Leftover Lo Han Choi over jasmine rice set the stage for an evening battling for galactic domination. Somehow we settled into the typical roles: Major Ursa (Kent), Peetza da Hutt (Ric), and Darth Horak.
Game 1. Straight out of the starting blocks the Empire took heavy casualities and was never really a threat. Despite this, fortifications in the Wild Space were going to take a very long time to reduce. When the Rebels finally ground the Hutts down to a handful of planets, it was declared a Rebel victory. To everyone's surprise, the Emperor was not buried in the Wild Space but out in the El'Rood Sector with only a single garrison for protection.
Game 2. What a difference a setup makes. This time the Rebels were crippled from the beginning. With the Hutts constantly threatening victory, the Death Star stationed at Duro was a successful strategy. Eventually, the Storm Troopers were able to destroy a resource planet in the Mid Rim, hold back an invasion of the Wild Space, and lock in the Ison Corridor. Finally we called it a Hutt-Empire draw, but since I'm maintaining the blog, I'll file this post under "Imperial victory." :-))
Meanwhile, Joe from CA twittered this link for fans of Storm Troopers.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Epic Battle for Galactic Domination
A record-setting struggle for control of the galaxy took place this week. Amazingly, it ran nine turns. With each swing of the Risk pendulum, another force took the forefront only to be subsequently swept away.
Initial good luck by the Rebels led to early destruction of the Death Star and discovery of the Emperor's lair. Unfortunately, the Empire struck back with a new Death Star immediately afterward. Several Rebel attacks on the Hoth stronghold were repelled before the Darth LaBan cleared out the Ison Corridor, making it nearly impossible for the Rebels to gain access to the Evil One.
Meanwhile, the Kumquat the Hutt, who earlier were willing to call it a draw after several failed attempts to take the winning resource planet from the Empire, eventually rebuilt their strength and swept to victory.
Initial good luck by the Rebels led to early destruction of the Death Star and discovery of the Emperor's lair. Unfortunately, the Empire struck back with a new Death Star immediately afterward. Several Rebel attacks on the Hoth stronghold were repelled before the Darth LaBan cleared out the Ison Corridor, making it nearly impossible for the Rebels to gain access to the Evil One.
Meanwhile, the Kumquat the Hutt, who earlier were willing to call it a draw after several failed attempts to take the winning resource planet from the Empire, eventually rebuilt their strength and swept to victory.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Empire Trumps Rebels and Hutts
Game 1
An early appearance of "Clumsy as he is stupid" turned a potential Hutt onslaught into a disaster. The loss of nearly ten Hutt legions while attempting his first invasion of the second turn effectively knocked Peetza da Hutt out of the game. The Hutts were never a serious threat thereafter.
Meanwhile, Darth Horak steadily built up and fortified the Wild Spaces, keeping the Rebels at bay for the duration of the struggle. He was aided by the fact that the Emperor didn't make his debut until the 6th turn.
Game 2
Seeking revenge, the Hutts quickly overran the Rebels in the Core Worlds and Outer Rim. Vicious attacks between Rebels and Storm Troopers in the Ison Corridor and El Rood Sector gave Peetza the edge he needed to roll over Major Ursa's lightly garrisoned planets.
An early appearance of "Clumsy as he is stupid" turned a potential Hutt onslaught into a disaster. The loss of nearly ten Hutt legions while attempting his first invasion of the second turn effectively knocked Peetza da Hutt out of the game. The Hutts were never a serious threat thereafter.
Meanwhile, Darth Horak steadily built up and fortified the Wild Spaces, keeping the Rebels at bay for the duration of the struggle. He was aided by the fact that the Emperor didn't make his debut until the 6th turn.
Game 2
Seeking revenge, the Hutts quickly overran the Rebels in the Core Worlds and Outer Rim. Vicious attacks between Rebels and Storm Troopers in the Ison Corridor and El Rood Sector gave Peetza the edge he needed to roll over Major Ursa's lightly garrisoned planets.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Quick Retro-temporal Summary
Kent, aka Major Ursa, drew the much-dreaded "Clumsy as he is stupid" card on his first turn. I, aka Darth Horak, took nearly a dozen storm troopers and destroyed a weak Hutt garrison before falling victim to the dastardly effects of The Card. The Empire never recovered although it took six turns for the good major to finish off the game.
In a second struggle for galactic domination, the Empire quickly gained two hardened sectors and grievously injured the Rebels. But a miscalculation let the Hutt take out and string of weak Rebel planets and gain victory.
