Just a little bit of tidying up on the initial positions. I'll chew a few holes, set the splatters to go off on demand, and wait.

So, no change in tactics.

The queen got a bit tangled with all the doors at the top, so I'll chew a few more away this turn. Apart from that, just carry on waiting. I'll also jiggle the foremost landmine team, as if he is machina, that's where the missiles are about to strike - and I'll try to dodge...

Good to prepare for the worst, but hopefully that won't be leaving DnG under those probing 'nades Oddball decided to leave for him.

- JC

Phew. He's marines - 3 'naders with itchy trigger fingers...

Now, if I were him, that exit for the nader looks a bit vulnerable - so I'd have blown a second exit with a commo behind him. I'll assume there's a commo there until I know better. On the right two 'naders make spotting a bit more tricky. I think the explosion inside the building wasn't intentional, giving this trajectory:

Almost certainly a grunt in there as well, who was supposed to blow the door away and missed.

And two 'nades in the same place makes me think he's in a "good" location, so probably this one is correct:

Now, to infer his strategy. He's currently fairly static, and is blowing the fronts off buildings. I'd guess two bases, one in the military building, and one on the far right, or maybe in the middle, based on the location of his 'naders. Next turn I think he'll do pretty much the same thing, moving the explosions along a bit to clear cover.

This type of anticipating makes the elite players rather dangorous opponents, they pretty much know what their opponents are about to do beforehand, and can react to that.

- JC

As to his forces - all a bit of a guess, but:
3 'naders (confirmed)
1 commo
2 bases
for 11 points. Probably leaving something like
1 sniper
5 grunts
2 medics
if he's got a fairly standard marines loadout

Pretty good guess I would say. 100% correct!

- JC

Your insight doesn't serve you well, young Skywalker.

- JC

I'm still fairly confident he hasn't seen any of my troops yet - there's a very slight possibility that the queen was seen, but his 'nade pattern isn't doing slum clearance, just damaging open space, so...

I'll keep on lurking, and get into position for the charge with the drones and splatters next turn. Here's the general attack pattern:

The main push is going to be on the right, so I'll need the queen on that side. The rush will be led by 2 drones, followed by 2 splatters. So far, his 'nades have been fairly isolated - one explosion at a time. So, if I get caught by one, it's no great problem. I'll follow with a spitter - a great way of killing marines slowly - and get ready for the spikers to fire through windows, using hte hole he created last turn.

The queen and 3 buzzers will bunch up - the buzzers can go through buildings to get to the action.

On the left, I'll hang back for a bit longer - wait for him to commit on the right, and then rush in the drone / splatter combos - either on the left, or flanking on the right to catch that wing as they retreat.

Charge in on the right, taking cover where I can. Following with a spitter to goo any marines out in the open next turn, and provide covering fire from the 2 spikers. If possible, I'll try to prioritise the 'naders, as they'll clear away bodies otherwise

My queen is still a long way from the action, which I'm not happy about - but she'll get there

The buzzers will get into position, gather intel and try to draw other fire - but keep away until the 'naders are running or out of commission. I'll group them for assasination runs later.

I'll gather the middle group, ready for a run - but not this turn.

i notice he made a little probe on the left hand side with his googun. at least that stops a splatter coming in on that line as its probably my weaker side.

However we do have a couple of new games in the offing which I'll keep you updated on. I'm looking forward to some more content to help you all out.

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Waiting Players:-

You can see the details here . I'll try to keep it up to date so that volunteers can see when there is another player available.

However, I decided it would be a greater shame to let the effort put in so far go to waste.

You should find the game linked over on the right.

By the way, I'm trying to settle upon a decent layout for these write-ups with regards to the Comments. I'd love for you all to leave a comment on a particular turns post if you have any thoughts to offer. I'm trying to get the system to display the last few comments so you can read them without having to click through to the individual entry.

Let me know what you think!