Darthrau
Underboss
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 | | 04/04/2005 8:19 PM |
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Champion of Jarlaxle
Sets:
Star Wars Year one complete,44/60 Champions of the Force,0/60 Bounty Hunters | |
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Darthrau
Underboss
2233 Posts
| | 04/04/2005 8:19 PM |
| | Mine was the same as yours. A couple people on the Wizards boards are saying they got some different ones. | |
Champion of Jarlaxle
Sets:
Star Wars Year one complete,44/60 Champions of the Force,0/60 Bounty Hunters | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10615 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/04/2005 10:19 PM |
| | So what comes in the Starter box exactly? Do we get another version of Obi-one and Grevious in it? | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4636 Posts
New York
| | 04/04/2005 11:49 PM |
| New Versions of Obi-Wan and Greivous as the exclusives.
2 Clone Troopers and 2 Super battle Droids.
only 6 minis and they are all set..no randomness this time. | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10615 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/05/2005 12:25 AM |
| | Is it the same price as the Clone Strike Starter? That one had the two exclusives and a boosters worth of mini's right? | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4636 Posts
New York
| | 04/05/2005 7:02 AM |
| It actually costs more.....$25
The 1st 2 starters came with 2 set rares and 8 randoms.
RotS has 6 sets minis (2 rares and 4 commons)
The 1st 2 starters came with a poster battle-mat and tiles.
RotS has a very solid gameboard battlemat and no tiles.
RotS starter is also big..the box is the size of the D&D basic game that came with minis. | |
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wicked cool
Underboss
2032 Posts
| | 04/05/2005 10:19 AM |
| | is it worth it for the 2 rares? | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4636 Posts
New York
| | 04/05/2005 10:59 AM |
| I think so..if your a completeist or a collector.
Otherwise if you already have Obi-Wan from the Clone Strike booster and the VR Greivous from Clone Strike....then I guess not. | |
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 04/05/2005 11:38 AM |
| | Stat-wise, the new starter grievous is somewhat of a badass (commander effect: droids gain double attack and +4 attack). | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10615 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/05/2005 12:59 PM |
| | Well if they added a cardstock board to the set that might make it worth my while. | |
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 04/05/2005 1:38 PM |
| | The cardstock board is 3 squares smaller in each direction than the previous maps. I haven't played on it yet, I just watched some others play on it...it looks like it might be fun, although we did notice some weird stuff about the outlines of special areas. They also added a new mechanic for squares that slow movement but don't provide cover, like difficult terrain in DDM. | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10615 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/05/2005 1:46 PM |
| | I'll have to check it out on friday. | |
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mordantos
Underboss
1210 Posts
| | 04/05/2005 5:53 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by wicked cool
is it worth it for the 2 rares?
I think it is for both the rares and the gameboard. Everyone at our league Saturday was playing on the gameboard and just loved it. I almost picked up a second starter (albeit at a steep discount) just to get another board.
And to answer the orignal question, I also got two of the same orange clonetroopers/ kneeling battledroids. A disappointment since it is the perfect opportunity to show off the variant sculpts. | | | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10615 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/06/2005 1:12 AM |
| | Well with rwo game boards you could put them side by side for a larger play area. | |
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mordantos
Underboss
1210 Posts
| | 04/06/2005 2:39 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Cthulhufnord
Well with rwo game boards you could put them side by side for a larger play area.
Stop trying to feed my addiction [:D]
For a large playing aera I am going to print out a ton of the eFuture tiles, and put them under our three playboards (3x3 plexiglass over 3x3 foamcore- keeps maps & tiles clean and stable) creating a 9ft by 3ft play area [:I] | | | |
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Phoenix
Underboss
1930 Posts
| | 04/07/2005 8:44 PM |
| Can someone give me some more info on the RotS game board?
Does it fold down to the same size as a normal (DDM) game mat?
Does it have just squares on one side?
Does it have a preset map on the other?
Is there any reason it wouldn't be good for DDM? (Other than being slightly smaller...) | |
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wicked cool
Underboss
2032 Posts
| | 04/07/2005 10:44 PM |
| | the board folds up like a trivial pursuit board but larger. Only one side has a map. I like it. Besides the 2 rares its th best thing about the starter | |
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Phoenix
Underboss
1930 Posts
| | 04/07/2005 11:19 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by wicked cool
the board folds up like a trivial pursuit board but larger. Only one side has a map. I like it. Besides the 2 rares its th best thing about the starter
Is the other side blank? Or does it have a map on one side and plain old one inch squares on the other? | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4636 Posts
New York
| | 04/08/2005 7:07 AM |
| | The other side is black and has a slightly bumpy texture....just like the underside of any boardgame. | |
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Phoenix
Underboss
1930 Posts
| | 04/08/2005 9:16 AM |
| Well thats too bad. Maybe they'll make on in the future for DDM.
What is the map of anyway? | |
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 04/08/2005 10:32 AM |
| | It looks like the wrecked interior of a droid capital ship, IMO. | |
"Why am I all sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun?"
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Sean-Khan
Commander
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Avatar of Stars
Ghengis Ska
Warrior
334 Posts
| | 04/08/2005 11:33 AM |
| | Another Really good thing about the new Starter is the Rule book, it is not Set specific, ie like RS was for Rebel Storm, and CS was for Clone Strike. There are rules, and things it covers for every era of the SW universe, mentioning the New Republic, the NJO, and the Old Republic. This maybe THE Starter for a while, since UHP won't have one, and if i remember Right Rob_W said the next few weren't going to have starters much like D&D doesn't with every set. | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4636 Posts
New York
| | 04/08/2005 12:11 PM |
| quote:
This maybe THE Starter for a while, since UHP won't have one, and if i remember Right Rob_W said the next few weren't going to have starters much like D&D doesn't with every set.
