The closet game to Star Wars Axis and Allies is probably Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition. Have you tried looking at that?
Perhaps Buck Rogers: Battle For The 25th Century?
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/5/5/rise-of-the-empire/
Very intrigued by this despite my feelings for Rogue One. There’s certainly enough in there to warrant interest, from individual tactics decks to OT elements like Jabba, Motti and Imperial Bunkers.
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/5/5/rise-of-the-empire/
Very intrigued by this despite my feelings for Rogue One. There’s certainly enough in there to warrant interest, from individual tactics decks to OT elements like Jabba, Motti and Imperial Bunkers.
I’m pretty lukewarm on Rogue One as well and this expansion has a bit of an air of “The licencor made us do it” but it does look like some interesting additions.
My big curiosity is if it is really an expansion or more a alternate rules set. I get the idea you’ll play with either the original mission cards OR the expansion mission cards. It seems likely there will be some sort of modularity to it.
I disliked Rogue One, so from a theme stand point, I’m disappointed.
However, the stuff they have previewed so far looks interesting, so I’ll wait and see.
I disliked Rogue One, so from a theme stand point, I’m disappointed here.
Rogue One isn’t the only movie about rebels, so why should you be disappointed?
Though, I don’t even know why you disliked the Rouge One, it was pretty good, especially from disney.
I wish this game used smaller scale for the capital ships and included many more in the game. I could make a good AA game with just the pieces.
Out of the box the component limitations work well to represent logistical limits; the Rebels will get a more representative fleet once Nebulon-B Frigates are added in the expansion. If anything more fighter minis like A-wings, B-wings, TIE Bombers and Interceptors would round out out the vessels in the Original Trilogy nicely. =I’m very curious to see the mechanics of the Imperial Bunker (which must surely also shield a Death Star).
I disliked Rogue One, so from a theme stand point, I’m disappointed here.
Rogue One isn’t the only movie about rebels, so why should you be disappointed?
Though, I don’t even know why you disliked the Rouge One, it was pretty good, especially from disney.
I’m sorry, but I respectfully disagree. The characters were terrible, especially Donnie Yen’s character. That was especially a shame because I love Donnie Yen so much. The plot was extremely lacking and didn’t address any of the political situation going from Episode III to IV. While we’d all like to forget the prequels, they are M level cannon, and I would have like to have seen it referenced. I could go on, but sufficient to say that I thought the movie was a pile of poo. It’s cool if you liked it though. I’m not trying to change your opinion.
One last thing as I end this post… telepathic tentacle porn monster? WTF?
Has anyone given the expansion a spin yet? I hope to get a game in this weekend.
I’m in no rush to get the expansion… I’m just wishing to get the original on my table more often, can’t wait to dig into this again.
I know what you mean, my box has only been opened once in the last several months, and that was a relatively quick team game introducing it to a new player.
The most welcome addition from the expansion are the new objectives, which should spice up gameplay for both sides (new strategies and opportunities for the Rebels, and less “card counting” from the Empire in predicting the original set of objectives).
I’ve enjoyed this game a few times, but the rules can be frustrating to learn and understand.
I just picked up the expansion, but haven’t given it a whirl yet. Other than the theme (I hated Rogue One), it looks like there is a ton of great stuff in the box.
The new tactics cards are a welcome change, and the special abilities for each unit add a lot to theme and strategy. I need more time with the new mission deck but I like the possibility of picking a deck to match a player’s style. My one issue with the new leaders on the Rebel side is they reduce the likelihood of recruiting the classic heroes which takes something away from theme. In the old format you were almost always assured to recruit Luke, Han or Chewie.
Nebulon-B Frigates give Rebel fleets some much needed punch and durability while Golan Turrets make for rugged base defenses.
Unfortunately Interdictors haven’t hit the table yet.
I think Saw can only be recruiting at the start of the game, and if so, you get to start with an extra leader, which is cool. Same with Admiral Motti.
Saw is also paired with Cassian on a very useful recruitment action card (you can peek at the top four probe cards and save one for base relocation) and Motti is with Jabba (another useful card ‘Ambitions of Power’ that allows the the Empire to exceed the new hard limit of 8 leaders).
I’ve never encountered the Saw starting card that sacrifices a reputation. I’d try it out but I’m still leery of it. Motti’s card that pairs him with Tarkin significantly slows the first turn down (which can be important for production) but can pay itself off (especially if you get the Ambitions of Power card).
I’ve only one game with the new expansion and enjoyed the new tactics decks and combat. Need more time with the new missions and such. Decent expansion form a shaking up the gameplay standpoint.
I don’t plan to buy the expansion (and I’m an expansion whore, so this is a big deal).
I like the new ships, but I really dislike the cinematic combat (and I really liked the interaction between dice and tactic cards in the original system).
I do like the new ships and green dice, but the leaders - while I don’t dislike them - only serve to dilute our chances of recruiting each of the classic characters which I like a lot more.
