Zone Trooper

I'm sorry, but I felt the game was underwhelming. The issue with VP is annoying. After finishing mission 1, in 3,4,5 turns, tracking them is pointless. Maybe they can be one's score, but there is little strategy to how one gets more, it'll be mostly random, no?

After getting the Chempill - again, really early on - there's no more reason to ever rest at base, no? One can walk back and forth and get more boons that way.

Mission 3 boils down to: walk in a circle, repeatedly if you're unlucky, and hope to roll a 4 (and hope not to roll a 2) (1/12 chance); if one has more time and wishes to be safe, walk in a bigger circle and hope to roll a 12 (1/36).

Getting the scanner after M4, sounds great... trivializes the game's risks further though, for what benefit?

I'm sorry if perhaps I'm severly misunderstanding the rules?

Got a free copy of this during the 1pg RPG jam. Zone Trooper is a minimalist sci-fi game. Survival is the main issue the Zone Trooper contends with as they explore the chem-ridden wastelands, hoping to finish their mission before their health or their grenades run out. At least, that's what I felt during the game. Everything plays pretty quickly, and I liked Mission 6 a lot. My only caveat is that for people with bad eyesight, you might want to print this at a slightly larger scale or with reduced margins. I printed this as is on A4 and both the body and header text were hard to read. People with dexterity issues may also have trouble moving the little player marker that you cut out before you start the game. Overall, one of my favorite entries for the jam, gameplay- and aesthetics-wise.

I've played through the first 4 missions; really neat little game. I am curious about some things. Once you get the Chempill it seems like you can just move in and out of your base to remove -1<x> a bunch of times. Is that intended? Are VP used for anything other than triggering a reward for Mission 01? Is it just like a score for your run?

Trying out your game. Great design. How does one clear a hex? I encountered some Z-Enemy in the Radwastes and deducted 1H and 1A. Is the hex now clear? 

Thanks! Can see this becoming something more detailed w/ far more encounters. 

Question: Mission 4 says Destroy 3x Gunbot. There doesn't seem to be any Gunbot in Encounter.Data. Is it supposed to say Combot instead?

Played a few missions last night, and it's pretty fun! Everything from the look to the emphasis on random encounters feels like it's a lost classic from the 1980s, but there are still very modern-feeling elements that encourage "just one more turn." Well worth four quid!