ISS Vanguard | Prototype 2.0 | What's Changed?

Rollers! It's always fun to revisit a game I've covered in the past and ISS Vanguard was certainly one for the books! ISS Vanguard is designed by Michał Oracz, Paweł Samborski, Krzysztof Piskorski, Marcin Świerkot and published by Awaken Realms. In this video we're going to focus on what's changed in prototype 2.0. As mentioned in the video, if you're interested in seeing more of the game in action, let me know by liking the video and commenting. Your voice matters! Hope you enjoy my friends :D

Disclaimer: Everything shown in the video is in prototype form (not final) and is subject to change.

Intro 0:00
Overview & Community Question! 1:08
New & Expanded Dice Play 2:56
New Types of Rolls 3:27
Planet Board Upgrades 4:33
Colour Blind & General Readability Improvements 5:43
Planetary Global Conditions 6:45
New Planets, Story & Artwork 8:11
New Starting Experience 9:10
Revised Ship Book 10:25
Leads in a Bag 13:12
Further Developed Threats 14:17
Smaller Fixes, Fine Tuning, De-Cluttering and Quality of Life Upgrades 14:54
Conclusion & Community Question! 16:46
Rolling Solo Producers 18:02

FYI: Extra info from the designer about my 1/3 the campaign mention
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“That's only about 1/3 of the core box campaign - maybe even less, depending on how you count 🙂

To be more precise: one playthrough of the core box will require 10-12 Planetary Explorations. The core box will contain 24 Planetary Explorations - some are required, some optional, and some represent alternative paths, so you won't see them all in one playthrough. This box contains 5 Planetary Explorations, of which 4 are mandatory to progress the campaign. This means that after finishing the content of this box, players will still need a minimum 6-8 Explorations to finish their campaign. That's where '1/3' came from.

As for expansions - the expansion campaigns are completely separate, they have different starts and different stories, and each of them will bring a bunch of new planets.”

"ISS Vanguard is a 1-4 player co-operative, campaign Board Game. It will bring players right into epic Sci-Fi adventure, as they will play as 4 sections (security, recon, science, engineering) onboard the first human ship with the possibility to reach outer space.
Campaign will introduce the unique story written by Krzysztof Piskorski (Tainted Grail) full of hard player choices, twists and branching storylines.

Gameplay is divided into 2 main stages: Ship phase and landing on planets.

During the Ship phase, players will manage their ship (binder with printed sleeves), where every section will have to make gameplay decisions.

Then, you will prepare your crew for landing on the next planet, in search of answers to humanity's biggest questions. Together you will pick lander and customize it with modules, then each section will choose a crew member to take on a mission ( more experienced crew members will have better ranks ), deck-build skills deck, take equipment and choose dices for his character.
The game will come with over 100 different Crew members, each with unique characteristics.

During all phases of the games players will be directed to Log-book, consisting story encounters, often written in the form of action-packed dialogues between the characters."

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Rollers! It's always fun to revisit a game I've covered in the past and ISS Vanguard was certainly one for the books! ISS Vanguard is designed by Michał Oracz, Paweł Samborski, Krzysztof Piskorski, Marcin Świerkot and published by Awaken Realms. In this video we're going to focus on what's changed in prototype 2.0. As mentioned in the video, if you're interested in seeing more of the game in action, let me know by liking the video and commenting. Your voice matters! Hope you enjoy my friends :D


*Disclaimer:* Everything shown in the video is in prototype form (not final) and is subject to change.

Intro 0:00
Overview & Community Question! 1:08
New & Expanded Dice Play 2:56
New Types of Rolls 3:27
Planet Board Upgrades 4:33
Colour Blind & General Readability Improvements 5:43
Planetary Global Conditions 6:45
New Planets, Story & Artwork 8:11
New Starting Experience 9:10
Revised Ship Book 10:25
Leads in a Bag 13:12
Further Developed Threats 14:17
Smaller Fixes, Fine Tuning, De-Cluttering and Quality of Life Upgrades 14:54
Conclusion & Community Question! 16:46
Rolling Solo Producers 18:02

FYI: Extra info from the designer about my 1/3 the campaign mention.

