Pre-Battle thoughts (Shaun)

“It is your destiny!”
“Yub! Yub”
“It’s a Trap!”

This game will be the first time I have played with cards already in the arena using one of Trent’s fixed setups and a deck that focuses on recreating a battle from the movies for a battle report. Ackbar will lead an Alliance Assault Fleet in space, with Luke set to verse his Father and Ewoks + Luke’s Speeder to run interference in ground. I don’t fully like what I drew for my hand so “may the Force be with us (me)” indeed!

Fixed Setup (From Epic Star Wars Battles - Battle of Endor Article)

Fixed Setup - Dark Side (29 Build).
Character: Darth Vader (W) with Darth Vader’s Lightsaber (B) equipped
Ground: Endor Bunker (A) & Stormtrooper Bunker Guard
Space: Death Star II (D) & Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A)

Location: Throne Room Underworks

Once you have the Fixed Setup sorted then shuffle your deck and the Dark Side player gets 30 build points and then continues Setup as normal.

Fixed Setup - Light Side (32 Build).
Character: Luke Skywalker (T) with Luke Skywalker (S) stacked underneath
Ground: Ewok Militia & Luke’s Speeder Bike (A)
Space: Alliance Assault Fleet with Admiral Ackbar (B) piloting

Location: Endor Battleground

 Once you have the Fixed Setup sorted then shuffle your deck and the Light Side player gets 27 build points and then continues Setup as normal.

Initial Set Up

Dark Side Draws 7 cards:
Darth Vader’s Lightsaber (A), Palpatine’s Robe (A), Emperor Palpatine (G), Emperor Palpatine (H), I Can Feel Your Anger, Intensify Forward Firepower and Darth Vader (X)
Dark Side Mulligans: None

Light Side Draws 7 cards:
Log Trap, Log Trap, Ewok Spear, Home One (A), Admiral Ackbar (B), Wedge Antilles (C), Wedge Antilles (C)
Light Side Mulligans: Log Trap and Log Trap
Light Side Draws: Alliance Assault Fleet and Luke Skywalker (S)

Dark Side (30 Build)	Light Side (27 Build)
Stack Darth Vader (X) on top of Darth Vader (W) (27B left) Draw: I Can Feel Your Anger	Deploy Alliance assault fleet (16B left) Draw: Green Squadron  A-Wing
Deploy Emperor Palpatine (H) (20B left) Draw: Complete Your Training	Deploy Wedge Antilles (C) (11B left) Draw: The Shield is Down
Stack Emperor Palpatine (G) underneath Emperor Palpatine (H) (19B left) Draw: TIE Pursuit Fighter	Deploy Green Squadron A-Wing (8B left) Draw: Ewok Spearman
Deploy TIE Pursuit Fighter (18b left) Draw: Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A)	Deploy Ewok Spearman (4B left) Draw: A-Wing Pilot
Put Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A) face down in the build zone with 3 build counters on it. (15B left) Draw: Admiral Firmus Piett (D)	Deploy: A-Wing Pilot (1B left) Draw: Luke Skywalker (R)
No more units in Hand. Built out at 15B.	Stack Luke Skywalker (R) underneath Luke Skywalker (T) (0B left) Draw: Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber (B)

Thoughts - Shaun
This battle will be interesting. It seems space could be mine as my two Assault Fleets take down the Death Star and Green A-Wing take out Trent’s Pursuit Fighter. Ground will be focused on taking out the Bunker Guard and then the Bunker itself! I think I’ll leave the pilots to help Luke drain the Dark Sides Force. I hope to equip Luke with his Lightsaber and the Ewok Militia with their spears.

Turn One
Roll for Build = 5

Space Battle
Alliance Assault Fleet (Pilot: Admiral Ackbar (B) chooses Death Star II (D) à Rebel units get Critical Hit 2 when attacking Death Star II until end of turn.

• Green Squadron A-Wing à Death Star II (D) à 6,6,3 à 3 Hits + Critical Hit 2 à 5 damage.
• Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A) à Alliance Assault Fleet à 3,2,1 à 0 Hits à 0 damage.
• TIE Pursuit Fighter à Alliance Assault Fleet à 6,2 à 1 Hit à 1 damage.
• Alliance Assault Fleet à Death Star II (D) à 6,6,5,3,3,2,2,2,1 à 3 Hits + Critical Hit 2 à 5 damage àdiscard Death Star II (D).
• Alliance Assault Fleet (Pilot: Admiral Ackbar (B)) àFel’s TIE Interceptor (A) à 6,6,6,5,4,3,3,3,1 à 4 Hits à 4 damage à discard Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A). 

