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It's been a while since I played, but the wiki was out of date then.

I never use truly random encounters as a DM. I might have some little encounters (usually non-combat) prepared with a sentence or three and roll for them. They are usually made to show an aspect of the world or locale.

No game I ever played in used a lot (if any) of random encounters.

Another good ruleset might be Savage Worlds. It is not free but the core rule book (yes, only one) is cheap, the rules are easy to learn/use and flexible. Combat is not detailed as to make it fast. Most enemies die in one good hit, or take 2 decent ones. (First hit only makes someone shaken, 2nd one kills/wounds. But if you hit roll high enough you can do two or more wounds. Exploding dice make it more likely to do so.)

Plague Inc and X-Piratez

Similar to Plague Inc, but to infect someone you need to fight a tactical turn based battle with your disease vs the hosts immune system cells. Instead of evolving you research new tools for the the battlefield and a way to affect ever greater numbers of humans. It would even work really well with X-Piratez system where you have different disadvantages in hot/cold climate.

+1 for X-Piratez openXcom MOD. Thanks for reminding me, I'll have to get back to my playthrough of it this weekend.

It gets pretty grindy later on, because there's SO much to research, but I loved the early game combat. There's nothing more satisfying than flamethrowers and hammer gals, backed up by a few explosive cannonballs for fire support. Xcom original actually does melee pretty well when it's the focus, while the variety of weapons later on keeps it interesting. Also, a great take on the armour system, with plenty of playstyles available for when you're getting bored of arrow lobbing or sniping everything.

Totally recommend the mod to any Xcom fan.

Hammergals aren't what they used to be because there is an evade mechanic now where shooting next to an enemy has a high chance of that shot going a random direction. As hammers use the shooting mechanic they are affected as well. The enemies suffer from this as well of course, and the AI being what it is means you can be safer right next to an enemy, though safety is not guaranteed, so it is a nice game of chance.

Yeah, I watched the 1st mission. And I want to discover the MechLab myself as well, even if there are no story spoilers.

The way the AI uses elementals they are not that much of a threat. The worst thing are their SRMs.

Thanks Dohon , sign me up i really wanna play it before the 24

I don't think you will, even if you win here.


For the record I am not signing up, as I already backed the game. But I like what you do here.