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When Star Wars: Unlimited launched in March — quickly after competitor Disney Lorcana, and amongst a few of Magic: The Gathering’s most influential fashionable units — it simply stood out from the gang. Critics and followers alike admired it for its aggressive ramp-up of energy and complexity, and its dedication at launch to the lore of the unique trilogy. Its third set of playing cards, titled Twilight of the Republic, leans into what makes the game distinctive. It additionally kicks the theming and the narrative up a number of notches.
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The focus of this launch is the $27.99 Star Wars: Unlimited – Twilight of the Republic Two-Player Starter Set. Inside you’ll discover two potent decks, one led by Jedi Ahsoka Tano and the opposite by the vile General Grievous. There are loads of new playing cards to go round, they usually all help one widespread fashion of play: massed fight.
Twilight of the Republic introduces token playing cards to the game, that are double-sided with a Clone Trooper on one face and a Battle Droid on the opposite. They don’t go into the deck, however are introduced onto the desk by talents on sure playing cards. Two different new mechanics complement the surge in combatants on the desk, known as Coordinate and Exploit.
Grievous’ deck makes essentially the most use of Exploit, which permits gamers to take away items, together with tokens, from the battlefield and swap them out for higher-value playing cards. For occasion, a participant might play a four-resource On the Doorstep occasion card to deliver out three Battle Droid tokens. On the identical flip they’ll take away these Droids and earn a two-resource credit score for every, making the Separatist Super Tank value simply three assets as an alternative of 9.
On the opposite aspect of the desk, Ahsoka’s deck makes use of Coordinate, which requires that gamers have at the least three items on the battlefield. Once they do, gamers can use any variety of attention-grabbing talents. For occasion, Republic Commandos, as soon as Coordinated, can carry out acts of sabotage; Coruscant Guards acquire Ambush, giving them the power to assault on the primary flip they arrive into play; and Clone Heavy Gunners get so as to add two extra to their assault scores.
In movement, the brand new key phrase talents meld nicely with the recognizable characters to recall to mind scenes from the Clone Wars cartoons and Disney Plus streaming collection. You can think about a line of battle droids marching over the horizon, solely to offer strategy to heavier siege weapons within the rear. You can really feel Ahsoka’s nervousness as she barks orders to a brand new batch of troopers, solely to seek out that they work exceptionally nicely collectively as a staff.
Most importantly, although, the complete package deal — which additionally contains two poster playmats — is clearly designed with new gamers in thoughts. If you had held off earlier this yr ready to see if Star Wars: Unlimited was definitely worth the effort, I’m right here to let you know that it’s. And if the Clone Wars period is your favourite a part of the Star Wars canon, it’s time to collect your forces and be part of within the battle.
Star Wars: Unlimited – Twilight of the Republic Two-Player Starter Set will likely be accessible starting Nov. 8.
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