Produktbeschreibung
Command a Mercenary Strike Force in a Fast-Paced Battle Over Alien Resources
Mission Brief: Deep space explorers have discovered an abundance of rubium on a distant moon. Gaining authority over this rare and valuable resource is imperative to the Company--and that's where you and your mercenary strike force come in. Your drop zone is a few klicks away from one of the moon's monoliths, where the heaviest concentrations of rubium are located. Seize control of the area and establish the Company's claim to the rubium. You can expect heavy resistance from opposing corporate forces. So enlist the aid of any indigenous life forms you encounter. Just get the job done--by any means necessary.
In Nexus Ops, you play the roll of a combat leader commanding troops on an alien moon. Deploy and direct your units so that you can best carry out the Secret Missions of your corporation. Score 12 victory points before any other player, and you win control of the region and the game.
16 hex tiles that generate a unique map for each game:
6 single-hex tiles
6 double-hex tiles
1 monolith tile and 3D monolith
4 triple-hex, home base tiles
164 plastic military units in four colors:
48 Humans
32 Fungoids
32 Crystallines
24 Rock Striders
16 Lava Leapers
12 Rubium Dragons
18 exploration tiles
4 Large Mine markers and 8 Small Mine markers
90 cards:
22 Mission cards
36 Secret Mission cards
32 Energize cards
4 reference charts
12-page rulebook
8 dice
The Board
The board for Nexus Ops is assembled from individual hex tiles so that it's different every game. The tiles portray five types of alien terrain: Liquifungus Forest, home to the Fungoids; Magma Pool, home to the Lava Leapers; Crystal Spires, home to the Crystallines; Rock Plains, home to the Rock Striders; and the Monolith, the domain of the mighty Rubium Dragons.
Each type of terrain has its own effects on different units. In general, units that are native to a terrain receive a bonus of some type when fighting in it or moving through it. Humans are prohibited from entering Magma Pools and the enigmatic Monolith.
Excluding home base tiles, the board is only 19 hexes big. That may not sound like much, and that's the idea. It's a small moon, and the corporations are going to get into conflict over resources sooner rather than later.
The Aliens
Rather than ship human mercenaries from a colony world to fight in a strange environment, the corporations realize that the best and most cost-effective fighters are those that are native to the contested world. This particular moon is rich with unusual alien lifeforms. |
