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XenoShyft: Onslaught – How To Play

Category: Age: 13+ 30 - 60 Min 1 - 4 Players 2015

Watch It Played is a series designed to teach and play games. In this episode we’re going to learn how to play XenoShyft: Onslaught.

INDEX
00:00 – Introduction
00:54 – Setup
03:37 – Game Play Overview
03:57 – Draw Phase
04:11 – Reshuffling Your Deck
04:35 – Acquire Resources Phase
06:04 – Purchase Limitations
07:27 – Deployment Phase
08:20 – Deploying To An Allied Lane
08:46 – Adding Equipment
09:20 – Item Types
09:46 – Leftover Troops
10:23 – Assigning Aliens
10:50 – Combat Phase
11:15 – Combat: Reveal Step
12:02 – Combat: Reaction Step
12:14 – Playing Instants
13:20 – Combat: Fight Step
15:18 – Combat: Advancement Step
15:38 – Ending Combat
16:02 – Enemies remaining After Combat
17:12 – Wrap Up Phase
17:47 – Replenishing Item Stacks
18:23 – Entering New Waves
18:38 – Winning The Game
19:09 – Using Division Powers
19:52 – Once Per Round Effects
20:07 – More Than 4 Enemies In A Lane
20:20 – Burning Cards
20:37 – Trading Up Xenosathem
21:33 – Targeting Face Down Enemies
22:06 – Resolving Simultaneous Effects
22:18 – Conclusion

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