Fred and I planned on playing some SWM this week over at Games To die For. It’s been a few weeks since we played and I think both of us had ended up getting some new figures. Unfortunately, the store didn’t have any new boosters of SWM or else I might have bought some. Fred and I started at about 6:30 or so after I dug out all the minis I needed for my squad.
My Squad #1:
- General Wedge Antilles
- Garm Bel Iblis (Elite Rebel Commando, Dresellian Commando)
- Boba Fett, Mercenary
- Human Soldier of Fortune
- Ugnaught Demolitionist x3
The funny thing about this is that I originally hadn’t even thought about Garm at all. I’d originally planned on using a bunch of Bounty Hunters (Dengar, Bossk, etc.) to benefit from Mobile Attack and Evade. going through the binder, I saw Garm and thought I could use him to get more stuff.
Fred’s Squad #1:
- Darth Maul, Champion of the Sith
- Darth Tyranus, Legacy of the Dark Side
- ASN Assassin Droid
- Battle Droid x5
Map: Freight Transit Station
I chose the map simply because it seemed to look like fun. No strategy to it at all. I deployed on the right side of the map while he chose the left. This game was fun, but I feel like I lost for one very simple reason: I moved Wedge and Garm into harm’s way. Things seemed to be going fairly well until he got Maul and Tyranus into melee range of Boba. Boba kept tactically retreating to minimize Maul’s damage output. In the end Maul went down, but Boba went down to Kouhun Infestation + Force Lightning by the time it was over.
We decided we had time for another game, so we picked out our next squads. I had just built an Exar Kun squad using what Masassi Sith Mutants I have plus some Savage figs.
My Squad #2:
- Exar Kun
- Boma
- Massassi Sith Mutant x2
- Varactyl Wrangler
- Ugnaught Demolitionist x2
Fred’s Squad #2:
- Luke Skywalker, Legacy of the Light Side
- Princess Leia of Cloud City
- Obi Wan Kenobi, Unleashed
- Bothan Noble
- Elite Rebel Commando
- Mon Calamari Medic
- R2-D2
- Tusken Raider
Map: Hall of Judgement
I deployed on the right side of the map and he deployed on the left, inside the temple. My first move was to send the Varactyl Wrangler ahead of everyone else, then the Boma, MSMs, etc. I didn’t realize until the next turn that the Varactyl would negate Exar Kun’s CE, so I sent him to the other side of the map. Boma ran forward and smoked his Tusken Raider only to be pasted by Obi-Wan, Luke, Bothan, and everyone else. R2 was used to Override closed some doors to funnel my guys through. I’d lost all but Exar Kun by the end who proceeded to mop the floor with the rest of his squad. Holy Moly! He’s definitley worth the $16 I spent on him last Saturday! Next time I use this squad, I’ll likely swap out the Varactyl for a couple more Ugnaughts for Exar Kun’s Energy Transferrence Force Power.
All this time I thought the Kyuden Hida from Celestial Edition was identical to the Kyden Hida from diamond (I believe). Turns out that since the new Kyuden Hida says “Reaction: After the resolution of an action whose effects attached a Follower from your hand: Draw a card.” (emphasis mine) and Secluded Outpost is a trait of the Holding, not an action, the two no longer interact. With that in mind, I’ll be switching to Shattered Peaks Castle.
Joel and I played Infinity almost a week ago on Thursday. We were going to be playing with the new 2nd edition rules, so I tried to vary my army up a little bit to test out some of the changes. Joel had also warned me he’d likely be using a TAG. I’ve only ever played against one once (Jim’s Armored Cavalry) and it gave me fits. So, I tried using a lot of AP weapons and a hacker to try out some hacking.
