I agree. It’s a great intro to DBG’s and the theme really shines in the game. I also felt it was pretty light and immediately felt the desire for expansion content. I would love to see KOTOR content, different factions, like a Scum deck, Sith deck, or different Jedi/Sith factions Jedi Guardian/Consular/Sentinel vs Sith Marauder/Assassin/Spy…

Looks pretty good. The best game of this type is Shards of Infinity, hands down.

FFG has so many art assets and plenty of popular characters and ships left that I would almost bet money an expansion will be ready for Gen Con. I definitely agree that the galaxy row can be a bit swingy but I like that sometimes because it can make for memorable arc of that particular game. I played the Imperials once where I got a lot of resources early but no capital ships came out for me until late game. But by then I decided to leave those ships up there and created a blockade for my opponent who liked purchasing and placing cards on top of his draw deck.

I'm with Ryan. It's an 8 for me. I don't agree with the people saying the game is swingy or that it needs house rules. I've played 12 times so far and only one of those was a blowout win. The rest were very tight. Looking forward to seeing what they do with expansions.

Star Wars Deckbuilding Game, 38 euros, 90 cartas en el mazo de mercado, modo solamente para dos jugadores con la caja que compras (aunque permite jugar con el requisito de destruir más o menos bases con un sistema de selección de las mismas). Tiene la opción de destruir las cartas del contrario antes de que las compre. Sería lógico que salieran expansiones, esperemos que de caja precio más pequeños. Star Realms Frontiers, 18 euros, 80 cartas en el mazo de mercado, modo para dos y cuatro jugadores, modo solitario contra enemigos "grandes" y modo cooperativo a dos también contra dichos enemigos. Tiene varios modos de juego: cazador, Hidra, Emperador, Incursión... Alguno de estos modos permite hasta 6 jugadores, para lo que se necesita un segundo mazo que pondría un total de 32 euros. Si no necesitas jugar a 5 o 6, con los 18 euros de inicio tienes margen hasta los 38 del otro, 20 euros, con los que comprarte 5 sobres de Star Realms, por ejemplo: dos mazos de mando para inicio asimétrico, un sobre de Gambito, uno de Escenarios y uno de Misiones. A partir de ahí, los dos presentan un juego básico deckbuilding, básico con todas sus letras, iniciación pura y dura, nada de complicaciones. Por el mismo precio muchísimo más completo Star Realms. Star Wars es una temática muy atractiva para muchos aficionados. Ahora toca elegir y disfrutar.

There aren’t a lot of light, streamlined deck builders out there. One of our family’s favs is Summer Camp. I was initially drawn to this one, but that box is pretty light. I think there’s maybe only 100 cards in there…when honestly, it could have had double that. Expansions will come no doubt, but it’s a bit disappointing that more options weren’t mixed in the base box. The twist that lets you attack the enemy cards is pretty great though.

The house rules and expansion potential for this one is through the roof. It may not set the world on fire like Star Realms, but the concept of asynchronous purchasing and removing cards from the center row is enough to spark new gameplay scenarios.

I wish it was a bit like Aliens Legendary where you had a core box experience and then 3 other decks/experiences based on the original star wars movies. I'm guessing FFG will expansion this for years to come, which - to be perfectly frank - I'm not keen for. But it will sell well - they have got a licence to print money with a game like this just for how accessible it is and how thematic.

I'm very very curious what 4 players will be like. There are very few good 2v2 card games, or board games even. Lately I'm with groups of 4 and was looking into it. There's War Chest, Memoir 49 and one or two other games people recommend. Interesting little gap in the hobby.

Thanks for the review. This is looking like an option.

If we get Yoda in an expansion he better have a power where he can be exiled :)

I get what you’re saying, and sure the randomness can be a pain at times… but lets remember Star Realms is so popular and can be hugely random. Sure, an experienced player will beat a newbie, but between experienced players card draw can definitely decide games completely.

I love this game. It’s an 8.5 for me and will probably go up with expansion content. I’m assuming Yoda will be in a Clone Wars expansion? 🤷‍♂️ I consider myself an enthusiast gamer but this game isn’t close to getting stale for me. I also don’t binge play it either. I break it out when I can and it has just enough approachability, uniqueness, and theme to make it a winner every time. Only once did we have a game where the row swung heavy empire (me) every time but I still lost bc my opponent’s deck was thin enough he kept throwing out big attacks. It’s not perfect but a 20 minute filler doesn’t have to be. I think some want this to be more than it is. Maybe bc it’s FFG or Star Wars or a straight up deck builder. Either way it’s a great game and I would recommend it to any gamer or Star Wars fan. Thanks for the review!

thank you guys for your thoughts and opinions... love to hear them.. and glad your guys are honest unlike other channels out there... this game is not for me for sure... not going to jump into another FFG rabbit hole... not going to happen as I have been burned too many times... you think FFG would know this and trying to stop doing it but they won't and its a shame...

First few games were an 8 for us. Games after that dropped to a 6.5/7 I'm not sure that they were doing expansions.

It's kind of a sad state of affairs when you think about it. Games companies like FFG are now incentivised to sell you a base box that has "nothing/boring" content in it... with the promise that "if you buy expansion after expansion after expansion - at some point in the future, the game might become interesting". When all of the expansion content is already designed and ready to go and "could have" been included in the base game - were the market not so used to being exploited.

Compared to other games by far too expensive. Guess that's the SW label on it.

I'll take content for anything other than the Disney sequels and the High Republic.

Got plenty of other deck builders so don’t really care about this one.