When I first seen this Objective, I yelled "Way Cool". Then after my wife
yelled at me for waking the kids up from their naps, I started thinking strategy(someone
smell smoke). But seriously Decipher made cards that follow the movies more
closely, and I couldn't wait to play with these cards. In Starwars:A NEW HOPE,
rescuing the Princess was my favorite part of the movie. Now with this Objective
I can accomplish this by playing the coolest card game around. My first thought
when I seen this Objective was to 1.)Rescue Leia 2.)Revolve Yavin sites (for
force draining and cool text like the the 'War Room')and 3.)Play with the
new <>sites deployed to Yavin system, like the swamp, jungle, you know the
ones 'Ithorians' love to hang out at. Well this did not follow the movie that
closely. Although many of you may find cool and easy ways to use this strategy,
to do it and follow the movie it's not so easy. I was detemined to find a
way to follow the movie as close as possible. Yes that's right, I am talking
about 'Attack Run'. Lets talk about problem #1. Well we need to do it in only
60 cards. Ok, maybe not a problem, why don't we do a break down of what is
necessary. First we need the Objective card, plus all the ones it says we
have to pull from our reserve deck. That means Leia of ability <4 (Princess
Organa, Leia Organa, or Jedi pack Leia) the 'Death star:Detention Block Corridor','Death
Star:Docking Bay 327', 'Yavin 4:Docking Bay' and 'Yavin 4:War Room'. So far
we have 6 cards in our deck, now lets move on to other necessities. To release
the Princess, only certain cards will work. I decided to use 'I'm here To
Rescue You' and '8D8'. Notice that to use IHTRY you need a spy and both a
spy and '8D8' cannot deploy to the Death Star as per the Objective. So you
need to deploy them both to the 'Yavin 4:Docking and move over to the Death
Star. That makes it a little harder, but not impossible. Ok lets think(sizzle),
if we need these cards how many should we have to make sure we rescue early.
I would say at the very least two of each copy. Ok now which spies should
we use and how do we keep up with opponents force drains elsewhere? With this
dilemma I chose 'Bothan Spy'. They are non-unique and spies and ability 2
characters with good game text, hence 'Bargaining Table' and 'Nal Shada Wind
Chimes'. Other MUST cards is at least two light side 'Death Star', one 'Death
Star:Trench'(since your Rebel Tech can take this site into hand), three 'Rebel
Tech', and since you can't deploy the light side 'Death Star' without 'Death
Star Plans' then add two of those. Ok lets look at our deck so far:
Objective:
Rescue the Princess/Sometimes I Amaze Even Myself
Locations:
Death Star x2
Death Star: Detention Block Corridor
Death Star: Trench
Yavin 4: Docking Bay
Yavin 4: War Room
Characters:
Princess Organa
Bothan Spy x8
Rebel Tech x3
8D8 x2
Effects:
Bargaining Table (start with this)
Death Star Plans x2
Interrupts:
The Signal (start with this to pull out Bargaining Table)
Nal Shada Wind Chimes x2
I'm Here To Rescue You x2
Epic Event:
Attack Run x2
Now look at that, so far we just used up 33 cards in this deck. So lets finish
it with some defense and strength and other necessities. Well we need to defend
the Bothans with a little more power and we need to make sure Leia survives
long enough to get to the War Room. That's where 'It's a Trap' comes in. This
card will cancel a battle. Plus 'Lift Tube Escape' will help. Also can use
the 'Lift Tube Escape' card to get the 'Lift Tube' out of your deck, then
put it back toward the end of game. Plus even more we need strong Characters,
so use 'Obi-Wan with Lightsaber', (this is an EPP main), or any other Obi-Wan
that you have. Might as well have 'Undercover' or two in here too. Ok now
we might ask ourselves? How are we going to get to the Death Star system?
Ok, ok I am starting to get silly. Really now, we have some options to get
over there. We have the 'Yavin 4' system, even the 'Bothawui' system, and
then there is 'Tantive 4'. Well for this deck why don't we use the 'Bothawui'
system and 'Yavin 4'. Now I suggest that if you already have the 'Bothawui'
system deployed then do not deploy 'Yavin 4', because you really don't have
the strength in this deck to defend it. Now you may be asking then why not
just put two 'Bothawui' systems in the deck? Well once again I don't want
to get to far from the movie story line. All right lets move on, we need ships
and pilots that will help an 'Attack Run', and More Yavin 4 sites to increase
the chances, especially the new 'Yavin 4: Massassi Headquarters'. Lets not
forget something vital to make this work, its called 'Proton Torpedoes'. Plus
another defense card to use is 'Fallen Portal' that works in Docking Bays.
And last but not least I through in an 'On the Edge', this may come in handy
since you may be losing force from other means in this game. And if you didn't
hear this already, or read it in your own NEW GLOSSARY, then you will read
it now. What am I talking about? Well we can now count our reserve, force,
and used piles. So setting up the right destiny for 'On The Edge' or the 'Attack
Run' Itself will be easy, if you use 'Traffic Control that is. Now lets look
at the REST of the deck:
Locations:
Yavin 4: Briefing Room
Yavin 4
Bothawui
Characters:
Obi-Wan with Lightsaber x2
Luke Skywalker x2
Biggs Darklighter
Wedge Antillies
Tk-422
Interrupts:
Lift Tube Escape x2
Fallen Portal x2
It's A Trap x3
On The Edge
Old Times
Your All Clear Kid!
Vehicle/Starships:
Lift Tube
Red 5
Red 2
Gold Leader in Gold 1
Weapons:
Proton Torpedoes x2
Effects:
Traffic Control
Well there it is. I hope you have fun with this. Note that you have to wait
until the card flips befor you complete the Death Star Plans. So Rescue the
Princess as soon as possible, we need the plans, yes we need to destroy the
Death Star. Remember if you can make an Attack Run work the dark side will
lose a total of 22 force!!! Even more than that if they give you more Death
Star sites. Well it may seem a lot to do in one deck, but I know it can be
done. If you to can accomplish all that this deck requires then you will have
the right to say: "Sometimes I Amaze Even Myself".