The tails were tricky but I didn’t think the tails were that hard to put on. I rotated the model so the freshly glued tails stood upwards and carefully hand balanced the model until the glue set enough to place it on the table without the tail falling off immediately. Usually three minutes or so. Once it set enough to be put on the table, I braced the freshly glued tails tails from sinking by placing an object under it until the glue firmly set. A few hours just to be sure. I did this for four aliens at a time … and did 8 a day over two days. I think anyone with miniature model assembly experience would be totally fine with this, but I could see the casual board gamer being freaked out about this requirement to play the game. I enjoyed it :) Nice video review!
A thought on the Badasses expansion. At the start of a campaign, just choose the characters available and those are the ONLY available for the duration of the campaign, no substituting midcampaign. At least keeps the rescue missions important.
I'm glad to see someone else recognize the absolute nightmare those tails were! I stopped part way through assembling minis and didn't come back to it for almost a month because I couldn't bring myself to work with those tails again. Mini assembly is the true horror in this game.
Thanks for watching Lee, and thank you for your kind words. I would have liked to get more quotes in there. I'll try for more if and when I cover the big expansion :)
Cheers for the review! Funny story about Burke I never intended him to be playable in the game, instead his role was going to be solely handled by hazzard cards. But I was convinced to add him and man he turns out to be an okay guy. He is one of my favorite characters to play now.
Ah that's interesting. How long was the Burke hazard deck a thing for? We've not had a chance to play as him yet to be honest, but we'll definitely run a fire team with him one day. Can't promise we won't accidentally leave him in a cupboard with a xenomorph though :P
@@DiceHard lol leaving him behind at the end is part of fun! The extra hazzards were only tested for a few weeks, the only card that survived was burkes treachery.
This game is heavy and intense enough to be satisfying, and short enough to easily finish in an hour. I only wish there would be more weapons options, or at least more pulse rifles--my aliens still do not have tails😄. Excellent review--you really make me want to play it again!
Beautiful review, absolutely loved the aliens film as a kid and I would too would have loved this to have been around. Need i just need a copy of the game... and some friends
The trickiness with attaching the tails to the Aliens minis truly is a pain in the arse. Also we are supposed to insert the nub of the tail into a shallow hole in the backside of each alien, which gives this a more literal implication. Great review, and nice channel name! At least Aliens can be played solo, or you could work on painting all those figs up for when the lockdown ends.
Thank you very much! Yes, assembling those little guys was not as fun as I was hoping haha. I will definitely be painting these guys up, one blessing from lockdown is plenty of time to paint minis :)
do you even separatist droid bro?? for real some of the droids are likely worse than these tails. alot of holding in star wars legion when it comes to droids.
If I were to suggest a few things for future additions to the game, 1) A character organizer tray like the ones in Zombicide Black Plague, maybe have one for the endurance, discard, exhaust cards as well. 2) More cards so that you could customise your endurance deck. 3) More scenarios, like what if company believed Ripley and sent the team to the colony before events in the movie? Rescue as much survivors? Or have a solo play with only Newt, stealth missions on how she actually survived going into tunnels?
Love the aliens theme. And the manageable campaign length is definitely a plus. I'm all for gloomheven but my group barely got 1/3 in before imploding:S
Yeah, I adore Gloomhaven but it doesn't hit the table anywhere near enough as it deserves. There's a digital version on Steam early access but we've not looked at it yet.
so If I own Ultimates Badasses expansion (Which I have) do I still just play 6 characters that I choose from with original and can mix in with Ultimate badasses characters? I assume we can only play up to 6 since that is the amount of aim dial there are. ????
Hi mate, yes you can mix and match. A very important decison before each mission is choosing who you're bringing in. And yes, you are also capped at six characters (plus the unarmee child)
I found the whole concept of the endurance cards the differences between recycling, discarding, exhausting, equipping, player hands, events and hazards really hard to come to terms with. It certainly isn't intuitive and I think the rule book needed a walk through.
Hey everyone, thanks for watching. If you want to see more nonsense like this, you should probably check out our website: www.dicehard.net/
you shake like me. nerves, disease, booze or diet? mines diet and blood sugar with a sprinkle of dementia i believe lol.
This looks great I want one
The tails were tricky but I didn’t think the tails were that hard to put on.
I rotated the model so the freshly glued tails stood upwards and carefully hand balanced the model until the glue set enough to place it on the table without the tail falling off immediately. Usually three minutes or so.
Once it set enough to be put on the table, I braced the freshly glued tails tails from sinking by placing an object under it until the glue firmly set. A few hours just to be sure.
I did this for four aliens at a time … and did 8 a day over two days.
I think anyone with miniature model assembly experience would be totally fine with this, but I could see the casual board gamer being freaked out about this requirement to play the game.
I enjoyed it :)
Nice video review!
from what ive seen its like droid blaster holding arms from legion lol
Dude, the ending of this vid hit hard. Great review though. I feel like I'm gonna pull the trigger on this game.
