My recurring problem with LNoE

[StayPuft]

(09-15-2014 05:50 PM)soundguy Wrote:  

(09-15-2014 05:36 PM)StayPuft Wrote:  (After all, were you really facing zombies, it wouldn't be a good idea to just rush around like a madman with no plan unless you are hoping to die quickly.)

on the other hand. haveing some sort of time limit other than 'forever' does add realism.

in a turn based game if a zombie is approaching a party that is also moving.... well.. that is what constitutes a 'chase'

so inthe rear world, while it might be nice to stop midway down a hallway while a zombie is chasing you.. look at the entire city block you are on. dig in your backpack and check inventory, then look at the two oposing rooms at the end of the hallway and decide which one will be better for you 5 moves later... that's just not gonna happen. and you WILL get chow'd down upon.

you pays your money and takes your chances.

Oh, absolutely agreed. Hence why I said that I sometimes do over-think my moves, but not to an unreasonable degree. For example, I don't tend to try to plan several moves in advance. To me, if you are sitting there trying to figure out what you are going to do 5 moves from now, you are taking the game WAY too seriously. LOL! I mean, sometimes it can be good to have a general plan and just know you are going to execute that somehow.

For example, when my group plays Zombicide, we often have a general plan and general idea of how to get there. Like, if we have to collect all the objectives, we'll break up in smaller groups and say "Okay, this group will get the objectives on that side of the board, the other will do the other side." That way we have the general plan (get the damn objectives, LOL), we have an overall idea of how to do so (one team gets them from one side, the other team gets the other) but beyond that, we just let the game happen.

A lot of scenarios in Last Night On Earth are even simpler. You are just trying to find certain items that you could possibly find in any building. So, your strategy, really, is just to avoid zombies and search. But, you still sometimes want to think ahead a little. Otherwise you may move when you didn't need to, wasting an opportunity to find something you needed, or you may stick around when you perhaps should not have and get surrounded.