After Memorial Day we had agreed on gaming again in 2 weeks and since Ethan’s birthday is coming up we let him name the format.  He had long heard stories of “build-a-bad-deck-deck-swap” tournaments so that’s what he named and that’s what we set out to do.  We did decide on a few constraints.  We wanted bad decks not unplayable decks.  Fun interactions was still the holy grail.  After a some brainstorming at the table and a number of FB messages we agreed on:
 
The Devil’s Draft
Highlander format
6 resource producing cards
6 units that cost 4 or more than can legally be on the table at the same time
6 pods of any off-color affiliation (if playing off color)
 
We also decided on a 4 neutral pod max (for mono decks, the affiliation constraint dealt with this for two color decks) and since we wanted to maximize league points we decided to build with the BAN list in mind.  Also it was understood we were building 10 pod decks.
 
The idea with these constraints was to provide an engine to win (units and money), avoid getting color-screwed (off color affiliation constraint making sure at worst you were playing 6/4 and guaranteeing no tri-color), and making you dig deep in the binders to find the truly worst pods (highlander).  It was also understood that the 6-6-6 constraint was a minimum, but it became the rule since nobody seemed to want to provide more money or mains that they absolutely had to.
 
 
We had two weeks to come up with decks.  It was understood that we were going to snake draft them also with the constraint that you couldn’t wind up playing your own decks, which forced some choices for people.  We were all pretty hush-hush about the construction process although there were cryptic texts going back and forth, mostly about how bad some pods were and how not-bad-enough other pods were.  I kept looking at the decks I had built and thinking “they’re bad…  but I’d play em!”
 
Danny felt supremely confident in the turd decks he was able to build and…. he was completely justified!  He went 6-0 for the day and made decks that only won a single game each.  He has secured his position as draft and deck-building king of our local meta…but we will continue to challenge his reign…
 
1st (Danny)
 
Affiliation: Smuggler (3-0, 2nd pick, made by Ethan)
Beyond the Rim
Prepare for Evacuation
Hero’s Resolve
Hero’s Duty
Out of the their Element
Embers of Hope
Message from Beyond
Journey Through the Swamp
Rumors at the Cantina
Courage of the Tribe
 
Affiliation: Sith (3-0, 7th pick, made by Tyler)
The Questioning
Hunters of the Jedi
Imperial Bureaucracy
Rogue Archaeology
Call of the Cult
Serve the Emperor
Looking for Droids
Corporate Exploitation
Endless Reserves
Asteroid Pursuit
 
 
2nd (Ethan)
 
Affiliation: Smuggler (1-2, 4th/5th pick, made by Danny)
No Match for a Good Blaster
Prepare for Evacuation
Message from Beyond
Embers of Hope
Hero of a Thousand Devices
Knowledge and Defense
Journey through the Swamp
Secret of Yavin IV
Frozen Refuge
Courage of the Tribe
 
Affiliation: Scum (2-1, 4th/5th pick, made by Mick)
Heart of Cold
Automated Assassin
Jabba’s Orders
Asteroid Pursuit
From the Abyss
Black Squadron Assault
Threat from the Depths
Imperial Bureaucracy
Emperor’s Cabal
Serve the Emperor
 
 
3rd (Mick)
 
Affiliation: Smuggler (0-3, 8th pick, made by Tyler)
No Match for a Good Blaster
Message from Beyond
Embers of Hope
Hero of a Thousand Devices
Knowledge and Defense
Hero’s Resolve
Journey through the Swamp
Hold the Line
Frozen Refuge
Courage of the Tribe
 
Affiliation: Scum (2-1, 1st pick, made by Ethan)
Shadow of Nar Shadaa
Jabba’s Orders
From the Abyss
Encounter at Stygeon Prime
Council of the Sith
Call of the Cult
Ghosts of the Dark Side
Serve the Emperor
Corporate Exploitation
Looking for Droids
 
 
4th (Tyler)
 
Affiliation: Rebel (0-3, 3rd pick, made by Mick)
Mission to Talay
Message from Beyond
Embers of Hope
Knowledge and Defense
Hero’s Duty
Stand Together
Last Minute Rescue
Rumors at the Cantina
Frozen Refuge
Courage of the Tribe
 
Affiliation: Navy (1-2, 6th pick, made by Danny)
Superior Numbers
Lord Vader’s Command
Shadows of Dathomir
Executor Arrives
Killing Cold
Council of the Sith
Call of the Cult
Serve the Emperor
Endless Reserves
Looking for Droids
 
 
What we liked playing x4
Jedi: Moisture Farmers, Old Ben’s Spirit
Neutral: Chief Chirpa
 
Sith: Anzati Elite
 
What we liked playing x3
Jedi: Daughters of Allya, Jubba Birds
Neutral: Frozen Refuge
 
Sith: Cultists
Neutral: Viper Probe Droids
 
 
Plays of the Day:
 
Ethan: Bulk action transport to draw into a  guardian who can keep Han alive—he was dead on board with 2 damage on him facing off against Executor and an ISB.
Ethan: Plays Anger on Kyle.  Kyle’s secret: he’s always angry!   …until he dies.  which he did.
Ethan: Quarren Bureaucrat stops a spider!
Ethan: Executive Override stops the spider again!
 
