Welcome everyone to round 1 of Galactic Escalation! You will have 1 week to play your matchup starting November 16th (today). Game length is 75 minutes and gambit is worth 5pts per 100pt matchup rules. Now here are the people and squads that will be competing in round 1:

urbanshmi:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/240435/rebel-escalation-100

--Rebel Escalation 100--
27 Han Solo, Smuggler
27 Luke Skywalker, Rebel Commando
19 Princess Leia, Rebel Commando
18 Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
8 Juno Eclipse

(99pts. 5 activations)

Map: Modular Base (Rebel Fortress)

urbanjedi:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/240489/escalate-100

--sith escalate 100--
48 Darth Zannah
20 Darth Wyyrlok III
18 Dark Force Nexus
6 Sith Ordnance Specialist
4 Sith Recruit

(96pts. 5 activations)

map: Theed palace

Udorian84:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/240376/dathomir-100-pt

--Dathomir 100 pt--
31 Mother Talzin
50 Nightsister Hunter x2
21 Talia, Nightsister Hunter
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

(105pts. 5 activations)

Map: Crime Lord's Palace

Mando:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/240467/galactic-escalation-round-1--escalation-is-something-i-want-

--Galactic Escalation Round 1 (Escalation is something I want)--
47 Moff Gideon
40 Third-Generation Dark Trooper x2
9 Dark Trooper Phase I

(96pts. 4 activations)

Map: Theed Palace

thereisnotry:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/240374/escalating-mandos-100

--Escalating Mandos 100--
58 Mandalore the Vindicated
28 Kelborn
6 Mandalorian Demolitionist

(92pts. 3 activations)

Map: Rancor Pen

gandalfthegreatestwizard:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/240397/they-rush-in-red-and-purple

--They Rush In Red And Purple--
40 Silri
31 Mother Talzin
23 Nightsister Hunter
3 Mouse Droid
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

(100pts. 5 activations)

Map: Rancor Pit

Timmerb123:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/240391/oooh-quah-lah---galactic-escalation-round-1-

--Oooh-Quah-Lah! (Galactic Escalation round 1)--
28 Tsavong Lah, Warrior Elite
28 Zenoc Quah
22 Khalee Lah, Warrior Progeny
15 Yammosk War Coordinator
4 Yuuzhan Vong Worker
3 Shamed One

(100pts. 6 activations)

Map: Desert Palace

spryguy1981:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/240485/allies-on-the-cobb

Allies on the Cobb
41 Din Djarin
32 Fennic Shand
27 Cobb Vanth

100pts, 3 acts
Map: Theed palace

I have submitted my squad to a third party. Keep in mind that the map choice you have can change from round to round, because some maps might work better with certain characters as you add them in.

Please feel free to send me in your squads via Bloomail. Looking forward to seeing what people bring!

Thank you Trevor for getting that vassal update ready! Should be much easier to find maps now and I love having more color choices

Question: was it ever finalized how many games we are playing at each point level? Are we playing 2 matches with our 100pt squads?

Spry beats Mando 111-37 on Theed. 3-0

R1 positioning.

R2 He ambushes Fennic who only takes 20, Din triples then Fennic takes AoO and twins + grenades to kill 3rd Gen. Moves his guys into the room and kills Fennic, Cobb damages Gideon

R3 Gideon damages Din, Din kills Gideon. Cobb kills regular Dark Trooper, damages 3rd Gen

R4 3rd Gen damages Din more, Cobb and Din kill 3rd Gen.

there will be 7 games of round robin, so everyone will play everyone at least 1 time. Final game 8 is going to be Swiss tournament pairings to determine overall winner. So yes, you will play one player 2 times during the course of the tournament.

I got that taken care of already as soon as it started. I gave each player a number, did a randomizer generator online that jumbled up the numbers 1-8, put them in my round robin tournament generator that I found in the exact order the random generator put, then it mapped out the whole tournament. I have it saved on my desktop computer. Final game will be set up just like you had said, basically a Swiss tournament format pairing

Old Republic Nightsisters over Rebel Heroes 100-5

We played on Modular Base and I set up on the left. Round 1, Silri got into gambit. The Hunter ran 14 with a force and got cannoned by Talzin to put 30 damage on Juno. Round 2, Luke levitated Juno into the middle room out of sight of the Hunter, but she moved 8 with a force and killed Juno. Silri came in and dropped some damage on Han, then Drained Life from Han, Leia and Luke, with all failing their saves except Luke on the reroll. Talzin's Chain Lightning finished off Han, and the cannon to the Nightsister killed Leia. In round 3, Luke tried to run away from Silri to kill the Hunter, but died on the attack of opportunity.

A very one-sided matchup since Nightsisters have Cloaked, and even if you can turn off Talzin's CEs, Silri still has enough beef to make it very hard for the Rebels to take her out, and all 3 of the Nightsisters are fairly good damage dealers for 100.

Round 2 matchups:

Spryguy1981 vs Timmerb123

urbanjedi vs thereisnotry

gandalfthegreatestwizard vs Udorian84

Mando vs urbanshmi

----- Generated using Oxford Croquet Round Robin Generator -----

Since we have the thanksgiving holiday this week, I'm going to extend the time allowed to get your matchup in until midnight on Sunday December 4th. This will give you all 12 days to get your game in. Have safe travels and a good time with family and friends these next few days!

Spry over Tim 3-0 104-5 on Theed Palace

This was just a godawful matchup for Tim with lots of shots coming against melee pieces. Even with evade it's a challenge.

R1 I setup all of my guys with Twin. Tsavong Lah opens the door.

R2 I GMA down with Cobb and base Tsavong getting 30 damage through. Fennic Shand then uses double grenades to drop him to 30HP. Din Djarin kills a YV Worker and shoots Tsavong twice. He fails both evades and crab save to die.

R3 Fennic uses double grenades on Khalee and gets 40 through. Khalee bases Cobb and gets 50 on him. Cobb flies away and missiles Khalee and Zenoc. Din finishes off Khalee with whistling birds.

R4 Zenoc tries to valiantly crit Cobb and fails. Cobb then kills him and the shamed one.