Octopus Overlords

Something that I have neglected to point out is that Squash Bot's Shield has been facing forward since Turn 1.

Squash Bot will be shutting down next turn.

Squash Bot's Shield will continue to face forward.

That last turn was HILARIOUS!

By the by I promise 48 hour turn around on my turns from here on out!

Thanks to the person who pushed Twonky out of the fire!

Now... to sit and spin for awhile...

The next turn should run Tuesday evening.

Added the "Empty Board" into the top post for an easy to access view of all hazards.

Phase 1:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Backup (460)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Backup (470)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : Move 1 (560)
jpottere (Twonky) : Rotate Right (240)


Squash Bot gingerly steps off E as a gout of flame erupts where he used to be.
Spin Bot engages reverse gear, pushing Twonky clear of the flamer, just as it pours out of the wall into Spin Bot (1 damage).
Hammer Bot steps back from the edge.
Out of one flaming square, and into another, Twonky faces Spin Bot as his vision becomes partiall obscured by soot (1 damage)


Twonky 'thanks' Spin Bot for the assistance with a laser up the tailpipe. (1 damage, locking register 5!)

Twonky hastily detaches his Flywheel and presses it against the flamer nozzles embedded in the wall, preventing further damage. Unfortunately, the Flywheel is damaged beyond repair and must be cast aside.

For ending the phase in front of active flamers, Twonky and Spin Bot each takes an additional point of damage. (Locking Twonky's register 5 and Spin Bot's register 4!)

(Technically, I should be asking Spin Bot after the laser, and then follow-up with the flamer damage and prompt. Lumping them all together should result in faster processing)




Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 6 (registers 4 and 5 locked!)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 4
jpottere (Twonky) : 4

Via PM, Twonky elects to deflect 1 damage by sacrificing his Flywheel.

Register 5 is now locked!

Processing will be on hold until Friday evening while I'm out of town.

I will never sacrifice my options, for future reference.

jpottere wrote:Thanks to the person who pushed Twonky out of the fire!

I thought you would like this other fire better...

srdaniel wrote:I will never sacrifice my options, for future reference.

Noted and Phase 1 updated.

Shinjin wrote:Via PM, Twonky elects to deflect 1 damage by sacrificing his Flywheel.

Register 5 is now locked!

And I just realized that this statement is wrong. Twonky came into Turn 4 with 3 damage. He took 1 damage from the flamer and then deflected 1 damage by ditching his Flywheel.

This leaves him at 4 damage with no locked registers. Updating Phase 1...

Phase 2:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Rotate Left (330)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Rotate Right (320)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : Move 1 (500)
jpottere (Twonky) : Rotate Right (340)


Squash Bot takes another exciting step closer to Flag 1!
Hammer Bot turns left and gazes at the conveyor belt ... of DOOM! Does he dare attempt to use it again?
Twonky and Spin Bot initiate sequence R1 (Rotisserie 1), each taking a point of damage from the jets of flame!

Twonky - Register 5 locked!
Spin Bot - Register 3 locked!

For ending the phase on active flamers, Twonky and Spin Bot each take an additional point of damage.

Twonky - Register 4 locked!
Spin Bot - Register 2 locked!





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 8 (Registers 2-5 locked!)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 4
jpottere (Twonky) : 6 (Registesr 4-5 locked!)

Phase 3:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Move 1 (570)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Rotate Right (420)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : Rotate Left (350)
jpottere (Twonky) : Rotate Left (110)


Yes! Hammer Bot leaps onto the conveyor belt ... of DOOM!
Squash Bot looks left.
Spin Bot and Twonky turn to exchange glances (and more) as the flames die back. But will it last?

Hammer Bot is shifted S ... to the edge of the abyss once more. Oh no!

Twonky unleashes the fury of his laser at Spin Bot (1 damage) Spin Bot's Register 1 is locked!
In response, Spin Bot counters with a laser of his own! (1 damage) Twonky's register 3 is locked!





