Antihero Guide - Sneaky tricks to get ahead of the competition
Games of Antihero start out small and streamlined, but they quickly turn into long strategic conquests as you fight for control of the Victorian-era streets. If you find yourself struggling in the skullduggery department, here are a few things you can do to make sure you can get one over on your competition:
Set up an economy
Even though Antihero deals a lot with stealing and killing, your success is more often determined by how quickly you can expand your reach. Infiltrating businesses early to snag bonuses and generate a steady flow of income should take priority over burglarizing or killing your opponent’s units.
Pay attention to footprints
Whenever it’s your turn in Antihero, red footprints mark the spots on the map that you and your opponent can both see. Keeping this in mind, you want to be careful not to leave out units or perform actions in these spaces unless you don’t mind your opponent seeing what you’re up to.
Know your map
If you’re bouncing between a bunch of different matches of Antihero, you may just forget that different maps in Antihero offer different goals to complete for victory. If you play on the Wharf, for example, you can steal cargo to earn points. Similarly, you can burgle invites to a masquerade when playing the Masquerade map. It might feel easier to forgo these objectives in favor of the familiar ones on every map, but that just gives your enemy and advantage. Fight for every objective to secure victory.
Play to win
This might sound self-explanatory, but it’s something players might still forget about in this game. Antihero has a sizeable upgrade tree, and it can be tempting to chase those upgrades instead of focusing on securing victory points. Although it is certainly useful to hire a second gang or purchase additional action points, all that is for naught if earning those upgrades means passing up an opportunity to score against your opponent.
