how to play...

Could anyone tell me how to play?? Cause the directions are just too hard...

 

Uhh....nope. Just hang out at a card shop, that seems to work.

hey 84, you should bring the "who wants to learn how to play" thread here.

 

that would be a good idea...

 

Okay here's the rules breakdown I wrote. All tghis text will seem overwhelmig which is why I can't stress enough that anyone who wants to really learn how to play, visit you local gaming store and ask if anyone plays. You can also send me a private message and I can get in contact with yuor local Decipher representative (a.k.a. a Squadron Member):

1. Activate Phase: Count the lightsaber icons on your side of all the locations and then add 1 to that total for yourself. Take a number of cards off the top of your Reserve Deck equal to that number and place them in a pile to the right of your Reserve Deck.

2. Control Phase: It is important to state first that WHENEVER you have a total of 1 or more ability at a location and your opponent does not, then you control that location. However, it is during this phase that if you are still controlling that location you may FORCE DRAIN. When you declare a Force drain at a location you control, the opponent must lose an amount of cards equal to the total Force icons on their side of the location. There are many cards in the CCG that allow you to add to your Force drains, including some of the locations themselves. It is important not to forget that when you are Force draining.

3. Deploy: All cards (except Interrupts and Immediate Effects) can only enter play during the Deploy phase. Locations always deploy for free. All other cards have a deploy cost listed on them. On characters, vehicles, and starships the deploy cost can be found in the the little white box at the bottom, left hand corner. For weapons, devices, and effects the deploy cost can be found in that card's gametext, usually at the very beginning.

You can only deploy characters, vehicles, and starships where you either have saber icons on your side of a location OR where you have presence (total ability of 1 or more at a location). HOWEVER, Spies are not subject to these restrictions.

Capital Starships cannot deploy at sites and starfighters must deploy with a pilot. Starfighters (except TIEs) may also deploy with or without a pilot to a docking bay.

You can deploy as many weapons and devices on a card as you wish, however that card may only use one weapon and one device per turn (except capital starships--they may use as any number of weapons and devices in a turn).

Finally, some cards have a dot (or two or three) next to their name. This means that only one copy of that card (or two or three) can be in play at once. Also there can only be one version of a unique character in play. For instance there are 5 different versions of Darth Vader in the game, but only one version of his persona can be on the table at once.

4. Battle: To initiate a battle at a location you must use 1 Force and both players must have at least 1 ability at the location. Battles are split up into 3 segments--Weapons, Power, and Damage. Before the Weapons segment, your opponent gets a chance deploy or move as a 'react' with any cards which specifically say that they may do so.

WEAPONS- During this part of the battle characters may fire their weapons (if any). You get the first chance to fire. Look at the weapon to see how it works. It will tell you what you need to do. If a character is 'hit' by a weapon and that character has a weapon that has not been fired, then that character still gets to fire it. Any weapon can only be fired once unless that weapon says otherwise.

POWER- To determine who wins a battle add the powers of all your characters and/or vehicles (if the battle is at a site) or starships (if at a system or sector) that are participating in the battle--including 'hit' characters, vehicles, and starships. At this time you may reveal the top card of your Reserve Deck and add the number in the black circle to your power. This is your battle destiny. Battle destiny also triggers something called attrition, but this is the most advanced concept of the game and for now it is not important.

The player with the highest total power is the winner.

DAMAGE- During this segment both players "forfeit" an

 

Got all that? Good. I expect to see you at nationals.


(Like I'M going there)

 

Anyway you could put that into simpiler terms, because i'm still confuse. ?

 

That's about as simple as it gets. Why don't you go through the phases and tell me what you're really hung up on. I can help you much better that way.

 

YEAH! I'll get the Juri Juice and the Blue Milk and get some Wookie Cookies...
;-)

 

Attrition isn't that hard of a concept. Here's an easy way to sum it up:

When your opponent draws battle destiny, that number is the attrition against you. You must then forfeit cards from the battle location whose forfeit totals at least the attrition against you.

As a general rule, you keep on forfeiting until 1 of these 3 things happens:

1) No more attrition/battle damage/weapons hits are left. You can also lose cards from your hand or Life Force to satisfy battle damage.

2) Everything else at the battle location is immune to the initial attrition.

3) You have forfeited everything at the battle location.

 

get ready for this, Quest...there is no set order in which Battle Damage, attrition, and 'hit' characters are lost. Losing a character cause it's 'hit' or for attrition OR losing one *unit* of Force for battle damage are all seperate actions that can take place in ANY order during the "damage segment" of a battle. Look it up in the Gloassary and you'll see.

 

Correct, except that you only get +2 POWER from Rebel Planners. The Assault Squadron counts as one "starship" not three. I know you understnd that concept so it was probably just an oversight. However, General Dodonna does double Rebel Planners so perhaps he would be better in your deck instead of Rieekan (and your POWER from RP would have been +4).

 

NOW you're thinking like a SWCCG pro ;-)

 

//head explodes