{"id":8865,"date":"2021-04-21T21:27:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houseofgaming.co.uk\/?p=8865"},"modified":"2021-04-21T21:28:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:28:05","slug":"star-wars-legion-battle-report-epic-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houseofgaming.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/21\/star-wars-legion-battle-report-epic-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Legion – Battle Report – Epic Play!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legion Epic Play+ 4 vs 4<\/h1>\n

Time to lay down Star Destroyer levels of firepower \ud83d\ude00<\/h3>\n

So we have been playing about with ideas for running large Legion games for a while.\u00a0 The Epic Play rules in the rulebook don’t really scale at all to multiple players as you’d have half a dozen people waiting at all times for something to happen so we made some amendments.<\/p>\n

The main thing is to sort out turn decision and activations.\u00a0 So here’s what we did.<\/p>\n

Setup \/ Mission<\/p>\n

I’ll be looking to make a full list of mission modified cards but for the test run I selected the 3 cards and slightly modified the mission to give more objectives.\u00a0 As you can see here I’ve modified the Sabotage the Vaporators mission card to suit the extra players.<\/p>\n

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Command Phase<\/h3>\n

Relatively simple here.\u00a0 All players have their own command deck as part of their standard army.\u00a0 We play no uniques duplication on each side for commanders but in reality it doesn’t really matter much.\u00a0 Players on the same side can confer in secret and when cards are revealed you total up all the pips and lowest pip total side goes first.\u00a0 Abilities like Han’s zero pip and cunning pretty much work as on the tin – ie if the total is the same cunning would win it without a roll-off.<\/p>\n

Activation Phase<\/h3>\n

Here’s the clever bit.\u00a0 Once a ‘side’ is due to activate, all players on that side activate at the same time.\u00a0 The only additional thing they do is that if a player attacks an enemy unit, he marks it with an appropriate token.\u00a0 This token means that the other\u00a0 players cannot attack the same unit in that activation<\/strong>.\u00a0 What this means is that units can’t be ‘volleyed off’ in a single activation by being hit by 2 or more units in the same activation.\u00a0 As soon as the activation is completed, the targeting tokens are removed.\u00a0 It’s that simple.<\/p>\n

If anyone wants to give it a try, here is the current DRAFT RULES<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, how does it play?<\/p>\n

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BATTLE REPORT<\/h1>\n

Setup<\/h2>\n

The basic setup rules mean that it’s basically a line-up down each side of the board.\u00a0 We have 4 rebel players vs 2 Imperials, 1 Clones and 1 Droids.\u00a0 There’s a few proxy models in play, with Ewoks being used as Rebel Troopers and an Ewok Catapult being used as a Laser Cannon tower \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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The pre-deployment battlefield in all it’s glory<\/p><\/div>\n

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Turn 1<\/h2>\n

Command Card Choice<\/h3>\n

The imperials take the first activation decisively and poem with some strong attacks at the top of the table.<\/p>\n

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End of turn Pics \/ Summary<\/h3>\n

Mando’s and Droids close quickly on each other, jumping rapidly on 2 objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Imperials in the centre left table section split their forces, looking to secure their own objective while assisting the other Imp player with a distant objective.<\/h4>\n

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That objective looks secure…<\/h4>\n

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Clones and Stormies side by side!<\/h4>\n

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Bossk has been hit hard, punished for his desire to reach a good vantage point<\/h4>\n

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At the far end of the table, the already hard-hit rebels set up on their objectives but find themselves mostly outranged<\/h4>\n

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An objective was damaged, only for the activating squad to get wiped out!<\/h4>\n

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Plenty of rebel cover on this objective with speeders benefiting from hard cover \/ high ground.<\/h4>\n

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F**king ewoks!<\/h4>\n

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Turn 2<\/h2>\n

Command Card Choice<\/h3>\n

Where it all gets nasty… Everyone plays for first activation but dirty Han steals it for the Rebels.\u00a0 The consequences for the Imps are grave…<\/p>\n

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End of turn Pics \/ Summary<\/h3>\n

Note the lack of Bossk in this picture.\u00a0 Caught in the open by the Air Speeder, he is activation sniped before he can regenerate.\u00a0 To add insult to injury, the Speeder goes on to survive the turn with 1 wound left.<\/h4>\n

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The Droids have lost a heavy Bot squad and Droideka Squad and barely scratched the Mandos, really struggling with their heavy armour.<\/h4>\n

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It’s a bloodbath at the other end of the board, with the Rebels finding it tough against the Clone Troopers and 2 ATSTs \/ Stormy support<\/h4>\n

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An intimidating sight but the rebels are still flipping objectives.<\/h4>\n

