How are the Mighty Fallen

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! (II Samuel 1:27)

Well, not quite...

In the evening's first game, Sith Wood made a major tactical blunder and left the Outer Rim in Rebel control. Generalissimo LaBan seized the moment and, with certain intelligence about the Emperor's whereabouts and ten legions of fresh troops, he struck out from Mon Calamari to Bpfassh. He quickly cut through the light garrisons there and at Dagobah before slaughtering the last holdouts at Hoth. Game Rebels.

I think that's five in a row for LaBan, three of them as Rebel Leader.

A second battle for galactic domination ensued immediately afterward. This time the mighty did indeed fall.

Empire and Hutts assaulted mercilessly, driving the Imperial Forces down to a last few planets. A bungled "final victory" sweep gave the Hutts one last chance but Tatooine was a planet too far. The Storm Troopers, in the end, eliminated every last Rebel troop.

Because Rebel Leader LaBan only won half of tonight's games, we are publishing only half of an embarrassing photograph.

Einstein's Definition of Insanity

Sith Wood and I have been doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, exactly Einstein's definition of insanity.  Of course, the Sith was out of sorts last Thursday, so it's not surprising that we got clobbered.  Those pesky Rebels under Generalissimo LaBan have been blasting Death Stars (fully operational ones) and taking out star bases at an incredible rate.  Most notably, the star bases always seem to be the ones concealing the Emperor.  The Hutts really haven't had a chance to accumulate resource planets.  :-((

At left, Generalissimo LaBan shows his prize-winning form. 

Peetza da Hutt Wins Again... Wait, those Hutts are Rebels?!

The table got turned last Thursday--Darth Horak played the slimy green Hutts, Deputy Squadron Leader Wood went over to the dark side, and Peetza da Hutt took up the Rebel cause.

Even with good dice (four 6's in a row anyone), five starting resource planets, and reasonable cards, Karl the Hutt slowly fell behind.  Once the Hutt menace was contained, Darth Wood chopped up the Rebels well and good.


After six turns the only Imperial bases that had been damaged were those displaced by Hutts.  The Core Worlds changed color like a chameleon every turn and in the end it was one system short of being an Imperial province.

With the fate of the galaxy looking dismal, the Rebels made a valiant last stand at Bespin... and survived.  Another Imperial onslaught in the Outer Rim also fell short.  Even so, the Rebelion was holding on to less than eight systems.  Darth Wood moved reinforcements to the Outer Rim to guarantee a crushing victory there the next turn. 

Except there was no next turn.  The Rebels played their "One in a Million" card (just picked up the previous round) and took out the Death Star at Duro.  The single Imperial garrison was no match for the modest but desperate Rebel assault force.  The Storm Troopers were wiped out and, to both Rebel and Hutt astonishment, the Emperor was captured.  A Rebel victory was pulled out of the hat at the last minute and it was a third victory in a row for Ric. 

At left Generalissimo LaBan dons protective gear before assaulting the Death Star.