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FFG published tourney rules and an FAQ. http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3973 It's official! No card effects can interact with the Death Star dial when Trench Run is active. Blast icons and unopposed damage only.
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Is Desolation of Hoth supposed to come out next week?
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Mar 9, 2013 01:52
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I don't know that they have an official date, but FFG has said that they've shipped it out to retailers, so it really should get here by next week.
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Mar 9, 2013 12:24
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Yeah, my FLGS got word that distributors would be receiving the Force Pack this week, and it'll be in-store next week.
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Mar 9, 2013 12:38
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Amazon says the 15th but my Pre-orders from them have usually arrived early: https://www.amazon.com/dp/161661382...6CNQD1P2KDKDD2&
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Mar 10, 2013 05:00
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My LGS is getting them on Tuesday for what it's worth.
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Mar 10, 2013 05:11
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Desolation came in last night for me. A good mix of nice, interesting, and cards that will get better when more than 3 Hoth objectives exist per side. The new Vader is very cool!
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Mar 13, 2013 23:11
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Yeah, I got to play a few games last night with the new cards. I only added the Vader objective to my Imperial deck and the Speeder one for Rebels, but they both worked really well. I'm not sure that I'll keep any Hoth cards in my light side deck until another pack or two come out. I got lucky and was able to get Red Three, Wedge, and the Astromech Upgrade pretty early with it once, but it seems like those are definitely going to be stronger once more Hoth cards are available. My coworker used the objective with the Wampas. That one's great, allowing you to bring them out for 1 resource as long as you have a Hoth objective. I also really like the artwork on the cards. Vader's objective card and Fear in particular look great.
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Mar 15, 2013 13:12
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I kinda wish they'd get the deluxe expansion out before regionals. I like the game, but the environment is kinda stale with so few options. And with how deckbuilding works, the individual force packs don't have much impact.
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Mar 15, 2013 13:26
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Got the chance to play around with the 1st Force Pack a bit the other day. The empire definitely has the advantage with Hoth stuff until the next FP or two is out. I like the general concept, but it's gonna be a tough balancing act...if they release too much Hoth stuff, there's gonna be a really overpowering meta game for controlling Hoth, but not enough Hoth stuff and a lot of card effects won't do squat.
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Mar 21, 2013 08:14
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I haven't played this game much, maybe around 10 total matches with the Core Set back in December/January. I picked up Desolation of Hoth last month, but hadn't even cracked it open until tonight. All of the sudden I feel really amazed how powerful the new Rebel Alliance objective sets are. It seems like they absolutely outclass the Core objectives, and I'm already trying to figure out with three sets from the Core Set that I'm going to cut. My LGS has Saturday afternoon playtimes (shared with Netrunner which I also play), and I'd really like to get this deck going. The Imperial Navy Hoth objectives just don't feel as robust to me though. Maybe I'm missing something though. Any quick thoughts or opinions from you all who've been playing with this since last month?
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Apr 11, 2013 04:29
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SERPUS posted:I haven't played this game much, maybe around 10 total matches with the Core Set back in December/January. I picked up Desolation of Hoth last month, but hadn't even cracked it open until tonight. All of the sudden I feel really amazed how powerful the new Rebel Alliance objective sets are. It seems like they absolutely outclass the Core objectives, and I'm already trying to figure out with three sets from the Core Set that I'm going to cut. My LGS has Saturday afternoon playtimes (shared with Netrunner which I also play), and I'd really like to get this deck going. A big thing with the Hoth packs is that they really won't come into their own until more Hoth objectives exist (i.e. When the next Force Pack or two come out). It really feels to me like the lDark side is more affected by this than the Light. I wouldn't be surprised if next pack has some weaker Light Side objectives and the Dark Side's are stronger.
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Apr 11, 2013 04:58
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I really like the Hoth Imperial Navy objective. It fits well into a lot of decks (I like it in a trooper swarm deck). The objective to increase the opponent's cost to play events helps since the light side seems to have so many event cards. Now that cost 2 Rebel Assault can be used, but unless you've been able to get plenty of resource enhancements out, you're probably not going to be able to put a significant unit out there as well. It's even useful in a Sith deck, since you've now got 4 Vaders in your deck to match with his lightsaber for targeted strike. With that said, I'm really excited to see a few more force packs coming out to see what kind of decks we can put together.
