In a casual 3-player game with nephews David and Peter, it was definitely a case of expect the unexpected. The game spanned two evenings before its eventual conclusion in turn 7, an unusually long game.
At the start, superior dice rolling and strategic targeting put the E-vile Emperor in the lead. The Rebels, led by Deputy Rebel Leader David, looked to be out of the game within a few turns as they were herded into a few concentrations within the Mid Rim and a couple of isolated, weak pockets.
Peter the Hutt managed to hold onto his forces, keeping about even with his starting troop levels. That said, he was still down in the basement with only three resource planets. When the Empire blew up Bespin, things looked desperate.
Somehow, the Rebels managed to knock out a couple star bases and move the force meter over far to the Light side. But things looked grim for the Rebels and an Imperial victory seemed likely.
But on the second evening, things took a disturbingly different turn -- the Rebels used a faction card to destroy two Imperial cards. They managed to take away the "blow up the Wild Space" card and the "add 1-6 troops to an invaded planet" cards. Then the Hutts managed to dynamite the garrison at Balmorra. These events set the Empire back significantly, just when they were advancing on Elom to destroy the Hutt resource planet and the Wild Space sector bonus that they were gaining.
With the Peter the Hutt intent upon kicking the Empire to the curb, the almost-destroyed Rebels put on their big girl panties and began to attack out of the worthless and ignored Ison Corridor. When they destroyed a fifth star base and still hadn't located the Emperor, the gig was up.
But the game wasn't over yet -- the fat Hutt hadn't sung. The Imperial garrison held off the Rebel invasion at Sullust. The Hutts responded with a run of resource planets, getting up to nine but not the winning tenth system.
The Rebels, not terribly strong, but strong enough, took another run at Sullust and this time managed to take the system and win the game. Both Peter and Karl "tasted bitter."
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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