Got the opportunity last weekend to play with my cousins (14 and 18 yr old) and we had fun. It's a game that can be a struggle the first time you play. No where in the rules booklet does it talk about how to recruit or fight. That is, what you do with the physical cards.
It would have been nice for them to specifically say "Keep your 13 card deck in front of you on the table but not on the playmat as there are no spaces for your specific deck. When you fight or recruit, you discard your cards into a discard pile that should be kept face up next to your specific deck." Arguably, for new players, this is the second biggest hurdle when your new to the game and playing alone or with other newbies, right next to the nightmare of sorting the cards after first opening the box.
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For those who have played, a rule clarification please. Certain cards have the Weyland-Yutani symbol in the text with an ability next to it. I know the symbol corresponds to the Alien deck's character cards, but the ability itself is triggered when you play the card but only if you played a character card already that turn (or 2, in some cases) correct? Same for class abilities right? Thanks.