“That's only about 1/3 of the core box campaign - maybe even less, depending on how you count 🙂

To be more precise: one playthrough of the core box will require 10-12 Planetary Explorations. The core box will contain 24 Planetary Explorations - some are required, some optional, and some represent alternative paths, so you won't see them all in one playthrough. This box contains 5 Planetary Explorations, of which 4 are mandatory to progress the campaign. This means that after finishing the content of this box, players will still need a minimum 6-8 Explorations to finish their campaign. That's where '1/3' came from.

As for expansions - the expansion campaigns are completely separate, they have different starts and different stories, and each of them will bring a bunch of new planets.”

"ISS Vanguard is a 1-4 player co-operative, campaign Board Game. It will bring players right into epic Sci-Fi adventure, as they will play as 4 sections (security, recon, science, engineering) onboard the first human ship with the possibility to reach outer space.
Campaign will introduce the unique story written by Krzysztof Piskorski (Tainted Grail) full of hard player choices, twists and branching storylines.

Gameplay is divided into 2 main stages: Ship phase and landing on planets.

During the Ship phase, players will manage their ship (binder with printed sleeves), where every section will have to make gameplay decisions.

Then, you will prepare your crew for landing on the next planet, in search of answers to humanity's biggest questions. Together you will pick lander and customize it with modules, then each section will choose a crew member to take on a mission ( more experienced crew members will have better ranks ), deck-build skills deck, take equipment and choose dices for his character.
The game will come with over 100 different Crew members, each with unique characteristics.

During all phases of the games players will be directed to Log-book, consisting story encounters, often written in the form of action-packed dialogues between the characters."


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[skittles]

Please Please please do a playthrough!!! I enjoyed the last one u did and better yet purchased based off it. Thanks again for this one and always look forward to many more

[regohgarcia]

Yes, please do another play through! Your first play through was the main reason I backed!✊️✊️✊️

[Caidezes]

The game is really shaping up to be something special. I love how streamlined everything is. Very easy to tell what everything is and where stuff goes at a glance. All without having even read any of the rules.

[kathleenstanford]

I would be interested in a playthrough of the first 3 scenarios where the rules are introduced, but not beyond that....too many spoilers.

[ighozto]

You sure made one hell of an epic intro there, I had to rewind it a few time, too epic.
Please do make another playthrough.

[JonRyanplus]

The artwork in the beginning is amazing

[clmcaxier]

We want that playthrough with the new mechanics !!!

[davidenania]

Thanks for the video! I second the request for another playtrough, your last one was the best around and really made me pull the trigger.

[vanguard]

Hi Adam. Thanks for the update...nice! Yes please...all-in for a new play-through.

[christopherlawson]

Yes, playthrough please - it would be great to know how the planet board and dice roll changes feel!

[stevevanvoorhis]

Great video update to this game! I am an all in backer for this one and would definitely like to see an updated play though to see the changes in action.

[winonaks]

Sweeet thanks for the video! The art looked amazing! And of course you should do another play through ;)

[stefve]

Would love to see an updated playthrough Adam, your first playthrough made me back this.

[nokt]

Hell yeah, I would like to see another run.

[davidarchambault]

I would definitely watch your play through of this prototype!

[simonecolombo]

Sure we NEED one of your great playthrough...again!! :-))

[jeffclark]

I’d be interested in the playthrough as well, like others mentioned probably just the tutorial scenarios to save the story!

[eliashartmark]

I have been waiting for this. Time to decide what to get in the PM

[AlessandroCorrai]

Oh yeah please do a play throughout. I bought the game after your video because it definitely showed me the potency. so yeah totally counting on you for this Adam:)