Interestignly and oddly, I got a Music Producer, but it's a Publishing House... or is it a Music Producer... see, the model is a Publishing House, but the card in the base, is a Music Producer... so we have no clue what to do with it. It also didn't come with a building tile which kinda sucked.
After that was behind us, we sat down to play a full game.
Me and my Empire of the Apes, and he and his Krakenoctus Invaders team. We played on Highway to Hellvue and had an Epic battle. In fact, we finished as he needed to leave, and if anyone can let me know about the rules question I'm about to ask, I would appreciate it.
Here was the set up:
Forgive the right side of the map, I only put up the side that matters in Vassal to depict this.
At this moment in time, it was my turn, and I could activate my monster or my units, having 6 dice in my monster pool and 4 in my unit's. I had 7 power dice, and after powering up with 1 die, I had 9 power dice total.
I had two life left, and my friend had 5. Here's what I did to end it in one turn:
I stepped up adjacent and base to base alignment with Krakenoctus, just south of him, taking one damage form the fire I walked into and smashed him with all my dice, hitting, sending him flying across the board!
Now, I think that this did 5 damage to him, as it resulted in this set up:
Since the smash sent him flying int the Hotel (which has Spire), the Oil Refinery (which is flammable) and the Cathedral (which is probably a sin), I did the following:
1 Damage for the hit
3 Collision Damage - 1 Damage for each building Krakenoctus collides with along the path (Hotel, Oil Refinery, and Cathedral)
1 Spire Damage for hitting the Hotel (with Spire)
1 Hazard Damage - Passing through the fire created by the Oil Refinery
Total = 6 points of damage
Even if I'm wrong about the Fire, which is my question, it's still 5 I'm positive of, and a dominating, Ape type hairy chest beating win!
So the question is, does the Krakenoctus take damage from the Fire Hazard created by the collision with the Oil Refinery, from the Smash Power Attack? I think so, as Smash in the rulebook says the target Monster collides with all buildings, units, and hazards in it's path.
Either way, it was an epic battle, with the Apes coming out victorious! This puts me at 1-1 and feeling a bit more confident. Either way though, win, lose, or draw, this is one of the most fun times I've had learning a new game.
If you too are new, head on over to the Team Covenant community pages. They have lots of advice, and I have learned a ton with their new Mastering Monsterpocalypse series that is up online now here: http://teamcovenant.com/category/monsterpocalypse/
