Marcvs Avrelivs

Managed two smaller 25SS games at the LGS, part of a demo of the 3rd edition rules.

Game 1:
Deployment Corners, Strategy Turf War

My Team: Perdita, Enslaved Nephilim, Nino, Santiago, Monster Hunter, Pistolero De Latigo
Schemes: Deliver a Message, Outflank

Their Team: Seamus, Copycat Killer, Madame Sybelle, Rotten Belle, Rotten Belle, Rotten Belle
Schemes: Deliver a Message, Breakthrough

Result: Draw (4-4) (I can do math, really)

Nearly took out Seamus with Nino on my first activation, but he survived with 1 hp which was lucky for my Deliver a Message scheme.  We both managed to Deliver a Message (a Rotten Belle onto Perdita, Santiago on Seamus), and each had 2 VP from the Turf War at the end of the game.

Game 2:
Deployment: Flank, Strategy Turf War

My Team: Perdita + Lead-lined Coat, Enslaved Nephilim, Nino, Santiago, Papa Loco, 1 SS
Schemes: Breakthrough, Vendetta (Santiago on Mad Dog Brackett)

Their Team: Parker Burrows, Doc Mitchell, Mad Dog Brackett, Bandido, Bandido, Bandido, 1 SS
Schemes: Harness the Ley Line, Breakthrough

Result: I conceded at the end of Turn 3.

Whhhhhhat a blood-bath.  My opponent seemed to have the cards when needed, and between Mad Dog and Parker, the Family just got mowed down.  Meanwhile, my return fire seemed to fizzle out.  I conceded when I'd lost Nino, Santiago, the Nephilim, and was about to lose Papa Loco ... I did score 1 VP on the Vendetta at least, and 1 VP from Turf War, but couldn't stop them from scoring the Ley Line, and getting another +2 VP on the turf war.

Still fun, though.  The Family can be pretty maneuverable, I found... but when you can't flip higher than a 6, what can you do.

Haven't had a chance to try it out yet (this Sunday!), but after a month of effort, I made up these three 1' x 1' platters of terrain to use.

Mesas for LOS blockers, an impassable thicket, some destructible cover/fencing, some severe rocky terrain, and a tree to represent a woods.

An impassible mesa, some fog/dust banks, concealing brush, and some hazardous cacti patches.

And lastly, a little farmhouse, some destructible cover bits to go around it, some severe/cover rock fields, a hazardous patch of quicksand, a hazardous concealing nether-rift and a patch of severe concealing plowed field.

(and those are focus / distracted tokens I've made)

I'm hoping its a good mix of LOS interference, movement interference, cover, and such.

I'll add that the fact that GeCon had 60,000+ attendance this year might also indicate why it's the keystone to a lot of gaming companies release schedules.