Games Night

Been awhile but I've been having issues with the app I use as when I add pictures to the blog it won't upload so trying again after a successful test post early last week.
I had a tooth out this morning so was really looking forward to a games night to cheer me up. We decided to play the Star Wars Rebellion board game. This game is a beast the box is huge. It's all about the galactic battle between the Empire and the rebellion. The Empire has to track down and destroy the rebel base before the rebels reputation garners them enough support to destabilize the Empire (to help the rebels there are various objectives which speed up the reputation gathering). The game board is 2 boards put together!

The board has all the famous star wars planets Endor Corosuant etc.
The rebel sets up their starting units in systems loyal to the rebellion and the Empire sets up units in systems loyal to the Empire.  Obvously the Empire has the advantage of numbers. A random system card has been picked that holds the location of the rebel base which only the rebel player knows. Units can be allocated to the rebel base should it be located. 

The small rebel force starting against the might of the Empire

Both sides have to use leaders (famous star wars characters) to complete missions to gain various things like loyalty from star systems. The more star systems are loyal to you the more fleets and ground forces  you can build.  There is space combat and ground combat. The rebels have the Mon Calamari Crusier , Corellian Corvette, x wing , y wing, snow speeder and rebel soldier   The Empire have Death stars (yep stars not star) , super star destroyer, star destroyers, assault carriers, tie fighters, AT-AT, AT-ST and storm troopers. 
The game comes with a lot of bits (cards tokens etc) but the rule book does a great job of telling you how to play you're first game. This game is definatly a case of if you just read the rules you will get very confused  (I know I did!!) But when you start to play, the rules flow and after a few turns you are doing fine. We messed the missions for the first few turns which led to me know gaining to many systems loyalty so didn't manage to get large rebel space fleets this time round.  Once we had worked out what to do it was all good again.

In our game the rebels were hampered by my terrible dice rolling at the start so quite a few missions were failed but they started to come round. The empire gathered up a large amount of space fleets which were a bit of a worry. There was a large military build up around Naboo  Could this be where the rebel base was???

2 separate Empire fleets are occupying nearby systems around Naboo

In the game you are allowed to oppose the opponent's missions with one of your own leaders. Now Emperor Palpatine spent a good few turns messing my missions up but a new hero of the rebellion was born Lando Calrissian! He hampered and disrupted several missions even when the odds were against him.  The build up of forces around Naboo led to a rebel fleet striking at one of the Empire fleets in the Dagobath system. 

This was the biggest combat action and resulted in both rebel and empire capital ships being destroyed  (but destroying the Empire star destroyer gained me a reputation point!). The empire had 2 death stars now on the board! Unfortunately the rebels reputation reached the winning point making it a close win for the rebellion!

This was a great game but it is not a quick game! Took us about 3 hours and that is with learning the rules as well but it was enjoyable and next time I need to get some more fleets Into space to keep those empire at bay.
Everything in the box is great quality and an awesome addition to the board game cupboard.