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Offline mikedemana

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Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« on: August 08, 2023, 10:13:42 PM »

A Stormtrooper squad begins its patrol of a war-torn spaceport, looking for rebels and other scum

Success! I was telling one of our Sunday evening gamers about all the cool threads on LAF using Galactic Heroes for Star Wars games. I confided that it really got me inspired, but I don't have any figures for it.  :'( My friend Keith took the bait and set up a game this past Sunday using his Wizards of the Coast pre-painted Star Wars figures.


Droids on one of the mercenary squads take potshots at a detachment of Stormtroopers

Our game looked nothing like the amazing spectacles that Malamute and OshiroModels are putting on. Nevertheless, we had a good time, laughed when folks repeatedly missed with blasters and cheered when Stormtrooper armor actually deflected a hit ("First time in cinematic history!"). It was a good time. I took some pics and wrote up a tongue-in-cheek report from the perspective of my fairly successful Rebel squad.
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/2023/08/first-star-wars-skirmish-using-galactic.html

Check it out on my Lead Legionaries blog, if you get a chance. It's always encouraging to see someone reading my efforts on my blog...  :D

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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2023, 10:20:25 PM »
Well done using what people had for a game.
Always a fun set of rules.
Flatpack

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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2023, 05:59:59 AM »
Looks like you had a blast, Mike! (pun intended)

A great game, looked like a lot of fun.


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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2023, 07:18:07 AM »

Great to see you get this going. :)

 The report was a fun read, the combat specialist rolling a 1 & a 2... That's GH2 lol
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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2023, 10:20:21 PM »
Thanks, everyone -- appreciate the kind comments!

Mike Demana

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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2023, 08:34:07 AM »
Well done for getting a game in...something I've failed to do recently  :)

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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2023, 09:23:42 AM »
"Welcome to the party, pal!"

Seriously, looks like a fun game.

Offline BeneathALeadMountain

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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2023, 01:10:31 AM »
That looks like excellent fun, I shall have to get a copy of Galactic Heroes for when I try and push Star Wars games on others (always happy to have a range of good rules to choose from).

Thank you for posting,

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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2023, 03:17:24 AM »
Its a great game and it captures the cinematic effect of the movies very well.

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Re: Galactic Heroes 'Star Wars' first game
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2023, 01:40:44 PM »
That looks like excellent fun, I shall have to get a copy of Galactic Heroes for when I try and push Star Wars games on others (always happy to have a range of good rules to choose from).

I'd recommend getting the 'A Distant Galaxy' character cards for Galactic Heroes too. They're useful for allowing more well known characters to make an appearance.

 

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