For 25 points, this piece is actually pretty fantastic. Sometimes, you have to close your eyes to a character’s name and just think about the stats and ability list and how to use/exploit them. Baze joins an elite group of 11 characters that are 25 points or less with 100 HP or more. Of these 11, only 2 or 3 are within reason of using and maybe 1 could be used at a competitive level. Baze with his Force Attuned Armor is point for point, the most beefy character in rebels and possibly in the entire game. For 14 points, Baze gains Evade making him even more of a tank. Versatile Leia gets him to 20 damage which quickly solves the 10 damage problem. I was excited for some massive 40 or 50 point piece, but this piece by the costing methods I use, is a huge bargain and even without other Rogue One characters, should be a lead meat shield for rebels. The design was built with so many negative scoring or null scoring values that it was able to pack a punch and keep costs down. I cost it between 33 and 35. 25 points is a steal!!

ahhhhh I love when people show their ignorance.

I never said pure flavor...ever...

and yes it is a strategy game based on things that exist in some form or fashion, be it books, movies, comics, etc. but they have to be based on something. you can't just say, hey we want a piece that does this, and hey no one has made this character, well hell yeah, lets make that guy do all this stuff even though it makes no sense whatsoever.

I am just asking that pieces, kind of, sort of...maybe... resemble the pieces they represent, because a furious assaulting single shot blasting, low attacking, armor wearing, short is 5.9 short?, heavy guy, that never misses a shot kills everything in one shot and wields this bad boy:

Baze Malbus' MWC-35c Repeating Cannon

Baze Malbus has abandoned the ancient ways of the Guardians of the Whills, taking up an inelegant weapon for a less civilized age. His “Staccato Lightning” repeating cannon uses a belt of galven circuitry and a refrigerant tank to deliver the equivalent of five laser rifles’ worth of destructive firepower, making Baze a one-man wrecking crew in battle and an agent of retribution for the Empire’s evils.


see what I am asking for here lol....

Sorry, but unless I watched a different movie, doesn't Baze just kill a bunch of non unique scrub storm troopers (HP 10 on most) and 2 or 3 Death troopers (not released yet) after Chirrut is killed? So 10 damage pretty well represents him. IMHO of course.

I'm just happy bloomilk has some stuff going on, a lot of people signing in here to read these posts, heck maybe it gets people more involved, look at all the baze customs being made, and people chiming in to defend this piece, I love it, shows enthusiasm and interest, something this game has been lacking for a few sets.

ok game mechanics, a resistance trooper does base 20, this guy 10, that's pathetic and way off even from flavor standpoint.

and there is a way to make a sith obi-Kenobi... that's about as far off as possible

yeah i'll playtest for sure, and actually I'm a much friendlier playtester then poster for sure lol. and I did playtest when I was asked just recently by someone involved heavily in the game.

What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So malbus would, were he not Malbus call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Malbus, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

I don't like to get involved in Bloomilk drama anymore, and in general I disagree with the way in which both sides are making their points in this thread, but I figure I'll give a quick 2 cents about flavor vs. function:

Really, it shouldn't be flavor "vs" function. These two things aren't enemies. Statements about how flavor shouldn't override "the good of the game" are absolutely true, but also beside the point. Things can be both good for the game AND flavorful! I feel that sometimes designers get to a point in design that they have gotten the idea for a certain game mechanic or functionality that they want to implement and start working it into a design, but it gets to the point that it doesn't really fit the flavor anymore. Instead of saying "this isn't very flavorful, we can't do this", they'll say "this isn't very flavorful. Oh well!" (or, even worse, not even notice or care that it isn't flavorful).

It's an easy trap to fall into. Designing without flavor in mind is much, much easier than trying to keep something flavorful. But I actually agree with Jen'ari et al. here, in that it decreases the quality of the game significantly and actually creates NPEs. Flavor is important, and is the primary reason that a lot of players play this game. Flavor isn't so important that something should be made unbalanced or function poorly just to fit flavor, but it IS important enough that it can't be cast aside just to make something balanced or function well. NEITHER should override the other. If a piece fails in either flavor or function, that is a genuine problem.

Some of the designers come at design primarily from a mechanical perspective, which is fine. Others actually do come at it primarily from a flavor perspective, which is also fine. A good game and a good gaming product takes both into account. The real goal of game designers shouldn't be to just make a perfectly balanced and competitive game. That's A goal, but not THE goal. THE goal should be to make a fun game! That's why we play games! Obviously, balance is a large part of a game being fun. But flavor is a large part of that, too. So is complexity, aesthetics, player agency, all sorts of stuff. Game design is complicated. But pitting function vs flavor like you have to or should pick one over the other is, I think, a disservice to the game and to the players who are here to play a Star Wars game and not just a strategy game.

I think we just need the rest of him spoiled :)