HK and Kazdan could be a great combo.

The new panaka apparently works with the old queen amidala, to make the naboo guard 3 points. Not too shabby for a twin attacking mobile attacker. Throw in yoda/gowk and yularen and they're attacking at +10 for 20.

Love the new luke. a 6 square tow cable for the rebels.

Katarn... was hoping for a little more than a shooter out of this one. Splash is great for mouse droid clean up, but in the end, he's a cannon, where I had been hoping for a utility character. Not bad, just not how i would have spun it.

Love the new R2/3PO, i don't know how many other people had asked for it, but i was a firm supporter of getting some options other than mouse droids with relay orders. I hope to see more pieces like him in the future.

Sullustan pilot is ok, but takes the fun out of the klatoonian. I think many will not bother using him, as if you're using a pilot squad, you'll probably include the KC, which makes the sullustian somewhat over priced.

Zaan Boss was a long needed solution. Great job there.

I love the B2 Super Battle Droid. That is a fantastic piece for its price. I like that mobile attacks will have to give up two attacks to bring him down.

So, all in all, i have a few pieces I would have done differently, but the set is solid. I can't wait to get my cards and start trying them out!

Wait a minute. Vong Slayer has Pilot! Speed 8 and Evade, plus Crab armor and all the other Vong boosts make these guys great, can even get another 2 squares of movement from Nas Choka.
I don't even play Vong....and I love these guys.

Cards on PDF are suposed to be out aug 8th but many of the guys will be at gencon and it may not be up then.

i think the -4 bring your initiative down to 0 instead of 1.


gotta say im kinda dissapointed with nute, i was hoping for a less obvious penalizing of allies. i mean i know he was a bad leader but just outright giving a penalty just sucks in game terms. i think he should have had a san hill style CE that at first seems to limit you, but actually helps you in another way. at very least he should have been able to bring in holosid:)

maybe nute should have an ability that nerfs adjacent allied commanders then you could "turn off" san hills CE just by moving nute next to him, YEAH errata Distraction to suppress allied commander effects too, then i will like this nute better:)

He also plays like a beast. With ambush and sith rage 20, its scary, deffinatly diminishes how strong the new mace looks.

You can wind up with negative initiative. Still, it increases the chance of getting Reserves. On a 1 or a 5.

Reread Tactician, very, very carefully. ;)

Yes, it is.

Tactician -4 (add -4 to the initiative roll except on a roll of a one.

Understandable mistake. I forgot it a bit when I answered an question earlier as well.

Most impressive.

Carth: not what I was expecting but good nonetheless. Him counting as a Soldier opens up quite a few options that turn him into quite the little monster.

Saul: great support for Carth and the regular rank-and-file Sith and Old Republic units, especially the Elite Gunner. +15 for 40 after only Saul is added, other commanders just add icing on top.

Zannah: holy hell, she is going to be blasted near IMPOSSIBLE to take down, either way you play SSM. Which is exactly how it should be, for her. I'm going to at least try her with the on-card wording, though. With no CE and average offense at best (unless she starts chewing up her FP), she shouldn't be anywhere near as abusive as GOWK.

Rogue Squadron Rookie: I'm actually most interested in this out of all the un-previewed NR pieces. I can think of quite a few boosts that can make this guy quite nasty for only 6 points, and of course the obvious Flanking Support + Spotter combo from Tycho is nothing to complain about.

Choka: expensive, but that CE is awesome. One of the Vong's biggest problems is getting into attack range; a speed boost is just what they need. His offense is kinda lacking, but I suppose that's what Miss Yim is there for.

Chazrach: nice little piece. I'm seeing a whole pack of these with Tsavong and Nen Yim as backup. Each Chazrach can run 12 and hit at +12 for 40. Which you cannot block without Parry or Makashi. Not bad at all.

My comments

Separatist: nothing really, but they finally have a decent choice other than the IG-86

Sith: are getting some really interesting pieces/powers, can't wait to see how they play

Imperial: Vader and the generals along with the purge trooper is gonna change them a bit, maybe even give them a good new format outside of swap squads.

Vong: Are getting really interesting, some guys boost bombs, but I can see new formats forming for them either now or next V-set

OR: All I have to say to them is they're getting more and more cannon options....and they seem to be developing an obvious weakness to Vong.

Republic: Wookie Jedi and Commander Ahsoka will make masses go boom. Windu is good, but only if you're lucky, but as a whole, don't seem to have changed too much

Rebel: Getting some great new shooters, that seems to be it really

NR: R2-D2/3PO are gonna bring some new options for the NR.

Fringe: Lobot seems to be getting some great new reinforcement choices

Mando: Seems to be bonding with republics, and the mando sniper is a new evolution for deathshots, with accurate now available.