The Board Game Thread

[Tafdolphin]

Chum is planning to run and Imperial Assault campaign next year

Have you tried the app yet? A group of us ran through the tutorial and first mission and it works really well. It's fiddly (and the first mission of the new campaign that comes with the app is loooooong) but it was a really interesting way to play.

[Hexx]

Chum is planning to run and Imperial Assault campaign next year

Have you tried the app yet? A group of us ran through the tutorial and first mission and it works really well. It's fiddly (and the first mission of the new campaign that comes with the app is loooooong) but it was a really interesting way to play.

Not played any of it.

Chum1 and I were briefly looking at it (as a co-op experience) when the App came out but on reading it was App only (and not main campaign) decided to wait.

Chum2 bought the Core Set on Amazon (£40!) last week and is going to run and campaign for 5 people from Boardgame group

I've been looking at the product line for the first time...xpacs are fairly simple - but what are Hero/Villians packs? More characters for people to play?

[Tafdolphin]

Chum is planning to run and Imperial Assault campaign next year

Have you tried the app yet? A group of us ran through the tutorial and first mission and it works really well. It's fiddly (and the first mission of the new campaign that comes with the app is loooooong) but it was a really interesting way to play.

Not played any of it.

Chum1 and I were briefly looking at it (as a co-op experience) when the App came out but on reading it was App only (and not main campaign) decided to wait.

Like I say there is a campaign included with the app. It's fun, and breaks up the mission with small "Choose your own adventure" interludes

Chum2 bought the Core Set on Amazon (£40!) last week and is going to run and campaign for 5 people from Boardgame group

I've been looking at the product line for the first time...xpacs are fairly simple - but what are Hero/Villians packs? More characters for people to play?

Not really. Sort of.

Each hero and villain pack comes with the character model, skirmish cards for skirmish mode and a special mission for campaign mode. This mission is shuffled into the campaign side missions and can be selected by the rebels or Imperial player (depending on whether its a villain or hero). The mission then needs to be won for the hero/villain to be used.

If the rebels win a Hero mission, they get to bring that hero with them for the rest of the game (but the Imperial player gets a higher number of reinforcement points at the start of every mission). If the Imperial player wins a Villain mission, he or she can choose to add that villain to their deployment options but this will cost them a shitload of reinforcement points.

For example, in my campaign I had bough the General Weiss villain pack:



Through game mechanics I can't quite remember, I forced the rebels to play this mission rather than a standard side mission (the campaign structure is main mission-side mission-main mission-side mission etc). I threw everything I had into winning it, as that would grant me the use of Weiss for the rest of the campaign. I spent a shitload of single use cards and resources to win, but I did. I could then use the General as I pleased. I never actually did because he was far too expensive, but it was nice to have the option.

[Hexx]

Chum is planning to run and Imperial Assault campaign next year

Have you tried the app yet? A group of us ran through the tutorial and first mission and it works really well. It's fiddly (and the first mission of the new campaign that comes with the app is loooooong) but it was a really interesting way to play.

Not played any of it.

Chum1 and I were briefly looking at it (as a co-op experience) when the App came out but on reading it was App only (and not main campaign) decided to wait.

Like I say there is a campaign included with the app. It's fun, and breaks up the mission with small "Choose your own adventure" interludes

Chum2 bought the Core Set on Amazon (£40!) last week and is going to run and campaign for 5 people from Boardgame group

I've been looking at the product line for the first time...xpacs are fairly simple - but what are Hero/Villians packs? More characters for people to play?

Not really. Sort of.

Each hero and villain pack comes with the character model, skirmish cards for skirmish mode and a special mission for campaign mode. This mission is shuffled into the campaign side missions and can be selected by the rebels or Imperial player (depending on whether its a villain or hero). The mission then needs to be won for the hero/villain to be used. If the rebels win a Hero mission, they get to bring that hero with them for the rest of the game (but the Imperial player gets a higher number of reinforcement points at the start of every mission). If the Imperial player wins a Villain mission, he or she can choose to add that villain to their deployment options but this will cost them a shitload of reinforcement points

Yeah but we thought "The App...look at all this IA content we can co-op". So a single campaign was a let down (although I'm sure more will be added)

H/V that's interesting. Chap wants to run the Core Campaign every 4 weeks or so - so we won't be looking at expacs for a long time...but sounds like a good way to do it.

