{"id":2470,"date":"2019-06-21T00:21:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T00:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2019-06-21T03:42:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T03:42:15","slug":"faza-relentless-and-unforgiving-but-rewarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traversecityboardgamers.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/21\/faza-relentless-and-unforgiving-but-rewarding\/","title":{"rendered":"FAZA: Relentless and unforgiving, but rewarding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It takes a village to raise a child.
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It takes a team of dedicated scientists, farmers, soldiers, and politicians plus a whole lot of good fortune to raze the FAZA from the surface of the Earth.
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Battles like the one you will be fighting rage all over the Earth, as humanity strives to free itself from the FAZA invasion. You need to think ahead, take decisive action, sacrifice your own well-being, trust your teammates, and anticipate every danger if you are to overcome the alien force.
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FAZA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

FAZA, designed by Benjamin Farahmand, is a fully cooperative, science fiction themed, one for all and all for one game that challenges teams to succeed in the face of overwhelming odds. It can be a ball-busting experience, including the very first turn, when the FAZA get to act first.
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Conditions are already bad when you set up the game. The FAZA have invaded, and have already begun to Fazaform the land into something they can survive on, but the process makes the Earth toxic to human life. FAZA drones patrol the earth, while FAZA motherships deliver more drones, attack and destroy human defenders and Fazaform more of the Earth, creating more toxic zones.  
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FAZA Mothership<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And then the FAZA get their turn. Your day just went from bad to worse. Players have to struggle through these initial conditions just to survive long enough to face even more drones, even more attacks, and even more Fazaformed land. In addition, whenever you decide to attack a mothership, you draw a FAZA card. Most of the time, something terrible happens\u2026 one of your teammates is abducted, the FAZA immediately attack again, or some other event that hurts your feelings and makes you question your life choices.
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On the players’ turn In FAZA, all players decide the order of actions and then each player contributes during the player round whenever it is strategically advantageous. Each player\u2019s role provides a special set of skills to contribute to the team\u2019s success. Each player chooses one of two roles in four general categories: science, military, politics, and medicine. No two roles from the same category can be played, but this means a high level of interdependence among the characters, and since if any one character dies, the game ends and the FAZA win, it is in everyone\u2019s interest to support, help, and advise their teammates.
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