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 9 (Registers 1-5 locked!)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 4
jpottere (Twonky) : 7 (Registers 3-5 locked!)

Man, you guys are a mess. Glad I'm going to be shut down next turn and heal a bit.

Shinjin wrote:Option to Spin Bot

Ok, no scramble and I will sacrifice my scrambler (next time) just in case it lets me live. I forgot that flamers can do two points of damage...argh.

Roger.

Laser to Twonky and sacrifice Scrambler to prevent 10th point of damage.

Phase 3 updated.

It's possible that I may have been handling the flamer tiles a little incorrectly, but I haven't reviewed any old turns yet to see. The rule text from the Radioactive Factory Floor Guide:

When a robot moves onto or through an active flamer, or when a robot executes a rotate card on an active flamer, the robot receives 1 point of damage.

I read this as moving *off* of an active flamer will not result in damage. Similarly, getting pushed off of an active flamer would not result in damage.

Going forward, this is how I will be treating flamers.

Phase 4:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Move 1 (610)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Move 2 (740)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : Rotate Right (220)
jpottere (Twonky) : Rotate Left (250)


As the flames begin to wash over his form, Spin Bot engages his treads and slams into Twonky, driving them both N two squares. He passes through the flames intended for Twonky and casually deflects the damage by sacrificing his Scramber.
Hammer Bot carefully departs the conveyor belt ... of DOOM!
Twonky turns to face E.
Squash Bot turns right to stare longingly at Flag 1.

Twonky gets pushed W onto the conveyor belt.

Spin Bot updates his archive location.

(As noted in the post above, Spin Bot's action prevents flamer damage from his and Twonky's starting tiles.)




Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 9 (Registers 1-5 locked!)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 4
jpottere (Twonky) : 7 (Registers 3-5 locked!)

Phase 5:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Move 1 (660)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Move 2 (730)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : Backup (480)
jpottere (Twonky) : Rotate Left (270)


Spin Bot continues his northward journey to stare at the northern edge of the abyss.
Hammer Bot slides onto an extremely short conveyor belt.
Squash Bot backs up.
Twonky continues his leftward spin.

Twonky is shifted S.
Hammer Bot is shifted N and updates his archive location.

Squash Bot shuts down, clearing all damage.




Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 9 (Registers 1-5 locked!)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : 0
jpottere (Twonky) : 7 (Registers 3-5 locked!)

Shinjin wrote:It's possible that I may have been handling the flamer tiles a little incorrectly, but I haven't reviewed any old turns yet to see. The rule text from the Radioactive Factory Floor Guide:

When a robot moves onto or through an active flamer, or when a robot executes a rotate card on an active flamer, the robot receives 1 point of damage.

I read this as moving *off* of an active flamer will not result in damage. Similarly, getting pushed off of an active flamer would not result in damage.

Going forward, this is how I will be treating flamers.

I've reviewed the game to present and fortunately there have been no instances before Turn 4 Phase 4 where a player initiated movement *from* a flamer.

All turns are in, but my office/guest room will be occupied this evening and I won't be able to run the turn until tomorrow.

Stay tuned...

Phase 1:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Rotate Left (370)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Backup (470)
Remus West (Squash Bot) :
jpottere (Twonky) : Move 1 (570)


Twonky tentatively creeps N on the belt.
Unable to to do anything else, Spin Bot slides backward.
Hammer Bot turns toward Flag 1.
Remus West <is shut down>.

Twonky is shifted S.
Spin Bot is pushed W.

With a steady beam, Twonky shoots Spin Bot - *krazow*! Spin Bot's brittle frame can sustain no more damage and his head slowly nods forward as his eyelights slowly wink out. (1 damage - Spin is Bot destroyed!)




Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzt*
jpottere (Twonky) : 7

Phase 2:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Backup (440)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzzt*
Remus West (Squash Bot) :
jpottere (Twonky) : Move 3 (810)


Overcome with remorse, Twonky engages high gear and leaps into the <nothing>. (Twonky is destroyed)
Hammer Bot backs up onto the conveyor belt ...

which shifts him back where he started.





