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    Gloomknight
    Doomsday Rider
    Dash  ·  
    Aug 22, 2021
    Edited: Aug 22, 2021

    Questions about: Legendary Encounters: Alien

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    Just brought this to the table last night. Fantastic game! I am playing true solo during the first movie, but may start over due to misinterpreting the “Alien egg” rule where they should hatch during an event. My question: how do you guys normally play? True solo? Two or Three-handed? Do you play with variants?

    The market (barracks) seems pretty stale. There is also a variant in the Expansion that states you can discard a “Coordinate“ card to draw a new one. Also, some people play true solo by drawing 5 cards to their hand instead of 6. A lot of BGG users have been complaining that true solo is “broken” or easy. What are some of “your“ thoughts? What do ”you“ consider the optimal play experience?

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    Clay
    Aug 24, 2021

    You all are making me jealous. I've been looking to pick this up for months now and have had no luck finding it anywhere. I bought the James Bond set thinking it would scratch the same itch but it just isn't the same.


    While I do love me some 007, "Aliens" is one of my favorite movies and being able to deck build in that universe is really cool (even though the movies somewhat are hit and miss for me after the second one.)

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    The Master Of Sinanju
    Aug 24, 2021
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    You probably don't want to know I've actually got two copies of the each of the base game and expansions then.......


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    Clay
    Aug 24, 2021
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    @The Master Of Sinanju Haha, that's very Bond-villian-like. I may be able to get into the theme of Legendary 007 after all. 😀

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    The Master Of Sinanju
    Aug 23, 2021
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    I've got Predator as well, anyone tried it with that also?

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    Gloomknight
    Aug 23, 2021
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    @The Master Of Sinanju Glad you asked. I don’t own the game, but I am currently watching the films in preparation for the upcoming movie release.

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    JW
    Aug 23, 2021
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    I only played Predator standalone. Not as a Predators Vs Alien mix.

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    Athena
    Aug 23, 2021
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    Just to chime in, I always play two-handed. It's really easy to manage, so I never felt the need to try with only one character. JW has been advising me to get the first expansion for years, but I instead went straight for the Covenant one. Alien is still my favourite deck builder to this day.

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    Gloomknight
    Aug 23, 2021
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    @Athena I know you guys loved the game, so I mainly wanted to hear your opinion on one vs two-handed. Thanks. I plan on eventually buying both expansions.

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    JW
    Aug 22, 2021
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    I play this (and the other Legendary Encounter games) two-handed. I love the coordinate mechanic and some synergies you can get with the right icons or keywords in play.


    I can't remember one-handed being easy though! I once went through the whole game, trying with different characters, but the Mercenary was the only one pulling it off. That said, I may have played on hard difficulty (cards from the expansion). BTW, Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game Expansion is probably the best expansion to any board game in history ever. Despite the stupid title.


    This was my #1 boardgame for years, and I must have played it 100 times.

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    Gloomknight
    Aug 22, 2021
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    @JW Thanks! I plan on getting the expansion after I put a few more plays in. I’m glad to know you think so highly of it. I’d also like to get Covenant as well, since I enjoyed the movie (actually Prometheus was slightly better in my opinion.)

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    JW
    Aug 22, 2021
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    Covenant is great but/and very hard to win. The first expansion adds tons of replayability to the base game, by adding characters and several ways to adjust the difficulty. I certainly went through the base game scenarios a few times before buying it. But then I never played without it anymore.

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    Gloomknight
    Aug 22, 2021
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    @JW Got it! You can bet I will be ordering these two expansions soon. I will probably try to get another game session in tonight and maybe a few this week. Awesome game! Thanks to you and Athena for recommending this one! Otherwise, I probably would have skipped it.

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    The Master Of Sinanju
    Aug 22, 2021
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    I've only played this 3/4 times myself and not for a while! Two-Handed is the only way I've played and thoroughly enjoyed it each time, so I can't really comment on the other playing options....


    I really must get it going again.....😁

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    Gloomknight
    Aug 22, 2021
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    @The Master Of Sinanju Thanks for letting me know. I will probably try both and see what appeals to me the most. It doesn’t seem overly complicated to play 2 hands, I just prefer one in most games.