Frostbite - Turn 1 - Planning

On Thursday we discussed starting up the Frostbite campaign. After reviewing some of the campaign rules, we diced for the battleground, which ended up being the Black Fortresses.

The Black Fortress battleground takes place at the South pole of the ice planet, Elysee, and is a home to the Therian doomsday devices. Two collosal Therian monuments exist in this region - the Cursed Fortress, which was the site of an engineered nanovirus; and the Restored Fortress, which is a site being rebuilt by the Therians. Two military bases are also in this region, originally built to protect the fortresses.

As you can see from the battleground map, the Therians have a very strong presence here, and their HQ is centrally located, which gives them quick access to 4 of the 6 sectors. The other armies start at the fringes of the map and have to push inward to lay claim to many of the sectors.

We started the Planning phase of Turn 1 by dicing to determine who went first. Deployment order was: Rob, me, and then Dave. By the end of the Planning phase, Rob has 2 companies entering the access zone to Ice Floe Oscar, and a 3rd company at the Restored Fortress. I had to deploy 1 company at the Cursed Fortress, and then shifted a company to the Underground Base, and a company to the Abandoned Base, both coming from my HQ. Dave moved 2 of his companies into the Abandoned Base and 1 into Ice Floe Oscar.

So, for next week (and probably the week following), we've got 2 big battles coming up. I'll face Dave at the Abandoned Base, and Rob will face Dave at Ice Floe Oscar. Should be some epic battles over these 2 sectors!