Every once in a while I have a solo game that reenforces why this mode of play is not a runner up to group games. The Mech Arena battle was a blast. For added entertainment value I put on the soundtrack from Real Steel, a robot combat sport movie with Hugh Jackman.

Every once in a while I have a solo game that reenforces why this mode of play is not a runner up to group games. The Mech Arena battle was a blast. For added entertainment value I put on the soundtrack from Real Steel, a robot combat sport movie with Hugh Jackman.

The fight was unpredictable and flowed in a way that wouldn't have been possible as an opponent and I each tried to out think the other. The fact that the pilots had a history made this a brutal fight, the only tactics considered were those that would inflict damage with a side of humiliation on their counterpart.

A tweak to the game's standard reaction rules to allow any system to be activated with reaction dice really pushed the feel of high speed combat. Jump jets were put to good, in particular when Sammie intercepted the Hunter just as he was preparing to launch onto the north tower. She managed to knock Jose around a bit, but he was still in range.

Once Jose has his Hunter on the tower it was all over. The system holding Sammie's jump jets was the lowest quality. She couldn't make it up. When her sensors were hit all she could do was deploy the smoke screen and wait for them to come back online.

That might have worked, but Jose was on point today. The following shot knocked out the sensors yet again. The final shot hit the core a d destroyed the Wildcat, though Sammie was able to eject. Will she be able to scrape together the credits to field another bot? Will she ever get her vengeance know Jose and Team Monster? Perhaps we'll find out one day.