What if Imperial Surge included “draw a card”?

Luke, tweaked Dooku, Grievous, and Tarkin have “move all + draw” specials. Surge moves all, but no draw. I guess it’s so players don’t potentially get to move, draw, AND attack multiple times in one turn by comboing Surge with Stomp. Still, the AT-ST has three Surges but only two Stomps, so the Surges often get passed up for attacks or draws.

My nephews wanted to try the AT-ST the instant they saw it. (“23 HP?! Wow!”) After watching five people win and lose with it multiple times, I decided its appeal is like Vader’s: the power fantasy of being big and tough. Even if it’s not tier 1A (and shouldn’t be), it at least shouldn’t feel *fragile* like vanilla Vader did.

Offensively, AT-ST is just right. Defensively, giving it power blocks or buffing Imperial Supplies would be overkill. Adding +1 draw to Surge gives it better odds to protect itself without changing any combat cards.

Other possibilities are swapping a Surge for a third Stomp, or adding to Surge something like “You may draw a card, but may not play a Stomp this turn if so.” Half the AT-ST’s cards already revolve around restricting actions, which excellently fits the theme of a huge machine with jerky, deliberate movements.

The deck is still fine as is. My nephews were delighted to discover that Stomp one-shots Golden God C-3PO’s Ewoks. Squish!

Hi I have a rule question that I couldn’t find explicitly stated in the rulebook. If your exploration phase does not result in combat, do you simply add the revealed realm cards to your hand?

Do you have to pull a Trickster fate card to activate the ability?

On most of the Avatars they have the Ability check. Do you have to pull a Trickster gate card to activate all the abilities or does it just have to not be a one?

When Luke becomes the major, does he get to use Old Ben cards or what is the point of him becoming the major?

Hi was wondering about thorns 2 defend card that lets him attack. Can he still attack if the damage he receives kills him when defending with that card? Thanks

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My nephews and I love this deck, but some questions about Attack Run came up last session:

1) This page says Wedge moves 7 spaces, but the .pdf says specifies he moves in a *straight line.* Which one is intended? The former is stronger, but the latter’s more interesting.

2) Wedge must stop his attack run on an empty space, right? So even though he moves 7, he can only hit 6 characters max, right? (42 damage still gives my man Wedge the best potential 1-turn output in the game, though. I love that.)

3) If Wedge COULD move a 6th space and attack an enemy, but there’d be no empty 7th space to move to after (due to obstacles, reaching a corner or edge, or it already being occupied), must Wedge end his run early at the 5th space and leave the enemy on space 6 unattacked? (This is a much bigger issue for the “straight line” variation of Attack Run.) Can Wedge stop at space 5 but hit the guy at space 6 like a normal attack, without passing over him?

Just curious to see if there was any original intent from this we should know about, or gut reactions on how to handle the question. My group settled on “Wedge ends the run early at space 5 and the guy in spot 6 goes unattacked” and it decided the game, so we are all curious 😛

Where can I find the figurines?

Hello, thank you for all your work. I can’t seem to get the LOTR Legends Expansion. How do I go about getting those?

I downloaded the vassal extension, but couldn’t find it in the window, so checked the file. It’s in x3150, y100, but I think you meant for it to be the other way around?

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Hey, all.

Just started playing this with my son after having played with my friends years and years ago. I ended up printing them the cards out on basic card stock and sleeving in MTG sized sleeves. I printed the maps out on 11×17 paper and laminating. Then, we use Lego SW figures for the for the characters. It is a blast! Thanks to everyone who put in the effort for the custom decks and maps!

These are amazing! Thank you for what must be countless hours of dedication. Can’t wait to give this a go this weekend. Much appreciation to everyone involved.

The card titles in the vassal version are squished. Also do the effects on FREE SPIRIT stack? So if Sabine is adjacent to the target and has no cards the attack value is 12?

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Unless I missed it you don’t have Buffy listed here.

Hi, I was a backer on kickstarter but was unable to afford it on the date you needed payment, is there any way of being able to pay for a copy or has the chance gone?
Thanks

Could you specify the function of sting? Which damage does it double? Previous damage up to 6? Following damage up to 6? Does it have to be damage from the same turn? Having difficulty because there’s nothing specific to the description. Could you possibly give an example? Not sure if it means 6 base damage before doubling or up to 6 doubled damage as well. Thanks! Love playing all of these decks and appreciate the work put in!

This is a Potential Baddass List, NOT A KILL COUNT.
It’s A Kill Count that I need. (Don’t ask why, it’s a secret mission… Ubiquitous Mendacious Polyglotal.)

i don’tunderstand the card divine influence

Avasarala may not be a fighter, but she did make choices that cost a lot of belters their lives after the ring gates opened.

Would you be willing to share any clunky/unused fighters or moves/combos, either online or offline, that fans could print-and-play?

How do you guys make your own character pieces? Just curious.

These have always been big favorites of mine for as long as I’ve been playing with the LOTR sets (so as far back as, like, 2016/2017) – they just feel good to play, and always feel effective without being overwhelmingly so. When I don’t know who else to play, they’re a common go-to, and in my experience new players are often drawn to them even if their unconventionality might make them somewhat poor picks to introduce the game with.