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Fantasy Flight Games - Imperial Assault Base Set - Board Game

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Star Wars: Dark Side Rising An espionage-adjacent experience about thwarting the construction of the Darth Star. And I can’t stress enough just how fun it is to blast around in the Star Wars universe. This is sentimental, but I love this universe–I have since I was a kid. There’s no other fictional universe that has stimulated my imagination so much throughout the years. This game feels like the scenes in Star Wars where Luke, Leia, and Han are running around, blasting stormtroopers. There’s something about this system that lends itself to imagining the story of the mission as it plays out. It’s like being a kid again. Following on from his wider thoughts on future expansions for Fantasy Flight games, Navaro responded to specific questions about why Star Wars: Imperial Assault had stopped receiving content, citing “business reasons” but suggesting that Imperial Assault had reached a natural 'completion'. 2. Is Imperial assault still supported? So what are you waiting for? Fight alongside iconic characters from the amazing Star Wars saga! Star Wars Imperial Assault Gameplay

At the end of the day I have to give a high score because every time I play the game I have fun. It’s somehow captured the freewheeling spirit of the movies (ignoring the overwhelming and annoying too-seriousness from internet “fans”) without sacrificing too much strategic depth. The minis are great, and maybe 80% of the time the mission feels pretty balanced. Is this too low of a bar? Am I being too forgiving because it’s Star Wars? Probably. But if I want to play a deep, brilliantly designed hero story, I’ll pull out Mage Knight. If I want to blast some stormtroopers in the face and laugh, I’ll play Imperial Assault, despite its flaws. Star Wars: Rebellion Stay in the stars as you fight in one of the best Star Wars board games, period. The campaign game is an asymmetrical experience for 2 to 5 players. One player takes on the role of the Empire, summoning in troops and deploying disposable forces to take on the rebels. Any other players control a Rebel character, unique to this game. Over the course of many missions, both sides will be able to upgrade themselves. This style of play is similar to many roleplaying games, where one player takes on the role of a Game Master (the Empire). However, there is no self-created storytelling in Imperial Assault so it is more of a tactical skirmish game with a sense of progression. We landed on a planet, destroyed some probe droids, opened some doors, did some things to terminals, and discovered that having Luke along wasn’t as useful as we thought. He more or less ended up as probe droid and nasty beasties cannon-fodder, but it was fun for a while to control him. This mission proved challenging only so much as it had a strict time limit before we lost. In Dark Side Rising two to four players must work together to thwart the evil machinations of plastic Darth Vader - his disembodied torso perches in the middle of the game board - as he attempts to build his ultimate weapon. Each player assumes control over a different Rebel cell - intelligence, leadership, support or tactical - as well as their own base of operations: Tatooine, Alderaan, Yavin 4 or Lothal. With resources and allies at their disposal, these players must strategically coordinate their efforts to defeat enough Imperial agents before it’s too late. As new threats arise, players will also be able to call on iconic Rebel allies like Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker for help.Although the franchise has always revolved around battles between good and evil, Star Wars usually focuses on the characters at the center of it all. Not so with Legion. Although major heroes and villains are featured, this is a miniatures wargame like Warhammer or The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms. That means it emphasises rank-and-file troopers. Sometimes there is a choice of which mission to do next, though from what I can tell there’s not a lot of branching in the campaign–it’ll always end in the same spot. I do appreciate that you do not get all of the content on the first play-through, and there’s certainly enough expansion content to keep you playing…forever (more on that later). It’s an expensive game, but you get enough plastic and cardboard to make it seem worth it. Tactics An adventure board game for one to four players, Outer Rim takes place over a series of turns in which players select their missions, upgrade their ship and search for renown; the ultimate goal of the game is to gather enough fame to be remembered for centuries to come. Each player character has a unique personal goal they can fulfill, as well as general activities such as smuggling illegal goods and taking on jobs from warring factions that’ll increase your infamy. Every new job that players take on could mean more money and renown, but it could also mean an equal amount of danger and potential death. Just don't be put off by the game's simplicity. Even though the rules are straightforward, it's not as easy as it sounds. That's because the illustrations are mixed up on each card, and they also come in varying sizes. This makes it satisfyingly challenging to find a match. In fact, there's nothing better than getting the answer a split-second ahead of your rivals. As you fly missions and smuggle cargo from system to system, your choices will shape your character. The cleverly linked mission cards give each game a cohesive but unique narrative. You'll upgrade your skills and ship along the way. But whether you choose to be a heroic rogue or a sky bounty hunter is up to you. Why not both?

As you complete campaign missions, your options for future missions change based on the outcomes of past missions, ensuring that you’ll never play the same campaign twice. You may be forced to take unexpected side missions when your ship is impounded, or if you’re captured during a raid on an Imperial base. There’s an introductory mission to help you figure out the basic game mechanics and it’s worth playing that. Not to mention some useful tutorial videos that can be found online.The third miniatures game on this list is one that focuses more on ground combat than X-Wing and Armada’s starship warfare. Star Wars: Legion is a miniatures game in the vein of Warhammer 40,000 designed to recreate iconic battles from the original trilogy, from the standoff at Hoth to the scuffle at Endor, in impressive detail. Including classic Star Wars infantry like stormtrooper units and iconic characters such as - you guessed it - Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, Legion gives fans a lot to play around with. In addition to surges, another currency available to the Rebels is strain, which can be spend to activate various character abilities and gain additional movement points. Strain management is the most compelling tactical part of the game from the Rebel perspective. Genuinely difficult decisions have to be made here, because while activating abilities is fun, and there are certainly going to be enough enemies to target, you need to make sure that you’re actually pursuing the goal of the mission. The campaign element makes it sort of like an RPG. You’ll level up Rebel characters whilst the Imperials will get more, and better, reinforcements as the war rages. The map changes each mission by combining tiles to create a board (a tiny bit like legend of Dr’izzit). After a set number of missions, you’ll reach the end of a predetermined story. Then you can choose to play skirmish missions (one-off battles). Or you can work through the campaign again by swapping roles, changing characters, or taking a different approach. Despite the inordinate amount of trash that populates the Star Wars board game galaxy like a drifting asteroid field, there are actually quite a few decent - nay! - even excellent examples of tabletop experiences set in the classic sci-fi universe. Whether you’re looking for a co-op board game filling in the gaps between Episode IV and V or a storytelling RPG where players can become powerful Jedi, here are the ten best Star Wars board games to play this Star Wars Day. Best Star Wars board games December 15, 2014 ( Core Set) [2] [Source] Star Wars: Imperial Assault is a canon strategy board game produced by Fantasy Flight Games and released on December 15, 2014. The campaign game can be played by two-to-five players and features one player as the Imperial force, while up to four other players control unique Rebel heroes. Both sides will progress over the course of many missions and play sessions. Skirmish mode is playable for two players, typically with one playing as the Imperial forces and one as the Rebel forces, but same-team matchups are possible. Teams for skirmish are constructed ahead of time, similar to the Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game, and each session is self-contained.

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