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Andreas Propst
Austria
enzenkirchen
upper austria
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Hello everyone!
These days not a single day seems to pass without at least a single game of BDB. Today gamer-buddy par excellence Berni paid a visit and two games were played.
One, with my suggested Starter Setup, which is not worth mentioning, besides the fact that Berni won (I think he would insist in at least mentioning that!  )
Here you can see Berni performing the traditional Austrian Victory Dance:
For the second game we tried something completely new and exciting for us. A game with a "Random Setup". We basically made two decks, one consisiting of 1 copy of each Strategy and Item (There are 21 different Strategies and Items in the game) the other consisting of one copy of each different Dino (there are a total of 14 different Dinos in the game). Then we drew 10 cards from the well shuffled Items and Strategy Deck to determine with which Items / Strategies we would play and did the same for the Dino Deck, picking 6 different Dinosaurs at random.
This is what we ended up with:
Random Setup #1:
Dinosaurs:
Struthiomimus
Stegosaurus
Spinosaurus
Styracosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Diplodocus
Strategies:
Pacify
Repair
Quick Strike
Energize
Sacrifice
Charge
Pincer
Double Strike
Items:
Rocket Launcher
Energy Shield
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And this is how the first game with a Random Setup went:
We both, Berni and I, had a rough start, never being able to buy any Dino, because neither of us had the right card combination in hand to buy one. All the Dinos in the Dino Offering required Attack and Defend cards to purchase. However bad luck had it that Berni and I only drew hands with Attacks and Evades, or, equally useless, only Defends or Evades.
Eventually, Berni could get a hold of a Spinosaurus, starting to Megabite away at poor, defenseless me, which resultet in 2 Wound cards each time he hit me for 10 damage through his Megabite Attack.
Not until my 6th turn I was able to buy a Dino of my own - now that is what I call bad luck  Eventually I grabbed a Styracosaurus, which is kinda like a weaker version of Berni's Spinosaurus.
We both bought some Rocket Launchers, which cost one Attack to activate and deal 5 damage for each card you discard from your hand, and some Energy Shields to counter opponent Rocket Launcher attacks (One ability of Energy Shield lets you block / negate any Item attack at the mere cost of one Defend card).
Also, in this game we discovered how handy the "Pincer" Strategy card can be (It gives you 2 additional Strategy plays and you draw a card on top of that).
Furthermore the over-powered Megalomania (+1 Draw, +1 Strategy, +1 Attach, +1 Buy) was dearly missed... 
Eventually both of us were able to score a KO. Berni pulled his Stegosaurus to the front, and I did likewise with my benched Spinosaurus. My second Dino succumbed to a combination of Rocket Launcher attacks and Stego's attacks, which left me unprotected against direct attacks.
With Stegosaurus, Berni was able to inflict a ton of wounds on me through its "Spiked Blow" Attack, (See card below) which deals 20 damage (so 4 wounds in a direct attack) plus 2 wounds. So each attack by Stego meant 6 additional Wound cards in my deck.
I made a last stand by buying HP-heavy Diplodocus before all Dinos in the Offering were gone, but at some point I realized it was no use in continuing till all Wounds were gone (Which is the secondary end-game condition) and that I was totally screwed, as I drew hands of 6 Wounds (See below) every other turn, so I, in a great display of sportsmanship, conceded...
Above: Andi is totally screwed
In the end I had a total of 32 cards in my deck, and a total of 18 Wounds were inflicted, of which I was able to purge many but not all through the "Sacrifice" Strategy card.
Overall the "Random Setup" game was a pleasant change to the many "Starter Setup" games I played the last few days. While I have the feeling that there are still many viable strategies left to discover in the Starter Setup, both Berni and I were excited to try yet unplayed cards in the Random Setup. We will try to get in more randomly set up games soon and explore the immense possibilities BDB offers in its entirety further...
As always, thanks for reading and until next time!
Yours,
Andi
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