So Fred and I scheduled a game for last Tuesday over at Games To Die For. I’m hoping to make this a regular thing so maybe we can get more people to play.
I’m eagerly awaiting my order from StrikeZoneOnline for some SWM singles of the more “competitive” pieces. I basically went through the Gen Con 2008 lists and the German Championships to see what was most used and ordered most of those.
This is my first attempt at a semi-competitive squad:
- Anakin Skywalker, Champion of Nelvaan
- Padme Amidala, Senator
- Captain Panaka
- Roron Corobb
- Gungan Shieldbearer
- Ugnaught Demolitionist x4
I think this build is pretty generic as I’ve seen a lot of them using the big figures I used except Roron. Padme lets Anakin attack at the end of her turn and Panaka lets two people switch places. The GSB is there to try and protect Anakin and Roron and the Ugnaughts are there to open doors and as filler. This squad really needed Mas Amedda to be really cool.
Fred asked to borrow some of my Yuzaan Vong minis, so I should have known this was going to be trouble.
Fred’s Squad:
- Yomin Carr
- Yuuzhan Vong Shaper x3
- Yuuzhan Vong Warrior x3?
- Yuuzhan Vong Elite Warrior x3?
- Yuuzhan Vong Elite Warrior x2?
- Advance Scout
- Human Force Adept
We played on the Commander’s Office (Ruined Base) map.
Let’s just say Thud Bugs + Spit Poison and having to roll tons of saves really hurt my squad. I sent my guys pretty much right up the middle while he did pretty much the same. The game went back and forth for quite a while and in the end it came down to a YV Elite Warrior, YV Shaper, Padme, and 2x Ugnaughts. The Ugnaughts managed to end up doing a ton of damage and after the Shaper was gone the Elite Warrior was not so scary. Finally, 2 Ugnaughts were left after one of them did the final wound to the Elite Warrior. This was a very fun game and Fred is a good opponent to play against.
We did play a second game, but we had to call it just a couple of rounds in. I conceded the win to him since I hadn’t killed anything and he was consistently damaging or killing my droids.
