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FFG announces - Imperial Assault
15 Aug 2014 13:19 - 15 Aug 2014 13:21 #184900
by Egg Shen
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So FFG just gave their annual In Flight thingie at Gen Con. They announced a few things, but the big game was Star Wars: Imperial Assault. They describe the game as Descent 2.0 meets Star Wars.
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15 Aug 2014 13:24 #184901
by VonTush
Replied by VonTush on topic Re: FFG announces - Imperial Assault
I really like Descent 2.0. So gut reaction is excitement.
What I need to see though is more about what the game actually is...So I'm cautiously optimistic.
What I need to see though is more about what the game actually is...So I'm cautiously optimistic.
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15 Aug 2014 13:37 #184902
by Michael Barnes
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Ugh, I dunno...the Star Wars thing makes me lower my guard, the Descent thing makes me put it back up. I do not have any desire to play a game anything like Descent any time soon. I'd rather this be something like the D&DAS games- easy to play, fun, not a lot of bullshit, not four hours per sit-down. Which does not match the Descent sell sheet at all. Guardedly pessimistic.
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15 Aug 2014 13:37 #184903
by Hex Sinister
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I'll keep my mind open but at first glance it seems random and odd.
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15 Aug 2014 13:41 #184905
by Green Lantern
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Looks like this is intended to easily integrate with their RPG line so put me down as interested. Any idea what the MSRP might be?
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15 Aug 2014 13:43 - 15 Aug 2014 13:52 #184906
by Mr. White
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So, you'd be interested in something like this ?
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Michael Barnes wrote: I'd rather this be something like the D&DAS games- easy to play, fun, not a lot of bullshit, not four hours per sit-down.
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So, you'd be interested in something like this ?
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15 Aug 2014 13:43 #184907
by Gary Sax
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...my reaction is similar to Barnes. I'm not interested in this. Star Wars has never struck me as a universe that would have people clamoring for a hallway shooter. I could be totally wrong about that, though.
I can see where it would be worth a try from their perspective.
I can see where it would be worth a try from their perspective.
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15 Aug 2014 13:48 #184909
by Bull Nakano
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This could be cool, descent 2nd ed is a pretty good system. Star Wars has a bunch of good troop types and monsters to use, this won't feel as limited as the space combat games. Looking forward to it, if the OT main characters come in the base box I'm probably in.
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15 Aug 2014 13:52 #184911
by edulis
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What about X-wing? I hear rumor of a new faction... bounty hunters with three new ships and then an aces type pack to convert hwks or y wings or something.
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15 Aug 2014 13:53 #184913
by Msample
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What are you going to do? Shoot monsters in a trash compactor ? Chop off some guy's arm in a bar?
Color me indifferent. Star Wars is about space, not melee combat.
Color me indifferent. Star Wars is about space, not melee combat.
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15 Aug 2014 13:56 #184915
by Gary Sax
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People enjoy very different parts of Star Wars, I guess...
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15 Aug 2014 13:58 #184918
by Shellhead
Plenty of science-fiction movies feature space ship combat. Star Wars is famous for the light sabers.
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Msample wrote: What are you going to do? Shoot monsters in a trash compactor ? Chop off some guy's arm in a bar?
Color me indifferent. Star Wars is about space, not melee combat.
Plenty of science-fiction movies feature space ship combat. Star Wars is famous for the light sabers.
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15 Aug 2014 14:02 #184921
by Grudunza
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I think SW bridges space battle with more conventional shoot 'em up land-based things, so this type of game could be cool for what it is.
An interesting thing to note is that FFG is specifically billing this as a "board game," which may mean that they have now acquired the rights to produce SW board games... previously it was only minis and card games. So there's a chance that something really great in the SW board game arena could come out from FFG, maybe relating to episode 7, or possibly a SW version of TI3 as some have talked about.
An interesting thing to note is that FFG is specifically billing this as a "board game," which may mean that they have now acquired the rights to produce SW board games... previously it was only minis and card games. So there's a chance that something really great in the SW board game arena could come out from FFG, maybe relating to episode 7, or possibly a SW version of TI3 as some have talked about.
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15 Aug 2014 14:05 #184922
by Michael Barnes
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You know what's a good game? Epic Duels.
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15 Aug 2014 14:11 #184923
by black inferno
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Namedrop Descent in your description and you've immediately lost me.
Wow! That's unexpected and wonderful. I'll be really curious to see what the setting is. They've done one game in Ravenloft, one in Mystara, one in boring-ass Forgotten Realms. Dragonlance or (highly unlikely) Dark Sun, please?
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Michael Barnes wrote: I'd rather this be something like the D&DAS games- easy to play, fun, not a lot of bullshit, not four hours per sit-down.
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So, you'd be interested in something like this ?
Wow! That's unexpected and wonderful. I'll be really curious to see what the setting is. They've done one game in Ravenloft, one in Mystara, one in boring-ass Forgotten Realms. Dragonlance or (highly unlikely) Dark Sun, please?
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