 
Danny: Size Matters Not on Chirpa for the game!
Danny: Needs 2 objectives to win.  Has no money but lots of tactics, but facing off against 1 resource that can become a spider at any moment.  Attacks an objective with 2 damage on it with a tukata.  I let it go.  He plays vast resources to pay for an Aphra droid, bids Allies of Necessity to blow up the objective.  I can no longer pay for the spider and lose.
 
…heh… I build have paid for the spider before unopposed..  dang, this game is hard…  /facepalm
 
Danny: Quarren Bureaucrat asks the spider for his papers and LS has no more money…
 
 
Tyler: Rebel Sympathizer sacs himself to force rejuv an ewok horde.  Ethan demands to see the Jedi resource since Tyler only had one neutral money showing.  Tyler points at the text of the rebel Sympathizer and proceeds with his strikes against Redeem the Fallen.  
Tyler: Loses entire board to a first turn No Match Han with a looping Old Ben’s Spirit on him.  Plays aggression on turn 3 and comes back
Tyler: Plays vast resources and taps out Lord Vader’s officer to hard cast the Executor.  Sith Holocron is left on the board for the sacrifice effect!
Tyler: Force pushes off an Ewok Horde attack.  I like to imagine teddy bears flying everywhere in the force explosion.
Tyler: Mon Mothma with Old Ben’s Spirit and a Concussion Rifle becomes a Weapons Master!
 
 
Mick: In the 2nd attack Secret Guardian into an Ewok Horde who double strikes with Size Matters Not
Mick: Gets the combo of Hunted/Dark Memories off on Kyle
Mick: Inquisitor crafts the hand which can win edge and play force shockwave to wipe the board.
 
 
Unfortunately, we did not have time to try a massive 2v2 game with these decks.  The decks probably wouldn’t have been legal since Chirpa is limit 1, but we’d just allow it and say only one Chirpa can be on the board.  In individual games the DS took the day 8-4, so it would be interesting to see if the ewoks hordes could overcome the Serve the Emperor decks in 2v2. 
 
We still prefer the Collective Draft format, but this was a good change of pace and we enjoyed thinking about the construction of the decks for the time before the tournament.  The games did seem to favor the DS, but they were still very interesting and often came down to the 11th hour.  Tyler said “this feels a lot like core set” and I think that’s a positive statement and I agree with him!
 
It was interesting to see which pods we overlapped on.  Chirpa definitely saw a lot of play because he checked so many boxes: 2 resources, 3 “mains”.  We discussed changing the constraint to say 6 pods with mains and 6 pods with resources to deemphasize pods like Chirpa, Frozen Refuge and the Cultists.
 
We’ll try to play again in a month.  More of the best games every played!
 
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7 of us showed up for the FFG regional today.  Originally the TO said we would do 3 rounds of swiss no cut, but said if we all agreed we could cut to top 2.  Since our last store championship ended with all veteran players splitting and people only getting 4 or 6 points if they played the new player this was preferable to all of us.  Even in the last round things we’re really open and as to who would sweep to the front.  Ethan made the cut with the only 15 point record.  Shad got in at 12 and I came up short at 11.  Each player took a game with their LS, a coin was flipped to determine who would choose the deck in the final round (since seed only affects the first round of the cut??) Ethan won the flip, picked LS and won the tournament.
 
1st (Ethan)
Affiliation: Guardians of Justice
May the Force Be With You x2
Hero’s Beginning x2
Sacrifice at Endor x2
Planning the Rescue x2
Fleeing the Empire x2
Lost Commander x2
 
Affiliation: Any Methods Necessary
Might of the Empire x2
Inexorable Destruction x2
Technological Terror x1
Hunter’s Flight x2
Nar Shaddaa Drift x2
Spice Trade x1
 
 
2nd (Shad)
Affiliation: Guardians of Justice
May the Force Be With You x2
Secret of Yavin IV x2
Hero’s Journey x1
Survivors x1
Haunting the Empire x1
Lost Commander x1
Pushing Back the Empire x1
Commando Operations x1
Mission to Talay x1
Explosives Artist x1
 
Affiliation: Promise of Power
Masterful Manipulation x2
Hunter for Hire x2
Unsavory Contracts x1
Power of the Dark Side x2
Knives in the Night x2
Agent of the Emperor x1
 
 
Ethan’s LS deck did all the crazy things it was built to do.  This included Leia several times and making BK one sad wookie.  Apparently BK did a lot of work throughout swiss and committing him with knives out and then going to town kept a lot of boards very clear!  In the end the Leia refresh multi-striking with Rex and Cracken was just way to much.  and Funeral Pyre was clear to focus out anything meaningful Shad played on the next turn.
 
the game with Shad’s LS against Ethan’s DS was much more interesting to watch.  There was a narrow window where Ethan could have potentially taken out his 2nd-4th objective getting 3 strikes in with the Demolisher, but because Shad had committed Rex (with Trust Your Feelings) to have him available as a blocker there was no way to get all the strikes in with both Rex and Yoda being declared as blockers.  The other interesting thing about that game was every time Shad played a main he followed it with an enhancement!  Yoda came out turn one with custom paint job.  Shad: “Take that Boba Fett!”  Rex came out with Trust your Feelings, and in the 2nd to the last turn my boy Kyle hit the table with his concussion rifle.
 
