{"id":12133,"date":"2017-12-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/?p=12133"},"modified":"2017-11-27T17:26:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T23:26:03","slug":"the-gm-awakens-imperial-assault-core-game-expansions-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/the-gm-awakens-imperial-assault-core-game-expansions-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The GM Awakens: Imperial Assault Core Game & Expansions Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the acquisition of the Lucasfilm license by Fantasy Flight Games, FFG has made some incredible games about Star Wars. \u00a0X-Wing Miniatures is the flagship tabletop game. \u00a0I own at least one of every ship they’ve produced for the game. \u00a0Armada is the same. \u00a0I own everything. \u00a0I love playing those games and getting them on the table. \u00a0But I realized that my daughter, who was 10 at the time I started buying the games, wasn’t able to play as the game was too advanced in some respects. \u00a0That’s when I dove into a game that even late elementary school children can play, and one that is highly underrated in circles I run in: Imperial Assault.<\/p>\n

Imperial Assault is a fantastic tabletop board game with two different play modes. \u00a0There is a story-driven campaign and a skirmish mode that allow you to simply put two sides against each other. \u00a0I own every expansion and character the game has produced for this game as well. \u00a0If you have not heard of this game, or if you just haven’t indulged, this is a game you should dive into.<\/p>\n

The core set can be found today for anywhere from $70 to $100. \u00a0Imperial Assault takes design inspiration from the game Descent, also by FFG. \u00a0It allows for a different board every game with puzzle piece tiles that align differently to create new levels. \u00a0The campaign is the big, main part of the game and the real draw. \u00a0Each player (up to four) selects one of six heroes from the core set. \u00a0These characters will grow and gain XP and spend money for new weapons, gear, and abilities as the campaign goes on. \u00a0This is a great way to introduce mild roleplaying concepts in a tabletop game format for beginner players. \u00a0While the amount of choices that the heroes have is more narrow than in an RPG, they still get to grow their character and take things in the direction they like in the middle of a story.\u00a0 There is also a sort of Game Master, in that one player is the Imperial side and will control the game, read the narrative, and challenge the players.\u00a0 Again, another RPG tenet that is simulated to a degree in this game.<\/p>\n

Aside from each board being unique, the game is also clever in its campaign story with its challenge and mission objectives.\u00a0 One game you may be rescuing Rebel prisoners from a base, and the next trying to steal information off of a computer terminal.\u00a0 Each one is unique and makes things fresh each time you sit down for a session.\u00a0 The replay value of the game is immense.<\/p>\n

The skirmish mode is worth a brief mention.\u00a0 In it, you get to use any and all your characters, bad or good, and use them in an army vs. army game.\u00a0 Each expansion comes with two more skirmish maps and missions.\u00a0 This can spice things up if you just want to shoot it out for a moment on the table.<\/p>\n

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The real strength in this game, however, lies in its expansions.\u00a0 Not just the new campaigns, missions, and tiles from a large box expansion, but also the characters that add heroes and villains to the game that you know and love.\u00a0 I want to review them from a high level so you might know which things to choose to buy.\u00a0 First, let’s start with the campaign expansions.\u00a0 Currently, there are five: Twin Shadows,\u00a0Return to Hoth,\u00a0The Bespin Gambit,\u00a0Jabba’s Realm, and Heart of the Empire.<\/p>\n

Twin Shadows and the Bespin Gambit are both mini-expansions as I refer to them.\u00a0 They include a four-mission mini-campaign or you can choose to slide those missions into your main campaign as side missions (a mission type in the game).\u00a0 But the other three have full campaigns in them.\u00a0 Each box has many tokens, map tiles, new enemies, and new heroes to be in the main campaign (sometimes they best reason to buy them).\u00a0 Even the mini-expansions have a couple new heroes for the Rebels players.\u00a0 The expansions also have a time frame attached to the side missions and main missions, dictating what characters you can use in the game.\u00a0 For example, there are two Luke Skywalkers, one non-Jedi that is around for Episodes 4-5 and a Jedi Luke who is around for Episode 6.\u00a0 You can purchase both depending on what era you’re playing in.\u00a0 This allows expansions for the game to span any and all Star Wars eras and keep freshening up the game for you.<\/p>\n

Each expansion brings to the table iconic villains for the era and setting to you.\u00a0 So, Return to Hoth has Snowtroopers and Wampas, for example, and Jabba’s Realm has Gamorian guards and Jabba the Hutt.\u00a0 They also have tokens in them that represent other characters pertinent to the missions in the expansions.\u00a0 And that leads to the other type of expansion you can get for the game, the character expansions.<\/p>\n

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The Imperial Assault Core Set and each expansion, come with some plastic figures.\u00a0 But also some circle, cardboard tokens to represent other heroes or villains, like Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, or the Emperor.\u00a0 But, if you like, you can purchase those characters as expansions, and replace the little cardboard token with a plastic figure.\u00a0 Not only does this look much cooler than the little token, but the pack comes with other things you’ll want.\u00a0 It comes with cards to add the character to your campaign and skirmish mode.\u00a0 It also contains new side missions for that character in your campaigns and two skirmish missions and maps you can use as well.<\/p>\n

The characters are fantastic and really detailed.\u00a0 The more you get, the more your skirmish games get interesting.\u00a0 For how much you should buy to start out, I would say all you really need to get going is the Core Set.\u00a0 However, to spice up your game early, you can purchase the character expansions for some of the ones in the core set.\u00a0 The game will play perfectly without it, though.\u00a0 More than Armada and X-Wing miniatures, this game does not require expansions early on just to have a full game.\u00a0 When I bought X-Wing, the one X-Wing and two TIE Fighters were ok but, you really need more ships for a real game.\u00a0 Armada was the same.\u00a0 In this case, however, that is not true, and you can go through many sessions and the entire campaign with just the Core Set if you like.<\/p>\n

I really love this game.\u00a0 I loved it, personally, because my kids could really get introduced to tabletop gaming through it.\u00a0 The rules, while normal in complexity, can be daunting for children.\u00a0 But the fact that the game has a “GM” type role in the Imperial player, that person can interpret the rules, tell players what they can do, etc.\u00a0 That idea really helps because while it is me vs. my kids to a point, it’s not like most games where if I say too much I give away my part of the battle.\u00a0 In this game, I can completely help them and the game remains as competitive and fun as ever.<\/p>\n

So while the game has been out for a while now, if you haven’t looked into it you should.\u00a0 And if you have kids, ages 10+, you can likely get them into tabletop gaming with this title.\u00a0 The fact they get to have characters grow and get cool stuff as the game progresses makes that a lot of fun.\u00a0 So if this sounds good, perhaps Santa can leave a nice, cool Imperial Assault Core Set under the tree for your family this holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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