Durgama Takeover

Finally! The dream of all true ALEPH players has been achieved - taking just one big stompy robot lady and not getting shot down in an instant. It was a near thing, though - that turret with a plain combi-rifle really did a number on her, but she persevered in the end.

My scheme, such as it was, was simple - stomp everything flat under the Marut's stilettos and then have my Sophotect sidle on over to their HVT, which is just ahead off the side of the photo above, and pick up objective cards. This did not come to pass, however, as I ran into a rule that I had honestly forgotten about: Retreat. I mean - I play ALEPH, my usual opponent is Haqqislam, how often does that actually come up? Not that often!

Issue Number One was that I was out of orders. This was fine, I thought. I'll have whole turns to pick up points and they have nothing left on the board, just one single guy who had yet to combat-jump in.

Which leads to Issue Number Two: That last guy was in Retreat. The game was about to end. But that was fine - I was right there, I had Secure HVT, that's a point.

Except for Issue Number Three - that guy can just combat-drop right onto -my- HVT. A Command Token to give him his whole order let him pop in and draw the game. Or so we thought for quite a while! I was prepared to submit the draw when thepoorman figured out that the fellow would have to pop in and then immediately leave. And so, technically a victory - the best kind of victory.