Ground Battle

• Luke’s Speeder Bike (A) à Stormtrooper Bunker Guard à 6,1 à 1 Hit à 1 damage à untap roll=6 àuntap Luke’s Speeder Bike (A).
• Luke’s Speeder Bike (A) à Endor Scout Walker 1 à3,2 à 0 Hits à 0 damage à untap roll=5 à untap Luke’s Speeder Bike (A).
• Luke’s Speeder Bike (A) à Endor Scout Walker 2 à 6,4 à 2 Hits à 2 damage à untap rol=1.
• Endor Scout Walker 1 à Ewok Militia à 4,3,1,1 à 1 Hit à 1 damage.
• Endor Scout Walker 2 à Ewok Militia à 4,1 à 1 Hit à 1 damage.
• Stormtrooper Bunker Guard à Ewok Militia à 1 à 0 Hits à 0 damage.
• Ewok Militia à Stormtrooper Bunker Guard à 6,6,2,2,1 à 2 Hits à 2 damage.
• Ewok Spearmen à Endor Bunker (A) à 6,6,6,6,3 à Lucky reroll= 5 à 5 Hits à 5 damage à discard Endor Bunker (A).
• Ewok Catapult à Endor Scout Walker 2 à 5,5,4,3 à 3 Hits à 3 damage à discard Endor Scout Walker.
• 0F à untap Ewok Catapult.
• Ewok Catapult à Stormtrooper Bunker Guard à 5,3,2,1 à 1 Hit à 1 damage à discard Stormtrooper Bunker Guard.

Character Battle

• Darth Vader (X) Stack à Wedge Antilles (C) à 6,6,5,5,3,2,2,1,1,1 à 4 Hits à 4 damage à discard Wedge Antilles (C).
• Luke Skywalker (T) Stack à Emperor Palpatine (H) Stack à 6,5,5,4,3,2,2 à 4 Hits à Emperor Palpatine (H) Stack pay 2F à Evade 2 à 2 damage.
• Emperor Palpatine (H) Stack à Luke Skywalker (T) Stack à 6,5,4,4,3,1 à 4 Hits à Luke Skywalker (T) Stack pay 2F à Evade 2 à 2 damage.

Turn Two
Roll for Build = 4

Space Battle
Alliance Assault Fleet (Pilot: Admiral Ackbar (B) chooses Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A) à Rebel units get Critical Hit 2 when attacking Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A) until end of turn.

• Green Squadron A-Wing à Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A) à 6,1,1 à Lucky reroll= 4,4 à 3 Hits + Crit Hit 2 à 5 damage à discard Fel’s TIE Interceptor (A).
• TIE Pursuit Fighter à Alliance Assault Fleet à 6,5 à 2 Hits à 2 damage.
• Alliance Assault Fleet à TIE Pursuit Fighter à 6,5,4,3,3,2,1,1,1 à 3 Hits à 3 damage à discard TIE Pursuit Fighter. 

Ground Battle

• Luke’s Speeder Bike (A) à Endor Scout Walker à 6,1 à 1 Hit à 1 damage.
• Endor Scout Walker à Ewok Militia à 6 à 1 Hit à 1 damage.
• Ewok Militia à Endor Scout Walker à 6,6,5,2 à 3 Hits à 3 damage à discard Endor Scout Walker.

Character Battle

• Luke Skywalker (T) Stack à Emperor Palpatine (H) Stack à 5,5,5,3,2,2,1 à 3 Hits à 3 damage.
• Darth Vader (W) Stack à Wedge Antilles (C) à 5,5,5,5,3,2,2,1 à 4 Hits à 4 damage à discard Wedge Antilles (C).
• Emperor Palpatine (H) Stack pays 2F àplace 1 corruption counter on Luke Skywalker (T) Stack.
• Emperor Palpatine (H) Stack pays 2F àplace 1 corruption counter on Luke Skywalker (T) Stack.
• Emperor Palpatine (H) Stack Taps and pays 2F à Targets Luke Skywalker (T) Stack à 4 damage à Luke Skywalker (T) Stack pays 2F à Evade 2 à 2 damage.

Light Side Controls Two Arenas - LIGHT SIDE WINS!!

Gah! I should have swarmed Character with Ackbar and A-Wing Pilot!!! Oh well, in the words of Vader “it is pointless to resist” (the future Palpatine…) As in the movies the Rebel Fleet led by Ackbar destroy the Second Death Star and break the Imperial forces at Endor. On the battlegrounds the Ewoks helped overthrow the Imperial garrison with the help of the rebels. If only I had swarmed character or if Luke was able to Retaliate against the Emperor’s attack Palpatine would of died (I suppose the remaining one health helped Palpatine’s Spirit survive Endor). I was slightly worried that my drawing would fail me as I drew plenty of duplicates but during the game I drew just what I needed. I was personally astonished by my die rolls! It is as if today I made up for all the other poor die rolls I have made in other games against Trent! Talk about “Concentrate your Firepower….” In the end however, a quick and surprisingly accurate game in relation to the movies. And last but not least “May the Force be with Us!”

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