Spirit Of Rebellion Boosters Come To Star Wars: Destiny
January 12, 2017 by brennon
Star Wars: Destiny has been quite the success for Fantasy Flight Games and they have now announced the newest set of boosters, Spirit of Rebellion. There's a certain Rogue One feel about this set!
These new cards and dice will be out during the second quarter of 2017 so you have some time to prepare and snap up more boosters from the first set. One would assume that they're still going to make the first set of boosters available for folks who haven't been able to get a hold of them.
As mentioned above the flavour of the releases this time is focused on the release of Rogue One which came out towards the end of last year. Jyn Erso will be battling it out against Krennic and the forces of the Empire.
Despite her rebellious nature Jyn Erso is actually quite reliable when it comes to your games. With no + results she will benefit from certain equipment of course but she will practically always give you something to do. I like the idea of running her in a discard deck where you're draining your opponent of cards.
Krennic on the other hand, is much more of a mastermind behind the scenes. While he can shoot his enemies he would prefer to get his Death Troopers to do the dirty work and has plenty of results on his dice for infuriating the other player too.
The Death Troopers are focused entirely on damage with a smattering of disruption in there to match their commander's skills. I think they are going to be an awesome addition to the game. It's not often Storm Troopers actually hit their targets!
Lastly, we had another preview for a legendary card in the set. See what you make of the Emperor himself, Palpatine.
Simply being in his presence is enough to destroy your enemies characters. With a good set of options when it comes to his roll, a high health value and that constant two damage being dealt out each turn its going to be a race against time to beat him.
The question is, who do you run alongside him if you only have one die?
Will you be picking up these new boosters?
"Jyn Erso will be battling it out against Krennic and the forces of the Empire..."
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Looks interesting. Game itself has exploded to popularity thanks to being SW themed so I am sure these will also sell very well.
not taken the plunge on destiny as of yet but the folks who know their card games have given it a thumbs up. I think beyond the STAR WARS theme the mixing of card and dice game seems to give it an extra layer of complexity beyond its competitors.
looking forward to seeing more of destiny.
Bearing in mind there’s a lot of cards in set I haven’t seen yet, I’d probaly run Palpatine with two dice (which means four damage a turn as his ability will trigger off each), two Force Lightening and two Force Chokes.
Double Palp at 28 points, potentially great damage output per turn but 15 health is pretty squishy.
I’d have to have a very good reason to run any major character on a single die, especially as it can be stolen. As I say, there’s a lot of cards we haven’t seen yet which may change the thinking, but as it stands I’d take Palpatine as two dice or not at all.
Fully agree, he’s definitely double or nothing. I think he’ll be fun to experiment with especially if you can tool him up quick using Holocrons, 3 good upgrades and the right supports and he could be a beast if you can keep him alive long enough.
Picked up my first lot of Star Wars Destiny stuff last week the quality of the cards and dice is top notch. Haven’t managed to get a game in yet hopoefully will this weekend. Does anybody know of a website that actually has the boosters in stock? seem to be sold out everywhere I look!
The local shops round here all got limited restocks of the boosters today. Get down the local shop before they’re all gone!