Aeon Trespass Odyssey

This session was a scheduled fight with the main enemy of the cycle, the Babelian Lunacy. Having killed it last time round, it now is always level 2. This made every location harder to wound and introduced a time mechanic where each round it destroys four terrain pieces (restricting mobility and ending the game once the terrain pieces run out). Had I been playing with friends, we would also have been forced to all speak in a different language for the battle (that’s the sense of humour/difficulty the game designers have).

Know that I know actually dealing 12 wounds and killing the Babelian Lunacy only makes it stronger in future battles, I realise this battle is virtually impossible. To win, I’m supposed to unlock the full endless staircase (requiring I inflict four wounds), then get at least two Titans to the top of the staircase (requiring two or three wounds inflicted each), then deal a further two wounds from the top. I.e. Inflict 10 to 12 wounds without inflicting 12 wounds. Also by the time you reach the top you’re likely to have wounded most of the level one and level two body parts, so you’re on to wounding level three locations which do two wounds at a time.

Needless to say, I lost. I did ten wounds getting my Titans in to position and then struggled to wound the remaining level three body locations. In the meantime I had Titans dieing one by one.

On the plus side, I reckon I’ll be finished with this cycle in four more sessions, given I believe I have four more fights to win to end the story. That will mean I’ve finished cycle four in six months and will have exactly six months left to play through cycle five.