Star Wars: Rebellion a Game of Galactic Conquest!

This is a game that probably doesn't really need any introduction. If you have been into developer board games, this is something you might have been looking forward to for a long time. Well, for me, I am an avid Star Wars fan to put it mildly, and I own almost all the Star Wars game that Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) has published so far.

Now this game, to put it simply, is a game of hide and seek, warfare, and tactical battles put into one tightly packed board game. As I was playing it I felt a little bit of a few different FFG game flavor in it, but I'll get to that later in the review.

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SUMMARY:
The game basically depicts the galactic struggle the Rebel Alliance goes through to overthrow or at least deal a heavy blow to the support and power that the Galactic Empire holds in the universe. As the Rebel Player, you are trying to gain enough reputation and support throughout the galaxy so that the alliance can get a foothold into fighting back the empire. The Empire wants to find out there the secret rebel base is and either wipe out all the forces on the system or blow it to smithereens with the death star.

You can see how big this game is based on my wife at the bottom of the picture. But don't be put off by the sheer amount of stuff on the board. It's NOT that complicated!

As the Rebel Alliance, I felt very over whelmed by the sheer number of units that my wife had placed on the board, but at the same time I had to keep her on her toes at all times because the Rebel Alliance abilities are played under the nose of the empire, sabotaging their production, causing insurrections in systems to fight against the empire, etc.

The overall feel of the game feels like White Chapel and Fury of Dracula (Both are also FFG games) in that the Empire is constantly searching for that blasted Rebel base. The combat and unit building and deploying has a feel of Forbidden Stars (also FFG game), and the heroes going around the board carrying out missions feel like Middle Earth Quest (ALSO FFG game). So basically this game is a mash up of all the things that made those games so great.

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JUDGMENT!

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RECOMMENDATION:
The time commitment isn't too great and I feel like every game play is a little different because of all the different mission cards and action cards that you can obtain throughout the game. I would really recommend this to anyone who LOVES Star Wars, and to those who don't really like Star Wars too! The only caveat is that the game says it's 2-4 players, but it's more 2 player game since if more than 2 players play the game, the players just divide up the actions that they can take in the game. Doesn't add any strategy or other game mechanic. I would definitely recommend it as a 2 player game and no more than that. Thanks for reading!