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I play Republic so i doubt it will affect me much. It seems like its meant more for empire and rebels.

Rumour mill says that GAR is due a nerf, likely around the token sharing mechanic (widely hoped to mean that stand by cannot be shared).

The new Rules Reference Guide has been released a couple of days ago.

PDF link:

https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/d6/15/d615052c-f568-4bdc-9cf7-316727c3e251/swl_rules_reference_20-compressed.pdf

FFG overview article:

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/11/19/updated-mission-parameters/

Played a tournament with the new rules (but not points) on Saturday, despite the nerfing GAR still took the top three spots.

Really like most of the changes that have been made, the loss of stand by sharing is great as is the revamp to transports. The change to compulsory movement is really great for STAPs that dont have an order token. Really not liking the change to field commander though, although it gives some new list diversity the fact that the rank doesn't change could make bounty pointless and it just seems... cheap. 2x AAT was a thing before and had a 180pt tax on it in the form of a commander, now you dont even have to take that.

Not really thought about point changes yet, 20pts off droideka seems nice but STAPs are still a better option in the same spot. Trying to encourage full squads is nice though.

Who's got the field commander special rule? I know Aayla does since I wanted that upgrade on my Saber anyway.

I agree it's nice for opening thematic choices. No idea if it's good for the game or tournaments, though, as I'm not that involved really.

T series AAT pilot.

Oh, that's not a lot. I had hoped I missed an Imperial or Rebel upgrade card.

Finally

Kallus and his Roman Weisenau Helmet...

Lando and Kallus articles are up on FFG's website:

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/12/15/playing-the-odds/

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/12/15/hunter-of-spectres/

Articles for the CIS and GAR specialist packs;
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/1/6/support-protocols/







https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/1/6/standing-out/

Is the T-series droid from the Clone Wars cartoon?

 warboss wrote:
Is the T-series droid from the Clone Wars cartoon?

Yeah, they show up a few times through Clone Wars.

 warboss wrote:
Is the T-series droid from the Clone Wars cartoon?

They end up being a sub level villain in a couple of the shows, and then ended up in Rebels, as a contender when the crew came across a lost Droid Army outpost.

They all finally figured out what the fans have been thinking.... That they all had been duped, and were fighting each other even though they were on the same side. Old Man Rex, and the robot had a heart to heart that was pretty fascinating.

Ah, ok, thanks. My knowledge of the Clone Wars used to be very deep (mainly novels, Dark Horse comics, SWSE rpg, and the first cartoon) but it stopped at the Ashoka cartoon so I didn't recognize them. Obviously after so many seasons they had free reign to both alter existing and add new lore.

 Grot 6 wrote:

 warboss wrote:
Is the T-series droid from the Clone Wars cartoon?

They end up being a sub level villain in a couple of the shows, and then ended up in Rebels, as a contender when the crew came across a lost Droid Army outpost.

They all finally figured out what the fans have been thinking.... That they all had been duped, and were fighting each other even though they were on the same side. Old Man Rex, and the robot had a heart to heart that was pretty fascinating.

The Rebels one was a Super Tactical Droid - apart from the aesthetic, the chief distinction is they're actually vaguely competent tacticians, unlike the T-series. It first pops up in the Onderon arc of TCW I think.

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Grot 6 wrote:

 warboss wrote:
Is the T-series droid from the Clone Wars cartoon?

They end up being a sub level villain in a couple of the shows, and then ended up in Rebels, as a contender when the crew came across a lost Droid Army outpost.

They all finally figured out what the fans have been thinking.... That they all had been duped, and were fighting each other even though they were on the same side. Old Man Rex, and the robot had a heart to heart that was pretty fascinating.

The Rebels one was a Super Tactical Droid - apart from the aesthetic, the chief distinction is they're actually vaguely competent tacticians, unlike the T-series. It first pops up in the Onderon arc of TCW I think.

They use a severed head of a T-Series to track down Rex in Rebels.

Got a chance to play with the new Separatists stuff last night, not sold on either the aim or repair droids but the medical droid is filthy when used in conjunction with Dooku or Maul. Used 3x T series, two as unit leaders for B2s and one as Command option and they performed serviceably. The new command cards are okay (nuking Palp with an orbital strike was amusing) but I think they will be most useful with the 2 AAT list.

