All Wings Report In: Welcome to The Dejark Table!

Hey!

So, uhh, this is awkward. Introductions always are. Let's just rip this band-aid right off.

My name is Thomas. I work in IT, I have an adorable dog (I'll post a pic at the end of this entry), I was a Ubisoft Star Player at E3 2017, I'm planning on going to GenCon 2018, and two of my favorite things are Star Wars and tabletop gaming. As it turns out, those hobbies mesh pretty well.

I'm a huge fan of Imperial Assault and Star Wars Rebellion, so expect a lot of content on both of those games. I'm slowly getting into X-Wing, so there'll be some articles focusing on that as well. I'm also excited to discuss some of the non-Fantasy Flight Games titles, too- there's definitely some treats out there!

Specifically, with Imperial Assault, my goal is to create a series of posts focusing on the Campaign aspect of the game. While I do enjoy Skirmish, I have far more experience in the former mode, and I think there are a lot of really interesting topics that could be covered.

I'm very interested in some of the more RPG centered items, like Edge of the Empire. I haven't played any yet, but I'm so more than game to do so. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!

Of course, I'm also a human with interests outside of Star Wars tabletop games, so it's totally possible that I may end up making some posts that go a little off topic. Likely topics include current films, Game of Thrones, Westworld, Assassins Creed, Marvel and DC stuff, and... well, non-tabletop Star Wars content. I'll try to keep them to a minimum, but I guess you can think of them as sort of "lifestyle" posts- a look at the guy behind the blog.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this, and I hope you are, too! I'm already working on my first article now, so you should expect it really soon!

Oh, and here's my little bantha!

-Thomas

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According to Your Design: The Value of Hidden Information in Imperial Assault

There's rarely a moment in a mission of Imperial Assault where it doesn't look like the Rebel heroes aren't in a hopeless situation. It's far too easy for them to end up outnumbered, outgunned, and surrounded. However, even a casual player will quickly learn that any individual Rebel hero is worth far more than almost any Imperial unit, or even deployment group. So what is the Empire's advantage, then? Tactics are certainly important, and I'm sure that over the course of this blog we'll discuss various strategic play for both sides. But sometimes, even tactics alone won't cut it, as the game is built on a system that allows itself to be countered. For instance, Mortar is a fantastic card in the Armored Onslaught class deck, allowing the Imperial to deal out significant splash damage each turn. While this can be devastating to the Rebels, particularly early in the match when they're all bunched up, it can be shut down by Leia's...

Profiles in Hope: Vinto Hreeda

My Rebel players generally try to pick different heroes when they start a new campaign, but there have been exactly two times that a hero has been so good that a different player selected it for the directly subsequent campaign. The first time this happened, it was Mak, simply because one of my players mistakenly thought he seemed like a relatively straightforward shooter hero. The second time this happened, it was with Vinto Hreeda- because he's just that good. When people think of multi-target damage dealers, the prototypical example tends to be Fenn. His splash damage is indeed pretty impressive, and can be really punishing for a careless Imperial who bunches up his units too much. But generally, Fenn isn't too terribly difficult to play around. With Vinto, though- even with his built in abilities of Boltslinger and Thread the Needle, he can deal multi-target damage and there is nowhere to hide . Generally, I tend to look at it this way- Fenn is a br...

Double Your Efforts: Why Imperial Assault Needs a 2nd Ed.

This week at the Hyperspace Report, Fantasy Flight Games announced a huge second edition of their popular miniatures game, X-Wing. They appear to be taking advantage of this shift in product to address several aspects of the ambitious game, including turret tracking and faction flavor. Best yet, conversion kits will make all previous sets compatible with the new edition. Of course, Imperial Assault could probably benefit from a new edition as well, and while in the past I've been very opposed to the idea of a new edition, the way X-Wing is being handles has won me over. Here are some arguments I'd make in support of IA 2.0 (and yes, I know some people refer to the app as that already). 1. Errata This game is full of errata . And that's fine, with a game this expansive and old it's to be expected. But having all of these "hidden" rules (as in, not in official rulebooks at release that may be in a casual player's collection) means that pla...

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