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We recently expanded our galactic empire to twitch.tv/boardwarseu. Yesterday evening, we streamed our first live Skirmish game there. If you missed it, fear not, I also uploaded it to Youtube.

To never miss another live game, or if you want to watch them on demand, follow us on the usual sites:

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Download Episode #9

Shownotes:

• The Hunt Begins – Twin Shadows spoiler article on FFG
• Outside the Law – Wave 4 spoiler article on FFG
• Bantha Rider and Alliance Smuggler Stats by DarkJodo
• First Skirmish discussion and Antonia and Hendrik finished their first campaign!
• Custom deployment cards for Unique Campaign Units
• Nerdook’s Evil Emperor AI (NEEA) on BGG
• Star Wars Comic Con Reel
• List of Star Wars Anthology Films
• Rules clarification: Line Of Sight question in “The Source”
• Leia custom hero card contest submissions on Facebook

The podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/boardwars.eu/id986252613
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Download Episode #8

Shownotes:

• Enter the Hive FFG article discussion
• Discussion about painting and fixing Imperial Assault minis
• Photo gallery of Hendrik’s minis
• Milliput.com for your miniature needs
• Green stuff on Games-Workshop.com
• Fantasywelt.de color set
• Agrax earthshade on Games-Workshop.com
• Foam core inserts for the IA core box on 401games.com
  
• Tournaments:
  Brave New World Cologne, 11.07.2015, 11:00
  deutsche Meisterschaft Heidelberger Spieleverlag. Freusburg, Kirchen (bei Siegen), 15.8.2015, 11:00
• Rules clarification: Deployment and End of Round Effects
  
• Leia hero card contest deadline: 12th of July 2015

The podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/boardwars.eu/id986252613
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Download Episode #7

Shownotes:

• Welcoming Antonia and Hendrik!
• Fight for Freedom FFG article discussion
• Android Campaign Tracker on BGG
  
• Universal Head’s IA rules summary on BGG
• FFG IA Regionals in Twitch.tv #1, #2 & #3
• Team Covenant: Learning IA Skirmish on Youtube #3 & #4
• Han solo had a wife?!?!
• Rebels Season 2: The Siege of Lothal Teaser
  
• Rebels Season 2 poster
• Mission Review: Aftermath
• Rules clarification: Deploying large figures as close as possible to a deployment point
• Episode #6 submission discussion and determining the winner
• Episode #7 contest. Deadline: June 28th 2015!

The podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/boardwars.eu/id986252613
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Due to scheduling conflicts and a new development for the podcast, the recording for Episode #7 will be posponed. The new date is Monday 8th of June which also means that you can send in entries for the Episode #6 contest until Sunday 7th of June!

In the meantime, if you are yearning for more Skirmish videos because Team Covenant didn’t put one out this week, we got you covered. Herwig found out that FFG recently livestreamed Imperial Assault Regionals on their twitch channel. I can’t say how long the VODs of these matches will be on there, so go watch them now as long as they are available!

http://www.twitch.tv/ffglive/b/664282239
http://www.twitch.tv/ffglive/b/664298772
http://www.twitch.tv/ffglive/b/664306657

The last one is 6+ hours long, so it should keep you entertained over the weekend if you like watching Skirmish. But don’t forget to send in your Supply Cards until Sunday to get entered into the contest for the Rebel Trooper Pack!

Download Episode #6

Shownotes:

• FFG Article: New Tactics for the Rebel Alliance
• Imperial Assault Wiki on wikia.com
• FB group for players from Belgium
• Team Covenant learning Skirmish #1 and #2
• The Escapist plays IA Campaign on twich.tv each wednesday
• Previous episodes of the Escapist IA Campaign: #1; #2; #3; #4; #5
• Campaign Guide audio recordings
• Skirmish Tournament tracking site
• Stephan’s online Campaign Sheet (updated bi-weekly)
• Vote about how we should talk about missions here!
• Big Wishlist discussion
• Wishlist on facebook
• Wishlist on BoardGameGeeks
• Wishlist on the FFG forums
• Rules clarification
  • Prey upon Doubt on Allies? Can they chose 1 damage over the evade?
  • Does Brutal Cleave work if you defeated the original target?
• Contest of the week – Send your submissions to win@boardwars.eu – deadline: June 4th 2015

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So Episode #5 is out and it’s finally down to a more enjoyable length! With that out of the way, we are onto our last 2 giveaways for the first wave of Ally and Villain Packs. So for Episode #6 we won’t have the traditional lore question, but something a little different. What exactly … well you’ll have to listen to the episode in about 2 weeks. In the meantime, the next Pack we will give away will be the Rebel Troopers Ally Pack.

 

 

Keep an eye out for more Articles between now and the release of Episode #6!

