Last Friday, I received the massive The Fantasy Trip box from last year’s kickstarter. I have been messed up by a pretty bad virus (sick for over a week now), so I have not torn into it like I want, but the quality of the components are outstanding. I have played a couple of games of Melee, now, and realize I have forgotten a lot of stuff, having played our bastardized version Legends of the Ancient World for so long. A little confused on a few things, like how many of the modifiers that affect your Adjusted Dexterity actually determine your order of attack. Obviously armor does, but does the +2 for attacking from the side? The +1 for a prone crossbowman? The negative range mods? The rules are a bit unclear. Originally, I ignored all but armor in this determination, but that may not have been right.
The compilations of rules into the In The Labyrinth book is well done. The counters are pretty nice, though I wish there were more bell bottoms! The hexes have been blown up in the base Melee and Wizard games, evidently to accommodate modern figures. This changes the footprint of the game, making it slightly less portable than it was, but we’ll see if that’s a big deal. The playmats look great.
Can’t wait until I feel better and give all the components a proper shakedown! But right now, it looks like Steve Jackson Games came through in a big way!
I’m still waiting for mine! The portability issue will be handled by the Pocket Box Melee/Wizard included at the I Want It All level. That has classic-sized maps and counters.
Good question about whether DX adjustments affect the order of attack. I don’t know if that’s been addressed; I might take a look and make a post on the SJ forums if I can’t find any rulings.
Hey, Dark Pumpkin, good to hear from you!
Yeah, I got the pocket box so it will be the same footprint (haven’t opened it yet). Not complaining about the situation, just odd how much bigger it looks. Still manageable over lunch, I think.
I hope you get yours soon! Shipping is always tough on the Rest-Of-the-Worlders!
I did a brief search on the SJG forums and thousands of results came up for adjusted dexterity – not sure how to filter it properly.
Hey Bret, here’s a good take on the adjDX problem:
https://tft.brainiac.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Rules.DXadjustments
Hey, thanks, DP! I like how he broke up the mods into General and Targeting – kinda parallels my views, and is fairly intuitive.