Welcome everyone to round 1 of the Fall of 2023 tournament of Galactic Escalation! We have a lot of really good players playing some solid squads to start off Round 1 with and it'll be interesting to see how things escalate from here on! You will have 1 week to play your matchup starting September 27th (Wednesday).Please get you games in by midnight on October 4th. 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:

thereisnotry:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/249494/a-hord-of-sith-100

--A Hord of Sith 100--
42 Tulak Hord, Lord of Hate
40 Imperial Agent
10 Sith Guard x2
6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

(98pts. 6 activations)

Map: Mercenary Base

spryguy1981:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/249633/cinful-natures

--Cinful Natures--
48 Cin Drallig, Jedi Battlemaster
30 Serra Keto
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

(90pts. 4 activations)

Map: Rhen Var

Darth O:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/249606/ezbrah-100
--Ezbrah 100--
43 Ahsoka Tano, Champion of the Rebellion
31 Alexsandr Kallus
22 Ezra Bridger, Padawan
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

(99pts. 4 activations)

Map: Mercenary Base

Mando:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/249491/galactic-escalation-round-1--nightsister-opression-

--Galactic Escalation Round 1 (Nightsister Opression)--
45 Darth Maul, Death Watch Overlord
31 Mother Talzin
24 Old Daka

(100pts. 3 activations)

map: Great Library

Overly28:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/249648/inquisitorious-victorious--ge-fall-2023-

35 Darth Vader, The Emperor's Fist
35 Third Sister (Reva)
27 Wilhuff Tarkin
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

100pts, 4 acts

Map: Mercenary Base


DarthMaim:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/249617/steiffel-tower

--StEiffel Tower--
46 Ven Zallow, Jedi Master
37 Satele Shan
8 Wicket
9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3

(100pts. 6 activations)


Map: Rhen Var

Caedus:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/249590/ge100--bonkers-

--GE100 *Bonkers*--
48 Darth Malak, Sith Lord
27 Darth Bandon
12 Sith Ordnance Specialist x2
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

(90pts. 5 activations)

Map: Rhen Var

N3rdSl4y3r:

--GE - 100 - Master Windu! You Have Fought Gallantly--
65 Mace Windu, Legacy of the Light Side
11 Jedi Holocron
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
5 Spaarti Clone Trooper Demolitionist
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

(93pts. 5 activations)

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/249621/ge---100--master-windu--you-have-fought-gallantly

Map: Anchorhead

thereisnotry defeats Mando 100-8 (3-0)

We played on Mercenary Base, and Mando set up on the right side

Round 1: Basic advancement, Mando got gambit while I advanced my pieces to be just outside the center room (my door was closed).

Round 2: Mando won init and went first: Daka moved up to open the door, then used her CE to let Maul charge past Tulak to put 40dmg on the Agent. The Agent then dropped 40 on Maul, swapped for a Guard who also hit for the kill. Talzin moved forward. Tulak killed Daka (rage and hatred).

Round 3: Talzin zapped an Ug and the Agent (down to 20hp). The Agent and Guards and Tulak then combined to bring her down.


If Mando had just 1 more activation, the Agent would've gone down right away, which would've made it Tulak vs the whole NS squad. But the way things worked out, the Agent lived so Maul died quick. Thanks for the game!

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Spry defeats Caedus 105-0 on Rhen Var (3-0)

Round 1 we moved towards gambit

Round 2 I move into the gambit room Serra uses Lightsaber Throw to kill an Ordinance Specialist that also blew up an uggie. Malak put 30 on Serra.

Round 3 Serra puts 30 on Malak. Malak attacks Serra I make Makashi and Djem So and put another 30 on him, then another 30 with a riposte. Cin tried to Brutal Strike hits 1.

Round 4 Cin kills Malak and puts 20 on Bandon. Serra puts 60 on Bandon

Round 5 Cin kills Bandon.

This was the worst matchup for Shawn this round. Both rolls were pretty high which was suprising but I had pure defense and it was just rough.

DarthMaim defeats N3rdSl4y3 on Anchorhead 110 to 37. ( 3-0 )


Rd 1: Positioning and gambit to Maim.

Rd 2: N3rdS's Clone disentegrates an uggie with a crit! Mace annihilates an uggie. More positioning, with end move of Holocron getting ganged up by Zallow and Satele. Gambit for both.

Rd 3: Maim wins crucial init and Satele destroys the holocron. Doombot and Mace fly to destroy uggie and sticky Wicket. Zallow pushes Mace, and then slices R2 in half. Gambit for both.

Rd 4: N3rdS's wins init and goes in to attack Satele. She lives to tell the tale with some timely parries, and then comes the double team of Zallow and Satele, hurting Mace for a few hits. Gambit for both.

Rd 5: N3rdS's wins init again! Mace does the Mace thang and crit-dude the hell out of Satele, almost killing her but she lived with 20hp, with a timely parry on the last flurry crit, to live another day. She then is unable to take out Mace, leaving the glory to Zallow, who does the honors.

Well played game by N3rdS's who if the dice had gone his way in the beginning, it would have been a totally different narrative in the game.