jPlay plays Star Trek: Ascendancy Borg Assimilation - EP2 

Good catch!

Do you draw am exploration everytime you brave a hazard?

​@@drewoid138I don't know if it's coming to late, but I'll answer it: You are only drawing a exploration card if you discover a new system, but since it had a hazard, you have to brave it first before you can turn the card to see what the card is, otherwise if the ship is destroyed, it stays hidden on the systsm until another ship enteres it and brazes the hazard

Thanks for confirming! But it was actually more likely I messed it up ;-)

Ha - sounds you defeated the system :-D Feels a little bit unthematic but definitely cool stuff!

@@realjplay the cardassians are also easy mode with their 2 fleets that get 3 guaranteed hits in the first round, it's a bit cheesy to take 2/3 of a cube out right from the start of the game. I don't think I'll ever use them again single player unless I restrict myself to no hunter killer fleets. or if I remove the first strike rule because they just aren't a real threat after you can instantly kill them with enough weapons upgrades on any faction.

Have you played with Borg in multiplayer mode? Still haven't dared myself...

@@realjplay sadly my sister got it for my birthday last week, and I've only been able to play solo because I can't get a group running in during the pandemic. But it's refreshing being able to play it again. I'm getting the Ferengi set today and plan on buying the Andorian and Vulcan sets soon. I would LOVE to play it multiplayer, but the problem with multiplayer is the ascendancy tokens being a flat 5 cost makes them far to easy to get after 4/5 nodes so I use the house rule that you need to add your count of ascendancy tokens to the cost of your next one. That way the game doesn't have a very short climax. You spend all that time building up to such an unsatisfying payoff without it imo.

@@ryokuhasu9699 you can only have 1 Hunter Killer Fleet composed of 3 ships tho right? How did you get 2?

Thanks for your comment! I am pretty sure I have misinterpreted some of the rules, especially with the unofficial rule book continuing to grow! And some things I simply miss, no excuse here :-D

@@realjplay you did, borg cubes are not supposed to be in the same sector, instead the moving cube stops short 1 sector and activates the one it ran into, effectively causing the cube it ran into to take 2 moves that turn, which can crash into other cubes and cause a chain reaction of "extra" moves making the borg FAR more deadly if that happens. Edit: you followed this in the 2nd instance of it happening, but you didn't on the first instance.

Thanks, again :)

Totally agree... maybe I will write them directly. In the past they responded to rules questions sooner or later...

I feel the rule about placing new lanes when not connected to its target is a bit hard to figur out. I have been adding new lanes from the hub to one of the cubes connects to a player. When a connection is made all other cubes will then begin retrice there lanes and begin following the connected lane towards its target.

But it seems that's how it's intended to be. When there is no connection to the target and it can create a space lane, it will create one.

I believe this should mean, it will create a new space lane. At least as far as I can remember...

Thanks for your comment but no, they don't get this tactical movement. Also just checked the rules again.

​@@realjplay I've only just discovered this board game and plan to smash it out with some friends over tabletop simulator. Many thanks for your awesome rules explaination!

Oh, I see! Great you found it useful! Maybe you shouldn't start with the Borg then. The game is a TON of fun just playing with the standard factions and in the meantime there are quite a few actually.

@@realjplay Yeah the version we've found has all of the addons, but we plan to start small with just the base game. I was looking for a video with someone actually playing the game as apposed to just explaining the rules. You're video was very helpful!! xD

You would draw one if you needed to draw any. If the cube is moving from the hub then it would move as far as it could depending on the number of systems that the card states to move through.

I really believe you want the Borg to connect as late as possible, which I didn't avoid effectively I guess ;-)

Well you win some you lose some. At the moment i'm in a similar situation playing as the klingons and think i'm going to loose this one. Think if one manage to get 5-6 produktion nods and 3 research nods before the borg gets to you. Then you have a big chance of winning over the borg.

I agree and I am used to lose on my channel :-D You really need some early production in order to get your fleet prepared.

You normally use those to keep track of which Borg cube has activated.