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Hull Breach – First Impressions!
Chris Caran heads to Charlotte, NC for MACE 2013, and discovers a nifty card-driven game of interstellar warfare now on pre-order. How awesome does he think it is? Read on….
Preview by Chris Caran, 23 November 2013
A mixture of cards, dice, and strategy, Hull Breach is a sci-fi deck-deckbuilder with great tactical nuance.
While attending the MACE convention this year in Charlotte, NC I got the chance to play a demo of Hull Breach, a new deck building space warfare game from Not So Broken Games. According to the two-person NSB Games team, it was so new it hadn’t even cleared customs yet.
The game’s premise is that each player represents an interstellar faction vying for galactic dominance. Each player has control of their own space station and associated modules. You deploy ships of different sizes along with associated fighters, drones, and marine complements. In addition to the unit-type cards, there are also various upgrades and options for your units as well as generic galactic events and tactics to give your faction the edge.
It is a resource-building game as well, your resource (raw material) and currency (funds) generated each turn by your station, attached modules, and other breakthroughs or upgrades to modify your turn-by-turn abilities. That being said, it’s pretty simple to keep track of and there was never any point of confusion as to buying power or reach.
In place of miniatures and maps, the combat mechanic takes a cue from CCGs and has a “Magic: The Gathering”-like assignment of attacking units towards another player’s space station. Once in combat, the game brings more complexity to the table – in a good way.
