{"id":6134,"date":"2017-01-16T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6134"},"modified":"2017-01-17T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T11:05:16","slug":"another-star-wars-combat-patroltm-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6134","title":{"rendered":"Another Star Wars Combat Patrol(TM) Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The Star Wars Combat Patrol(TM) Game Begins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Greg Priebe has been working on a supplement for Combat Patrol(TM): World War II<\/em> to play Star Wars<\/em> themed games. \u00a0Most of the conversion is pretty straight forward, but last Friday we started working on rules for Jedi and Sith. \u00a0This game featured clones vs. battle droids. \u00a0Each side was supported by two Jedi type figures. \u00a0The droids had General Grievous and another figure. \u00a0The clones had Obi-Wan Kenobi (since he was run by a club member, named Don, we called him Obi-Don Kenobi) and Anakin Skywalker.<\/p>\n

\"Clones<\/a>
Clones Advancing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this scenario, both sides were advancing near a village on a desert moon to seize a cache of Kyber Crystals. \u00a0After placing the crystals on the table, we randomly determined which board edge we would enter.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Droid commander advances around our flank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was one of the clone commanders. \u00a0The battle droids got a jump on us early. \u00a0In Combat Patrol(TM)<\/em>, movement speeds are determined randomly. \u00a0My clones were getting very slow random movement allowances, and the droids were getting average or better ones. \u00a0My clones apparently were being extra cautious or the ground was rougher than expected. \u00a0The droid commander, rinding his jet-powered pogo stick thing, pushed out ahead of his forces, since he drew two cards for movement, rather than one.<\/p>\n

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In the meantime, the droids advanced steadily against Obi-Don and his clones. \u00a0The heavy battle droids were rated as “green” for shooting, but they had a high rate of fire from their arm-mounted blasters. \u00a0Despite their high rate of fire, the heavy battle droids didn’t seem to have much effect on Don’s clones. \u00a0While his clones advanced, Obi-Don and Anakin jumped out ahead to battle droids with light sabers. \u00a0Don’s Jedi did exceedingly well, killing a pile of droids.<\/p>\n

\"Droids<\/a>
Droids close in on my outnumbered clones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Combat Patrol(TM)<\/em>, after getting a hit, players draw a second card to determine which figure in the target area was hit and whether it was protected by any cover. \u00a0Being uphill provides some cover. \u00a0Despite being uphill from the droids, my clones rarely seemed to benefit from the cover, as Jim seemed to be getting a lot of head shots. \u00a0I was getting torn up pretty badly. \u00a0Then several of Jim’s droids advanced up the hill and moved into hand-t0-hand combat with my few remaining clones. \u00a0I was outnumbered, stunned, and in many cases wounded. \u00a0He mopped up my clones easily.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
An advancing wall of droids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jim's<\/a>
Jim's droids cleared out my clones and re-captured a deposit of Kyber Crystals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At this point, I was down to two clones and the clone platoon leader remaining, but an extra half squad of reinforcements entered the table. \u00a0They too were moving slowly, but they stopped for one activation and fired at the droid command on his electronic pogo stick. \u00a0I killed him. \u00a0Suddenly all the droids were out of command and were pinned. \u00a0In Combat Patrol(TM)<\/em>, a pinned unit can only activate on the black cards from the Activation Deck. \u00a0(Half of the cards in the Activation deck are black, and the other half are red.) \u00a0All of the droids (except their Jedi-type figures) were pinned, which helped us a lot!<\/p>\n

\"General<\/a>
General Grevous advances into the village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Don’s and Bill’s side of the table, while Obi-Don was slicing up droids like butter, General Grievous advanced into the village. \u00a0My clone commander had been hit twice by droids. \u00a0Both hits were just wounds, but my Endurance was now just one, and any hit would cause the platoon leader to be killed. \u00a0If I died, all of the clones would be pinned, just like all the droids, and our advantage would be lost. \u00a0I took cover in a small building. \u00a0As Grievous advanced, he was taken under fire by Don’s clones.<\/p>\n

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Don’s clones killed Grievous. \u00a0At that point, we were in possession of three of the four outcroppings of Kyber Crystals, Bill’s droids were largely a pile of spare parts, and Jim agreed that he was not going to be able to take another outcropping. \u00a0The game was a clone victory!<\/p>\n

We didn’t get to test all of the Jedi rules we’ve been developing, but we’ll get to more of them in the next play test.<\/p>\n

This will eventually be another free supplement for Combat Patrol(TM)<\/em>. \u00a0Watch for an announcement!<\/p>\n

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