Cosmic Influx

In my last blog, I touched a bit on the development of the Voltron battle maps. Playing Monsterpocalypse in space has some different elements from playing in a crowded cityscape, but playing on the Cosmic Influx map also varies greatly from Solar Conflict.

The dominant feature of the Cosmic Influx map is the large comet and, just as importantly, the comet’s tail that snakes across the battle map. While Solar Conflict focuses heavily on the Super Nova map feature, the comet takes center stage in Cosmic Influx both visually and from a game play standpoint.

As you can see, the comet’s tail is littered with dangerous asteroids, lucrative power crystals, relay stations, and a navigational probe. Given the limited quantity of dice and figures players have available to fight over these resources, Cosmic Influx can be a very contested battle map. Throughout the firefight for these resources, however, players must remember that the true goal is defeating the opposing monster.

Players really need to choose which direction to channel their battle plan. The navigational probe greatly enhances a player’s maneuverability, relay stations greatly enhance monsters’ potential damage output, power crystals enhance P-Die production, and outright combat can earn P-Dice while simultaneously knocking an opponent down a peg or two.

Due to the breadth of resources on the Cosmic Influx map, players are forced to make some tough choices based on play style and may even need to shift their strategy throughout the game based on how things play out. Gathering P-Dice may become more important than enhancing damage output, or maneuvering through the asteroids may become more important than gaining additional P-Dice. Players will need to be able to read the battle map as well as their opponent in order to be successful when battling on the Cosmic Influx map.

With early copies of Voltron now in house, the next blog will feature a battle summary between some Privateer Press employees taking the Voltron battle miniatures game out for a spin.

Until next time!

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