The Ultimate Star Wars Card Game: Unmatched in Excellence

What is the game Star Wars Unlimited?

In Star Wars Unlimited , you play a charismatic leader of the Star Wars universe. Your mission: fight with your troops against those of your opponent. Eliminate his units, attack his base, and make the best decisions to try to win.

Accessible from 12 years old, for 2 players, with games lasting less than 30 minutes, Star Wars Unlimited is a collectible card game that draws good ideas from elsewhere. Fans of the genre can only appreciate it.

How do you play Star Wars Unlimited?

Before playing a game of Star Wars Unlimited you must prepare your deck(your deck of cards). It is made up of a leader (Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Han Solo, etc.), a base, and 50 other cards. You sit down opposite your opponent, and the game begins.

The goal is to inflict 30 points of damage on the opposing base to win the game. One of its characteristics is that we do not take turns, which makes the game more fluid.

Playing cards from our hand costs more or less resources (deploying Darth Vader is more expensive than deploying a simple trooper ). These resources are represented by any cards in our hand: at the end of each round, we can place one face down in front of us, to pay for other cards later.

It is also possible to attack opposing units, to destroy them or the opposing base, to inflict damage. Units have attack power and hit points. If these fall to zero, they are eliminated. Most also have specific effects, when they come into play, when they attack, etc.

Note that there are two distinct combat arenas, and independent of each other: terrestrial and spatial. Land units fight among themselves, and space units fight among themselves. Yoda cannot attack a Tie Fighter for example.

Finally, we can equip our units to make them more powerful or grant them an additional effect. If an event is resolved, the card goes directly to our discard pile.

Once both players have completed their actions, you draw two cards from your deck, you possibly place a card from your hand as a resource, then a new round begins. We can also, in turn, decide to take the initiative. This is an important decision, with serious consequences. We cannot play any other actions this round, but we start first in the next one.

Finally, a leader can deploy as a unit and enter the battlefield, under certain conditions. This is usually a decisive moment in the game, a turning point that can turn the situation around, since these cards are much stronger than the others.

The rounds and rounds follow each other in this way, until one of the bases is sufficiently damaged, synonymous with defeat for the player concerned.

Why play Star Wars Unlimited?

Let's start with the other end of the prism: why not play Star Wars Unlimited ? Because of the very principle of collectible card games (piling up hundreds of cards, feverishly waiting for the arrival of new expansions to go back to the cash register…). Because your banker already harasses you enough about your overdrafts. Because you are totally allergic to the Star Wars universe.

But if none of that concerns you, go for it! It's a real and great success, an excellent collectible card game, which fits perfectly into the myriad of titles that already populate this market, which is definitely very popular at the moment.

Let's quickly go over the few flaws of the game. Graphically, once the comics and vintage bias is accepted, it must be admitted that the illustrations are uneven. A few, fortunately very rare, are downright duds, but most are very pretty.

We also regret the lack of thematic coherence which allows several well-identified characters to be in play at the same time (the leader and the Darth Vader unit for example).

Finally, we would love to have an easy-to-access digital adaptation, to train and play whenever we want. Officially, as Magic Arenaor created by fans, as for Lorcana Or Altered.

Beyond all these considerations, and in terms of pure gameplay, the game is a treat. Inspired by what has been done elsewhere, it brings together in a single game a host of good ideas, and corrects small annoying defects found in other big games of the genre.

No more resource problems as in Magic. No more endless waiting for your opponent's turn as in Yu Gi Oh Or Pokémon . No more lack of thematic coherence as in Lorcana .

Thus, in addition to its consistency with the theme (you cannot equip a blasteron a vehicle, a ground unit cannot fight against a space unit, etc.), we particularly appreciate what seem to be details at first glance, but which turn out to be really good ideas.

Drawing two cards at the end of each turn gives significantly more possibilities. The alternation of turns (I do an action, my opponent does an action, then it's mine again) makes the game dynamic, without any downtime, and generates a whole bunch of micro-decisions.

The best idea of ​​the game, very stupid, but oh so effective, comes quite simply from being able to claim the initiative. There is not a game where this decision is not decisive, or at least very serious.

It is, as far as we are concerned, the best collectible card game of the moment (neck and neck with Altered which arrives in a few months, after having exploded its crowdfunding campaign, and with which it shares a lot in common). It's deeper than games like LorcanaOr Pokémonand more affordable than more complex games (too much?) like MagicOr Yu Gi Oh. A perfect compromise between the two.

Several game modes are already possible: the classic format built in one against one, several each for their own, and in limited format (sealed or in draft). In short, something to satisfy all preferences.

There is no doubt that once these supply issues are resolved, the future looks bright for Star Wars Unlimited. If you are a fan of collectible card games, you should definitely try this. It's a clever, innovative game full of very good ideas. And particularly addictive, you have been warned!

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