Meh!
In a second struggle for galactic domination, the Empire quickly gained two hardened sectors and grievously injured the Rebels. But a miscalculation let the Hutt take out and string of weak Rebel planets and gain victory.
Meh!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Long Live the Empire
This guest report just in...
Stardate: Early AM 17 Juli 20009
Location: Last Rebel Outpost on Hapes, Increasing phosphoric phaser
streamers overhead
Clagg Mondrehedron reporting for Inter Galactic News Services
Dire news fellow stellar citizens. In a bold move the Empire under Darth
Horak and his Sith Lord Schlepp are not just striving to overrun the major
star systems, they are conquering it at this very nano second.
We are in confusion and dissarray to put it mildly and diplomatically. In
actuality, there are a lot of wet uniform pants scurrying about in circles.
Empire's new super weapon, dreaded double 88's, unleashed with awful
carnage at the Battle of Gomorr Gateway, terrorized the ineffectual Rebels into
submission after wiping out Platoon 13. Devastated, Ursa Major
schizophrenically split into the whining despondent commander we have all come to detest,
old habits dying hard. He has yet to recover and is undergoing immediate
surgery with the dangerous temporal lobo neural realignment procedure after
being awake half the night blithering and moaning "the dice are killing me,
tigers, panthers, 88's, OH MY, Oh, look, a chicken." The High Rebel
Alliance is desperately seeking a new commander.
Perhaps Terra's Rebel Lease Lend Act will finally move from negotiating
tables to the battlefield. One can only hope.
Not even the wily Hutts led by the indomitable Peetza and his Hero Legion
of Bombers could counteract the oppressing numbers of storm troopers. Sector
after sector fell. Peetza was overheard saying, "Take a lesson from the
dude, man, chill out, bowl if necessary. There will be another day to drink
beer and demolish the Za."
Rebel Command has issued order 67, evacuate all sectors and rendezvous at
coordinates B-A-D, that is Bravo, Alpha, Dago at ...
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
THIS IS REBEL HIGH COMMAND CONFIRMING ORDER 67 B-A-D; BRAVO-ALPHA-DAGO.
STOUT CLAGG MONDREHEDRON HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY IMPERIAL FORCES. WE DO NOT
KNOW IF HE HAS SURVIVED THE ONSLAUGHT.
BY DECREE OF THE HIGH COMMAND OF THE REBEL ALLIANCE: ORDER 170720009 A
ZEBRA-
ALL REBEL FORCES AND ASSOCIATED NEWS PERSONNEL WILL REFRAIN FROM
PERSONALIZING ANYTHING IMPERIALLY RELATED AS "THOSE BUGGERING 88'S" UNDER PENALTY OF
IMMEDIATE COURT MARTIAL OR EXPULSION FROM ANY AND ALL NEWS NETWORKS AND LOSS
OF OFFICIAL STATUS. THE SPICE MINES OF KESSEL ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD
REBELS.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF GOMMORR GATEWAY 16 JULI 20009: SIGHTED
EMPEROR, SANK US.
END TRANSMISSION
________________
Our regular contributor is out of the office this week. The views expressed by the author are his own and do not reflect those of the Star Wars Risk blog.
Stardate: Early AM 17 Juli 20009
Location: Last Rebel Outpost on Hapes, Increasing phosphoric phaser
streamers overhead
Clagg Mondrehedron reporting for Inter Galactic News Services
Dire news fellow stellar citizens. In a bold move the Empire under Darth
Horak and his Sith Lord Schlepp are not just striving to overrun the major
star systems, they are conquering it at this very nano second.
We are in confusion and dissarray to put it mildly and diplomatically. In
actuality, there are a lot of wet uniform pants scurrying about in circles.
Empire's new super weapon, dreaded double 88's, unleashed with awful
carnage at the Battle of Gomorr Gateway, terrorized the ineffectual Rebels into
submission after wiping out Platoon 13. Devastated, Ursa Major
schizophrenically split into the whining despondent commander we have all come to detest,
old habits dying hard. He has yet to recover and is undergoing immediate
surgery with the dangerous temporal lobo neural realignment procedure after
being awake half the night blithering and moaning "the dice are killing me,
tigers, panthers, 88's, OH MY, Oh, look, a chicken." The High Rebel
Alliance is desperately seeking a new commander.
