"INEPTT II" Topic

Hi all, INEPTT II is now available at Lulu.com
Pricing
INEPTT II Colour Print – 43.99
INEPTT II Black and White Print – 21.99
INEPTT II Electronic – 16.99
INEPTT II No Frills – 10.99

I have made up a Q and A of a number of questions I have had over the last couple months about the game and what it entails, for those who played INEPTT before it has changed, some changes are significant but the game mechanics remain the same.

Q1 – How big is the book?
A1 – Rules are 94 pages long (except the no frills which is 82 as all the pictures are removed and its really just text)
Q2 – How many miniatures do I need to play? Can I play Solo, how many can play?
A2 – You must have a 6 person INEPPT Team, I would recommend Spectre Miniatures, Empress or Eureka off the top with Special Artisan Miniatures, Full Battle Rattle, Reaper and Black Cat Bases also having great ranges of miniatures. For the bad guys you need six Grays and/or 20 Zombies – Grays I would highly recommend Crossover Miniatures and Zombies get a few sprues from Warlord games. As for how many can play, I think the largest games we have played is with 8 at the table and it works fine, but that was with everyone moving Zombies. The game lends itself very well as a solo game.
Q3 – What happened to the WWI and WWII paranormal stuff?
A3 – I had to do a lot of work to stream line the starting of a game and had to rework some of the guts of the game mechanics to fine tune it. This meant I needed to flesh out descriptions of certain things taking more space. It also allows people to focus more on the modern type combat ranging from Viet Nam to near future.
Q4 – Will you bring back the WWI and WII genres
A4 – Absolutely, the paranormal gaming, particularly in the WWII genre is some of my favourites in the INEPTT system so they will return in a future book. Same holds true for the WWI genre.
Q5 – Is the game collaborative, cooperative, can it be played as a tournament? Are there point systems?
A5 – The game is designed to be run by a Game Master. The players then are to collaborate on defeating the GM's forces (XRAYS). However, you can play head to head, cooperative where each team has victory conditions and first to meet it wins, but the GM has strong forces so you must cooperate for any INEPTT player to win. There are no points in a tournament sense but I do believe that the game could be used in a tournament type environment.
Q6 – What's the max number of figures I can have in an INEPTT team?
A6 – Bit of a mixed answer here. The most figures a team can have on the table is18, this breaks down into an I/C, 2I/C, a mix of four of Sniper, Combat Medic or Support Operator and 3 fire teams of 4 (3 with assault rifle and 1 with a Squad Automatic Weapon). However, you may want to have multiple options of weapon load out and although INEPTT Agents do not have to follow the WYSIWYG rule most players like to see them as close as possible. So while 18 is the max one team can have – you may want to have 20 to 30 figures to match your weapons load out, but that is the choice of the player. There is of course the possibility that one player is controlling more than one team, in which case double or triple what I mentioned above.
Q7 – Do I need a lot of buildings and vehicles?
A7 – No, in fact you can play with none of either, they do add to the tactical mayhem but are not necessary.
Q8 – Can I play this game inside an hour?
A8 – Well that depends on what you want to play, but the short answer is absolutely. You can set up a 2 x 2 foot battle space with a team of agents and six grays and play to a conclusion in about 20 minutes if you have just one player and a GM or two players. I doubt you would get a Zombie apocalypse game done in 2 hours though. 400 plus Zombies and about 20 to 40 civilians or 4 or 5 INEPT teams is going to run 3 or 4 hours depending on how much banter goes on and how many gas stations you blow up ;)
I think that answers the majority of the questions I have had so far. For those who have not ordered through Lulu before, make sure you chose the store in your country as it makes it simpler to work the postage etc.
Finally I would like to thank everyone who helped along the way both with the initial INEPTT rules and the Second Edition. I had some great help in playtesting from a few corners of the world though most came from home here in Victoria! So thanks to all of you!
I would be grateful for any feed back or After Action Reports! Plenty of scope to build on here!
Cheers
Shawn

Here are the links to the 4 versions available on Lulu.com

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I got a couple emails telling me a direct link would be useful. Cheers all.
Shawn

I think I should add those prices are Canadian Dollars. Obviously less if you are in the USA or Europe or UK.

Shawn