well i played 500 points, Minimum 1 epic, up to 3 commanders,Tempo control commander effect could not reduce the number of activations, but they could increase them (capt. mar tuuk, Tarkin, and their type), and 16 activations.

IT wasn't too bad the matches lasted about 90 minutes, which is pretty good considering the amount of points. The problems we had though was that with the limit of 3 commanders most of the squads were beat stick heavy and didn't have alot of thought put it. It was great to see some of those old pieces being played, but i thought that 4 or even 5 commanders would still be reasonable. Now as to the 16 activations i think it was helpful in bringing in some powerful pieces that rarely see play, like emperor palpatine sith lord, and a great combo of Darth Sidious(sith), and revan for double swap. I personally think the restriction could be upped to say 18 or even 20 without too much of a problem, especially if you add in 1-2 commanders. The lack of tempo control (or rather reduction) kept the game going at a good pace and until everyone started taking out pieces everyone was equal in activations so it took that part of of the game which was actually nice. that and knowing that you wouldn't have to deal with it helped.
For naps we used the standard map list, which was good and bad depending on how heavily melee your squad was.


Honestly though if i could change anything from how the matches went i would add a few activations and add 1-2 commanders.

Our group did a 400 point skirmish with the only restriction being that we were limited to a max of 1 Epic figure per squad. We did not have an activation limit that night however we typically do have them for skirmishes that large (somewhere in the 14 to 16 range depending on point total).

We've been trying out different Epic formats so I imagine it will be a little bit until we get back to one that large. It was a lot of fun though!

Epic really isn't a new format, it's been around about as long as Dynamic Duo has been. It's just that it hasn't had a lot of attention until now. The new Epic cards had a lot to do with it.

The 3-commander limit adds a layer of strategy to the game that is very needed at that point level, because the commanders are costed for 100-200 pt. play. The higher the point value, the more broken many commanders can become.

Thanks to everyone for their posts so far. We've also had a good discussion on Facebook, which centered around what Dennis pointed out, commander limits. I really want to put as few restrictions on the event as possible, but don't want to restrict the meta, either. How do you think no commander limits will impact the games? (That question is not just for Dennis... anyone interested please feel free to pipe in.)

and 1 other thing i would like to add. I think a commander limit like 4 or even 5 would work with this format, but i do understand that you are trying to put as few restrictions as possible. Now another good idea is a limit of 3-4 not including your epic piece, since most of them already have commander effect it makes it semi difficult to build with only 2 other commanders around them.

iin epic skirmish format it is easier to take them out, or at least take one of them out at a time, Mostly because you can have powerful shooters and beats by the dozen to help against them. a good accurate shooter will be the bane of them in the epic format.

this past weekend we played this format but limited to 14 characters instead of 16. Which allowed less support and tech pieces and more characters to go out and kill stuff. There was no commander limit but nobody had more than 4. My Imperial Swap Squad (vader epic) and the OR squad both went undefeated. only 1 game finished in time (1:30) but i put this more at inexperinced players then not so we only got 2 rounds in becasue of a late start.

It was alot of fun and I really want to play against the Bastila/Kavar/Thon Squad (with hoth)

yeah i agree. Carth Onasi, Old Republic Soldier, and echani handmaidens with atris also are great to add in. Thon just give you a great movement breaker with them though.

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Overall looks like a fun squad and would be pretty tough. If it was me I would try and find a way to at least get Mira in there. Nothing against Jaq Rand but I would prob want her over him to take full advantage of the Furious + her Accurate + Twin (move up to 12 squares and shoot every enemy twice that you can get line of sight to).