 
Nick and Joe were both at the tournament and it was good to play them again.  They were both running Skyhopper decks, but Joe had it in Guardians of Justice and Nick slotted it in a deck with Freeholders.  Nick was on mono Navy and Joe was on his quad Palpatine deck.  Jacob made the trip down from Fargo to play.  It was good to see him.  He played a mono Jedi deck with triple tactics Yoda that utterly locked down my board, and an interesting Navy Sith deck with Delta One and Core Tarkin.
 
My Decks (3rd?)
Affiliation: No Questions Asked
Spark of Rebellion x2
Desert Recruitment x2
Survivors x1
Wookie Life Debt x2
Badge of Honor x2
Along the Gamor Run x1
 
Affiliation: Galactic Enforcers
Power of the Dark Side x2
Knives in the Night x2
Scouring the Empire x2
Dark Trooper Project x2
Reinforcements! x2
Last Grand Admiral x2
 
 
Random Thoughts on my Decks…
 
Matron is draws lots and lots of cards
The DS deck has too many force phase triggers
Signal Scrambler is a nightmare to figure out how all your triggers will work and what you need to commit to win by etc.
Double Night Sister commit to kill Brainiac is so worth it
Double Force Storm is mean and feels great
Thrawn can smell a Farlander coming a mile away!
 
This LS deck has a lot of good objectives and if they blow one up another relevant objective is almost sure to flop
Spark wookie flood is real
Desert Recruitment to heal Chewbacca is real
there are a lot of ways to damage Chewbacca in this deck.  a lot.
I used Tom’s wookie Champion to force a turn 2 Palpatine to block!  Somehow I won edge and used Friendship is Magic to get the champion up to 3 guns!!  Victory laps are always fun
What’s also fun is using Dice’s reaction to say “there will beeee an engagement…  Here….”  then wait to see what they push forward as blockers and kill them with let the wookie win Chewbacca and heal Chewbacca with desert recruitment after finally declaring my attackers.  Good times.
 
 
Plays of the Day
Joe plays turn one Brainiac, discards 3 cards with Defense of Yavin IV to play Independence.  Uses Brainiac to increase Independence’s capital ship reduction to 2 and plays a Corvette discarding another card.  Ah Gaurdians of Justice Planning the Attack 8 reserve Defense of Yavin starts…
 
Jacob has Dice give in to her anger and gets an Arden Lyn out the process!
 
Nick looping memory from home Brainiac, Yoda and Skyhopper all on the table.
 
All the crazy stuff Ethan did with his LS deck…
 
All the kills Shad got with Burger King.
 
Me using Melucci to call Palpatine to a fight and then getting up to 3 guns with friendship is magic.
 
 
 
Thanks to everyone who showed up and also to Tyler who was our judge and played games against whoever had the bye!  For everyone with a regional coming up, go out there and have fun!

Again only 3 of us this weekend of the Last Jedi LCG tournament this weekend at LCG.  Shad, Ethan and I again did a round robin alternating every game before going out for dinner and later to the movie.  On this weekend I pulled out ahead, but I think the real winner of the day was Guardians of Justice…
 
1st (me)
Affiliation: Guardians of Justice
May the Force Be With You x2
Hero’s Journey x2
Secret of Yavin IV x2
Lost Commander x2
Pushing Back the Empire x2
Mission to Talay x2
 
Affiliation: Galactic Enforcers
Emperor’s Web x2
Merciless Plans x2
Emperor’s Shadow x2
Enforced Loyalty x2
Pattern Analysis x2
Immeasurable Power x2
 
 
2nd (Ethan)
Affiliation: Guardians of Justice
May the Force Be With You x2
Hero’s Beginning x2
Sacrifice at Endor x2
Lost Commander x2
Planning the Rescue x2
Fleeing the Empire x2
 
Affiliation: Navy
Tarkin Doctrine x2
Might of the Empire x2
Endor Entrapment x2
Inexorable Destruction x2
Imperial Blockade x1
Enforced Loyalty x1
 
 
3rd (Shad)
Affiliation: Guardians of Justice 
In You Must Go x2
Secret of Yavin IV x2
Hero’s Journey x1
Survivors x1
Haunting the Empire x2
Lost Commander x1
Pushing Back the Empire x1
Explosives Artist x1
Mission to Talay x1
 
Affiliation: Galactic Enforcers
Emperor’s Promise x2
Emperor’s Shadow x2
Encounter at Stygian Prime x2
Enforced Loyalty x2
Cell Block Detention x2
Repair and Refurbish x1
Reinforcements! x1
 
 
I wound up sweeping Shad.  Beating Ethan’s Navy deck after several turns of building a protection shell strong enough to get through his units striking immediately, and then losing to his Cracken deck after building for 7 turns, repelling his attack and then forgetting he had an unfinished business to grab Yoda when I went for the counter attack.  Shad and Ethan split against each other.  Shad kept a hand with double Bones of a Fallen Master master and forced Ethan to get two Promise triggers each turn or suffer a volley.  Objective damage just piled up on Ethan’s side of the board and Ethan did what he could with all his Ewok tactics.  Then Shad draw crap two turns in a row.  In the second game Shad got his protection shell out and Kyle swang in with a lightsaber and with the help of a little friendship is magic cleaved the Chimaera in half.  
 