Download Episode #5

Shownotes:

• Want to join the show? Write us podcast@boardwars.eu
• Join us on Facebook: Boardwars.eu on Facebook
• Card Discussion
  • Campaign
    • Mak Eshka’rey
    • Diala Passil
• Recent campaign play experiences
• Future Heroes or Allies hidden in Star Wars RPG material – no pictures linked due to copyright 🙂
• Custom tokens over at Litko.net
• Gamerplastic 3d tokens – Etsy Shop of Gamerplastic
• Boardwars.eu Boardgamegeek Guild
• Rules clarification
  • Attribute tests thread on Boardgamegeek
• Lore question of the week – Send your answer to win@boardwars.eu – deadline: May 20th 2015

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On a more serious sidenote, the next podcast recording is still scheduled for this thursday. We did some changes to the structure based on user feedback and can’t wait to improve the show with them.
Of course we will continue our card reviews in Episode #5 and we have a special question to all our listeners. So listen in this weekend to Boardwars.eu Episode #5!

With Episode #4 we transitioned into the 2nd half of our first wave raffel. You can still send in your answers to the question posed in Episode #4! But to wet your appetite for Episode #5, the next Pack you can win is: the Chewbacca Ally Pack.

Also a short update on shipping the packs to the contest winners: As of yesterday I cleared the backlog from Episod #1 to Episode #3. All the winners were from the US, so it still will take them some time to receive them in the mail, but they should get there eventually.

Download Episode #4

Shownotes:

• Follow us on Facebook
• Achieve Ultimate Power article on the FFG site
• The Power of Activations article on the FFG site
• New Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer
  • BB-8 is a real robot!
  • Jakku Panorama
  • The First Order Stormtroopers
  • Falcon flying into a Super Star Destroyer
  • The Rebel heroes from the new movie
  • Time analysis of the trailer on reddit
  • New Stormtrooper design

• Star Wars: Rebels Season 2 trailer
• Star Wars: Rogue One teaser
• Wave 2 Ally & Villain Packs reveal
• Wave 2 Ally & Villain Packs article on the FFG site
• Card Discussion
  • Campaign
    • Jyn Odan
    • Fenn Signis
    • Subversive Tactics
  • Skirmish
    • Close the Gap
    • Take Initiative
    • Planning
    • Expose Weakness
• IA Skirmish army builder website: http://ia-armies.com
• Rules clarification
  • Can incapacitated heroes use strain to move?
• Lore question of the week

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I know it took a while, but I finally managed to publish the podcast on iTunes. It was not so much that it’s complicated, it had more to do with my unwillingness to install iTunes on my machine. But well, I forced myself to do it anyway and submitted the podcast for review a few days ago. Yesterday it was approved and now it’s listed on iTunes under Games & Hobbies > Other Games.

Boardwars.eu on iTunes

In other news, I also finally added a favicon to the website, which is just a scaled down version of the new podcast logo. If you are not listening to the podcast through a podcast app or via iTunes, you will probably never see it, so just have a look at it right here:

 

In the meantime, I hope everyone of you follows the coverage of Star Wars celebration and has seen the new trailer. If not … what are you doing on this site?!? Too lazy to search for the trailer on youtube? We got you covered!

 

I remember hearing that phrase all the time when playing the classic C&C games pack in the day. The feeling of first ordering a unit, paying the cost, waiting for it and then having it finally arrive was always exhilarating. Same thing happened with the Ally & Villan Packs for Imperial Assault. I actually ordered them not long after starting my first campaign in hope they would arrive in time for the 2nd. It didn’t turn out that way with the dock workers strike and all, but finally they arrived in Vienna in the last week.

I am sure there are already enough summaries about the contents of these packs out on the internet, but if you are completely oblivious to them and still need general direction, here is the main Campaign feature of each pack, aside from the also included command cards, missions and being able to play them in Skirmish:

• Han and Chewie: Reward cards for the campaign.
• Rebel Saboteurs and Rebel Troopers: Win them for the campaign
• Imperial packs: Win their respective characters for the campaign and get one new Agenda Set per pack

Of course, me having them already also means that I will start sending out the packs for the winners of the first few podcasts in the next few days. More on how that goes during Episode #4 of the podcast.

 

So the Skirmish side is slowly heating up. Recently, the guys from Team Covenant held their finals for March. The final mission was Data Heist on the Kuat Space Station map. But just see for yourself:

Dennis Harlien v.s. Ian Schaffer

If you haven’t got the time to watch the game, here is a short recap. The army list for the players was

Dennis Harlien:

• Darth Vader (18)
• Royal Guard (8)
• Royal Guard (8)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)

Ian Schaffer:

• Royal Guard (8)
• Royal Guard (8)
• Stormtroopers (6)
• Elite Probe Droid (5)
• Elite Probe Droid (5)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)

From the get go, you see that Ian has a massive activation advantage. Also he chose the red spawn zone. The mission askes the players to battle for control over a Data Core. If a player controls it at the end of a round, he is getting 10 VPs. However, it’s sealed off with 2 doors that can only be opened at the start of the round by a player if the player controls one of the 2 terminals on the map. So it’s another mission where splitting your forces correct is the key.

