I did it !!

[Emp]

Finally I got to play my first game of IFOS!
Sadly...it was just me playing.

I just could not take it anymore and it really got on my nerves this week that I own this game since christmas and have never played it. So today I finally snapped and decided to play the basic game on my own.

And I had a blast!
I experienced some weird moments of talking to myself and thinking 'jeeez man, you are a nerd!" but that couldn't stop the fun.
I actualy enjoyed the little chat I had with myself. It's something else then otherwise always having to listen to the voices in my head

But like I said, I played the basic game with the basic rules just to get a small feel of the game.
It's actualy very close to the LNEO rules so it was easy to pick up.
I drew the heroes randomly and got the strongman, the bearded lady, the firebreather chick and the contorsionist girl.
I liked the raygun shooting.......and actualy cought myself on going 'AK AK AK pieuw pieuw pieuw"
The firebreather chick managed to roast a couple of martians with her extra power fire attack, wich was also cool.
And the strongman thought he was really tough but got his head kicked in by a full pack of martians. So he died and got replaced by JoJo the bear (who has excellent close combat skills if you ask me - more on this later)
But in the end the heroes lost because they got cornered by 6 full packs of martians and JoJo finally bit the dust when taking to much raygun blasts. But not after he (or she?) took on the Zarg beast and killed it!

So here is my conclusion:
My first impression is that the martians are really powerfull. They are easily killed but get big advantage when they roam in full packs.
(those can be used excellent if you have some experience in military tactics)
But then again, I'm sure the game can turn around by the roll of one die just like LNEO always does overhere.

I truely enjoyed the whole theme of the game, I always have been a fan of the movie Mars Attacks and I hope that I get to play it with some friends really soon.