I heard the specialists got pushed back, is that true at all?

For the US yes, I got mine on Tuesday in the UK.

 ingtaer wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Grot 6 wrote:

 warboss wrote:
Is the T-series droid from the Clone Wars cartoon?

They end up being a sub level villain in a couple of the shows, and then ended up in Rebels, as a contender when the crew came across a lost Droid Army outpost.

They all finally figured out what the fans have been thinking.... That they all had been duped, and were fighting each other even though they were on the same side. Old Man Rex, and the robot had a heart to heart that was pretty fascinating.

The Rebels one was a Super Tactical Droid - apart from the aesthetic, the chief distinction is they're actually vaguely competent tacticians, unlike the T-series. It first pops up in the Onderon arc of TCW I think.

They use a severed head of a T-Series to track down Rex in Rebels.

Got a chance to play with the new Separatists stuff last night, not sold on either the aim or repair droids but the medical droid is filthy when used in conjunction with Dooku or Maul. Used 3x T series, two as unit leaders for B2s and one as Command option and they performed serviceably. The new command cards are okay (nuking Palp with an orbital strike was amusing) but I think they will be most useful with the 2 AAT list.

Repair bot + STAP or Droidekas are AMAZING, btw.

Edit: Nevermind. My confusion was from these specialists having reverse names and functions vs. their biological counterparts.

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Grot 6 wrote:

 warboss wrote:
Is the T-series droid from the Clone Wars cartoon?

They end up being a sub level villain in a couple of the shows, and then ended up in Rebels, as a contender when the crew came across a lost Droid Army outpost.

They all finally figured out what the fans have been thinking.... That they all had been duped, and were fighting each other even though they were on the same side. Old Man Rex, and the robot had a heart to heart that was pretty fascinating.

The Rebels one was a Super Tactical Droid - apart from the aesthetic, the chief distinction is they're actually vaguely competent tacticians, unlike the T-series. It first pops up in the Onderon arc of TCW I think.

Droids really did suffer from being in a cartoon and their "Wackiness" was turned up to eleven.
I remember Battle Droids being scary in ep1, they fell flat and and more later..

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

Droids really did suffer from being in a cartoon and their "Wackiness" was turned up to eleven.
I remember Battle Droids being scary in ep1, they fell flat and and more later..

Best part of the Battle Droid wackiness was that at some point I don't remember if it was in the cartoon or the books but they literally made it canon that B1 droids are stupid because the manufacturers skimped on processing power in order to keep them cheap and easy to mass-produce.

Yeah but then the tactical droids where even stupider

Just happened to be perusing the internets and saw some new preorders but no photos!
LAAT/le Patrol Transport for $59.95MSRP
A-A5 Speeder Truck for $59.95MSRP

Apparently the images don't want to work. That's cool. Anyways, they're both from Star Wars Rebels.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:

Repair bot + STAP or Droidekas are AMAZING, btw.

I worry that you will never get the chance to repair STAPs as whenever I use them they end up miles away from the rest of my line by turn 3! Does seem fun with destroyers now they have gone down in points.

Makes me hope Maybe the Clone LAAT might come.
I still want gungan riders

Look it up. It's a LAAT that is more for patrolling than anything else

What do you guys think the odds are of getting gungans?
Gungan calvary could be GAR equivalent to the other armies calvary.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
What do you guys think the odds are of getting gungans?
Gungan calvary could be GAR equivalent to the other armies calvary.

I don't see why not. If they're putting out cold-weather units and Dewbacks having planet-specific stuff like Naboo Security and Gungans wouldn't be out of place.

Yeah but the Galactic Civil War units they put out were put out because there isn't much else to use (outside of just making stuff up, which many games set in this period have done for the Rebels). It's why you have Rebel armies with Endor commandos, Hoth Troopers, Tantive IV security troopers and Luke's landspeeder with a gun slapped onto it all in the same army. The GCW is really "bitsy" in that regard, as there's no cohesion or anything solid to give to the Rebel side (I mean, one of their initial minis was something stolen from the Clone Wars era!)

Adding Gungans, a group that fought in a single battle 10 years prior to the clone wars, wouldn't make a lot of sense.

However the Darth Maul we got was the EP1. Probe droids and all.
And during the clone wars he never faught for the CIS.
Mismatched eras are possible