Dennis had a hard time with that since his original plan was to control one terminal at the start of round 2 and then storm Vader into the Data Core. For this, he needed Vader to stay around the door, which meant he didn’t do anything during the first round. Since Dennis failed to control a terminal, he basically wasted a full round with Vader right from the get go. Also he lost 2 Royal Guards from one deployment card in Round 2, which reduced activations further. He had some lucky rolls later one once he actually threw Vader into the fight, but it was too late. Ian managed to camp the Data Core with the Stormtroopers and one Imperial Officer for 2 rounds and also defeated all 4 Royal Guards and 2 Imperial Officers of Dennis, pushing him to 30 VPs during the 4th round with control over the Data Core and winning him the game.

Congratulations to Ian! Eventhough it looked quite one sided, it was still fun to watch.

I actually fogot to announce the raffle for Episode #3, so let’s make sure it doesn’t happen again. With Rebel packs occupying the spotlight in Episode #2 and #3, it’s time to turn to the dark side again. In Episode #4, you will be able to win the magnificient Royal Guard Champion.

So be sure to listen in after Star Wars Celebration somewhere around the 22nd of April. By this time, the packs should finally arrive at my place and I will then start sending them out. *fingers crossed*

Download Episode #3

Shownotes:

• Amazon.de shipping the Ally and Villain Packs in 3 Weeks!!
• FFG Organized Play for Imperial Assault: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/imperial-assault-regional-championships/
• Vassal Plugin 1.2: http://boardgamegeek.com/article/18120946#18120946
• IACommand Vassal League just started: http://iacommand.com/forums/topic/casual-vassal-league-signups/#post-4867
• Star Wars Minute YT channel https://www.youtube.com/user/starwarsminute
• Star Wars Minute 2015 announcements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GL53Ibxr-E
• First Boardwars.eu Skirmish video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObS0Gv3Fgc
• Skirmish and Campaign plays this week
• Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi audiobook discussion
• Campaign Card Discussion: Gideon, Gaarkhan and Military Might
• Skirmish Card Discussion: Urgency, Pummel, Guardian Stance and Fleet Footed
• Unspecified Rules BGG Thread: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1292377/unspecified-rules-collection-thread-community-coll
• Dice Tower Life Play of Imperial Assault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W4MHQRcU-I
• Lore Question of the week and Raffle for the Rebel Saboteurs Ally Pack – Updated closing date April 19th!
• If you want to join the show, send us an email to podcast@boardwars.eu

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—————– Announcement —————–

Due to Star Wars Celebration 2015 http://www.starwarscelebration.com/ happening just after the scheduled recording date of Episode #4, we posponed recording it until the monday after that. So you have until the 19th of April to send in your answers to the raffle!

So I was playing around with Vassal the other day and did a surpise pick up game with someone I met on there. I also managed to record the whole deal on video, so I give to you, the very first BoardWars.eu Skirmish Battle Report. Enjoy and don’t forget to Subscribe to BoardWars.eu on Youtube.

 

Download Episode #2 (fixed the link now)

 

Shownotes:

• New campaign expansion announced: Twin Shadows
• Pictures of Twin Shadows on the Gama Trade Show
• Speculation about future campaign boxes and the upcoming Star Wars movies
• Campaign rules explaination Part 2 and differences to Skirmish
• Skirmish time table submission on reddit
• Direct link to the Skirmish time table
• Sorastros painting guide videos on Youtube
• Another painting guide on Youtube
• Storage solution for painted minis from feldherr.com
• Storage solution for painted minis from battlefoam.com
• Rules clarification about Gaarkhan’s Brutal Cleave and weapon switching
• Lore Question of the week and Raffle for the Han Solo Ally Pack
• If you want to join the show, send us an email to podcast@boardwars.eu

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 First Campaign Expansion: Twin Shadows

FFG anounced the first Mini Campaign today. It will feature Boba Fett, C3PO, R2-D2 and Kayn Somos (a Sandtrooper). It will come out in early Summer, whenever that actually may be. Stay tuned as we will talk about it front and center during the next Podcast this weekend!

 

Last time we talked about the automated campaign sheet on Google spreadsheet. For my 2nd campaign, I decided to use it, partly to avoid some mistakes with awarded credits, XP and other stuff. If you want to follow our progress, just check up on the Campaign #2 Tracking Sheet on my Google drive, or click on the image above. So far the Rebels seem to suffer quite badly, but maybe they can recover in the midgame 🙂