A thought on the Badasses expansion.
At the start of a campaign, just choose the characters available and those are the ONLY available for the duration of the campaign, no substituting midcampaign. At least keeps the rescue missions important.
I'm glad to see someone else recognize the absolute nightmare those tails were! I stopped part way through assembling minis and didn't come back to it for almost a month because I couldn't bring myself to work with those tails again. Mini assembly is the true horror in this game.
I've still not braved the facehuggers. They're so wee, they may stay on the sprues forever.
@@DiceHard send them over, I'll tackle them and send them back for the cost of shipping for ya 😂
Awsome review really enjoyable and loved the amount of quotes u managed to sneak in
Thanks for watching Lee, and thank you for your kind words.
I would have liked to get more quotes in there. I'll try for more if and when I cover the big expansion :)
Oh my god, Doyle. Why am I only seeing this video now🤣 Great work!
Cheers for the review!
Funny story about Burke I never intended him to be playable in the game, instead his role was going to be solely handled by hazzard cards. But I was convinced to add him and man he turns out to be an okay guy. He is one of my favorite characters to play now.
Ah that's interesting. How long was the Burke hazard deck a thing for?
We've not had a chance to play as him yet to be honest, but we'll definitely run a fire team with him one day. Can't promise we won't accidentally leave him in a cupboard with a xenomorph though :P
@@DiceHard lol leaving him behind at the end is part of fun!
The extra hazzards were only tested for a few weeks, the only card that survived was burkes treachery.
When I saw Burke I thought he might have been a traitor mechanic lol
This game is heavy and intense enough to be satisfying, and short enough to easily finish in an hour. I only wish there would be more weapons options, or at least more pulse rifles--my aliens still do not have tails😄. Excellent review--you really make me want to play it again!
Beautiful review, absolutely loved the aliens film as a kid and I would too would have loved this to have been around. Need i just need a copy of the game... and some friends
All of those things are worth grabbing 🙂
Many thanks. A very useful review... I think you’ve actually persuaded me to buy it! 😊👍
Glad it was helpful! Hope you have lots of fun with it 🙂
The trickiness with attaching the tails to the Aliens minis truly is a pain in the arse. Also we are supposed to insert the nub of the tail into a shallow hole in the backside of each alien, which gives this a more literal implication. Great review, and nice channel name! At least Aliens can be played solo, or you could work on painting all those figs up for when the lockdown ends.
Thank you very much!
Yes, assembling those little guys was not as fun as I was hoping haha. I will definitely be painting these guys up, one blessing from lockdown is plenty of time to paint minis :)
do you even separatist droid bro?? for real some of the droids are likely worse than these tails. alot of holding in star wars legion when it comes to droids.
Great to see another review, and a most entertaining one with several moments that made me laugh, especially the end XD
Thanks Jim, glad you enjoyed it :D
If I were to suggest a few things for future additions to the game,
1) A character organizer tray like the ones in Zombicide Black Plague, maybe have one for the endurance, discard, exhaust cards as well.
2) More cards so that you could customise your endurance deck.
3) More scenarios, like what if company believed Ripley and sent the team to the colony before events in the movie? Rescue as much survivors?
Or have a solo play with only Newt, stealth missions on how she actually survived going into tunnels?
You can never have too much component organisation. Thanks for watching 🙂
Great review. Very entertaining. Your channel really needs to grow. Subbed.
Much appreciated! Thank you for watching :)
I just got this,can't wait to play
Hope you have fun :)
I forgot about this one! Thaks for putting it back on my radar, my wallet is crying!
My apologies!
I so wish I knew about this at lockdown
What was with the clip of Herzog?! That was so random! 😂
I stand by my random silliness 😁
@@DiceHard
Not complaining, I love Werner Herzog!
Love the aliens theme. And the manageable campaign length is definitely a plus. I'm all for gloomheven but my group barely got 1/3 in before imploding:S
Yeah, I adore Gloomhaven but it doesn't hit the table anywhere near enough as it deserves. There's a digital version on Steam early access but we've not looked at it yet.
The death of a franchise
Well, that took a dark and sad turn in the end.
You're welcome :P
Really glad my mate's got this and I can nip round to play it... Oh.
Legend has it that Chris is still waiting by his front door...
so If I own Ultimates Badasses expansion (Which I have) do I still just play 6 characters that I choose from with original and can mix in with Ultimate badasses characters? I assume we can only play up to 6 since that is the amount of aim dial there are. ????
Hi mate, yes you can mix and match. A very important decison before each mission is choosing who you're bringing in.
And yes, you are also capped at six characters (plus the unarmee child)
I found the whole concept of the endurance cards the differences between recycling, discarding, exhausting, equipping, player hands, events and hazards really hard to come to terms with. It certainly isn't intuitive and I think the rule book needed a walk through.
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