The goal of Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game is simple – destroy all of your enemy’s bases before they destroy yours. All in all, it’s a fairly light box in terms of components which makes for easy setup and teardown. The last few items in the box include the Balance of the Force track, two reference cards, 50 damage counters, 20 resource counters, and a Force marker.

These additional bases are kept secret from the opponent, often leading to a bit of surprise in the latter parts of the game. Aside from their mandatory starting location, each player can choose which bases they want to use during the game, depending on their overall strategy.

Additionally, there’s another smaller shared deck of 10 Outer Rim Pilot cards that can be used in the early game to accumulate more resources – more on that later.Įach faction also includes 10 Base cards spanning a number of iconic locations from throughout the Star Wars universe including Tatooine, Endor, Hoth, Alderaan, Coruscant, Mustafar, Yavin 4, and the Death Star. This deck contains the majority of cards both players will seek to acquire to bolster their decks.

There is also a shared deck of 90 Galaxy cards that feature Rebel, Empire, and neutral cards that both players will draw through during the course of the game. Both decks feature identical card effects, with the only difference being alternate artwork to fit their chosen faction. Each deck serves as a basic structure to get you started that you’ll look to enhance during gameplay. Inside the rather compact box you’ll find two 10-card starter decks – one for the Rebel Alliance and one for the Empire. This means every game can be wildly different from the last depending on which cards are available, as well as your overall strategy.

What makes Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game different from other preconstructed card games is that each player starts with the same base set of ten cards and assembles their deck during the course of the game.

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