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Ok, I've been reading up on the movie, checking out some of the books, reading the Marvel "Vader" series and even checked out the Fantasy Flight games and some characters just jumped out at me so .... yet another interruption from my normal set lists ....



Diala Passil, Enemy of the Empire I don't know why but she's fascinating and ridiculously powerful (according to her Fantasy Flight descriptions.) I think for a supposedly semi trained Jedi, she seems closer to a Master than anything but I swear this is what the game says she can do ....







Doctor Aphra, Rogue Archaeologist So, here I am about two weeks ago getting my butt kicked because as usual I cannot roll to save my life and I look at how I lost; My SS Rebel Commando's with Obi Unleashed & Dagobah Yoda couldn't take out 5 Reborn Shadowtroopers. That dang Invisibility crap helped/managed to even kill Yoda on the last roll of the game, costing me the game. Long story short, I was thinking how do you fight Invisibility and low and behold Aphra shows up in a comic I read; and in her Wook description she uses Stealth Microdroid Dust to "reveal" laser security beams, or "SEE" an invisible something ... no other comment needed. Most of the rest is pretty much from reading the comic, and yes, she carefully shot a wasp nest onto Han's head (while he was doing the same to her.)

Some have speculated that she may be hooking up with Luke down the road; enter Rey. Well, its no better/worse than any other theory I've heard.







Grand General Tagge From the same comic series, My extrapolation of Tagge. I thought he'd be the kind of guy that would use Imp Intelligence (the easy way would've been to just CE everyone into getting Recon, but decided to give Imp Security Frequency Amplification to them. Easier to just use Mas? Sure but he's not as good in a fight as the Imp Security. The Emperor's Ear ability is just an excuse to justify him getting cheaper reinforcements (The Emperor willing to cough up more men to a man of action like Tagge.)







Ketsu Onyo, Black Sun Bounty Hunter Just an interesting comparison to Sabine Wren. Sabine wins if she can prevent Ketsu from basing her. She's based, she loses to Ketsu.







So, what can I say, I had some things to work through and get out. Hope you all like them. Comments appreciated from one and all.


Cheers,


Surf

@ Koba Long time no talk, Yea Passil is a little too much but she is what, as you said, what the source material says. She holds up against Vader? No, that's Too Much.

Yaeh, I like the way Aphra came out too, and I didn't even have to make up the "Stealth Microdroid Dust" idea; its there in Wook.

Have you seen Rey yet? There was a whole discussion about her and I was surprised you never chipped in.

@Surf...
indeed, forgive my lurking on some things,
its the maxim "if I've nothing nice to say, I say nothing at all" re some of the alt-continuity stuff,
the source material hehehe
I could kavetch ad nauseum about some of this nuwars stuff, though I'd sound as a broken record

turning to Aphra - nope, you didn't make up Stealth Microdroid Dust -
it's been a part of her character since the Marvel comics era (or of characters similar to Aphra),
that, and anything that can shift the meta away from technicalese of some of these superstealth builds is awesome.
Superstealth builds are popular still in local meta, superstealth diplomat squads especially.
Aphra being related to that sect of cultists Palpatine tried to crush in the Rise of Empire era...

@CerousMutor,
there've been a few threads here on General and Offtopic,
and on boardgamegeek, lead adventure.de and the FFG boards themselves...
it's a difficult one to answer, as its subjective.

The quality of the minis is there,
in terms of RPG and gameplay, it is to me a lot like Tannhauser meets Descent,
so it's fun.
It's a little expensive, but thats the FFG way,
and a little too deck-buildy metacompetitive for me.

That said, I look forward to the fringers and aliens FFG is going to make for the game,
and they're near-enough to scale for SWMinis or SW-W40k purposes,
so it works.
You can pick up second-hand copies from places at $20 discounts,
so it is great.

If you asked me, which is the more star-wars-y from:
Epic Duels,
SWMinis
or Imperial Assault;
Imperial Assault.

If you were to ask me what is the more fun...
at this time,
it would be SWMinis through and through.

