I Am One With The Fourth
Happy Star Wars Day!
I like Star Wars (a lot). If I weren't watching Empire Strikes Back with my oldest (YESSSS!), I'd be playing a Star Wars game (which I might do anyway after the movie). I think I'd go with #Star Wars: Outer Rim first, followed by #Star Wars: Destiny. Of course, I'd play X-Wing in a heartbeat if I had someone to play with haha
So! What is your favorite Star Wars game, and are you playing it today?
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BenjaminK 8 months ago
Nice! I understand the not wanting to get it all back out and set it all back up. I have games like that as well. I'd probably play them more if I could just leave them setup, but our kids would destroy and devastate haha
nealkfrank 8 months ago
I think of all the Star Wars board games though, I would want to play #Star Wars: Outer Rim the most. I like the mechanics and the wacky-ness that can happen in it.
BenjaminK 8 months ago
It's so good. I'd love for a 5-6 player expansion with more player-versus-player combat :)
BenjaminK 8 months ago
This is true. I'd love a Mandalorian themed expansion, or a Mid Rim expansion (since Naboo is technically in the Mid Rim anyway...).
BenjaminK 8 months ago
There really isn’t much personal conflict against players normally. But things do get more crowded which is fun. I’d just like more battles and fights between players, which is currently only possible with a few abilities and jobs and whatnot.
nealkfrank 8 months ago
Ya, the game itself does not seem to me like a game that needs player conflict THAT much, but it would not hurt!
BenjaminK 8 months ago
That's true; I guess it doesn't need it. But I would like to engage in "aggressive negotiations" with other players if they get too high in reputation haha
nealkfrank 8 months ago
I have not played a single Star Wars board game, but like @theDL I have played video games. I will go with the original Star Wars Battlefront 2, not the new one...
I am also planning on getting Star Wars Fallen Order here soon.
nealkfrank 8 months ago
I actually just bought it yesterday! It was on sale on the PS4 for the May 4th!
BenjaminK 8 months ago
I love those Battlefront games. I haven't played any of the new Battlefronts, but I have read the books associated with them haha
nealkfrank 8 months ago
I have thought about getting into reading some star wars book, just never got around to it. I am still catching up on the classics that I neglected for years like Dune and LOTR.
BenjaminK 8 months ago
I highly recommend the classics. But if you do start reading Star Wars novels, I love the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn. There's an old trilogy by him and a newer "official canon" version. Both are great. And the Battlefront books are excellent war stories that happen to be set in the Star Wars universe. I was quite impressed with them.
BenjaminK 8 months ago
Those are all good choices! The only one in the new canon I didn't really care for was the one from Luke's POV. It was OK, but not terribly wonderful. I've read (or listened to) most of the others.
theDL 8 months ago
FWIW the new Battlefront 2 is actually pretty fun. Since they pulled back all of their pay to win crap, they've put together a pretty good game. This is coming from someone got tired of the first new one real quick.
Fallen Order is pretty cool.
nealkfrank 8 months ago
I dont play a ton of online stuff, thats the main issue I have, which is why Fallen Order is my game of choice.
theDL 8 months ago
I'm more and more that way too. But TBH it's fairly rare that I play ANY video game in the last year or so. Although during quarantine I have been playing The Show with a friend online to get our baseball fix, haha.
Skurvy5 Supporter8 months ago
We are currently getting new carpet upstairs but once that’s done by Wednesday afternoon then I’ll be starting a new Imperial Assault campaign! I had to pack up Gloomhaven to move all our furniture and I think I’ll leave it packed up for a while.