Crowdfunding link - gamefound.com/en/projects/awaken-realms/nemesis-retaliation - - - - - - Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop Podcast - soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF - - - - - - 0:00 - Introduction 0:47 - Overview of Play 6:19 - Turn 1 (Engineer) 14:25 - Turn 1 (Recon) 18:02 - Rest of Round 1 23:58 - Round 2 29:51 - Round 3 33:17 - Round 4 38:32 - Round 5 46:21 - Round 6 51:59 - Round 7 57:04 - Rounds 8 and 9 1:01:28 - Impressions

Im super excited for this. It will be my first Nemisis game. I thought all the Nemisis games were all semi coop and i wasnt going to get this untill i found out it had true coop. Ive seen some comments about small minis and tiles but not every game need hugs miniatures plus it wouldn't fit on my table. This looks like alot of fun and glad i backed it. Great video btw

Awesome content as always! Nemesis and Lockdown are my two most loved (and played) games so this was kind of a no brainer either way, but I continue to love the play throughs you turn out! My wallet blames you for Fallen land and Deep madness, but I do love them both lol

It lacks something, don't know what but it does

Believe it or not @OneStopCoopShop , this is going to be my first Nemesis game. Great video as usual.

This is definitely interesting compared to the first one. I like the combat heavy focus this one has, and that's what I was hoping for when they announced it. 1 rule change I thought it was interesting was that you roll noise when moving into a room with another player character. In the first game you didn't roll a noise if you moved into a room with another character. This one seems more about putting the aliens in your face right away rather than a slow suspenseful buildup.

The thing that worries me is the modular map - the joining of the tiles is bound to deteriorate over time if they're cardboard, which they seem to be. Regardless, I liked your preview, the game has a bit of a feel like Aliens (the second movie) which I like... will be definitely looking into the campaign on Gamefoud of this one.

For what it's worth, in older Nemesis games if you needed to make a noise roll to trigger an escape route and got an alien spawn, the alien yanked you back out and the escape action did not succeed. I don't guarantee it works the same way for Retaliation or for the lander, but I suspect it probably does, given the general "you're probably going to die" spirit of the series.

1:05:46 isn't the third word "infected"? Also, thanks for the playthrough. Can't wait to get this, my third Nemesis game. And yes, original Nemesis is my "Game 0"...all time fave.

Hope they make this one more solo friendly. I had the first game but sold it as solo just fell flat. Its meant to be played with others i guess

I'm about 25mins in and I can't help but be reminded heavily of Zombicide.

3 is the magic number, yes it is, it's the magic number 🎵

Can you give a rough estimate as to the size of the main exploration area? (how big of a table do you need to play)

Are you using acrylic tokens or are those cardboard? Thanks. I'm new to Nemesis and thinking whether I should get the acrylic tokens.

3 for 3 Mike this year. Watched your Stalker and Dragon Eclipse playthrus and backed them. Leaning towards backing again as I don’t have any Nemesis titles and of the three available during the campaign, likening this one or would the first or 2nd be a better option?

Sorry if this is answered in the video, I am asking while watching. :) I've never played any of the Nemesis games; just how do they differ from each other? Will jumping on Retaliation give me pretty much the same experience? Or perhaps since this is the 3rd, is it better than the previous? Also, does the game have player elimination?

Thank you for this one. I have to think about what I want to do. I have Nemesis and Lockdown. I was really looking forward to this one, but was expecting something like Space Hulk or Omega Protocol. That doesn’t appear to be the case. It’s not a complaint but I’m just not sure it’s different enough.

I think the addition of oxygen forces the players to consistently move. Whereas in the other games, you could practically just camp in one room the entire game and wait for everyone to die off. I also like the burst addition. Wondering if the shoot action actually requires ammo? Another playthrough did not use ammo when it’s the shoot action and uses ammo with a burst action

Great play through, Mike! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. If this tickled your fancy I think you may want to give the previous versions another shot. Having everything for Nemesis and Lockdown, I don’t see enough difference in Retaliation. The modular map sounded exciting but I’m not liking how fiddly it seems in execution. I’m leaning towards a pass on this one, sadly.

Ugh, I absolutely didn't expect the ultimate queen and brood mother of this existential threat to humanity to end up being a curvy pin-up girl stripper thot on alien high heels that doesn't even remotely look like her brood, let alone blend in with it. It looks so clearly out of place, like from an entirely different game altogether, more like something out of a Warhammer Slaanesh army.

How do I get a copy? the GameFound page says funding is not available?

Personally , I already pledged it because it’s seriously collector for a long time fan of various Aliens movies 🎥. By the way, I think it’s better with a whole squad playing, maybe you should have taken multiples soldiers. 👍🏻

We need Colin's take to get the Lockdown comparison.

Have you played with other people? How long was the game?

