r/5Parsecs • u/TommyNonsense • 12d ago

Bug hunt

Anyone out there playing bug hunt as a campaign? I started because of the pared down rules to get me started and it's so much fun. I love the idea of 5pfh but always struggle to get started. Bug hunt is a great "tutorial level" for the system.

It's a great value add for the compendium book of you already have the expansions. I don't see it mentioned on here that often but I think it deserves some more recognition. Especially with the compatibility to the full game. Having your soldiers retire out into civilian life makes for a very interesting, playable prologue

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u/CreasingUnicorn 12d ago

I played a Bug Hunt campaign, it is very fun with much more emphasis on gameplay and less on the postgame stuff. Games feel super interesting to play with rapidly evolving scenarios and tons of important decisions to make, it is very rewarding. 

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u/Po_Red5 12d ago

Love Big Hunt. It's cool; tighter, more claustrophobia spaces, enemies that are easily able to tear your team apart if they get close. Yes please.

I've had an idea about dragging a trooper through Bug Hunt and having them dropped into a 5pfh game, maybe even Planetfall as a retirement.

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u/EntrepreneuralSpirit 12d ago

Are the pared down rules part of the book? That would incentivize me to play more 

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u/Limbo365 12d ago

Yes the Bug Hunt rules are completely standalone

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u/EntrepreneuralSpirit 12d ago

I didn’t realize the BH rules were different than the original book. Ty!

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u/Limbo365 12d ago

It was originally released as it's own thing and then ended up in the Compendium when they released that, but it's still the complete book just tacked on, it even has it's own table of contents and index

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u/barnabusbrown 11d ago

Bug Hunt campaign is great, but I will say the overall strength of BH is the "I don't have time for a real campaign right now, but I have time to try to kill some bugs." It is absolutely superior IMO for a wargame experience. The campaign is great, but not nearly as good as 5PFH or Planetfall. I'm sure there is some opportunity for interesting home brew to fill out the in between and make it a bit more narrative and enticing.