Round 2, game #1 matchups:

N3rdSl4y3r vs DarkDracul

spryguy1981 vs Mando

Timmerb123 vs urbanjedi

urbanshmi vs Thereisnotry

FlyingArrow vs gandalfthegreatestwizard


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You have 1 week to get your games in starting Tuesday (March 14th). Have your games in before midnight on Tuesday March 21st. If anyone needs a time extension because of an impossibility to get the game done in 1 week, let me know and we can probably extend the time needed to get the game in if necessary. May the force be with you!

The new version of the Vassal mod is updated and ready for use. Here's a link to that thread:
SWM Vassal mod thread
Scroll down to read the last post on that page, and all should be clear.
That post contains a link to a youtube video that I made, which explains all the new changes.


Now, we're not using the V-Set 25 characters in this tournament...but we might enjoy the new changes that are part of this vassal update. I'd highly recommend that you download it, and also that you watch the youtube video, before you play your next game of this tournament. When I showed these new changes to some people the other day, they loved them! In short, this update makes scorekeeping a whole lot easier and smoother. Watch the video (on the linked thread) for details....

Enjoy!

Don’t forget to make squads public everyone

Mando defeats spryguy1981 185-45 (3-0)

Matt won map roll so we played on Mushroom planet. I took left side. Matt brings in Wicket, 2 mouse droids and 2 uggies with reinforcements. I bring in Queen Amanoa with Sidious's CE.

Round 1: positioning. I activate Dark Aura with Exar, which ends up being a major pain for Matt latter on. Got my guys up into the center area but not into gambit. Matt gets gambit with Satele and positions Atton at the door which is locked.

Round 2: Atton and Lobot work in tandem to the door open and closed and get some shots off on Caedus, but Atton misses both attacks needing 5's to hit, spending a fp to reroll but still miss. This meant Caedus not needing to spend force points for Master Illusion. I left door blown up with my uggie and move it to within 6 of the right side door to blow it up next round. ABM gets turned on. We both get gambit.

Round 3: Matt wins init and goes with Atton to get 2 more shots off on Caedus, hitting 1 time for 40 dmg and then uses his last 2 fp to do Jedi Mind Trick, which activates Caedus and runs away without taking a AOO....at this point i thought I was really going to have a hard time coming back from that. I however have Sidious and he first zaps Satele for 10 dmg and does Force Dominate on Caedus to give him a turn and he fails the save, so Caedus gets to use SBM to more Satele adjacent to both himself and Vongrella and then Caedus double attacks for 60 total damage after Satele fails a Lightsaber defense save and I cancel her reroll with Force Curse on the Holocron. She's down to 30hp. My second activation goes to Vongrella who uses Playerin Bol to do 40 dmg to Satele who can't reroll because of her Force Immunity. Satele dies without having done any damage. I blow the right door open with my uggie, positioning it to blow open another door next round. Wicket tries to attack Caedus, but Amanoa uses Defender to protect him.

Round 4: I win init and zap wicket for 20 dmg with Vongrella. Matt tries to take out my uggie with his uggie and misses. My uggie lives long enough to blow up another door. I run Amanoa up to sith hatred a mouse droid and a uggie. Atton tries to hit her 2 times but misses with 1 attack and she uses Illusion to evade his other attack. Caedus runs up adjacent to Lobot and Atton and Exar joins him, getting to within 6 of Atton. Matt uses his Senator to canon shot Atton but Caedus uses Master Illusion to evade the damage. Bastilla joins in on the fray and gets 20 dmg through to Caedus, who is at 50hp now. The door gets closed by Lobot to protect Atton from a Aing Ti Flow Walk next round. Sidious runs up and kills his Mouse droid and Senator with Burst Lightning.

Round 5: Matt wins init and i choose not to flow walk to kill Lobot, since I wouldn't be able to take out Atton with it. Matt goes first, activates Lobot to open the door, and sacrifices his XT droid to activate Atton to double attack Caedus, hitting both attacks but failing the Master Illusion saves. Locks the door and Caedus can't get to Atton. My uggie dies to one of Matts other uggies.

Round 6: I win init but the door is locked to get to Caedus and I have no more door control. Atton and Bastilla move into gambit and I run my whole squad into gambit also but i use SBM again to position Atton next to Caedus for next round and i zap Atton twice with Sidious brining him down to 60hp.

Round 7: I win init and Caedus doubles Atton, killing him after he fails a avoid defeat save. Bastilla tries to take Caedus out and rolls a crit, but the Master Illusion saves him and Bastilla takes more damage with Sidious's burst lightning and Vongrella using lightning. She down to 60 hp.

Round 8: I lose init but i Aing Tii Flow Walk with Caedus to take out Bastilla, ending the game.

I think the big key here was having Sidious Force dominate Caedus after Matt did a brilliant play to activate Caedus with Jedi Mind Trick. That Force Dominate allowed me to take out Satele before she could do any damage. SBM was huge! Having Amanoa was also good because it forced Atton to get up close to get around her Defender ability and she also served as a mini scissors option to clear away low hp mice and uggies. Vongrella did her part also, landing a key Plaeryin Bol against Satele and zaping key pieces along the way. Once i took out Lobot, Matt only had one means to open and close doors, so eventually my team caught up with Bastilla and Atton as they went to gambit. Good game and it took some strategic moves to win the match. Matt made some great moves! Those early misses on Caedus with Atton tho gave Caedus the extra FP he needed to manipulate the battlefield to give me the win. My squad ended up using all its abilities on every piece to get the win, which is fun to see. Sidious became a nice little option to clear away scrubs and shift the activation advantage to me late in the game.

gandalf over FlyingArrow 162-22 (3-0)

I won map roll, we both had Theed. TJ set up on the right side inside the buildings. I set up in the top left street.

