Title: FFG:Prepare for a Surface Attack Post by: RSSFeeder on 16 March 2013, 04:30:14 Prepare for a Surface Attack
The Desolation of Hoth Is Now Available for STAR WARS (TM): The Card Game “General, prepare your troops for a surface attack.” The Battle of Hoth begins! The Desolation of Hoth, the first Force Pack for Star Wars™: The Card Game, is now available at your local retailer and online on our webstore! Inspired by the early scenes from The Empire Strikes Back, The Hoth Cycle of Force Packs carries players through one of the greatest battles in the galaxy. Starting with the Rebels’ early efforts to establish Echo Base, then marching forward toward the final shots between Imperial AT-ATs and Rebel snowspeeders, The Hoth Cycle gives players a chance to feel the heated conflict between the vast Imperial military forces and the daring Rebels who seek to defend a base under siege… And it all begins with The Desolation of Hoth. Launch Your Assault Since last December, when Star Wars™: The Card Game arrived at retailers around the world, players have had the opportunity to experiment with its different affiliations, decks, and play styles. Accordingly, many dark side players have come to recognize two major archetypes and gravitate toward one of them:
Both styles have their merits, and veteran card gamers may gravitate toward “aggro” decks for many reasons. They may like how the style applies pressure to their opponents, they may like how it allows them to control which objective abilities their opponents have available, or they may simply like “blowing stuff up.” Veteran card gamers may intuitively gravitate toward any of these abstracted elements of the aggro style. However, fans who decide to pick up Star Wars because of their love of the films may find that aggro decks built out of the Imperial Navy lack one key component… Darth Vader. The Dark Lord
Fortunately for Star Wars fans who want to dabble with both the Imperial Navy’s aggressive style and Darth Vader, The Desolation of Hoth offers them a new, Imperial Navy version of Darth Vader (The Desolation of Hoth, 195). Where the Core Set’s Darth Vader is the Sith Lord who hunted down and destroyed the Jedi, this new Darth Vader is the focused commander who oversaw the discovery and destruction of Echo Base, and his ability is a terrific boon for the Imperial Navy’s aggressive play style. While Darth Vader is attacking, each dark side unit gains Of course, Darth Vader is the feature card in his objective set, and the rest of the unit-rich set plays to his strengths.
Together, the cards in Lord Vader’s Command establish the foundations for a unit-heavy aggro deck, one capable of destroying multiple light side objectives in a single turn. The Troops Have Landed As the first Force Pack for Star Wars: The Card Game, The Desolation of Hoth opens up some interesting new strategies, and the deck list below serves as an example of how its cards and specifically those in Lord Vader’s Command may lend new strength to an Imperial Navy rush deck. Built around Darth Vader, dozens of cheap Troopers, and Orbital Bombardment (Core Set, 103), this deck is packed with an astounding thirty-three units and can easily destroy any objective your opponent brings into play.
1x Corporate Exploitation 1x Death and Despayre
2x Take Them Prisoner 2x The Ultimate Power The Imperial Navy Sets a New Course Expand your Star Wars universe today as the Imperial Navy sets a course for the ice planet of Hoth. The Desolation of Hoth is now available at your local retailer and online on our webstore! ...Source: Prepare for a Surface Attack (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4022) |