The game is dead simple with depth and I love grids, and for these two reasons I think it’s solid design.

However, I don’t think it’s as elegant as it could be, and I think that’s because of time constraints more so than the designer. If this bun had been in the oven longer, it would be off-the-walls-bananas awesome, but for now it’s still a solid party wargame.

If there was a

I would also say it doesn’t super fall into redesigning failure. There is a failure track, and multiple ways to receive failure points, and the only way to win/lose is to interact with the failure track (which I like a lot). But, at the end of the day, the failure track does not have any real advantages for towing the line between success and failure, which I would love to see explored more.

Otherwise, solid game, can’t wait to playtest it! How big should the hex grid be?

The explanation of starting positions is awkward, possibly there should be a 'placing' between "by" and "their mechs"? I like that melee uses the same mechanics as shooting, but rolls 2d10 keep 1 to give it an advantage on damage and success, it's a nice simple way to make melee decent without a ton of additional rules. The section on reactions is also worded awkwardly.

This is a nice and simple game of mech combat, with an interesting idea in the heat mechanics. It doesn't quite line up with the jam theme, given that the heat actions are not substantially more powerful than the cool actions, but the differing choices based on your mech's current heat is a neat one. Beyond the heat thing, which is a staple of mech games, it doesn't to much that novel, but is a nice tightly designed little game.

This is so cool... or hot... err

Love the idea of this as a party game with a group of mates, proper pretzels and beer style. It's simple, easy to get your head around, your choices matter and there's ultimately chaos as your mech burns to death.

Love it.

Nice and simple. As good as it gets.

I like your take on very very hot mechs. This version rules. 

Cool concept!