategic planning - to overcome the game's intense difficulty players will need to work together.Base-Defense with deck-building elementsIncredible art - Illustrated by three amazing artists, XenoShyft features beautiful and consistent art. All of which creates one cohesive and frightening universe.Inventive and exciting armor and weapon upgrade cards - You'll need to outfit your troops with the best equipment if you hope to survive.Xenoshyft is a game for 1-4 players, with each player controlling one of the divisions of the Nortec military: The Science Labs, Med Bay, Armory, Weapon's Research, Barracks and Command Center. Each of these divisions represents one part of the overall Nortec base, and it is your job as Commander of these divisions to protect the base while its field operations are completed.You and your teammates will have to work together to survive the continuous onslaught of horrors – the goal of the mission is not to wipe out these threats, it is merely to outlast them!Survive through nine rounds of combat with these horrors and the base will have succeeded in its mission, and you and your allies will have survived to fight another day!Having an issue?
Looking for support? Please contact us can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube!Facebook: Tube: https://www.youtube.com/asmodeedigital. By purchasing this item, you are transacting with Google Payments and agreeing to the Google Payments. AFinitDataCallback(key: 'ds:17', isError: false, hash: '47', data:functionreturn 'gp:AOqpTOEwnFvXQO5AlFlNvzv56NP00j7-tb63KrV3jhqLiTB9D3ffCzkiYeQFboIaxDlIYSBqDl7qybMWA-HkTw','DJ Mohawk',null,2,null,null,null,'really hope we can have mode that ascension has where you can take turns over the course of days to play a match.
My buddy and I do this in other games such as ascension but its void here so you either play the match out or quit and lose all progress. Please support this product more!!!!!' ,457000000,8,null,null,'0','DJ Mohawk',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Dunno, I can't seem to not die in this game. Fun factor may grow if I keep playing it, but might be hard to stick with it compared to other games.
It seems like there's no difficulty ramp, it's just straight to hard, which feels like this could have been avoided in a digital version of a board game.' ,644000000,0,null,null,'9','JeffMacc',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Lee',null,2,null,null,null,'really enjoy the music and computer voice. Sound effects are fun too.
The basic game establishes its atmosphere very well. I'm penalizing the game 2 stars for Dreadmire though. Most of the monster abilities are just 'your abilities stop working' which is lazy developing.
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Put some effort into it and create unique xenos abilities for the players to respond to. Nullification powers sap the game of strategy and make all the equipment cards you designed pointless.' ,338000000,0,null,null,'9','T Lee',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Sau00f1udo',null,2,null,null,null,'a star, no more acces to achievements, please fix it.' ,818000000,0,null,null,'9','Diego Sau00f1udo',null,null,2,null,null,null,'alpha',null,2,null,null,null,'hard even on easy! But easily playable on a phone thanks to the quick zoom on cards.
Multiplayer login should be linked to the Google account.' ,680000000,1,null,null,'7','ex alpha',null,null,2,null,null,null,'fun game. Minus points only for wonky lag and stuck gameplay when playing more them one faction solo. It works just fine if you stick to just one.' ,293000000,2,null,null,'0','BladedEdge123',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Lee',null,2,null,null,null,'had this game for about two years and have yet to beat it lol With that said, its one of the best CCGs on GP.
Great graphics, sound design, UI, etc. 5/5 easy',492000000,7,null,null,'2','TwoBob Lee',null,null,2,null,null,null,'interface could be a little cleaner but it brings a really good game to mobile for a good price. Well worth the money.' ,683000000,0,null,null,'1','Sheppard',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Thompson',null,2,null,null,null,'score would be alot higher if they wouls ever update the rules and fix some of the bugs. Also where the hell is the forbidden sciences and fire expansion for dreadmire??' ,411000000,5,null,null,'1','Tyler Thompson',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Pombo',null,2,null,null,null,'Pombo',null,null,2,null,null,null,'AlbinoRhinoDino',null,2,null,null,null,'AlbinoRhinoDino',null,null,2,null,null,null,'C.' ,null,2,null,null,null,'game is brutally difficult, but I enjoy it.
I like this version over nthe card game because there is less shuffling, but sometimes I think the ai ngets the rules wrong. Ahh it doesn't matter I was going to lose anyway.' ,99000000,5,'Asmodee Digital','Hello, nnMany thanks for your feedback and support!nnBest regards, nAsmodee Digital support',69000000,null,'6','Joshua C.' ,null,null,2,null,null,null,'Carter',null,2,null,null,null,'app is one of the most frustrating things I've ever had to deal with!!
NWaits to crash or disconnect you until you're mostly through the game, so nyou have colossally wasted your time. I wish I could rate lower than 1 star nbecause as good as everything else is, it's unplayable with the crashes and nrandom disconnects. I have the physical game so I guess I'll just stick nwith that.'
,99000000,5,'Asmodee Digital','Hello, nnWe are sorry about this. NCould you please contact the support: regards, nAsmodee Digital support',429000000,null,'988897.
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I've only played Xenoshyft: Onslaught once, but the gameplay seems very tight. I think I like the actual play more than Legendary Encounters, which is a very solid thematic co-op, but suffers a little bit on the actual deckbuilding aspect (it uses a randomized bank and thus is more tactical and reactive than strategic). Shadowrun Crossfire is another contender in the same genre but I haven't tried that one.It's worth noting that Xenoshyft: Immolation Dreadmire, a standalone expansion/sequel to Onslaught, is funding on Kickstarter right now. I own the game and have played it a few times.
It is very fantastic. I'm not sure what a few people are getting off about regarding non-meaningful choices. You have to think very carefully how you structure your troop unit during what wave with what items based of the chance of what bugs you might encounter and because the cards you purchase go directly into hand and you can decide whether or not to hold cards at the end of a round helps. You can even deploy to other people's lanes, but it loses you your troops as they become a part of their deck. I'm not sure what a few people are getting off about regarding non-meaningful choices.The issue is that since the bugs are hidden, you can't plan by buying certain items or troops.
The makes your decision space much smaller and focused on a few key items like the the hi-ex grenade to immediately kill any surprises, the shotgun/pulsar bomb to stop reveal effects, spark jumper to attack first. So outside that, your choices don't matter because you can't plan for anything.
You're just hoping for the best with what you have. Issues a series of sophisticated bleeps and whistles.Details for (2014) by Ben Cichoski, Danny Mandel.
1-5 p; 45 minutes;. Mechanics: Card Drafting, Co-operative Play, Deck / Pool Building.
Average rating is 7.9682; rated by 3689 people. Average Weight: 2.7202; Number of Weights 243. Board Game Rank: 60, Thematic Rank: 12Description:Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game, based on the four movies of the Alien series, is a fully cooperative game with original art. While based on the Marvel superheroes version of Legendary, the two games will be compatible but cannot be fully integrated.Legendary Encounters is a deck-building game in the same family as Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game, but now players must cooperate in order to survive against hordes of aliens. Taking on the role of protagonists such as Ripley, Dallas, Bishop and Corporal Hicks, players take turns recruiting cards for their deck from a central selection in order to improve their deck and defeat Xenomorph cards that are added to the central game board.Product Breakdown:600 total Original Art Card SetFull Color Game Board (mat)Full Color Rule BookCard inserts for easy organizationCustomize your card organization with removable foam inserts.
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