Throughout the game Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader are all doing the kinds of daring, foolhardy and evil things they should be doing and their adventures move the game along relentlessly. Add to this the Empire's nasty habit of capturing Rebel characters when they're on the map, and there's an excellent kind of tension at play that feeds directly from the lore of the Star Wars universe. The moves and counter-moves, missions and immediate actions become more elaborate and complex as the game goes on. But over the course of play, more and more characters flood onto the table. When each player at the table has run out of characters, they've essentially run out of moves and the round is over. A quick role of the dice determines if they succeed or not. To counter those actions, additional characters can be moved to oppose them.
On a given turn Princess Leia might go to Mandalore on a diplomatic mission to gain support for the Rebellion, and then Grand Moff Tarkin might journey to Corellia to oversee production of a Super Star Destroyer. To perform an action anywhere on the board, players must move a character from their sideboard to a star system on the map. In motion Rebellion is dauntingly complex, but it boils down to two major gameplay systems working on top of one another - characters and combat.
The Empire has to find the Rebel base and destroy it. The Rebel player must win the hearts and minds of enough citizens to overthrow the Empire, while keeping their base hidden from the Emperor and his vast fleets. The objective of the game is fairly straightforward. Then it was another hour to set it up for the first time. There's a lot going on, and my first 30 minutes or so with the product was just punching out chits and bagging everything up so I could make sense of it. Inside are two massive game boards, two side boards, dozens of cards and counters and over 150 plastic miniatures. Retailing for $99.95, it comes in one of the deepest square game boxes I've ever seen. Here's my first impressions of one of the biggest board games in Star Wars history. įFG recently sent Polygon an early production copy of the game, and I've had it on the table for the better part of a week. Creating a big strategy game in the Star Wars universe alone would get tabletop fans excited, but what pushed Rebellion to the top of many most-anticipated lists was the fact that it would cover the original trilogy and be designed by Corey Konieczka, part of the team responsible for the extremely popular tactics game Star Wars: Imperial Assault. Late last year hobby games maker Fantasy Flight Games announced Star Wars: Rebellion.
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