247 people found this review helpful
8 people found this review funny
2
3
6
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 5.2 hrs on record (4.7 hrs at review time)
Posted: Jan 18, 2016 @ 4:27am

I really like it.
of course, sometimes all kinds of ♥♥♥♥ is gonna happen around the ship and it will look impossible to fix everything. But there's a way... Most of the time. It might sometimes be a long shot, but hey, it's a flight to Mars.

So, For example, you have this fire in the greenhouse, 29 damage to fix. Also, you get injuries when rolling a 4, a 5 and a 6.
And it does 2 dmg to your ship hull every turn. And your ship has only 2 hull HP's right now.
Well, it looks grim to say the least.
And of course, this isn't the only event going on. So, what to do ? Well, you could rush all your crew to the greenhouse and most surely kill them all trying to get those 29 points with rolls.
But no, you have to think laterally.

So, there's this other event in the maintenance. This one looks better : only 10 dmg to fix, and maybe void effect when rolling a 2. (void makes your dice disappear, rending them unusable for anything)
Now we can see the starting point for a solution to our problem in the greenhouse.

Let's send our mechanic there and roll some dice. With a bit of luck, he will avoid rolling too much 2s. Ok : a 1, a 5, and two 4. Those two four are interresting : in this room, we can use dice of equal value to increase the ship's hull HP. The first two equal dices giving 2 armor, a third one adding one more armor point.
Ok, so now the fire in the greenhouse won't destroy the ship. Not on this turn at least.
Our mechanic isnt done yet. Let's use our 5 to reduce the damage in the maintenance room, and the 1 on research.

Now it's turn for the Captain to work. Let's make him join the Mechanic in maintenance. He ate some food at the end of last turn, so he can throw five dices. Ok : a 2, a 3, two 5, a 6.
A 2 : void. But we had one assist point, so it doesn't take effect. No more assist points though, so we gonna need to build up some more later if we want to throw dice in the greenhouse without risking too much injuries.
With a 4 we could've finish what the mechanic started with his dices and and add a third dice to the hull HP, but no luck.
But with the 5 we can finish to repair whatever was broken in here, so that's that.
Now the only place to use the remaining dices is the research bar, let's do it : with the 1 from the mechanic and the 2, 3 and 6 from the captain, it's almost full, and we already have 4 points to spend on research bonus. Wich is good, because with two more points, we could unlock a sweet 28 damage repair bonus for one room.

Now the solution is clear : Build some more assist points to avoid injuries in the greenhouse, completing the research bar to get the bonus. The place to do that is the Laboratory. Let's send our Specialist there.

She only has two dice to roll, meh, but there's no event going on in the Lab, so we can rolll the dices safely.
Now it's all down to luck.
She might get a 4 and a 5, allowing us to complete the research bar right now on this turn. We could then send our fourth crewmate in greenhouse, use the bonus, and try getting 1 more point with dice rolls to finish the repairs; but with injuries on 4, 5 and 6, it could be very dangerous for him.
Or she might get a 1 and a 6. The 6 can be used to get 3 more assist points, but the 1 would be useless.
Or she might get two 5. With that we could still get the assist points we need, and the other 5 would be directed to research, to be completed next turn.

So that's it. Of course, you might be overwhelmed by terrible events all over the ship on this next turn. Or it could go well with only minor events, giving the time you need to fix the greenhouse and maybe even grow some food for the turn after that ...

Luck is important in this game. Be Lucky, be clever, and you might just make it ... for better or worse.

PS: im french, and trying to improve my english. I hope my text was ok for you to read. And thanks for doing it :)

Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny Award
4 Comments
Nobby [NZ] Dec 16, 2023 @ 10:34am 
I bad no idea English wasn't your first language 'till you said. good review.
DeadMan_Playing May 24, 2016 @ 7:01am 
thanks for your kind words guys.
obliviondoll May 24, 2016 @ 12:14am 
I know people who speak no language other than English, but who couldn't write a single paragraph of this review without making more mistakes than you did in the entire thing.

Very nice review.
León Feb 12, 2016 @ 8:54pm 
Nice review, your English is good. I'm French too but I lived abroad most of my life.
Let me know if you managed to finish the game.