Five Parsecs From Home
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:54 am
So I received the game book yesterday and started reading through it last night. It's 170+ pages but much of it filled with tables for gameplay. The concepts and rules were well written and organized and before I knew it I actually made it to page 42 before falling asleep (not out of boredom but because I'm getting old). I'm really excited to start rolling up characters and there are quite a few traits to choose from to flesh out your crew. I also like that the tabletop portion of the game is not the largest part of the game and the miniature combat rules are really simple so you're not getting too hung up on tabletop rule minutiae. But it's the pre and post tabletop turns where a lot is going on whether you're looking for jobs, chasing down rumors, getting into bar fights, attracting rivals, fixing your ship, hiring more crew, mediating crew member drama, fleeing the planet, and much much more! Again, the book is chock full of information and tables but I've never felt overwhelmed by the amount of information and it does a good job of holding your hand through the learning process.
The biggest draw for me is that I have a ton of minis I can use with this game. Core Space will be well represented in terms of figures and terrain but I also kickstarted Zombiecide:Invader a while ago and I have quite a few minis which can definitely fill all sorts of roles like merc crews, aliens, bounty hunters, spec ops soldiers, etc. And there's no reason why some miniatures from Star Wars: Imperial Assault can't make an appearance!
I'm using Core Space terrain and along with the base game I have the Zeb's bar terrain and some Galactic Cops terrain (a teleport pad I think) and I've ordered from Battle Systems a planetary outpost to add another multilevel structure. But if anyone would like to share other places to get terrain I'd appreciate it. Would probably want some outdoors stuff and I know Battle Systems has a nice desert like set.
To sum it up, if you just want to indulge your inner desire to scratch an RPG itch and play with minis then I think this is a good system to try out.
The biggest draw for me is that I have a ton of minis I can use with this game. Core Space will be well represented in terms of figures and terrain but I also kickstarted Zombiecide:Invader a while ago and I have quite a few minis which can definitely fill all sorts of roles like merc crews, aliens, bounty hunters, spec ops soldiers, etc. And there's no reason why some miniatures from Star Wars: Imperial Assault can't make an appearance!
I'm using Core Space terrain and along with the base game I have the Zeb's bar terrain and some Galactic Cops terrain (a teleport pad I think) and I've ordered from Battle Systems a planetary outpost to add another multilevel structure. But if anyone would like to share other places to get terrain I'd appreciate it. Would probably want some outdoors stuff and I know Battle Systems has a nice desert like set.
To sum it up, if you just want to indulge your inner desire to scratch an RPG itch and play with minis then I think this is a good system to try out.