Random Thoughts on My Decks
 
Double Emperor’s Shadow and 4 recursion enhancements is dope.  So much card draw
 
Force Choke continues to be an amazing combat trick.
 
Kallus Fist is real
 
Pattern Analysis with all the recursion enhancements is pretty sweet.
 
Using an expendable scout to draw into exactly the card you need feels like cheating
 
Krennic Posse doesn’t card how many guns you have
 
Funeral Pyre makes Palpatine sad
 
Not having a mission out makes Boc sad
 
Sith Lightsaber is sweet but needs more than 4 targets in the deck
 
Well Equipped is terrible when DS needs to defend and amazing when you’re ready to attack
 
 
Mon Mothma is solid ramp
 
It’s hard for DS to focus you down when you have the Rex objective out.  This makes Kyle Katarn happy.
 
Rebel for Hire is pretty sweet for getting Cassian chuds, or allies of necessity, or on the rare occasion grabbing Kyle.
 
Mon Mothma’s ability evidently reduces cost every phase?!  So Shad pointed out I could Rebel for Hire to find Rebel for Hire and then next phase Rebel for Hire again to get Kyle.  Thins the deck!!
 
Battlefield engineer feels like he should be amazing with Trust Your Feelings.  But sometimes the only way to win is to try to dig for friendship is magic and then refresh your supply cache when you declare to dig again.  And if it’s against Ethan it always works!!
 
Luke and Kyle like to mess things up.
 
Rex feels largely over rated, but likes to show up late game to be a 3 bomb unit.
 
The best part about Mon Mothma is her black tactics.  Tyler knows what I’m talking about!
 
 
Plays of the Day
 
Turn one against Shad I double focused an objective to play Kyle, trigger pushing back the empire, play a guardian and attack in with friendship is magic.  bye bye board.
 
Shad playing a main every turn against Ethan and complaining about not being able to find his protection.
 
Ethan taunting me with his LS deck’s infinite combo potential so I would get mess up and use Sensor Array on things that didn’t need to be canceled.
 
 
 
All in all a great afternoon.  Our regional is Jan 6th and there are just too many fun decks to try right now!

Thanks for the updates, Mac! I just re-watched your 2014 final match the other night. So epic! I miss being there and playing SWLCG with you guys! 

This game is fine. My area has a growing player base and more players show up everyday on the games various Facebook pages. I played at a tournament in Chicago a couple weeks ago and it was full of new players, who played Destiny but actually enjoyed this game more. So they switched over. They have sold more tickets for Gencon than they did for worlds, and I honestly believe that worlds wouldve sold more had they not JUST DID IT 5 months earlier. Gencon would have more as well if Nova wasnt 2 weeks later, its the same prize support so players in the New England area are opting to go there instead of Gencon. This game isnt dead yet.
 
Also the EPIC delay to start up this latest cycle is a good sign, it means they maybe giving time for development of new cards and to test the next cycle. We all know FFG has one designer on this game who is also developing L5R, so I am sure that most of his time is being devoted to that at the current time.

Thanks for the update, Micky Mac! . Looking forward to throwing my rusty talents at you again this summer when I return.

The Zeb Spark deck was really cool and so was Donovan's Brainiac deck with Master's Domain that knocked me out.
I made 5th/6th with:
Affiliation: Rebel
MTFBWY x2
Core Luke x2
Qu Rahn x2
Jedi Leia x1
Secret of Yavin IV x1
Bren Derlin x1
Rebel Kyle x1
Affiiliation: Scum
Bane Malar x2
GA Palpatine x2
GA Vader x2
Core Palpatine x1
Killing Cold x1
Terentateks x1
Worms x1

Not going to lie, I need my cardgamedb fix and it's down sooooo.... ummm ya.

Correct. There will be a lot of footage posted in the coming days. It was an exciting tournament with a lot of variety.

12 people made it to our September tournament today including Jakob who drove all the way in from North Dakota!  We did 4 rounds of swiss with no cut.  Prizes were Xizor promos, scum tokens and the smugglers and spies staple: Lady Luck.

 

1st (Joe)

Affiliation: Rebel

Planning the Rescue x2

Asteroid Sanctuary x2

Feigning Captivity x2

Along the Gamor Run x1

May the Force Be With You x2

Watchers in the Wasteland x1

 

Affiliation: Sith

Emperor’s Web x2

Power of the Dark Side x2

Dark Lord of the Sith x2

Plan of the Prophetess x2

Scouring the Empire x2

 

 

2nd (me)

Affiliation: Rebel

Explosives Artist x2

Rogue Squadron Assault x2

May the Force Be With You x2

Hero’s Trial x2

Secret at Shantipole x2

 

Affiliation: Sith

Hunters of the Jedi x2

Fearsome and Foul x1

Heartless Tactics x2

Tatooine Crash x2

Slave Trade x2

Jabba’s Orders x1

 

 

3rd (Travis)

