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For a cardboard hex-based game that's reproduced in your pocket, Neuroshima Hex is gorgeous. I might find out if I switch sides to those pesky bipeds.The new board game app that's based on the 2006 tabletop game Neuroshima Hex is a lot of things.

I don’t know if this means that the tile is not useful or if it’s a quirk in the program. Why become a killer robot at all if not to crush humans into a fine paste for spreading thinly on circuit board toast?Īfter playing dozens of this particular match-up against AI on the hardest difficulty setting, I have yet to see The Oupost play its double movement tile. It’s difficult to pull off but it’s likely to lead to utter destruction of The Outpost’s base. Once you manage to get the base fixed in one spot, try to use one of the two Moloch double hitters, ideally enhanced by extra hit units, the base or the two turn bonus. Moloch has only one net and the Outpost has only one sniper so timing is vital. The net is also handy, but it’s worth remembering that it will almost certainly get shot with the Outpost’s sniper tile, if that power hasn’t come up yet. The opponent can choose the direction if there is a choice. This tile only works when you can move the other tile away from yours, and also note that If you’re lucky or cunning enough, you can also shove the base back into the firing line with the repel tile. This means that you can predict where the base will move to next, based on where it will receive the least damage. Usually there aren’t enough tiles to immobilise the base completely, but Moloch has got quite a few soldiers that hit in multiple directions. My way around this is to try to hem in the green base (this also fills up the dangerous spots as I mentioned above). It’s like not getting served at the shop in Pretty Woman: I have all these bullets and they’re just not willing to openly accept them into their vital organs. The Outpost is blessed with more movement units than any other army, and Moloch has about the fewest. This is especially useful for the “behind their base” spot.Ģ) pushing away a soldier and putting a tile between him and your base, ideally one with higher initiative or a bullet-proof shield. This could lead to decisions like “wasting” your nuke to take out a single double (but really quadruple) hitter.ġ) filling up the dangerous (where soldiers can point at your base) spaces around the green base, even with “crappy” tiles like blockers and support units. The basic, but easily forgotten, principle is that inflicting n damage is less useful than avoiding n + 1 damage. Trying your best to avoid this pain is a priority when facing The Outpost. When these soldiers are next to their base and pointing at yours, they can dole out four hits per battle and “the bugger” can hit you six times. The army also has two double shooters, one double puncher, and one bugger who has double hits and two turns already. The Outpost’s base has the ability to give its soldiers two turns. In general, if the Outpost pass up a chance to play a battle tile, you must be doing something right.įFS! CAN YOU PLEASE JUST STOP SHOOTING ME FOR A SECOND?! So these tips only help me to win about half the time (this might explain why I keep replaying this match-up). At this stage, I feel like the luck of the tile draw is significant but, more likely, the result comes down to a single mistake. Otherwise, the battles are close, usually decided by the final battle. I’ve fought them to a stalemate more often than that. I’ve had the satisfaction of destroying their base a few times, but they’ve done that to me more often. Neuroshima Hex has become “the Moloch v Outpost game” for me over the last couple of weeks.

And, while you’re trying to catch them, they will insist on shooting at you – so inconsiderate. They might be delightfully squishy under caterpillar tracks or between steel talons, but you’ve got to catch them first.