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Rebellion Expansion: Rise of the Empire

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05 May 2017 14:57 #247881 by lj1983
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/5/5/rise-of-the-empire/

pulls lots of stuff from Rogue One, and some other OT stuff (Jabba, Nebulon B) and does something to combat, which most people consider the weakest part of Rebellion. Back to the FFG tradition of the 1st expansion 'fixing' the game?

Don't think it needs fixing, but color me interested, even if this is one game where expansion stuff probably adds more bloat than anything gameplay wise.
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05 May 2017 15:06 #247883 by san il defanso
I'm excited about this. I liked Rebellion a whole lot, and I was actually watching Rogue One the other day and thinking "I'd love to see some of this stuff incorporated into Rebellion."

Mixed on the new combat rules, without more info. I think it misunderstands the key complaint I've heard about the combat, which is that it's in the wargame tradition of essentially being a separate little game. I actually think the original combat is fine as is, for the most part.
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05 May 2017 15:31 - 05 May 2017 15:31 #247888 by charlest
Yeah, I'm kind of looking forward to the combat changes (unique decks for each side and reliance on unit effects like Forbidden Stars), but for people that really hate the combat this seems to exasperate it, as if they're doubling down on it.

I also think it's a little weird that the game has U-Wings and TIE Strikers before it has A/B-Wings and TIE Ints.

With that being said, I'm still very excited. This was my top game of 2016 (just edged out Captain Sonar) and could very well be a top 10 game for me.
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05 May 2017 16:28 #247893 by Msample

lj1983 wrote: Back to the FFG tradition of the 1st expansion 'fixing' the game?

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The game was never broken its just some didn't understandably care for the combat system.
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05 May 2017 18:03 #247904 by Michael Barnes
It sounds like they are "fixing" the combat by making it WORSE- i.e., more complex. Is fucking Trump running FFG?

The right way to do this would be "hey, we've added a simplified combat system for those that enjoy the rest of the game...and here is all of the cool Rogue One stuff".

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06 May 2017 05:13 #247911 by southernman
Nothing wrong with the combat, those that don't like it there's always Star Wars Risk for them.

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