Flash Point X, with Objective 218

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This play, my tenth, was solo and resulted in H-Index 10.

I played 3 firefighters: Paramedic, Driver/Operator and Generalist. These were drawn randomly from the character deck.

I believe this is the first time I've played the full rule set with vehicles, hotspots and hazmats. I like it better than basic rule set.

The game seemed to go pretty well, then all of sudden a large number of explosions and I get the collapse endgame.

I only managed to rescue 3 victims.

So, a definite loss.

Flash Point Game 10

Objective 218

Later in the evening I cracked open Objective 218. As usual for a first play, I played it al wrong. However, it takes playing it to to figure that out. The most important things are:

  1. Card must be played on Supply line.
  2. Card which is deployed must attack if possible, and can only attack when first deployed.
  3. The attacked card must be in the target grid of an opposing card which is not attacking. That is, the card used to target must have already been deployed.

The rest of it seems straightforward. Not sure how much depth there is here, hopefully a little (for replay value) but not too much.

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What to play next?

Deciding what to play next is always a tough call when faced with a closet full of games, all of which were purchased with intent to play. Here's one I'm dealing with the decision.

  • Something New: this means both something new to me and a game which has been published recently, within the last two or three years.
  • Something Classic: I've acquired a number of games properly considered "classic" which haven't yet been played. The current example would be PanzerGruppe Guderian.
  • Something Again: mastery requires constant practice, which means playing games many, many times to allow nuance to appear.
  • Something Vietnam: as I'm on a Vietnam binge. I don't have all the Vietnam games ever published, but I can say that I have a lot of them, and probably more than most people.
  • Something Obscure: as it's fun to poke around in the dustier corners of game design.
  • Something Different: break away from the same old publishers and try a game from one of the new kids on the block. Or, conversely, dip into legacy with a classic tried and true.
  • Something Light: once in a while it's nice to actually finish a game all the way through in one sitting, in an hour or two.
  • Something Heavy: if possible, it's nice to set up something big and complicated which can be left out for days or weeks or even months, for a leisurely stroll through a very large or long game.

There are surely many more ways to choose, but the above method keeps me busy enough, helps me get both breadth and depth into my play, and provides me with a sense of progress.

The odd man out

When there is an odd man out:

  • Have a solo game ready to play.
  • Keep score or advise on a game in progress.
  • Referee a game in progress.