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzzt*
jpottere (Twonky) : *fzzzzt*

Phase 3:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Move 1 (500)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzzt*
Remus West (Squash Bot) :
jpottere (Twonky) : *fzzzzt*


Hammer Bot deftly slides onto Flag 1 and updates his archive location.





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzzt*
jpottere (Twonky) : *fzzzzt*

Phase 4:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : U-Turn (10)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzzt*
Remus West (Squash Bot) :
jpottere (Twonky) : *fzzzzt*


Hammer Bot hangs a lonely U-ie.





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzzt*
jpottere (Twonky) : *fzzzzt*

Phase 5:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Move 1 (640)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzzt*
Remus West (Squash Bot) :
jpottere (Twonky) : *fzzzzt*


Hammer Bot returns to his starting position, though with a new orientation. He also updates his archive location.




Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : *fzzzzt*
jpottere (Twonky) : *fzzzzt*

I'll face west... and go ahead and deal me in with two damage. What's a nick here or there...

Spin Bot will also be facing W with 2 damage.

Phase 1:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Rotate Right (220)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Move 3 (810)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : Move 1 (520)
jpottere (Twonky) : Move 2 (720)


Spin Bot lunges off of Flag 4.
Twonky slides unto the conveyor belt.
Squash Bot inches toward Flag 1.
Hammer Bot turns to face west

The conveyor belt ... of DOOM ... lives up to its name by shifting Twonky S, placing him the line of fire of Hammer Bot's (Laser/Interceptor).

Hammer Bot unleashes his Interceptor which magnetically latches onto Twonky's body.




Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 2
jpottere (Twonky) : 2 (Tagged with Interceptor token)

Interceptor

Isgrimnur wrote:Interceptor

Phase 1 updated.

Phase 2:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Move 3 (800)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Move 1 (550)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : Move 1 (540)
jpottere (Twonky) : Move 1 (630)


Hammer Bot's treads screech into action before slamming into Twonky, sending the freshly tagged bot deep into a pit. (Twonky is destroyed)
(The faint whirring of Twonky's servos drift up from the pit.)
Spin Bot creeps closer to a wall of flame.
Squash Bot achieves a record proximity to Flag 1!





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 2
jpottere (Twonky) : *whirrrrrrrr* (Tagged with Interceptor token)

Phase 3:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Rotate Left (110)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : U-Turn (30)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : U-Turn (60)
jpottere (Twonky) : *no signal*


Hammer Bot turns to the left.
Squash Bot turns around.
Perhaps turns is back on the all-consuming flames.





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 2
jpottere (Twonky) : *no signal* (Tagged with Interceptor token)

Phase 4:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Move 1 (610)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Rotate Right (320)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : Backup (460)
jpottere (Twonky) : *no signal*


Hammer Bot takes a step closer to the edge of the arena.
Spin Bot turns to face S.
Squash Bot bravely slides backward onto the conveyor.

Squash Bot is shifted S.





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 2
jpottere (Twonky) : *no signal* (Tagged with Interceptor token)

Phase 5:
Isgrimnur (Hammer Bot) : Rotate Right (260)
srdaniel (Spin Bot) : Rotate Right (420)
Remus West (Squash Bot) : U-Turn (20)
jpottere (Twonky) : *no signal*


Spin Bot re-orients to face Flag 2.
Hammer Bot turns right.
Squash Bot turns around.

Squash Bot is shifted S and prays for a movement card. Any movement card. Please?





Damage Count

srdaniel (Spin Bot) : 2
jpottere (Twonky) : *no signal* (Tagged with Interceptor token)

I've searched for clarifications on whether or not an Interceptor token would get discarded on bot destruction, but haven't found anything. I'm still thinking about this / searching.

I presume that Twonky will likely be interested in coming in with 2 damage facing West again.