Who should I try to be (or avoid) in the Core? The Wookie looks fun...

[Tafdolphin]

They're all good options, no rebel hero is a bust. Our group played with:

Garkhaan (Wookie): A strawberry floating hammer, tough as boot leather and does a shitload of damage. By the end he was essentially invincible and, as the Imperial player, I straight up avoided him

Diala (force user): The most annoying character I was up against. Although not a Jedi, she's as close as the game gets, and can flip around the map like a strawberry floating frog on steroids

Loku (Mon Calamari sniper): Actually a character from the Hoth expansion, but he was a great support character to have

Jyn Odan (rogue-like): Has the ability to interupt Imperial plays to take an attack of opportunity which got the rebels out of trouble many a time.

Other heroes:

Gideon (logistics): I played him in the App campaign. He's the mover. He can sacrifice one of his two actions and give it to another character which makes the whole team stronger. It also meant that playing him felt very passive however, and my turns were very short

Fenn (soldier): Your standard soldier type. Can become ridiculously overpowered very quickly.

Mak (sniper): Another sniper, don't really know his skills unfortunately.

[Hexx]

Diala was the one I want to be based on quick read.
Gideon is the one I wanted to avoid.

Having no idea how mechanics work

[Tafdolphin]

Think XCOM, basically. The Rebels start at a prescribed point and have to do X (usually getting to a specific spot, in the Core Campaign). The Imperial player reads from the playbook and sets up their initial troops as ordered. The players then take it in turns to use their 2 actions. The round continues until all units have used their actions. Each mission is on a timer, usually around 5 or 6 rounds, and if that expires either something sinister occurs or the rebels lose (the mission descriptions will make it clear which applies)

It's easy once you get going, and there's some pretty deep RPG elements thanks to the equipment/skills upgrades, but definitely go through the tutorial and be prepared to be confused for a while. Sight lines. strawberry floating sight lines man.

Also, the story behind the core campaign is surprisingly strong.

[Hexx]

Ah X-Com, Another game I haven't played

Still excited though

[Tafdolphin]

You should be, it's bloody ace! The only thing I'd suggest is moving to a more regular play: we played every 2 weeks just so we remember what upgrades we all had and where we were in the narrative.

[Hexx]

You should be, it's bloody ace! The only thing I'd suggest is moving to a more regular play: we played every 2 weeks just so we remember what upgrades we all had and where we were in the narrative.

Guy running it is young and actually has a busy social life (I know. The monster)

[Hexx]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-X-Wi ... 014TKHEPA/

£13 Xwing Starter set

God damn it

[Frank]

Says £31 for me

It's weird, the little choose your variant box says £13 but the actual price says £31.07 or whatever

[Hexx]

There’s was 9 when I ordered

Sorry babe

[Frank]

No wories hun x

Did you get one for £13?

[Hexx]

I did.

If I got into Xwing I always said it’d be the proper non TFA set...but £13 quid!

[Hexx]

No wories hun x

Did you get one for £13?

Another deal (not as good)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0759N ... +starcwars

[FatDaz]

No wories hun x

Did you get one for £13?

Another deal (not as good)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0759N ... +starcwars

That's on my Xmas list, hope the wife was paying attention to the hints I dropped. Just hope it doesn't get me like x wing or my wallet is screwed especially as this uses random card packs akin to loot boxes Could mean getting specific stuff is very costly

[Trelliz]

That's on my Xmas list, hope the wife was paying attention to the hints I dropped. Just hope it doesn't get me like x wing or my wallet is screwed especially as this uses random card packs akin to loot boxes Could mean getting specific stuff is very costly

Does it? All the boxes i've seen in shops have been for individual ships:

[Hypes]

Is this all like Warhammer

[Hexx]

That's on my Xmas list, hope the wife was paying attention to the hints I dropped. Just hope it doesn't get me like x wing or my wallet is screwed especially as this uses random card packs akin to loot boxes Could mean getting specific stuff is very costly

Does it? All the boxes i've seen in shops have been for individual ships:

He says he hopes the card game doesn’t get its claws into him (like Xwing has) as the card game uses random boosters :p