FFG Drop More Details On Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game
November 8, 2022 by brennon
Fantasy Flight Games has now revealed more details about their upcoming Star Wars card game, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game. Dive into a head-to-head clash between the Rebels and the Empire with a new two-player game coming soon.
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game // Fantasy Flight Games
Touted as an easy-to-learn game, each player will start out with a core deck and work to destroy their opponent's bases whilst also enhancing their deck through upgrades. The first player to destroy three bases will win the game and shift the balance of power in the galaxy.
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game - Card Fan // Fantasy Flight Games
During gameplay, you'll be fighting over different bases but you'll need to boost the power of your deck in order to do so. You'll use resources generated to buy cards from the Galaxy Row, all of which will go into your deck and provide you with additional support in future turns. Deckbuilding basics!
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game // Gameplay Example - Fantasy Flight Games
What's neat about the game is that the cards that your purchase can be used to damage your opponent's bases but also take out cards in the Galaxy Row. When a card is sent to Sabotage (Rebels) or Bounty Hunt (Empire) a card in the Galaxy Row, you can take them out of action (so they can't be purchased by your opponent) and you gain a reward for doing so (more credits for example).
Additionally, the game makes use of The Force in a fun way. You can generate Force by using certain cards or taking out your opponent's cards in the Galaxy Row. This then shifts a Force Track (see below) which gives you benefits and can trigger additional mechanics on cards if "The Force is with you...".
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game - Force Track // Fantasy Flight Games
I like that Star Wars: The Deckbuilding game is a self-contained affair rather than it turning into another big collectable game from Fantasy Flight Games. The two-player format seems like a neat idea and I like the tug-of-war you seem to have in effect during play.
I will certainly be giving this a go. I am a big fan of deckbuilding games and I like that there are ways that you can affect your opponent's options. It will build an interesting back-and-forth to gameplay and also force (hah) you to make some tough decisions.
Are you tempted by this new card game?
"During gameplay, you'll be fighting over different bases but you'll need to boost the power of your deck in order to do so..."
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Didn’t FFG already have a Star Wars Deckbuilding game in the past?
There have been several SW collectible games, and FFG dropped their SW Destiny collectible dice game, which included a deck of cards which you built and drew from. FFG supported the game for four years, CoVid pretty much keeping FFG from any release of the last expansion. I usually skip the FFG collectible games because, by the time I get around to one, FFG’s dropped it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Destiny
https://ultraboardgames.com/star-wars-destiny/game-rules.php
FFG actually had an LCG (Living Card Game) prior to Destiny called, imaginatively enough, Star Wars: The Card Game. It launched in 2012 and was removed from production in 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Card_Game
This technically doesn’t count as a new system as it hat no minis… correct?
will be good to see the game play of the game.
At the moment it comes across as a bit bland, not helped by the fairly generic card titles which don’t suggest much scope for expansion.
Seems interesting enough.