Round 1 Battle Ready got my squad up to the Fountain entrance to the Atrium. Jacen cloaked himself, and Luke's Supervisor blew up the door. The Republic Commandos moved out into the bushes of the East Plaza. Luke got gambit, and the Commandos opened the door to gambit from their side. 8-0

Round 2, TJ won init. Ben used Surprise Move to get a little closer. Elite Sev took some shots at Luke, one missed and one Defensed. Supervisor moved up to watch over Luke and make sure he was obeying his Galactic Alliance overlords. Boss got a shot through Luke's defenses (80HP left), and then cannoned Elite Sev who missed a couple of shots. Bacara also missed Luke. Shevu killed a Mouse and Ben moved up. Fixer and Scorch both took some shots and Ben, but only one hit, and it was Defensed. Senator Synergy moved up and Luke blew up the bottom door of gambit. WOTC rolled a crit against Ben, but again he Defensed. Doombot locked the right door of gambit.

Round 3, I won init. Fixer was exposed and not hiding in the bushes like the rest of his buddies, so Ben Pulled him into the fray and rolled a crit. Shields left Fixer at 20 HP. WOTC Sev moved up so that Fixer could use his Synergy before dying, and hit Ben (60 HP). Despite the assistance, Fixer missed both attacks on Ben. Jacen came up and Raged to make sure Fixer would die (he did). Luke Ambushed with Knight Speed into Scorch, knocking him down to 40 HP. Scorch hit back and got one through on Luke (60 HP), but Elite Sev flaked and missed Luke both times. Once again the Supervisor ran after Luke to supervise his activities, and Senator Synergy moved within 6 of Luke and blew up the door to gambit. Boss and Elite Sev cannon shot rolled some misses on Luke, and then a crit which got Defensed. Bacara and someone else hit Luke (20 HP left). Shevu came out to play and dropped some damage on WOTC Sev (10 HP left), and then cannoned Luke on Scorch. Luke rolled a crit and Scorch failed both Shields to instantly drop dead. I got gambit.

Round 4, I won init. Ben ran into a bush at Bacara and hit him for 30. Bacara killed Ben. Elite Sev missed Luke twice. Shevu killed WOTC Sev and did 30 damage to Boss. Luke Ambushed and killed Boss. Doombot towed Elite Sev far away, but not far enough. Jacen ran to base him.

Round 5, I won init and Jacen murdered Elite Sev. Bacara shot Luke to protest his fate and then Shevu killed him too.

Very difficult for the Commandos to consistently get damage through on the Jedi, especially once Fixer got killed. TJ almost took out Luke but I made just about every LS Defense save, even some opportune crits, and he was not rolling hot. Another victory for underhanded Galactic Alliance sabotaging the dice system.

Laura and I played with 8pt gambit in our game, but it didn't make any difference in the end.

TimmerB123 over Urbanjedi 113-102 (2-1)

I’ll write up more later, but it boils down to too much tech, and not enough power, barely edged out too much power, and not enough tech

This sums up the match perfectly

Tourney: Galactic Escalation Spring 2023: Round 2 game #1

N3rdSl4y3r (3pts) defeats DarkDracul (1pt) : (152-130)
Mando (3pts) defeats spryguy1981 (0pts) : (185-45)
Timmerb123 (2pts) defeats urbanjedi (1pt) : (113-102)
Thereisnotry (3pts) defeats urbanshmi (0pts) : (163-49)
gandalfthegreatestwizard (3pts) defeats FlyingArrow (0pts) : (162-122)

Tourney: Galactic Escalation Spring 2023
Leaderboard after round 2, game #1 completion.
1: 9 Points: Mando - WWW
2: 7 Points: DarkDracul - WWL
3: 6 Points: Thereisnotry - WLW
4. 6 Points: Gandalfthegreatestwizard - LWW
5: 6 Points: N3rdSl4y3r - WLW
6: 6 Points: Spryguy1981 - WWL
7. 4 Points: urbanjedi - LWL
8. 3 Points: TimmerB123 - LLW
9: 0 Points: UrbanShmi - LLL
10: 0 Points: FlyingArrow - LLL

just in case some are interested, the difference in order of people with the same amount of tournament points as far as ranking is ordered by total points scored in game over the whole tournament thus far. So for example, we have 4 players with 6pts. To get the correct rankings, I have ordered them from highest points scored total in game going from 358pts for DarkDracul to 253pts for Spryguy1981. I keep a running total for each player, and so if you are wondering why you are ahead or below someone with similar tournament points, that is the reason. Hope that makes sense. When you play, try to get as many points as you possibly can because it does make a difference in the rankings. Tournament points are the most important, so getting 3pt wins is huge, but also scoring as many in game points can be the difference between rankings when your at a similar tournament point score than other players. When it comes to the determining the final 4 for playoffs, I'll go with ranking them based on the floor rules for tiebreakers to the best of my ability before accounting for cumulative game score, making the top 4 be the best performing squads/players in the tournament.

I’m assuming that head to head will be a tiebreaker before cumulative in-game points?