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Centre board rebels are really getting thinned down on this objective<\/h4>\n

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Sneaking to hit the Imps centre board<\/h4>\n

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Turn 3<\/h2>\n

Command Card Choice<\/h3>\n

With the loss of Bossk and his command cards, the Imp side are losing the initiative at command stage.<\/p>\n

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End of turn Pics \/ Summary<\/h3>\n

The Mandos and Droid Commandoes go at it, with the Medic droid aiding the Mandos.<\/h4>\n

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Where have all the rebels gone?<\/h4>\n

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Imperials dominating but not advancing…<\/h4>\n

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A large group of unscathed rebels are being really hesitant about pushing forward.<\/h4>\n

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Dooku just can’t make any saves, and even killing 2 of his own droids a turn with Guardian he is still haemorrhaging wounds.<\/h4>\n

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Oh there’s the rebels!<\/h4>\n

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Tactical placement of Scouts keeps them as a threat<\/h4>\n

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Mandos have almost broken through to the Droid objective<\/h4>\n

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Turn 4<\/h2>\n

Command Card Choice<\/h3>\n

The Imps finally take the initiative due to the use of Cunning.\u00a0 Dooku is poised to party…<\/h4>\n

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End of turn Pics \/ Summary<\/h3>\n

…And indeed he does, taking down the Speeder and shredding some Pathfinders<\/h4>\n

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That said, the Droids’ numbers are getting very low and the Mandos are all over the objective.<\/h4>\n

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Clones are cleaning up but still not pushing forward onto the far objectives.<\/h4>\n

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Bill…<\/h4>\n

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…and Bob, the ATST twins, are unscratched and starting to run out of targets…<\/h4>\n

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Scouts clear the objective, they just need to get to it now….\u00a0 not sure the walker will let them.<\/h4>\n

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Last stand of the Imperial Officer as she tries to hold off the rebels flipping her objective<\/h4>\n

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The Droid’s last stand, with Dooku murdered horribly by Sabine.<\/h4>\n

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Turn 5<\/h2>\n

Command Card Choice<\/h3>\n

Rebels once again on the initiative, with the Imperials down 2 commanders.<\/h4>\n

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End of turn Pics \/ Summary<\/h3>\n

Last stand!<\/h4>\n

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Clones finally push towards a rebel objective<\/h4>\n

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The Scouts move towards an objective, with Rebels finally noticing their sneaky gambit<\/h4>\n

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The Officer is overwhelmed and the objective grabbed<\/h4>\n

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Rebels have this end of the board totally locked down<\/h4>\n

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Sabine gets brave and does the Hero jetpack move…<\/h4>\n

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Turn 6<\/h2>\n

Command Card Choice<\/h3>\n

Rebels once again grab it…<\/h4>\n

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End of turn Pics \/ Summary<\/h3>\n

The players quickly mop up and nearby objectives and call it once any objectives triggerable have been flipped.<\/p>\n

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THE WINNERS<\/h2>\n

As GM I was keeping a rough eye on proceedings but not an exact count.\u00a0 At one point I thought the rebels may have lost it by letting the Imperial Scouts get a sneaky flip on one of the undefended objectives, but in the end the Rebels took it by 3 points.<\/p>\n

Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the near end of the table, the Mandos and Elite Rebels hit the Driods really hard and fast.\u00a0 With the mobility of the Mandos, they were hitting and advancing rapidly and were able to overrrun the Droid objective pretty easily.<\/p>\n

Once the Droids ‘teeth’ had been blunted, the rebels supporting the Mandos were able to start to move mid table and hit the next Imperial objective.\u00a0 The Imperial mid-left table holder tried to support both sides of his table and thus blunted his effectiveness.\u00a0 This was compounded by really strong rolling from the 2 opponents his end of the table (especially armour saves).<\/p>\n

At the far end of the table, the Imp and Clone players crushed the rebel opposition.\u00a0 But the Rebels flipped all of their objectives before dying and the Imps \/ Clones didn’t move to secure the abandoned objectives…<\/p>\n

How did it play?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As GM I would say it ran really well.\u00a0 With the simultaneous action rules, each turn took around an hour – mainly due to people chatting rather than it being mechanically slow.\u00a0 The initial objective placement needs some adjustment – likely to be 3 from deployment \/ other objectives and\/or some fixed locations on the centre board.<\/p>\n

The players had an absolute blast.\u00a0 It’s likely difficult to see from the report, but there were some real rip-roaring Star Wars moments such as the fall of Bossk and Dooku slicing up the speeder with the appropriate command card and quotes a-plenty.<\/p>\n

Happy to recieve feedback on the Epic Play rules, and any ideas to further enhance it.<\/p>\n

Look out for another game soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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