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Apr 11, 2013 11:15
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I feel like the new Vader actually works better with the lightsaber than the old one, given how the lightsaber wants you to attack and the new one is better at that. You lose all that sweet, sweet force-chokiness though.
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Apr 11, 2013 13:08
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Anyone else get thier hands on the new Force pack today? Maybe it's just me, but there is still a serious lack of characters for the Rebels. I still can't see building a Rebel Hoth deck yet... maybe next month!
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Apr 23, 2013 21:00
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I run a couple hoth objectives in my rebel deck, mostly because the snowspeeders are great. Anything particularly cool make it into this pack?
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Apr 23, 2013 21:07
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Manifest posted:I run a couple hoth objectives in my rebel deck, mostly because the snowspeeders are great. The Rebel Alliance Hoth objective set has a few decent buffs for making Hoth keyword stuff more reliable, but it doesn't have a ton of offensive output. There's also a pair of Neutral rebel Hoth objectives, so you should be able to have a good number of those in your objective deck now, at least. I have a hard time judging the S&V and S&S objective sets, since there's so little out for them right now. Jabba's Orders seems like it should synergize pretty well with what is going to be available. Deploy the Fleet is going to be a cornerstone of any Imperial Navy deck running star destroyers, and will make getting out the Executor trivially easy if you're going to mix up Sith and Imperial Navy.
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Apr 23, 2013 23:29
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I'm really excited for the big boxed expansion for Scum/Villainy and Smuggles/Spies. From what little we've seen so far, it really looks like they'll have some fun play options.
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jivjov posted:I'm really excited for the big boxed expansion for Scum/Villainy and Smuggles/Spies. From what little we've seen so far, it really looks like they'll have some fun play options. I agree, I think when that expansion hits we'll actually have a look at a more or less "complete" game, as far as options are concerned, between the core set, Hoth cycle, and that expansion. I'm withholding most of my judgment on the state of the game and if it's going to be a keeper or not until then. It looks like both Smugglers & Spies and Scum & Villainy are going to the be sneaky tricks factions, and might be right up my ally.
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Apr 24, 2013 00:27
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Spoilers are here: http://toptiergaming.com/forums/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F6369-search-for-skywalker-spoilers%2F
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Apr 24, 2013 04:26
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"Deploy the Fleet" has me tearing both my Imperial Navy and my Sith deck up to make a sith/star destroyer control deck. Holy poo poo those cards are dope.
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Apr 25, 2013 15:58
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Crazy good pack.
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Apr 26, 2013 15:50
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Do we have enough objectives to make a proper Hoth Rebels deck now?
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Apr 28, 2013 23:22
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SERPUS posted:Do we have enough objectives to make a proper Hoth Rebels deck now? Yeah, I'd say that if you include the smuggler hoth objective you're solid.
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I just picked this up on Amazon. I'm pretty excited to start playing it. My friends and I in high school played the CCG a ton. I've never played a LCG before though, but I like the idea of tying certain cards to the objectives. Not having to buy random boosters is also a big plus for me. I probably spent a grand on the CCG.
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Jerc Jast posted:I just picked this up on Amazon. I'm pretty excited to start playing it. My friends and I in high school played the CCG a ton. I've never played a LCG before though, but I like the idea of tying certain cards to the objectives. Not having to buy random boosters is also a big plus for me. I probably spent a grand on the CCG. Just a heads up in case you hadn't gathered it from the OP and/or threadchat, you do need a second copy of the main box in order to have a complete play-set of all the objectives.
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I'd apologize for double posting, but its been over a week. Had a chance to sit down and play with the newest Force Pack today, I build a full-on Hoth deck for my wife and pitted it against my Vehicle-heavy Navy deck. It didn't do too badly, all things considered. My wife's not the best at keeping track of card effects, so I suspect it actually could completely shut down a vehicle-heavy deck with appropriate application of The First Marker. I'm really excited for the rest of the Hoth cycle now, because I'm finally seeing some payoff to Hoth objective synergy.
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I got my first couple of plays in today with my old man, using the pre-built Navy and Rebel decks. It seemed pretty fun, and it wasn't entirely lopsided! I actually enjoyed how swingy the gameplay can be, and the edge battles are a pretty interesting mechanic. Not sure if I can justify another LCG habit besides Netrunner, but so far it's fun as a board game.
