LionWing is excited to announce that the Kickstarter for the mecha wargame Embryo Machine launches on Kickstarter today at 12PM (EST)! Embryo Machine is an anime-themed wargame for 2-6 players featuring mecha-based battles that unfold across modular boards and a combat system that utilizes a combination of card drafting, simultaneous action selection, and grid movement. Embryo Machine is one of the latest games from Cosaic, the design team behind classics like Shadow Hunters, Demon Worker, and Zombie Tower 3D.
In Embryo Machine, up to six players engage in action-packed free-for-all or team-based showdowns making use of the game’s grid battlefield and the cards with which they draft and equip their mechas. Players start each game by first choosing which mecha—called Embryo Machines, or “EMs” for short—they’d like to pilot, according to their playstyle, and then utilize a deck of cards unique to their EM that comprises all of their unit’s equipment and attacks.
Once players have their EMs set up, they then build the battlefield using the modular board that comes with the game. On the board are wide open fields, bottlenecks, stat-altering terrain, and various other obstacles to contend with—some of which the players themselves are responsible for placing. Players then position their EMs on the field using the two-sided custom standees, which feature each Embryos’ art, and prepare to maneuver around the battlegrounds.
Play in Embryo Machine is fast-paced, leaving little room for downtime. This quick-playing approach is accomplished through the use of the game’s simultaneous action selection system wherein players reveal the movement of their EMs, as well as their attacks, at the same time as one another. Having to predict one’s enemy’s movement and incoming assaults are part of the complex yet seamless strategy of the game.
Embryo Machine is a great game for both newcomers and veterans of the skirmish genre. The game offers three levels of getting started, with the first being the most new player-friendly: pre-built Embryo Machines that already have their assigned stats and pre-built Unit decks. But even these pre-builts are broken down into two different forms per mecha: a Basic form, which is ideal for players’ first few times jumping into the action, and an Advance form for those who are already acclimated to the game.
However, if folks want to customize their play experience even further, they can choose to tweak the pre-builts provided, to better suit their play preferences without having to spend too much time preparing for the fight, or they jump right into the deep end for a more hardcore, wargaming-like experience where they build their EMs from the ground up with a totally blank Unit board, assigning stats and constructing their mecha’s Unit deck from scratch.
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