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I finally decided to buy the starter. I got it for my son for Christmas. I was wondering if anyone here plays it or has played it that has some comments about it. The figs look cool, but I had heard the rules for it were not so great.
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I have the starter set and 2 maybe 3 booster's we haven't played it yet but something my friend noticed is the Tie fighters were rare,(if I remember right) so you may not get many of them which is a little lame considering how many the Empire had. I read the rules and they sounded cool to me but again I haven't played it yet, so I would also be interested in hearing about how it is when played too.
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TIES were not rare. I think the Rogue Squadron X-wing was the only generic R.
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Sithborg wrote:TIES were not rare. I think the Rogue Squadron X-wing was the only generic R. Ah cool, thanks for the correction. Are they common or uncommon?
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SquelchDog wrote:I have the starter set and 2 maybe 3 booster's we haven't played it yet but something my friend noticed is the Tie fighters were rare,(if I remember right) so you may not get many of them which is a little lame considering how many the Empire had. I read the rules and they sounded cool to me but again I haven't played it yet, so I would also be interested in hearing about how it is when played too. Nope, the tie fighters were common. The only weird rare I can think of is the ARC-170 fighter. And it did seem a little strange getting some of the small personal ships like Luke's X-wing and Kenobi's Jedi Starfighter as Rs and Star Destroyers for UCs.
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Plain ol TIEs were C, Aces were U.
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Ah ok, well now I'm not sure what my buddy was complaining about lol, Have you played it Sithborg?
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Yup, still have my figs, if in storage.
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Ah cool, so does it play alright then? You like it?
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I enjoyed it, even if it is a bit simplistic.
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Cool, maybe I'll pick up a few more boosters this weekend and try it out, Thanks.
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I tried it once, I thought it was pretty cool Viva la Y-Wings!
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DarthReeves wrote:I tried it once, I thought it was pretty cool Viva la Y-Wings! Cool beans, I started thinking about custom stats and figs as I was posting I don't think anyone has posted on them maybe i'll scour the forum's or post and ask.
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Mickey wrote:I finally decided to buy the starter. I got it for my son for Christmas. I was wondering if anyone here plays it or has played it that has some comments about it. The figs look cool, but I had heard the rules for it were not so great. Hey Mickey go here to find out more. Starship battles
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Cool, thanks for the link. I'm going to have to read up on it. Jim hinted to maybe running some in the future so I thought I might as well get some figs. I saw a case of miniaturemarket.com for a decent price. I will try out the starter and see what my boy thinks of it.
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The game is just horrid. I've worked on a new ruleset based on War at Sea. There are just not enough figures to make this a good game to play.
It's both a waste of money and space. Sorry for your loss.
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SSB was pretty cool. The minis look awesome, havent played it in quite a while but it wasnt that bad, id do it again.
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engineer wrote:The game is just horrid. I've worked on a new ruleset based on War at Sea. There are just not enough figures to make this a good game to play.
It's both a waste of money and space. Sorry for your loss. It's not a waste of space, they look really cool! That's the only reason I bought some awhile ago for basically nothing.
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I loved it TIE fighters were common figures but ridiculously hard to get but great little pieces as you could recycle them and for a dark side fleet a Intedictor is a must have
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The game was not "good" from a compedative stand point
for most of us vets of SWM it was a MAJOR let down-
for about the first month or so the game was cool, AND it was fun to play
mostly because that's how long it took us all to get all the pieces and play out the possible stategem
however
the flaws began to show through wickedly
no expansion(MAJOR Let down)
Damaged is assessed AFTER BOTH teams shoot(you will find you play to a draw WAY too Often)
No Era Play- you need Obi wan AND Luke to make your starfighters work well
a Full complement of ships is required for BOTH sides or SERIOUS imballances occur
In my assesment if you are looking for a Quick and fun game; What I often refer to as a "Beer & Pretzles" game-
then you will enjoy this
DO NOT expect to get into deep complicated battles lasting Hours
the figs are made well and the rules do stand well alone; but as mentioned games will often end in a "tie"
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