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May 8, 2013 04:08
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Well, this game only needs 2 core sets instead of 3.
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May 8, 2013 09:36
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Do you think this is on par with Netrunner? I haven't seen any real local players but it looks interesting, and my gf is more likely to play a Star Wars game than a cyberpunk.
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May 8, 2013 20:01
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Completely different games, imho. I like Netrunner as a competitive game, with very intensive deck building. If you like the asymmetry of Star Wars, give Netrunner a shot. Netrunner features a lot of bluffing and hidden information that I haven't found in many other card games. The flavor of Netrunner is great as well: the cards fit the theme, and when the art matches the mechanics, you know its going to be fun. Example:  He's hacking from a toilet  If I had to choose just one, it would be Netrunner. I haven't played Star Wars more than last night (several games), so take that as you will.
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The SW LCG is very, very different from Netrunner, and I can't help but feel that Netrunner overshadows it. Maybe the Force Packs are changing things, but I think the IP and the relative simplicity of deck construction are the only reasons to go with Star Wars over Netrunner. The latter is just so deep in comparison.
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I'm gonna disagree with the previous two and say that gameplay-wise, Star Wars is actually much more complex and has much more depth than Netrunner. The presence of Twist of Fate provides more bluffing potential than anything in Netrunner currently(the bluffing in Netrunner is entirely overblown). I also feel that at it's core, Star Wars is much more balanced between the factions. Although there's a few things that have been made that alter this a bit, Netrunner feels very much like "Dominion" to me-you build your deck, and take your turns with very little/no input from your opponent where Star Wars feels more like a traditional CCG. Netrunner plays out a lot like a math equation, or a puzzle you "solve" rather than a CCG. Deckbuilding is a bit more in-depth in Netrunner than Star Wars obviously since you're dealing with with 40+ individual cards rather than 10 but on the other hand, you have to evaluate an entire group of cards worth for Star Wars (the objective + 5 command deck cards) so your choices are a bit more important...in theory. Due to the nature of how the objective sets are released, there's honestly not that many variety between "good" decks currently. I know it sounds like I'm being negative about Netrunner, but it's not really my intent. It's honestly a great game, it's just not really the same "type" of game as Star Wars. I just think people here have a way too high opinion of that game and like to gloss over the flaws. Basically, if you prefer more flexible deckbuilding, less interaction, and a more "puzzle-like" game I'd say Netrunner. But if you would prefer interactive, back-and-forth card game with more dynamic playing opportunities I'd say Star Wars easily.
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Carteret and Corbeau, I'm familiar with Netrunner (go look in the Netrunner thread  ). I was simply asking because while my girlfriend is interested in CCG/LCGs, she's been soured on MtG's scene to the point where it isn't worth the money and Netrunner doesn't appeal to her thematically. She wants to play something (that isn't MtG's money hole) and she's enough of a Star Wars fan that I think she'd be interested enough to play assuming it's a game worth buying into.
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Netrunner is too much for my old man. He thinks the Star Wars theme is fun, and the game doesn't require deck building to be fun. The more I think about it, the more I'm most likely going to buy another core set and the force packs because gently caress me I can't hold on to my money when it comes to cardboard  If your girlfriend would play a Star Wars game, it is definitely worth picking it up 
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Carteret posted:Netrunner is too much for my old man. He thinks the Star Wars theme is fun, and the game doesn't require deck building to be fun. The more I think about it, the more I'm most likely going to buy another core set and the force packs because gently caress me I can't hold on to my money when it comes to cardboard Look at the bright side, you could be playing the real cardboard crack (MtG). $50 + 6x$10 (assuming online purchases) is barely a box of mtg.
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May 9, 2013 02:23
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Touche. I used to play MtG. Now I spend 100+ a month on boardgames 
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May 9, 2013 02:29
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Any word on a release for Edge of Darkness? The website says May, but well, it's May.
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Manifest posted:Any word on a release for Edge of Darkness? The website says May, but well, it's May. If I recall, Search For Skywalker was only released 2 weeks ago, so I would say 2-3 weeks.
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Carteret posted:Touche. I used to play MtG. Now I spend 100+ a month on boardgames Yes, CoolStuffInc free shipping is so tasty.
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