Maybe try introducing them to some smaller/intro games first, then work towards some bigger ones - something like King of Tokyo or Catan are normally good options! Appreciate the kind words!

Is this game good with solo mode?

@@tongyi77 yep definitely. I play three handed and it’s awesome

Let me know how you get on with it!

@@WoodyREC Received and it is awesome! Can't believe the amount of fun one can have even when it is so difficult to win.

It’s amazing how that works isn’t it? Your character can have the worst day possible and die, but you have an incredible time playing the story out and having that memory afterwards!

@@WoodyREC When are you going to review lockdown and the expansions?

Which game you recommend for newcomer? I only want to spend on one but i read how lockdown is tad easier to survive which is a plus

@@harimakenji7608 Oh man, so Lockdown is awesome. Original Nemesis has a bit more of a goal for people to do, with setting coordinate and making sure the engines work while trusting each other, along with your objective... Also being a space ship probably makes it a easier pitch to other people as a Alien themed game. Lockdown is more of making sure the power is on while completing your personal objectives. Id go with the original personally. It also has the options later of Aftermath that you play on the map after a normal game ends as long as the ship survived. If you get Lockdown id also try getting the stretch goals. They let you use the other aliens and characters from the first game and aftermath. If you have a bit of extra money Carnomorphs are a awesome Alien race expansion. They are my favorites, but are probably the hardest if you have 5 players. Oh and before I forget, Lockdown also has a backside with the Mars surface that is quite a bit harder than the other side. But witherway you can't really go wrong.

@@battlegrizz3687 awesome thanks for replying! I do really want to get aftermath and the medic expansion for original nemesis but they are not available in retail. I can only get voidseeders. Only option left is ebay and its about 120 AUD for medic alone atm which is a definately no. Unless you know another place that sells aftermath 😂 You mentioned that its harder with 5 players? I would assume its easier since u have another player to help out. My board game group have 5 players myself included. Hows difficulty with 5 people when playing original nemesis and lockdown? Im just bit torn since i love the lights on and off and making attacking easier. I can tell my group may not like original nemesis if its so hard with noise tokens everywhere and feeling underpowered..cos in lockdown you can remove noise and stronger under light Also at my retail store....lockdown is around 120 and original is 150 🤣 But voidseeder is 40 and lockdown stretch goals is 80. Both will end up around 200 if get expansions. If i get lockdown i refuse to play with 2d cardboard rover . Damn these developers 😂 Also want to ask if you tried the cloth play mat and if its worth it since many complain base game board too dark

@@harimakenji7608 lmao yeah, the plastic doors and rover are awesome. So, the power is super important, it as long as someone is playing as a "Survivor" having the power on is relatively easy as it can be done turn 2(some player characters start in one part of the base as they are crew members, while the others start in the isolation room as they are supposed to have been saved from the original event). So the power clearing sound does make things a bit easier but the board can still get pretty full of sound, and the originals doubling back through corridors with sound adds suspense. So lockd9wn has contingencies at the end of the game that happen. one is face down that is the once that will actually happen that can't be seen. Everyone gets one so they know what the contingency isn't, and there is 2 others(if playing with 5 people) that can be viewed with computer actions or the hacker has ways. they are things like "kill everyone with 4 or less knowledge", "kill everyone that didn't send the signal", "kill everyone in isolation", "save everyone"(on one of the reference cards everyone get it say what they all are and how many of each there is). So instead of making sure engines are working your trying to account for the contingencies. Although if all hell breaks loose you can complete your objective and hope you've done enough not to get killed by the contingency. So difficulty, 5 people can can become harder depending on the Alien type and how people play. So if people move slowly, discarding 2 cards to move carefully, they get to choose where to place sound, and if you move into a room with someone in it you don't have to roll sound. If everyone spreads out and isn't careful you can get many aliens fast. Things like carnomorphs arnt too deadly at first as they spawn more as larva but eat objects and other carnomorphs and evolve to dealier versions. Although to offset it a bit, if you get infected you can get superpower type evolutions that if you use too many times you die and a adult burst out of you, and certain events can trigger getting the usage tokens. Or void seekers are about insanity, so if people are moving together and not using their rest cards they might end up hurting other players. Also moving together is great... if the other player isn't secretly trying to kill you as their objective lol. Also with 5 people, ideally people sorta fill their character rolls, like the mechanic fixing things, or putting out fires. when you move into a room you reveal a random token that could be fire or a malfunction, if you use up all the tokens and have to place another the place burns down or blows up. There is end of turn events that could say,, add a fire to every room adjacent to rooms on fire, so do be mindful of that.. so thats how more people can make for a more difficult game. also the more people the more chance someone is playing evil. Although if so, or if everyone dies as things go to hell it always makes for a great memory and exciting game. the other aliens change how the game is played quite a bit so they are certainly worth it for replay value and variance.The Medic is super strong and certainly makes the game much more manageable. It really comes down to how people play between the base games. Although the stretch goals are needed to use the previous aliens and characters for lockdown. Sorry if this is so jumbled, im trying to think of as much as I can for advice.

oh and I never found the original components to be too dark. And with the base Nemesis with its stretch goals I believe, or maybe its in the base game, im not for sure as I have the all in for both of them, the first player to die can take over as the aliens with their own deck. Although when that happens the game become much more difficult. They also get a card that let's them choose a event from the top 3, which can just blow up the ship killing everyone if there is alot of fire or malfunctions