Affiliation: Rebel

Planning the Attack x2

Commando Raid x1

May the Force Be With You x2

Secret of Yavin IV x2

Spark of Rebellion x2

Watchers in the Wasteland x1

 

Affiliation: Sith

Black Squadron Formation x2

Dark Defenders x2

Guarding the Wing x2

Defending the Trench x2

Empire’s Elite x2

 

 

4th (Ethan)

Affiliation: Smugglers

Asteroid Sanctuary x1

Along the Gamor Run x1

Renegade Squadron Mobilization x1

Gardner’s Secret x1

May the Force Be With You x2

Hero’s Trial x2

Secret of Yavin IV x1

Survivors x1

 

Affiliation: Navy

Tarkin Doctrine x2

Might of the Empire x2

Endor Entrapment x2

Enforced Loyalty x1

Entrenched Defenses x1

Protect the Generator x1

Last Grand Admiral x1

 

 

Random thoughts on my decks:

Dark Lair with all the creatures from Hunters from the Jedi is a lot of card draw.

Selling people crap with Wolverine is also a lot of card of draw and a good way to control their draws.

When doing both of these things be careful not to deck yourself…

 

Sometimes you find Sabine a rogue squadron xwing, Hobbie and the custom paint job all by the 2nd turn.  Those games you win.

Othertimes you draw 3 stay on targets 2 pilot resources and a well equipped when you need units.

I Have You Now can be a blow out.

 

 

Play of the Day

And the play of the day goes to Keith!  Again!

Sowers of Dissension and a first turn Lobot lead to a very quick win for LS when paired against a DS hybrid deck.

Why do I post? Because I absolutely love the game. If things go right I will also go to Worlds next year.
If you want to try the game or you are a casual player near Munich, welcome! The game mechanics are so deep that even playing with core set decks is a pleasure for me. Of course, I will try to lure you deeper into the game but if you just want to stay casual or core set only that's also fine.
If you are more serious about the game and you are located in Bavaria let's play it together! I am willing to travel by train and it would be nice if you were too. Let's both get better at this game! Navy is too strong? We will find the decks that beat Navy. Light Side gets "unbeatable" again? We will surprise our opponents at tournaments with a different truth!
Post or send me a message I would love to hear from you!

10 people today for the first annual “Welcome Home Peter Jacobson” tournament.  Since the event center closes at 6pm on Sunday we were only able to do 4 rounds of swiss but there was a clear winner!  Joe went 7-0-1 winning a dial and a shadows of the empire bust of Palpatine (yay donated prize support!  thanks Ryan!)  Lots of people trying out various pods from GA.  Lots of sith, but I also saw 4-LOM and Zuckuss winning some contested edge battles by double, some crazy Spark of Rebellion games and even Momaw Nadon!
 
1st (Joe)
Affiliation: Rebel
Planning the Rescue x2
May the Force Be With You x2
Watchers in the Wasteland x1
Asteroid Sanctuary x2
Feigning Captivity x2
Along the Gamor Run x1
 
Affiliation: Sith
Emperor’s Web x2
Power of the Dark Side x2
Dark Lord of the Sith x2
Plan of the Prophetess x2
Scouring the Empire x2
 
2nd (Brian)
Affiliation: Smugglers
Spark of Rebellion x2
Sacrifice at Endor x2
Ties of Blood x2
Impersonating a Deity x2
Warriors of the Forest x2
Tribal Support x1
Courage of the Tribe x1
 
Affiliation: Sith
Emperor’s Web x2
Power of the Dark Side x2
Dark Lord of the Sith x2
Encounter at Stygian Prime x2
Fall of the Jedi x1
Scouring the Empire x1
Dark Counsel x1
 
3rd (Peter)
Affiliation: Smugglers
Asteroid Sanctuary x2
False Report x2
Debt of Honor x2
Renegade Squadron Mobilization x2
Along the Gamor Run x1
The Gardner’s Secret x1
 
Affiliation: Navy
Tarkin Doctrine x2
Enforced Loyalty x2
Might of the Empire x2
Sector Lockdown x2
Entrenched Defenses x1
Endor Entrapment x1
 
4th (Travis P)
Affiliation: Jedi
Survivors x2
Mind Under Matter x2
Questionable Contacts x2
Wookie Life Debt x2
Asteroid Sanctuary x2
 
Affiliation: Navy
Death and Despayre x2
Enforced Loyalty x2
Tatooine Crash x2
Slave Trade x2
Jabba's Orders x1
Spice Trade x1
Enforced Loyalty x1
 
5th (John)
Affiliation: Jedi
May the Force Be With You x2
Hero’s Journey x2
Survivor’s x2
Secret of Yavin IV x1
Heroes and Legends x1
Flight of the Crow x1
Hero’s Beginning x1
Mysteries of the Rim x1
 
Affiliation: Navy
Tarkin Doctrine x2
Might of the Empire x2
Enforced Loyalty x2
Entrenched Defenses x1
Endor Entrapment x1
Last Grand Admiral x1
Repair and Refurbish x1
Death and Despayre x1
Sector Lockdown x1
 
Edit: My apologies for an earlier post, I had entered some scores wrong (forgetting to mark tied games) and Brian wound up ahead of Peter and Travis P beat out John based on tie-breakers.

