Yesterday was my first foray into the Cortex+ system. It was a bit of a hot mess, but that is too be expected given that I chose to run Dragon Brigade Opening Salvo. The problem with Dragon Brigade was that it took a lot for granted, and I think having finished reading Leverage, or reading Smallville would have helped immensely. The game includes the basics of Cortex+, which I was somewhat familiar with. But, as we got into things it became painfully clear that I had no idea how to run the game.
My biggest issue was trying to determine what the correct scale for actions was, and whether or not people were supposed to be acting independently or as teams. The biggest issue for the group was catching the exceptions to the rules, the fiddly bits proved to be a little too fiddly, for example that d4 complications are rolled by the player, but d6 complications are rolled by the GM.
After the game we came to a consensus that the game may be worth revisiting once the full version comes out, but we are going to avoid it in the mean time.