Star Wars: Rebellion

(2016)

Game poster

Details

Year published
2016
Designer
Corey Konieczka
Artists
Matt Allsopp
David Ardila
Balaskas
Tiziano Baracchi
Ryan Barger
Jorge Barrero
Cassandre Bolan
Jon Bosco
Matt Bradbury
Adam Burn
Alexandre Dainche
Christina Davis
Anthony Devine
Allen Douglas
Jose Mikhail Elloso
Tony Foti
Michele Frigo
Mariusz Gandzel
Zach Graves
Richard Hanuschek
Andrew Johanson
Jeff Lee Johnson
Jason Juta
Adam Lane
Ignacio Bazán Lazcano
Ralph McQuarrie
Mark Molnar
Jake Murray
Ameen Naksewee
David Auden Nash
Mike Nash
Maciej Rebisz
Alexandru Sabo
Tony Shasteen
Stephen Somers
Matthew Starbuck
Nicholas Stohlman
Angela Sung
Darren Tan
Ryan Valle
Jose Vega
VIKO
Magali Villeneuve
Jacob Walker
Ben Zweifel
Player count
2 - 4
Publisher
Fantasy Flight Games
ADC Blackfire Entertainment
Asterion Press
Delta Vision Publishing
Edge Entertainment
Galakta
Galápagos Jogos
Heidelberger Spieleverlag
Hobby World
Korea Boardgames
Mechanics
Area Majority / Influence
Area Movement
Area-Impulse
Card Play Conflict Resolution
Contracts
Delayed Purchase
Dice Rolling
Die Icon Resolution
Events
Hand Management
Hidden Movement
Income
Once-Per-Game Abilities
Tags
Take That
Team-Based Game
Variable Player Powers
Variable Set-up
Worker Placement, Different Worker Types

Star Wars: Rebellion is a board game of epic conflict between the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance for two to four players. Experience the Galactic Civil War like never before. In Rebellion, you control the entire Galactic Empire or the fledgling Rebel Alliance. You must command starships, account for troop movements, and rally systems to your cause. Given the differences between the Empire and Rebel Alliance, each side has different win conditions, and you'll need to adjust your play style depending on who you represent: As the Imperial player, you can command legions of Stormtroopers, swarms of TIEs, Star Destroyers, and even the Death Star. You rule the galaxy by fear, relying on the power of your massive military to enforce your will. To win the game, you need to snuff out the budding Rebel Alliance by finding its base and obliterating it. Along the way, you can subjugate worlds or even destroy them. As the Rebel player, you can command dozens of troopers, T-47 airspeeders, Corellian corvettes, and fighter squadrons. However, these forces are no match for the Imperial military. In terms of raw strength, you'll find yourself clearly overmatched from the very outset, so you'll need to rally the planets to join your cause and execute targeted military strikes to sabotage Imperial build yards and steal valuable intelligence. To win the Galactic Civil War, you'll need to sway the galaxy's citizens to your cause. If you survive long enough and strengthen your reputation, you inspire the galaxy to a full-scale revolt, and you win. Featuring more than 150 plastic miniatures and two game boards that account for thirty-two of the Star Wars galaxy's most notable systems, Rebellion features a scope that is as large and sweeping as any Star Wars game before it. Yet for all its grandiosity, Rebellion remains intensely personal, cinematic, and heroic. As much as your success depends upon the strength of your starships, vehicles, and troops, it depends upon the individual efforts of such notable characters as Leia Organa, Mon Mothma, Grand Moff Tarkin, and Emperor Palpatine. As civil war spreads throughout the galaxy, these leaders are invaluable to your efforts, and the secret missions they attempt will evoke many of the most inspiring moments from the classic trilogy. You might send Luke Skywalker to receive Jedi training on Dagobah or have Darth Vader spring a trap that freezes Han Solo in carbonite!