Mono-Red Troopers 7.0

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Brewing a Trooper swarm deck for a Mono-Color event at Mission: Board Games (http://www.missionboardgames.com/) in Mission, KS.

How to Play 1) Roll Troopers. 2) Spread upgrade evenly to make target priority hard. 3) Be aggressive with overwriting upgrades in order to leave money for events and paying for damage sides. 4) Don't be afraid to not roll out a Trooper, if it scores you a claim. 5) Don't be afraid to reroll but don't get greedy. If you have 1 damage on a Trooper, you should probably take it.

7.0 Changes Dropped -2 TIE FO because I was never paying for it. Added -2 Probe for +2 Block because Melee is king in Mono-color (Younglings!) Dropped -2 Sweep the Area for +2 Dug In, which is too good not to run.

I am trying to maximize aggression, while using whatever control cards that are available to me. This is why what was once Datapad is now Comlink due to its ability and I value the focus sides. Infantry Grenades is better than an IQA-11 Rifle here because both cards have functionally 3 damage sides and the disrupt on IQA-11 might as well be a blank. Infantry Grenades also combos with Nowhere to Run. Infantry has 3 damage sides, which is as many as IQA-11 has as well, even though they are higher values. IQA-11 vs Infantry Grenades is worth further testing. Commanding Presence is worth a shot, too, but the issue with 3 cost upgrades is that you need to overwrite something, and the 2 cost blasters are too good. Nowhere to Run with lots of blanks and a Holdout Blaster or Tactical Master in hand can be GG.

I used to run Endless Ranks but 5 resources is a lot to swallow when so many die sides have pay to damage sides. Also, it seems like a Win More or Lose More card. Plus, I cannot afford to hang on to Endless Ranks turn after turn, and I don't want to run 2. One could easily -2 Dug In for +2 Endless Ranks.

The deck could run ePhasma/2Troopers but Phasma has issue closing the game, unlike in Jango/Troopers or Bala/Phasma/Trooper. Phasma should run Commanding Presence and Endless Ranks, perhaps.