Perhaps Terra's Rebel Lease Lend Act will finally move from negotiating
tables to the battlefield. One can only hope.
Not even the wily Hutts led by the indomitable Peetza and his Hero Legion
of Bombers could counteract the oppressing numbers of storm troopers. Sector
after sector fell. Peetza was overheard saying, "Take a lesson from the
dude, man, chill out, bowl if necessary. There will be another day to drink
beer and demolish the Za."
Rebel Command has issued order 67, evacuate all sectors and rendezvous at
coordinates B-A-D, that is Bravo, Alpha, Dago at ...
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
THIS IS REBEL HIGH COMMAND CONFIRMING ORDER 67 B-A-D; BRAVO-ALPHA-DAGO.
STOUT CLAGG MONDREHEDRON HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY IMPERIAL FORCES. WE DO NOT
KNOW IF HE HAS SURVIVED THE ONSLAUGHT.
BY DECREE OF THE HIGH COMMAND OF THE REBEL ALLIANCE: ORDER 170720009 A
ZEBRA-
ALL REBEL FORCES AND ASSOCIATED NEWS PERSONNEL WILL REFRAIN FROM
PERSONALIZING ANYTHING IMPERIALLY RELATED AS "THOSE BUGGERING 88'S" UNDER PENALTY OF
IMMEDIATE COURT MARTIAL OR EXPULSION FROM ANY AND ALL NEWS NETWORKS AND LOSS
OF OFFICIAL STATUS. THE SPICE MINES OF KESSEL ARE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD
REBELS.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF GOMMORR GATEWAY 16 JULI 20009: SIGHTED
EMPEROR, SANK US.
END TRANSMISSION
________________
Our regular contributor is out of the office this week. The views expressed by the author are his own and do not reflect those of the Star Wars Risk blog.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Hutt, Hutt, Hutt
Three straight for the Hutts last night. Birthday Boy, Kent started out as Rebel Leader aka Major Ursa. Ric was Peetza da Hutt. Once he started getting 3-4 faction cards per turn, we just couldn't knock him back down far enough. Hutt victory in about 4 turns.
In game 2, Kent moved over to the dark side as Darthzilla, while I took up the green hoard. Amazingly, I was able to make a dash for victory on the first turn. My 4-3-2 beat Ric's Rebellious 3-2 defence on the last planet.
In game 3, Kent played Hutts while I took the Rebels. Badly beaten up by both opponents, I just eaked out a defensive game while Hutts and the Empire duked it out. The Storm Troopers looked to be on the edge of victory, driving me down to one single Rebel planet, but they failed to make the kill because Kent aka Kumquat the Hutt had made the Empire take the long way round. The Rebels bounced back up to 4 planets. Then Kumquat cashed in faction cards and took his hoard into Gamorr and the Wild Space for ten resource planets in the 7th turn.
In game 2, Kent moved over to the dark side as Darthzilla, while I took up the green hoard. Amazingly, I was able to make a dash for victory on the first turn. My 4-3-2 beat Ric's Rebellious 3-2 defence on the last planet.
In game 3, Kent played Hutts while I took the Rebels. Badly beaten up by both opponents, I just eaked out a defensive game while Hutts and the Empire duked it out. The Storm Troopers looked to be on the edge of victory, driving me down to one single Rebel planet, but they failed to make the kill because Kent aka Kumquat the Hutt had made the Empire take the long way round. The Rebels bounced back up to 4 planets. Then Kumquat cashed in faction cards and took his hoard into Gamorr and the Wild Space for ten resource planets in the 7th turn.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Will those pesky Rebels just stop it!
This dispatch just in from our reporter embedded with the Rebel forces:
Stardate: 2 JU 20009
WHEREABOUTS: FERENGII QUARTER
GALACTIC NEWS LLC: Clagg Mondrehedron reporting
Starfolks of the Galaxy, I have not long to report as evacuation Stardusters are about to launch us to safer places after an incredibly botched job by the Rebel High Command. Nowhere in any quadrant along the Galactic Axis or the Concourse is safe. Imperial troops whipped into a frenzy by Lord Sith Thor are out for Rebel blood and Hutt slime.
Lord Sith Thor is humble and mute on the turn of events claiming a draw. Draw, Hah, my Imperial Stuchensucher! (However rebel insect-droid spies did report the High Lord immediate ordered another dram of single malt upon receiving the news of the devasting trap sprung by a relatively unknown Rebel commander). I will tell you this, it is a black hole day across the Universe for the Rebellion. Imperial storm troopers are everywhere, in vast numbers
here-to-fore unseen with new weapons of mass disintigration. Desperate days are ahead.
