The map is a small hex grid where you will be placing units on your turn, trying to position them so that you can do damage to your opponent’s Headquarters. The factions have different strengths and weaknesses that makes playing with each on an exercise in figuring out how best to play them. It was designed by Michał Oracz with artwork by a number of different people.Įach player plays a faction in a post-apocalyptic world where the main issue is survival. Neuroshima Hex is a strategy game for 1-4 players, though it really works best at 2 (considering how small the board is, I can’t imagine playing with more than 2 as a dueling game). Talk about looking after your customers, especially when they’re not technically yours! (if we bought the Big Daddy version). In addition, even though only the four base game factions would be available at start, if you owned the expansion factions, they would be free when they were implemented too!
I was heartened when they said that not only would it have asynchronous play, but that those who owned the original app would get it as a free upgrade.
Portal hasn’t been brilliant at asynchronous multiplayer, including the Tides of Time app that almost called for it. So when Portal Games announced that not only had they taken over the app, but that it would be coming out in September 2021, a lot of people cheered like never before. I enjoyed playing it but finally it just subsided and went away as playing it with friends became more of a chore than an enjoyable time. But it became buggy as hell and the multiplayer (at least asynchronous) became virtually unusable. Big Daddy Creations originally did it and it was actually not bad. The Neuroshima Hex app has been around for quite a while. Free if you had it in the app before! Now there are 5 factions to choose from)
(Edit – 12/14/21: I completely forgot to update this to say that the Steel Police faction is now out.