@surf,
its okay - most of the comics and such work fine with whats there - luckily "Roland Barthes "the author is dead' applies,
and we can form our own canon (which, in a recent interview, Lucas recommended)
The actress who plays Rey would've been neat as a young Jaina or even Mara Jade... or a temple acolyte.
Finn is likewise awesome, just sans angst and more Lando.
so many robots and aliens in the background (a japanese fan site has sighted ol' Z'GOK in the background...)

turning to Imperial Assault,
there are the RPG and 'skirmish' modes of gameplay - they're much more streamlined, and have the neat feature of "mission objective" cards,
which serve much the same secondary purpose as Gambit or Quarters KingoftheHill in Tile Wars mode of SWMinis.
the regular FFG ImpAssault game is a little on the deckbuild-y technically direction, and only moving more that way in time.
The scale, Agis Neugebauer had great comparison pics on lead adventure de. some pieces are 25/26mm, others are 29mm... they're much much closer than the
Star Wars Command figures (too massive and army-men-ish) or the Knight Models (super detailed but too sleight)

@all
I think, if folks enjoyed Tannhauser and Descent, they'll love FFG.
It's easily a 2-3 hour game against 1-2 opponents.

Though, I enjoyed Epic Duels a LOT as a youngster,
and when the opportunity to acquire several copies arose, I donated some to the local game club.
It's a great game too, but oddly is like "The Queen's Gambit" board game, or SWMinis light.

I've been playing her in Imperial Assault, she can kick butt. Maybe Force Push 2 instead of Repulse? LS Sweep instead of Whirlwind? In game, healthy, with a boatload of XP and the right weapon, she could duke it out with Vader.

ben playing Gaarkin in Joe group, and Fenn in another,
one kicks a$$ in melee, one from a distance.

great game- will probably kill SWM for me.
you can't beat a new game with new pieces and company support.
vsets kept it fresh for a while, but, lately they can't compete with new toys.

no-need, the maps are 10-15% the size of minis maps.
Less time just moving, and dickin' with doors.
also, the skirmish mode has ways to score VP's without killing an enemy.

we should move this to another thread.
I'll start one in Off-Topic

Indeed, you're nearing 100K views -
congrats on that feat alone, by the by!
and yet, so many don't provide any feedback;
on how a piece has performed, meta-combos, etc.

I think it is possible to track the download by IP region etc,
so it will give you an idea of where they're ending up.
unless of course, the board has succumbed to spam bots,
and those views were entirely from spam accounts, which have been on the rise at Bloomilk for a while;
in which case, keep on lurkin' spam bots hehehe.

No more rants, just cards … and yet again, something new, some fodder, some variations on a theme, hopefully something for everyone. An old professor said that even if you only take away one idea, meetings and conferences are worthwhile. I hope you can all find at least one gem in this rubble



Abednedo Informant Liked the new species and “Unobtrusive” is sort of a poor man’s Diplomat.







Devaronian Freedom Fighter Nice pic, fits my liking of living Sep characters instead of droids. Fits into a Rebel squad too, just for fun.







Duros Saboteur Not my usual pic (painted character, not drawn) but I like where Fantasy Flight was going with this; a trouble making man of mayhem.







Gotal Infiltrator I always thought the Gotal couldn’t be all bad and grumpy (Imps? Vong Collaborators?) so I made this one into a New Republic foot soldier to counter the Vong Collaborator.








Gray Jedi Knight Probably could/should have made her with OR affinity, but she’s here as a Republic figure; sort of an addition to Qui-Gon.









Leia Organa, Young Senator Made this a few weeks after TFA and reading a story about a younger Leia; Kind of like the Clear Mind/Popular Public Figure SA’s. If you need to kill her late in the game, you may not have fodder around to do it. Clear Mind makes her feel like somebody who won’t take any crap from you. Like it 









Mandalorian Heavy Trooper I know, I know, another cookie cutter filler piece. Still it’s hard to imagine a military group like the Mando’s NOT having some weaponry somewhere around …









Novatrooper Yes, I know, another grunt and the Imps have plenty (and the Imps are one of the more powerful factions as is) but still, Novatroopers did exist and here’s my take on them ….









Ongree Revanite First off, he’s an Ongree, so he he’s a rarity right there! Then I started examining Revanites in general. An interesting group. When fighting Sith or Imps, the Balance and Teachings SA’s bring something interesting to the table, at least I hope …..









Sith Intelligence Officer This is a card I made for a contest almost a year ago, and several people liked it. Just wish I could remember the species … mind’s totally blank today









Young Rakamat So, now I’m getting a little more obscure (and running out of ideas for Vong) so I may not have much more in the Vong-verse, and Disney won’t be providing anything much either …. An interesting creature and idea, but most Vong creations were ….









Koba, I swear I HAD a droid but wanted to work on it some more; sorry. I’m starting to pile up cards and I need to sift through and bring out some really good ones next time. For better or worse, these were done and ready and I hope there’s something here for everyone. Comments always welcome.




Cheers,



Surf