Yes you read that right.......Star Wars!!!
What the hell is Rousell doing playing Star Wars, he's a purly historical gamer??? I hear you shouting...
All I can say id "Steve made me do it!"
Reject Steve has only been a Reject for a few years, he joined our merryband after seeing us putting on a game at Broadside, we invited him down to Reject HQ for a game and now we can't get rid of him?
And what does he do for his first ever game in the Shed as an umpire......he drags us into the Dark Side..
Steve has had a game planned for a couple of week, we didn't think he'd go so big!
Steve placed Dan and Postie on the Rebel side, Dan is a Star Wars Legion veteran while Steve has gone over the basics with Postie. Me Lee and Surj had to pick out the hat. Luckily for me I picked out the Rebels side to join Postie and Dan. The rules are a tad complicated if I'm being honest, but I suppose you get used to them the more you play, as per normal.
Poor Surj and Lee had to try and work out what the hell was going on, thank gawd I had Dan on my side!
Postie was on our right with Luke and Leia, Dan was in the middle with a purple haired lady called Sabine, (what a tough nut she was to crack!) And I was on our right with the Mandalorian, Lando and two Robots!
The Empire had the big bad boys out. Surj had Darth Vador and Bobba Fett, Lee had the Emperor and a few other characters, who's names I can't remember, Soz!
Lando, Cassian? and his pal the Robot
The Emperor and his guard, luckily for us, he moved very slow!!!
But they didn't!
I moved up some troops to try and gain some ground
Steve placed the big massive piece of terrain smack bang in front of my and Lee's troops, which helped me out no end, I decided to hide behind anything I could!
Dan in the centre faced the walker, whuch wasn't a nice thing for Surj to do to Dan... was it? So that made Dan's plans for moving forward very difficult.
The performing chimp!
Hang on a minute??
Where's my troops gone?
In a flash I lost the protection and our right flank.
Those dirty Stormtroopers hiding in those crates
Right, lets hide in hear then?
I raced my Sniper team up behind the barricades, while the Mandalorian and IG-88 waited for their turn.
A view from the side, Lee's 2 units of flying motorbikes v my Rebel walker.
But who would come out on top?
Talking of on top....Lee's Imperial Guard get to the top of the Scaffold terrain, before I get the chance to.
I manage to hit one of the bikes, but they have 2 casualties per bike!
The Rebels Walker did the damage.
The second unit of bikes close in on my positions.
Lee doesn't want to rick moving these forward.
My Sniper couldn't hit a bloody thing!
From the side again. I push Lando and Cassian up to maybe rush the steps next turn and have a go the the Guards on top.
Apologies, I neglected to take many pics of the other side of the table.
Posties troops can be seen behind the rocky outcrop at the top of the pick, with his speeder, speeding towards Surj's walker. Dan is doing his best to take cover in the town.
Darth Vader can be seen walking very slowly over towards the rocky outcrop, while Surj's troop follow and hold in the centre.
Oh dear!
I took a shot at the Guard on up top killed a figure but each figure has 2 lives, then he swatted my troop like a fly!
Postie got into a position where he could shoot the walker from the front and the Stormtroopers from behind.
My last unit on our right, my walker"
But I had loads of characters, including this bad boy (no name robot) apparently he defected from the Empire so they couldn't shoot him until I shot or attacked them. So as the bikes were going passed, he grabbed one and gave it a shake!
Chewbacca can be seen centre left, with a hand and foot of Han Solo. Darth Vador can be seen skulking among the palm trees.
Speaking of palm trees, Surj knocked them over at least 7 times during the game!!!
Clumsey sod!
Oh how we laughed, Steve wouldn't let Surj walk over the barricade, so he had to walk around it. He gave us a very descriptive act on how he could lift his leg up into the air, it was like watching my kids during a scene in a nativity play at school.
Mr Robot continues to shake the crap out of the bikes, the buggers had 3 lives each!!
My Sniper gets sniped, by the blurry Bosk!
The centre and right, its not looking good for the Rebel Alliance!
Din Djarin, the Mandalorian, has just about had enough and uses his rockets to jump up the top of the scaffold, unfortunately he's not got enough movement left to charge, but has a veritable arsenal of weapons at his hands.
He kick Empire butt, but only knocks off one figure, but the remaining three are severely damaged.
Mr Robot despatched the remnants of the two bikes, but our flank is very open.
IG-88 doing his thang!
Surj, Lee and Steve
My last remaining trooper and look, who's that making his way under the scaffold.
Steve said, " Don't go anywhere near him!"
Uh oh! Here comes trouble!
Please mind out for the Kent Berries though, they're really dangerous!
There were a few wimpers and shouts of that's not fair, when I charged in the Mandalorian and he hit on every dice!
Now you see them...
Now you don't!
We were only on turn 3 but it was getting late, so we knew the game was going to end soon. Dan charged out the purple haired she women, who spanked butt wherever she went. I can't remember his name, but she killed a rotter here. But Dan's left her out in the open???
Only 2 more bikes to shoot up!
Postie spent the entire game hiding behind the rocky outcrop.
I don't think Luke had his Weetabix this morning?
Here comes the Dark Lord. Once again Steve said "Don't go anywhere near him!"
Vader uses the force and gives Posties troops morale markers, instead of jumping over the hill and fighting the men.
Surj forgets about Luke and Leia and tries to rid the world of Sabine the purple haired banshee. He fired every unit he could at her, including Boba Fett. And every single time they missed or Dan Saved the hits.
But its all too late, the game had ended, time has run out. But who has won?
Look at their faces, I think you can guess??
A 689 to 603 win for the Rebels!
Conclusion
All joking aside, I will hold my hands up and say I thoroughly enjoyed myself playing Star Wars Legion. The rules blew my mind, though, there was soooo much to try and remember. I'm just pleased I had Dan on my side who knew what the symbols all meant and when best to use the masses of cards that each unit had.
10/10 and I'm already looking forward to another game. I hope Dan's on my side again though?!
Nice one Steve!
