you'd be surprised... :)

if there had been a co-op mode for 2p in this (and i don't see why there's not) i would have been all over it! :)

I don't see why you couldn't play this as a 2 player co-op as it is. Just discuss the plays between you, and alternate the "main" player who has final say for each turn in case you don't come to an agreement.

@@rahdo but, I look for your reviews of solo play before I decide to buy games. I think of you for solo, it's wild that you have a solo rep and that it's not your prefered

check out faq.rahdo.com #26 :)

Hi JJ... Just got the game myself and I agree, it can be very confusing! But I'll try and help you out on the things you mention.... The Yellow symbols are indeed 'energy'. In the case of the Fighter Plane Box that Shea mentions at the start of the runthrough, there are 3 'energy' symbols. This means you must pay 3 ENERGY points to activate the Fighter Plane attack. The row of Yellow numbers down the left side of the Home Base is the ENERGY point track. (So, if you don't actually have 3 ENERGY points on the ENERGY point track when you come to activate your Fighters, they can't be activated! - you have wasted your Dice....) The Yellow Energy Rooms in the homebase are where you would place your Dice if you wanted to increase the ENERGY points on the ENERGY point track... The (-1) or (+1) numbers in grey subtract or add a 1 to the Dice you place on them. So, if you placed a '5' Dice on the Fighter Plane box in the first column of the fourth row of the homebase, your Fighters for that attack would be at ''4' because of the minus 1 in the grey box. (This '4' would be the attack number they use when shooting down the aliens on explosion squares...) The < and > show which direction the alien will move if it lands on that particular square. So, first the alien drops the number of squares indicated on your chosen Dice, then shifts to the column either < left or >right, depending..... And the dice.... If you place a white dice on your homebase, you must then re-roll any remaining dice you have in your hand. This is a good idea when you have a cruddy hand of dice, as Shea does at the start of the runthrough, but it can also, sometimes mean you have to reroll a good hand...... ANyway, hope that's helpful!