Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Fail Again, Fail Better

This week's festivities started off with some serious dice rolling, including the Rebels gaining territory.  But furious counter-attacks (and obliteration by the Death Star), kept those gains from being realized. 

Darth Wood, Sith Lord of the Dark Dice, did a righteous job of clobbering Rebel Leader Horak.  But Peetza da Hutt aka the Boom-Boom LaBan took advantage of the Rebel weaknesses, sweeping to victory. 

Victory Hutts. 

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Victory is Mine at Last!

...but then there's that embarrassing photograph.  Note to self:  degauss Ric's hard drive and steal the SD card.


Thankfully, after the Hutts (Kent) and the e-vile Emperor (Ric) whomped on the Rebels (yours truly), I was up against the ropes with 10 troops and 6 systems.  Luckily for the freedom of the galaxy, the Death Star had gone on walk-about, destroying systems willy-nilly.  Well, actually, it was just Sluis Van and Duro.

And with their demise, the only soft target was Bespin.  With some lucky cards and some lucky dice rolls, the star base fell, only to reveal that the Sith Lord was there all along.  Amazingly, this star base had been the first one out.

Victory Rebels.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Catching up

May 17

Ric beats the tar out of Kent and I.  Don't remember much except that he was then in a position to try for a trifecta -- three wins in a row, each with a different force.

May 24

Whew, close run thing.  I play Kent off of Ric and take home a victory, breaking Ric's winning streak.  Trifecta avoided.  A second game is begun but not completed.


June 5

In a rare non-Thursday bout, we first view the transit of Venus.  I suppose we'll still be playing SWR in 108 years when it comes 'round again.

We pick up where we left off two weeks previously (see image), fortified by Olive Garden take-out.  In short order, I antagonize Kent resulting in troops being flung across the room.  He responds by blasting my forces.  Result:  Ric wins. 


Without any serious celestial events this coming week, we expect a normal game.  No telling what the menu might be.