by dare978devil
freddieyu wrote:
kryyst wrote:
The trick is when to go into Tokyo and with what cards you have before you go in. You don't want to go in on your first turn usually, but later on those 2 VP's and the potential to do massive damage to every other monster is really worth while.
I agree here. If you are setup for it (ie with cards that do extra damage etc) then staying in Tokyo can be an advantage. This is because if you do a lot of damage to everyone, they will be focused on healing instead if damaging you.
I have found that staying out of Tokyo until you have ~10 points is usually a pretty good strategy. Then the steady point gain really comes in handy. In the last game we played, I went in with 12 points and stayed until I won. I had an exceptionally good first two rounds (first five 3's, and then four 3's), neither time were my remaining dice claws. So I had 9 points already after only two turns. Collecting 2 per round quickly got me closer to a win, and then the perfectly timed "+4 point, -3 life" came out. I had exactly 4 life at the time, and 16 points.