Do you feel like this version is as challenging/difficult facing the intruders & intruder bag development as the first nemesis?

More cowbell!!

Let the bug hunt begin 😂🎉

I’m new to Nemesis and the base game is expensive. Do you think this is a good entry point into the series or should I just get the core box?

Are you sure that you still have make a noise roll when moving into a room when there's another player already in it? In old Nemesis you don't need to make that noise roll, but IDK maybe they changed that in this new version

Don't understand why you couldn't just swap the heavy weapons guys insert if the board was broken, they all look identical apart from the marine insert.

Hi, I was wondering for how long lander stays on a landing zone? For the rest of the game or maybe for a few rounds? Because I don't see why you would want to delay it if it can stay until the end of the game.

I'm curious exactly how they may incorporate older game content. It looks like the PC's from the older games will be involved somehow, but will I be able to play against Carnomorphs, Voidseeders, or Kytrids?

At the 28th minute you moved to the lander spot with someone already there and then rolled noise. In the original game you didn’t roll for noise if you went to a room that was occupied, so is that a change to the rules in this version ?

Just a question i dont get the combat when the alien is on the same room with the character. You can kill the alien when you get an equal or lower die, or equal or higher die? Its so confusing.

I will stuck to GF9+expansions. The board is cool though.

I need this prototype :D but thank you for this video

How does the game compare to Zombicide invader? I have never played a nemesis game beforehand.

😮Wow nice

You can't take egg, if alien in the nest

Does Retailation feels like a dungeon crawl? If so how high up does it rank?

Dice tower you are using - where is it from? Can u get those in EU?

Please it is good for one player too? Im curious for yours opinion. Thanks

This looks a bit like a much more straightforward Level 7 Omega Protocol.

Back it just for solo...aargh dont know what to do😅

19:44: I believe, that eggs are heavy objects, no heavy items. :-) But to tape this two heavy items to have the other hand free for the eggs is good anyway, I guess.

I love original Nemesis but it's a pass. Can't get past those cardboard connector pieces that will easily wear, and the gameplay looks unremarkable.

The first move you moved and secured. Does that not count as 2 actions? You then used the flamethrower so that would be 3 actions for the turn? In og and lockdown you could move silently spending 2 cards for movement but it's still classed as 1 action. Is that not in it this time? Good work on the playthrough. 👍

What brand is the dice tower your using?

I'm leaving these tags because I don't believe these are mistakes at all as you're more familiar with this game than I am, but I genuinely wanted to ask to know for this installment in comparison to regular or Lockdown. 28:09 By no means am I an expert in Nemesis: Retaliation but in the previous entries, if you entered the same room as another character, you didn't have to roll for noise at all. Is that not the case in Retaliation too? 46:17 Have they also changed the rule to where characters in combat with intruders would previously not have to roll for noise? 53:03 That noise roll rule: does it also apply to entering rooms with intruders in them? 53:40 isn't there also a difference between opening and closing doors vs destroying them? 56:16 How do serious wounds if any come into play? I can obviously assume that intruder attack cards can give them to you, but do any of those damage thresholds lead to serious wounds?

Excellent video, as usual. Thank you. I will pass on this one. For one, Awaken Realms never delivered the Nemesis Lockdown app and for the other, I no longer back campaigns that don't supply rulebooks and demonstrate gameplay on the campaign page. I shouldn't have to watch videos to understand their half fleshed out products.

According to the comments, it seems the endless rehash/reskin called board game design is starting to wear thin... I own the perfectly imperfect original, was unimpressed with Lockdown (but do like it), and will pass on this. Im getting discouraged playing game after game that feels just like a slight variation of something I've already played before. Where is Vlaada Chvatil when you need him?

OK, I'll just say what every guy wants to say: WOULD

I think that is a nemesids game with a real coop. But pass for me as all previous nemesids, cause of permadeath. First was Alien, second was Alien?, now we have Aliens. :)

No wound cards in the prototype, eh? This one looks brutal and even harder than the other Nemesis games.

ahh yes the cheap bords . The era of the old bords is over know is the era of the cheap little bords.. the price is the same as the first nemsis game but this one is mutch more smaller.... the future of the bord games

After watching the gameplay . Can’t say I’m really impressed.. while I was anticipating this one . I think it will be a pass for me .

I'm really excited to get a play through where we get all the rules without guessing about what the rule might because the teacher dosen't remember and just guesses.

Unfortunately I've fallen off the AW train due to their usage of AI Image Generation in Dragon Eclipse

Super tiny alien miniatures. Bad design choice. This is odd because normally Awaken Realms makes awesome looking games. They could have easily made the tiles and miniatures larger and simply charged more for the game. Looks like a lot of sacrifices were made on the sizes (and therefore table presence) of components to reach a price point and to accommodate those with small gaming tables. Unfortunate.

it looks really cheap and ugly