So what is this subset? As you may have noticed, there are 3 Republic pieces and 3 Separatist pieces. The title of the subset is Heroes on Both Sides, and each character is known as either a Separatist Hero or a Republic Hero. (That will make it easier to remember which subset these pieces came from.) The goal for this subset was a self-contained 3vs3 game. It might be best to just paste in what was said to the playtesters:



I hope we met the goals. I've already used it once to introduce the game to a new player, and I plan to make it my go-to teaching tool once I have the physical cards. It does in fact include commander effects, shooters (for targeting), Twin, Double, Greater Mobile Attack, and Force points. At the same time, the interactions are pretty basic. The most complex things on any of the cards (Rolling Fire in Plo Koon's CE and the condition on Grievous' CE) don't come into play at all in the 3vs3 game so a teacher can just tell a new player to ignore that part for now. After playtesting it a few times, I don't know which side has an advantage. I'm sure one side does - in a game like this it's pretty much certain that one side has at least a small advantage. But I don't know which side is stronger, and even after playtesting the 3vs3 game was fun enough that I kept playing it. So I hope the game works for others as well, and if you figure out the killer strategy that gives an auto-win to one side or the other, you can even feel free to share it.

You'll also notice that 4 of the 6 characters are commanders. The commander effects are a natural hook to let a new player start exploring other characters to expand on the first 6 characters without having to look at all 1600+ characters we now have in the game. Just look at the characters that benefit from those CEs. The CEs also let these characters be releveant to the standard 200pt game beyond the 3vs3 teaching game.

I don't know if people will use the subset much for this 3vs3 game, but that was the rationale for the subset.

Awesome idea and the most excited I have been about a subset since Vehicles of War or Invasion. Awesome to see some blast from the past Clone Wars. And I will definitely battle this 3v3 against my brother Obi Dan Kenobi and let you know who is victorious haha. Great job though!

Okay, that subset looks amazing. I was thinking that some of the cards are a little crowded for newbies, but they aren't that bad, and none of the abilities are really that hard to figure out. That's a great intro to the game right there; they get to see right away how complex the pieces are, but then after just one game, they're familiar with 3-4 characters you can build a decent squad around. Very nicely done.

Impact Wave is a movement breaker for Huge/smaller characters? But it also works against enemies? Do I HAVE to move 3 squares? Or can I choose for it not to work on some people... but work on others?

random example. I have 6 guys adjacent to him, I know absurd, but just wondering.
A,B,C are my allies, and X,Y,Z are my enemies. Can I choose who it effects in any way? Like could I do A,X,Y,Z?
Or A,B,X,Y,Z? Or Does everyone have to move away? The wording is odd in it is all

OK, the way the ability starts off it looks like its forced, but then the movement portion made it seem like it was optional. So if I use it, it does it to everyone. But I don't have to use it? Thats pretty neat, and can be devastating to some Melee pieces who may have based a different enemy. Can it be used to separate people from R2?

Yes, it's just like repulse except that it only affects adjacent characters instead of all characters within a given radius. They will only be moving 1 or 2 squares. They are pushed back to 3 squares away, but if they're adjacent they're already either 1 or (if diagonal) 2 squares away. You can choose the order to move them, the movement doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity, and nobody can move through other characters during this movement. Just like other involuntary movement.

As a Pilot, Kul Teska has access to Greater Mobile Attack. It does take 36 points worth of commanders (plus a Mouse or 2) and is disruptible, but with GMA he joins that class of double-twin-GMA shooters (Dash, Rex, Cad Bane) that is pretty fearsome. We'll see if that makes a splash or not. Jango Fett, Assassin at 47 points has access to the same double-twin-GMA through Whorm and a TBSV, but he doesn't hit the table much. Kul Teska's combo is 7 points cheaper (he's 42 instead of 47 and needs 36pts of commanders instead of 38pts).

For those 7 points, Jango gets a slight stat boost and most importantly a damage boost from Assassin. Also, Jango needs Whorm, who will probably help the rest of the squad more than the Klat Captain will (who Kul needs instead for his double-twin-gma combo). Kul has lower stats and damage output, but adds Satchel Charge, Impact Wave, and Shields. Overall, as long as you weren't planning to use Whorm anyway, I think Kul Teska ends up being the better bargain, but not sure if he'll land in Tier 1 or not.

That... Is a very interesting CE. +4 and Triple, lose twin. I just wonder who all this benefits? Its very uniquely worded... Which I am against most of the time. TBD on this ones judgement, I would actually have to look and see whats going on with combos.

So this guy with The Jedi Exile/Revanchist all OR get quad attack? Was that the best combo used? Quad attacking Ambushers?