Ric, aka Peetza da Hutt, swooped to victory last week leaving Darth Horak and Rebel Leader Wood to pound sand.
It does seem like the wily Hutts come out on top often, so I thought I'd look at the numbers from record. Turns out that since January, we've had four Imperial victories, six Rebel victories, 12 Hutt victories, and two draws. So our collective memory was right--the Hutts do seem to have an advantage.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Two-person SWR
With Ric da Hutt gallivanting around back East, Kent and I were left to our own meager devices. Ultimately, we decided to try the 2-person version of galactic domination where Hutts are neutral.
We quickly realized that without the threat of Hutt offensives, we could concentrate on collecting sectors. As Rebel Leader, I attempted to concentrate Hutts in a few useful garrisons, leaving the remaining few singletons to be snarfed up on my first turn. That would deny the Empire any easy Hutt faction cards.
But sometimes the ol' strategy doesn't work out quite the way one planned. Two Hutt garrisons (rolled by Sith Lord Kent) survived. In the end, there were lots of Storm Troopers and still the Empire received a faction card for knocking off the last easy Hutts.
From there it was downhill for the Rebels. With the Force Meter out of balance (it's initial position), the Imperial advantage in faction cards was telling. In four turns the Rebels were eliminated.
Just for fun, we switched roles and tried again. Even with improved use of the Hutt garrisons to frustrate our opponents, the faction card advantage quickly built up and the Rebels were again destroyed.
Note to self: 2-player Star Wars Risk needs to be reworked to provide balance. As for now, the 3-player version is the best of the lot.
We quickly realized that without the threat of Hutt offensives, we could concentrate on collecting sectors. As Rebel Leader, I attempted to concentrate Hutts in a few useful garrisons, leaving the remaining few singletons to be snarfed up on my first turn. That would deny the Empire any easy Hutt faction cards.
But sometimes the ol' strategy doesn't work out quite the way one planned. Two Hutt garrisons (rolled by Sith Lord Kent) survived. In the end, there were lots of Storm Troopers and still the Empire received a faction card for knocking off the last easy Hutts.
From there it was downhill for the Rebels. With the Force Meter out of balance (it's initial position), the Imperial advantage in faction cards was telling. In four turns the Rebels were eliminated.
Just for fun, we switched roles and tried again. Even with improved use of the Hutt garrisons to frustrate our opponents, the faction card advantage quickly built up and the Rebels were again destroyed.
Note to self: 2-player Star Wars Risk needs to be reworked to provide balance. As for now, the 3-player version is the best of the lot.
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