10 people today for the first annual “Welcome Home Peter Jacobson” tournament.  Since the event center closes at 6pm on Sunday we were only able to do 4 rounds of swiss but there was a clear winner!  Joe went 7-0-1 winning a dial and a shadows of the empire bust of Palpatine (yay donated prize support!  thanks Ryan!)  Lots of people trying out various pods from GA.  Lots of sith, but I also saw 4-LOM and Zuckuss winning some contested edge battles by double, some crazy Spark of Rebellion games and even Momaw Nadon!
 
1st (Joe)
Affiliation: Rebel
Planning the Rescue x2
May the Force Be With You x2
Watchers in the Wasteland x1
Asteroid Sanctuary x2
Feigning Captivity x2
Along the Gamor Run x1
 
Affiliation: Sith
Emperor’s Web x2
Power of the Dark Side x2
Dark Lord of the Sith x2
Plan of the Prophetess x2
Scouring the Empire x2
 
2nd (Brian)
Affiliation: Smugglers
Spark of Rebellion x2
Sacrifice at Endor x2
Ties of Blood x2
Impersonating a Deity x2
Warriors of the Forest x2
Tribal Support x1
Courage of the Tribe x1
 
Affiliation: Sith
Emperor’s Web x2
Power of the Dark Side x2
Dark Lord of the Sith x2
Encounter at Stygian Prime x2
Fall of the Jedi x1
Scouring the Empire x1
Dark Counsel x1
 
3rd (Peter)
Affiliation: Smugglers
Asteroid Sanctuary x2
False Report x2
Debt of Honor x2
Renegade Squadron Mobilization x2
Along the Gamor Run x1
The Gardner’s Secret x1
 
Affiliation: Navy
Tarkin Doctrine x2
Enforced Loyalty x2
Might of the Empire x2
Sector Lockdown x2
Entrenched Defenses x1
Endor Entrapment x1
 
4th (Travis P)
Affiliation: Jedi
Survivors x2
Mind Under Matter x2
Questionable Contacts x2
Wookie Life Debt x2
Asteroid Sanctuary x2
 
Affiliation: Navy
Death and Despayre x2
Enforced Loyalty x2
Tatooine Crash x2
Slave Trade x2
Jabba's Orders x1
Spice Trade x1
Enforced Loyalty x1
 
5th (John)
Affiliation: Jedi
May the Force Be With You x2
Hero’s Journey x2
Survivor’s x2
Secret of Yavin IV x1
Heroes and Legends x1
Flight of the Crow x1
Hero’s Beginning x1
Mysteries of the Rim x1
 
Affiliation: Navy
Tarkin Doctrine x2
Might of the Empire x2
Enforced Loyalty x2
Entrenched Defenses x1
Endor Entrapment x1
Last Grand Admiral x1
Repair and Refurbish x1
Death and Despayre x1
Sector Lockdown x1
 
Edit: My apologies for an earlier post, I had entered some scores wrong (forgetting to mark tied games) and Brian wound up ahead of Peter and Travis P beat out John based on tie-breakers.

Spring Kit tournament today at FFG.  6 in attendance.  I knew I wanted to try something with Bren Derlin so I threw together a LS targeted strike deck.  DS was tougher because a lot of pods have come out in the Endor cycle that I’ve wanted to try out so I was really torn.   I wound up playing them all and the deck was quite tenacious.
 
1st (me)
Affiliation: Rebel
Commando Operations x2
Strike Team Assemble x2
Hero’s Journey x2
May the Force Be With You x2
Secret of Yavin IV x1
Heroes and Legends x1
 
Affiliation: Scum
Masterful Manipulation x1
Schemes and Intrigues x1
Hunter for Hire x1
Hutt’s Menagerie x1
Emperor’s Web x1
Counsel of the Sith x1
Agent of the Emperor x1
Dark Counsel x1
Merciless Plans x1
Fearsome and Foul x1
 
2nd (Kyung)
Affiliation: Jedi
May the Force Be With You x2
Hero’s Trial x2
Hero’s Beginning x2
Ties of Blood x1
Survivors x1
Forgotten Heroes x1
Flight of the Crow x1
 
Affiliation: Navy
Tarkin Doctrine x2
Dark Trooper Project x2
Family Connections x2
Emperor’s Legion x2
Imperial Command x1
Enforced Loyalty x1
 
 
Random thoughts on LS:
Core Luke clears boards.  that guy is a wrecking ball.  Trust Your Feelings on Bren gets the job done too.
Commando Operations negating the resolution of the fate card effects but not the resolution of the fate card itself allowing for your commandos to jump in for free is…something.  Woe unto the DS player who even tries to get rid of fate cards in an edge stack.
4 Seeds of Decay is silly
A single Echoes with 4 Seeds of Decay is also silly
Crix is the man
 
Random thoughts on DS:
Playing a quality main every single turn is solid.
40% chance of starting the game with Jabba’s Rancor in hand is also solid.
Masterful Manipulating into Fearsome and Foul is also great.
Looping Sith Wyrms for edge is what worms were made for.
Ephont Mon is a great first turn.
Bane Malar’s a go-getter.
Abandoned Hideout does late-game work.
Administrative Detainment is a blow-out.
Surprise Feeding Frenzy on Bubo is just funny.
 