Oh thats really good news actually.
Im really looking foward to Universe. Especially Old Republic and Ancient Sith.
Ever read Tales of the Jedi Comics...really good stuff.
Who wouldnt want Master Thon? :) | |
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Phoenix
Underboss
1930 Posts
| | 04/08/2005 2:56 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sean-Khan
I just saw a photo of it for the first time, you can see it here:
http://www.rainbowtrainer.homestead.com/files/rots_starter.jpg
Thanks. That is pretty nice looking. Not sure what I'd do with it since I'm not playing SWM. Seems like SWM gets all kinds of neat stuff. | |
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Avatar of Stars
Ghengis Ska
Warrior
334 Posts
| | 04/08/2005 3:56 PM |
| Use if for the RPG, use it in some Futuristic Expidition to the Barrier Peaks in D&D... er that's all i can think of [:D]
On a side note, SWM gets the neat stuff [?]... come on, we don't even have Figures yet in our Retail packs, and the D&D retail packs get an RPGA module... we don't get those, D&D gets more nifty things than we do... [:(] | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4636 Posts
New York
| | 04/08/2005 4:04 PM |
| D&D Gets:
- Better retail packs with adventures and repaints
- 8 Minis per booster
- Lack of Very Rares
SWM Gets:
- Mounted Minis
- A Large Common
- Clear Plastic for Lightsabers
- A Colossal size mini
Which is better off?...You be the judge. :)
I personally think DDM because every advantage SWM has will probably end up being things DDM will end up having....Yet I doubt SWM will be putting an extra mini in the booster and dropping very rares anytime soon. | |
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Phoenix
Underboss
1930 Posts
| | 04/08/2005 4:46 PM |
| When I said neat stuff I was thinking of the RotS map, the two ultimate missions books and of course the gargantuan AT-AT.
While the retailer packs for DDM might be better, I don't have a good way to get my hands on any of the retailer packs so it doesn't matter much to me. | |
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Ghengis Ska
Warrior
334 Posts
| | 04/08/2005 5:33 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Count Dooku
SWM Gets:
- Mounted Minis
- A Large Common
- Clear Plastic for Lightsabers
- A Colossal size mini
Which is better off?...You be the judge. :)
I personally think DDM because every advantage SWM has will probably end up being things DDM will end up having....Yet I doubt SWM will be putting an extra mini in the booster and dropping very rares anytime soon.
Oh man you answered your own question... you beat me to it.
Yeah While DDM might not get, Large Common, they have started Uncommon already and i think as SW becuase of LFL has pushed the development of the minis, for which DD can only benefit.
and they do have... 1 mounted mini,,, and they were the first to get mounted even, (that little halfling on the dog), and so far out of the SW there are 6, out of three lines (think that's right, Dewback, Gungan Cav, Geo on pic, and ATRT, speeders, missing any?), while they have an edge in mumbers, many people don't like the Gungan cav, the Geo Pic, and oddly many people who don't play d20 think the Dewback is way to big to be large... so while they have more, there is some flack for some they made.
Overall i think D&D has the edge, besides they don't have someone messing with the line like SW does... (they also have RPG stats on the card for mutli use figs) another advantage of D&DM | |
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Hero of the Force
Siddartha of Suburbia
Underboss
2277 Posts
| | 04/26/2005 8:20 PM |
| If you are not going to be trying to get complete sets of any of the SWM, which of the starters do you think would be best for a new SWM player to pick up?
I've picked up a few boosters so far asa SW fan, and though I don't know anyone here who plays SW (all DDM fans) I would like to have a better understanding of the game, and at least one battlemat. | |
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mordantos
Underboss
1210 Posts
| | 04/26/2005 9:46 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Siddartha of Suburbia
....which of the starters do you think would be best for a new SWM player to pick up...I would like to have a better understanding of the game, and at least one battlemat.
As much as I like the Revenge of the Sith starter, I would suggest the Clone Strike starter in this case- decent fixed rares (Obiwan and Jango) and a "two sided" map (empty grid on one side, so you can use it for DDM too) plus you get tiles. And it is cheaper than the RotS starter.
On the other hand, if you are just into the original Trilogy, go with the Rebel Storm starter (I happen to love the Death Star map). The Luke and Vader are a little less skirmish worthy.
The Revenge of the Sith starter is geared more to new player- high quality gameboard style map and set (but fewer) figures... but a good start if you are going to do a droid army (Grevious' command effects are awesome). | | | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10615 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 04/26/2005 10:41 PM |
| It's realy tricky all three of them have their merits. Rebel storm has the Force Choke Darth Vader, Clone Strike has Jango Fett and Obi-One. The Revenge of the Sith has a worse version of Obi-One, but a fantastic version of General Grevious and a great Battle Board.
quote:
Originally posted by Siddartha of Suburbia
If you are not going to be trying to get complete sets of any of the SWM, which of the starters do you think would be best for a new SWM player to pick up?
I've picked up a few boosters so far asa SW fan, and though I don't know anyone here who plays SW (all DDM fans) I would like to have a better understanding of the game, and at least one battlemat.
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Hero of the Force
Siddartha of Suburbia
Underboss
2277 Posts
| | 04/27/2005 7:22 AM |
| Then sadly it seems, in time I must get them all.
I think I'll start with Rebel Storm though, i like the sound of a Death Star map, but wait, Jango and a young Obi-Wan in Clone Strike? Maybe I'll, Droids in...
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