Another journey among the stars

On Sunday and yesterday evening we finally brought ISS Vanguard back to the table and tried to pick up where we left off. ☺️ It was really the last minute to join in again, as our decaying knowledge of the rules already slowed down the start.😅

After 2 more sessions and 2 major events, I think it’s a good time to gather my thoughts a little bit. Without any major spoilers of course, but you know… proceed at your own risk 😉

Our campaign has been progressing well so far, and we even started to wonder what else is there in the game in terms of upgrading our crew and ship. So the perfect moment for a major event was given and Awaken Realms did use it. On Sunday we reached a point in the game which could be one of the most memorable (according to people on BGG) and in our case everything went south. 😂 Even if it did hurt, the timing of this event and the surprise factor was just perfect and so far I really like the flow of the campaign! 👌

On Monday evening, we tried to regroup after the events of the previous day with a somewhat calmer and slower mission. While it was interesting from a story perspective, I must confess that we hit a plateau in terms of gameplay. We just couldn’t bear the repeated dice roll challenges at one particular location. We were 2,5 hours into the mission, still in very good shape and everything on the planet was done - except the last location. It would probably have taken us another half an hour of yahtzee to “farm out” that location and we just couldn’t take it anymore… so I confess: we CHEATED. Yes I know. Terrible. But every story based game has this one moment, where the filler activity just gets too much and the game stops being fun in the moment.😅

💬 I really don’t like cheating in co-op (or any kind of) games, because if you do it once, you’ll do it again and that renders the game into a story book and somewhat pointless. 😇 On the other hand, playing a game should be fun, so…😈