 
The Play of the Day goes to Travis P!
 
DS began the game with x2 Masterful Manipulation and opens with Debt Collector into Xizor commit.  Pretty good.
 
LS began the game with Asteroid Sanctuary, Against All Odds and Planning the Rescue tucking 3 cards under a single Masterful (Guest Quarters Rescue Mission and something else)
 
Travis opens with a Cloud City Operative and the Mission To Save a Friend searching his deck for Falcon and Dash.  He attacks with the Operative, Xizor steps up and Travis passes on edge.  DS passes and kills the operative.  Next he plays Rescue Mission and rips the Falcon.  Sends it in on the Masterful Manipulation without captured cards and with the added blast from Against All Odds blows it up.
 
Travis bounces Falcon for General Airen Cracken, stands up, rips his shirt off, beats his chest and screams “RELEASE THE CRACKEN!!”  attacks the Masterful Manipulation with 3 captured cards under it and blows it sky high.
 
There was a question regarding timing.  Cracken reacted first to the objective being destroyed and Travis decided to put out the cloud city guest quarters for free.  Xizor gets unlucky with his rip and pulls nothing of value.
 
Travis plays the Rescue Mission that he got from blowing up the objective to free Dash and sends Dash in at To Save a Friend.  Bids enough to get under and between Dash’s text, Against All Odds and unopposed he blows that one up too.
 
GG
 
Kiramode would have been proud.

The FFG Store Championship was held today.  8 people in attendance so 3 rounds of swiss no cut.  Shad and I were both undefeated going into round 3 when we faced off against one another.  A late appearance of Ferus Olin got me the blast I needed and sealed a long game where he nearly decked himself.  In the second game Pilot Han jumped on a Rogue Squadron X-wing pushing out my most relevant defender each turn.  He took one objective then built a board.  When he finally went in he did so with Home One, two corvettes each with an astromech droid on them and Han pushing out my Rancor.  I was not able to defend the trench.  Not sure all those capital ships fit in there, but with a Target of Opportunity and Resupply Depot he got the 10 blast he needed to win the game.  Shad took the tournament base on SoS.
 
1st (Shad)
Affiliation: Smugglers
Bucket of Bolts x1
Fortune and Fate x1
Renegade Squadron Mobilization x1
Defense of Yavin IV x2
Command and Control x2
The Rebel Fleet x2
Rogue Squadron Assault x1
 
Affiliation: Sith
Emperor's Web x2
Fall of the Jedi x2
Counsel of the Sith x2
Agent of the Emperor x1
Brothers of the Sith x1
Imperial Bureaucracy x1
Across the Jundland Wastes x1
 
 
2nd (me)
Affiliation: Smugglers
Against All Odds x2
Asteroid Sanctuary x1
May the Force Be With You x2
Hero's Journey x1
Deep Commitment x1
Watchers in the Wasteland x1
Survivors x1
Secret of Yavin IV x1
 
Affiliation: Scum
Masterful Manipulation x2
Hunter's Flight x2
Hutt's Menagerie x1
Empire's Elite x2
Defending the Trench x2
Guarding the Wing x1

hey, my card's been spoiled!  Hope people enjoy some original Dark Forces Targeted Strike!  I know Tyler does...

Congrats, Shad!
 
It is nice to see that the Core Set and some of the early stuff is still relevant. The new stuff seems to have added flavor and some complexity, but not made the earlier cards irrelevant, which is nice. I think that this fact makes the game more appealing to new players. People can buy the Core Set, one deluxe expansion, and a few packs, and actually make a competitive deck. You can't say that type of thing about many games. Cheers to the development team for creating a game that introduces interesting new mechanics and play strategies without making all of the previous cards obsolete. 

The FFG Store Championship was held today.  8 people in attendance so 3 rounds of swiss no cut.  Shad and I were both undefeated going into round 3 when we faced off against one another.  A late appearance of Ferus Olin got me the blast I needed and sealed a long game where he nearly decked himself.  In the second game Pilot Han jumped on a Rogue Squadron X-wing pushing out my most relevant defender each turn.  He took one objective then built a board.  When he finally went in he did so with Home One, two corvettes each with an astromech droid on them and Han pushing out my Rancor.  I was not able to defend the trench.  Not sure all those capital ships fit in there, but with a Target of Opportunity and Resupply Depot he got the 10 blast he needed to win the game.  Shad took the tournament base on SoS.
 
1st (Shad)
Affiliation: Smugglers
Bucket of Bolts x1
Fortune and Fate x1
Renegade Squadron Mobilization x1
Defense of Yavin IV x2
Command and Control x2
The Rebel Fleet x2
Rogue Squadron Assault x1
 
Affiliation: Sith
Emperor's Web x2
Fall of the Jedi x2
Counsel of the Sith x2
Agent of the Emperor x1
Brothers of the Sith x1
Imperial Bureaucracy x1
Across the Jundland Wastes x1
 
 
2nd (me)
Affiliation: Smugglers
Against All Odds x2
Asteroid Sanctuary x1
May the Force Be With You x2
Hero's Journey x1
Deep Commitment x1
Watchers in the Wasteland x1
Survivors x1
Secret of Yavin IV x1
 