And talk of faulty initiator crystals by inept Rebel Generals is old and wearing thin. Please, quit blaming the Hutts, it is always Hutt this and Hutt that. The High Command should get off its fat Starbase Ass and do something worthwhile for a change, providing they actually want the Galaxy to be safe (or are Rebel Pod contracts too lucrative?). The Hutts are nothing more
than opportunistic stellar capitalists, nothing more. If Hutt initiator crystals are actually the cause, a detachment should be sent to Beyond and dealings made with Ferengii smugglers for whatever terms.
After a brilliant feint and trap in the Elrood sector led by rising Star Commander Erwin Patton of the 3rd Rebel Star Army Korps, the High Command fell into disarray. Internal squabbling over which Rebel Bozo should receive credit for the Commander's promotion and the illustrious Polar Star Medallion initiated a Peter Principle upward through the High Command, splitting it
into two factions for and against Commander Patton. Note: The Galaxy is being overun and the silly k-nig-hets of the High Command are concerned about their chest medals, Stellar Saints Almighty!
Of course, a momentary lapse of judgment when Commander Patton slapped General Monty's eldest nephew, breaking his Ray Bans and denting his Beret did not help. Scuttlebutt has it Patton was immediately relieved of command, widening the split between High Command factions. Many consider Monty's nephew foppish. Alliance Dimwits then bungled every attempt to stave off further Imperial Expansion. So a brilliant opening move in the galactic chess
game evaporated into stellar dust. One can only hope the High Command will come to its senses, reinstate the Commander, rally our forces and turn this Imperial onslaught around.
Gotta board, the finally klaxons are wailing.
Stardate: 2 JU 20009
WHEREABOUTS: FERENGII QUARTER
GALACTIC NEWS LLC: Clagg Mondrehedron reporting
Starfolks of the Galaxy, I have not long to report as evacuation Stardusters are about to launch us to safer places after an incredibly botched job by the Rebel High Command. Nowhere in any quadrant along the Galactic Axis or the Concourse is safe. Imperial troops whipped into a frenzy by Lord Sith Thor are out for Rebel blood and Hutt slime.
Lord Sith Thor is humble and mute on the turn of events claiming a draw. Draw, Hah, my Imperial Stuchensucher! (However rebel insect-droid spies did report the High Lord immediate ordered another dram of single malt upon receiving the news of the devasting trap sprung by a relatively unknown Rebel commander). I will tell you this, it is a black hole day across the Universe for the Rebellion. Imperial storm troopers are everywhere, in vast numbers
here-to-fore unseen with new weapons of mass disintigration. Desperate days are ahead.
And talk of faulty initiator crystals by inept Rebel Generals is old and wearing thin. Please, quit blaming the Hutts, it is always Hutt this and Hutt that. The High Command should get off its fat Starbase Ass and do something worthwhile for a change, providing they actually want the Galaxy to be safe (or are Rebel Pod contracts too lucrative?). The Hutts are nothing more
than opportunistic stellar capitalists, nothing more. If Hutt initiator crystals are actually the cause, a detachment should be sent to Beyond and dealings made with Ferengii smugglers for whatever terms.
After a brilliant feint and trap in the Elrood sector led by rising Star Commander Erwin Patton of the 3rd Rebel Star Army Korps, the High Command fell into disarray. Internal squabbling over which Rebel Bozo should receive credit for the Commander's promotion and the illustrious Polar Star Medallion initiated a Peter Principle upward through the High Command, splitting it
into two factions for and against Commander Patton. Note: The Galaxy is being overun and the silly k-nig-hets of the High Command are concerned about their chest medals, Stellar Saints Almighty!
Of course, a momentary lapse of judgment when Commander Patton slapped General Monty's eldest nephew, breaking his Ray Bans and denting his Beret did not help. Scuttlebutt has it Patton was immediately relieved of command, widening the split between High Command factions. Many consider Monty's nephew foppish. Alliance Dimwits then bungled every attempt to stave off further Imperial Expansion. So a brilliant opening move in the galactic chess
game evaporated into stellar dust. One can only hope the High Command will come to its senses, reinstate the Commander, rally our forces and turn this Imperial onslaught around.
Gotta board, the finally klaxons are wailing.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)