Affiliation: Scum
Masterful Manipulation x2
Hunter's Flight x2
Hutt's Menagerie x1
Empire's Elite x2
Defending the Trench x2
Guarding the Wing x1

Shadows of Dathomir because nobody remembers what's in it and they always give me a "WTF?" face when I slap them with Disturbance in the Force.

a deck centered around Solo, huh....  You could try:
 
Affiliation: Smugglers and Spies
Bucket of Bolts x2
Questionable Contacts x2
Evacuation Procedure x2
Shield Generator Assault x2
Heroes and Legends x2
 
 
 
In seriousness though, Core set Han always was amazing and as more people move away from sith removal the better he becomes.  Although even in that match up he's very good.

hey, my card's been spoiled!  Hope people enjoy some original Dark Forces Targeted Strike!  I know Tyler does...

hey, my card's been spoiled!  Hope people enjoy some original Dark Forces Targeted Strike!  I know Tyler does...

Shad and I won the 2v2 tournament at worlds today.  Games were a lot closer and a lot more fun this year.  I thought Nathan Ferraro and his wife had us dead to rights despite us keeping their board clear the whole game, but at the last moment Shad remembered something about Qu Rahn's ability and not being able to split objective damage from a single instance of protect.  They were kind enough to let us try to recreate the board state and said if we had the answer in our next hand there was nothing they could do.  Shad top decked a black market exchange and a vehicle to sell so Maarek Stele could go crazy on the Executor.
 
In the final against Scott Egan and Tom Melucci they realized they couldn't control us looping Lightsaber Deflection and Let the Wookie Win with Chewbacca getting healed every turn from Last Minute Rescue.  So they decided to go super aggressive as DS and pitch their hands each turn to set the board up and dig for a core set Tarkin to blow up 5 objectives sending them all into one victory pile skyrocketing the dial.  We weren't finding a lot of blast, and despite drawing Luke Falcon and Cloud City Operative were still falling one bomb short.  That's when Tom Melucci NEW WORLD CHAMPION pointed out that we could play Let the Wookie Win try to cancel it with a Trust Me that was already at 4 damage blowing up the objective ticking up the dial to unfocus Obi Wan with a Force Cleansing on him to go in for the final bomb.  Crazy crazy format.
 
Deck Lists were:
 
Me: Smuggler
Trust Me x2
Survivors x2
MTFBWY x2
Hero's Journey x2
Secret of Yavin IV x2
 
Shad: Jedi
Wookie Life Debt x2
Questionable Contacts x2
Asteroid Sanctuary x2
Renegade Squadron Mobilization x1
Last Minute Rescue x1
Ties of Blood x1
Watchers in the Wasteland x1
 
 
 
Me: Scum
Masterful Manipulation x2
Slimiest Scheme x2
Hutt's Menagerie x1
The Hunters x1
Emperor's Web x2
Shadows of Dathomir x2
 
Shad: Scum
The Hunter's Flight x2
Nar Shadaa Drift x2
Emperor's Sword x2
Executor Arrives x2
Black Squadron Formation x2

Shad and I won the 2v2 tournament at worlds today.  Games were a lot closer and a lot more fun this year.  I thought Nathan Ferraro and his wife had us dead to rights despite us keeping their board clear the whole game, but at the last moment Shad remembered something about Qu Rahn's ability and not being able to split objective damage from a single instance of protect.  They were kind enough to let us try to recreate the board state and said if we had the answer in our next hand there was nothing they could do.  Shad top decked a black market exchange and a vehicle to sell so Maarek Stele could go crazy on the Executor.
 
In the final against Scott Egan and Tom Melucci they realized they couldn't control us looping Lightsaber Deflection and Let the Wookie Win with Chewbacca getting healed every turn from Last Minute Rescue.  So they decided to go super aggressive as DS and pitch their hands each turn to set the board up and dig for a core set Tarkin to blow up 5 objectives sending them all into one victory pile skyrocketing the dial.  We weren't finding a lot of blast, and despite drawing Luke Falcon and Cloud City Operative were still falling one bomb short.  That's when Tom Melucci NEW WORLD CHAMPION pointed out that we could play Let the Wookie Win try to cancel it with a Trust Me that was already at 4 damage blowing up the objective ticking up the dial to unfocus Obi Wan with a Force Cleansing on him to go in for the final bomb.  Crazy crazy format.
 
Deck Lists were:
 
Me: Smuggler
Trust Me x2
Survivors x2
MTFBWY x2
Hero's Journey x2
Secret of Yavin IV x2
 
Shad: Jedi
Wookie Life Debt x2
Questionable Contacts x2
Asteroid Sanctuary x2
Renegade Squadron Mobilization x1
Last Minute Rescue x1
Ties of Blood x1
Watchers in the Wasteland x1
 
 
 
Me: Scum
Masterful Manipulation x2
Slimiest Scheme x2
Hutt's Menagerie x1
The Hunters x1
Emperor's Web x2
Shadows of Dathomir x2
 
Shad: Scum
The Hunter's Flight x2
Nar Shadaa Drift x2
Emperor's Sword x2
Executor Arrives x2
Black Squadron Formation x2

Bumping this thread to let people know that there are indeed people in the Minneapolis area who play!