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Spoiler Season

May 21, 2024

Spoiler season is upon us. Nearly every day we are getting to see at least one new card from the upcoming set. Sometimes, we are getting videos with the game developers at Fantasy Flight Games that show multiple spoilers at a time and discuss some of the design choices and theory that went into creating…

Tournament Data Meta Analysis

May 21, 2024

What two months of SWU data can teach us about the meta… Since release, we at the Garbage Rollers have been accumulating tournament data for our Meta Monday reports. Today, it’s time to bring it together and see what we can learn about the meta roughly two months into the Spark of Rebellion season. About…

Relaunching the Garbage Rollers Tier List

May 21, 2024

Welcome to the Meta Snapshot! Today, we here at the Garbage Rollers are re-launching our tier list to better reflect the state of the meta and provide more clarity about what is competitively viable. There are several reasons we’re doing this: To this end, we’re switching from a traditional tier list to what we’re calling…

Meta Monday (May 20th, 2024)

May 20, 2024

Let’s check out this week’s tournament reports! If you have decklists, results, or other information, please reach out to me at @DJStormtrooper on Discord. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 32-person Chicago Store Champ Pastimes in Niles, IL had 31 players competing for a chance at a Store Championship. Top 4 was all Boba: Double Yellow took 1st, 2nd and…

Community Spotlight – Outmaneuver (May 17th, 2024)

May 17, 2024

We’re finally back with another community spotlight. Our friends from Outmaneuver finally got a chance to sit down and talk through who they are! Outmaneuver Tell us about yourselves! What are your hobbies outside of card games?  Jrod: I coach and play basketball most nights in which I am not at a store slinging cards.…

72 player 1k Winner Tournament Report

May 15, 2024

Good morning! In case you weren’t around and missed our Meta Monday recap, we played in a $1K this past weekend in Burleson, TX (DFW) where I was able to take the win with Boba Command! The following is a discussion of the list, why I chose it, and a recap of each round as…

Sleeves

May 14, 2024

We used to shuffle cards. It was not in the manner that happens today with splitting a sleeved deck into two parts and pushing them together. We truly shuffled. It was the same way that you would shuffle a fifty-two card poker deck. Riffling the cards, and then bridging the sides together to combine them…

Experimental Card Reveals

May 13, 2024

Thanks to our friends at Fantasy Flight Games for sending us some spoilers for Shadows of the Galaxy to share with the community! For those who enjoy video reveals, feel free to click on the video below and get our blind first reactions to the 2 cards! For those who prefer the written format, just…

Meta Monday (May 12th, 2024)

May 13, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Tier list changes No changes to our tier list this week. Although… we have some changes coming later this week that we’re very excited about! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On to our tournament reports! If you have decklists, results, or other information, please reach out to me…

Shadows of the Galaxy – Spoiler Review

May 10, 2024

Welcome back to some more spoiler review & first impressions! It’s been a few weeks and given the speedy nature of this spoiler season, we’re about 45 cards behind! We’re going to tackle about 20 of them, and come back next week to catch up hopefully fairly quickly. Justin – Well, it looks like the…

A Surprise, To Be Sure: The Three Biggest Unexpected Hits Of SWU’s First Set

May 8, 2024

Players can often be overly dismissive. This is no surprise to those that have played card games for a while, but in SWU it’s particularly interesting to observe. Even in this first set, the overall balance of the game is in a really good spot, and a far wider selection of the cardpool than many…

Trading

May 7, 2024

Trading for collectible card games is so amazingly different than it was twenty years ago. The entire process of finding a worthwhile trade partner and putting the actual trade together is like being on another planet now. In the mid-to-late 1990s, the magazine Scrye included a monthly price guide for Magic: The Gathering. That was…

Meta Monday (May 5th, 2024)

May 6, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Tier list changes This week we’re adding to the aggro end of our tier list by adding a popular Sabine list. More specifically, we’re adding Sabine/Yellow to our Tier 2. Sabine/Yellow has proved itself a popular and effective alternative to Sabine/Green, even if the…

Morning Musings – A Weekend Meta projection

May 3, 2024

On this wonderful eve of May 4th, I’m sure many of you are getting in your last testing reps and have hopefully hammered in your 50+10 for this weekends tournaments! With no tournament this weekend for me, I thought it would be a fun exercise to talk through what I would expect the meta to…

Star Wars Unlimited Over/Under: Episode V – The Product Shortage Strikes Back

May 1, 2024

Welcome to the FIFTH episode of SWU OVER/UNDER, where the GarbageRollers crew tackles various topics related to the game and decides whether they’re OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, or PROPERLY RATED. This format lets us yap about almost anything, and today, we’re gonna throw in our takes to all the various talks of the town. The game is buzzing out there, but how…

What is a Boomer?

April 30, 2024

I think I may be a Boomer Gamer. Some background… I started playing Magic the Gathering in 1994 just as Unlimited was ending and Revised was starting its print run. I had dropped my first car off at a Jiffy Lube for an oil change and walked across the street to a Hobby Town USA…

Meta Monday (Apr 29th, 2024)

April 29, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Tier list changes We’re not making any changes to the tier list this week. We also don’t have any large events to report on, so if something happened in your neck of the woods please send us the info so we can call you…

Community Spotlight – wooooo (April 26th, 2024)

April 26, 2024

This week we take a moment to get to know one of the first competitive minds we discoverd last fall in the Star Wars Unlimited Community, wooooo! wooooo Tell us about your yourself! What are your hobbies outside of card games? Hey there! I’m pretty big in to games (naturally). Outside of gaming I also…

Bantha Poodoo: Legitimate Misses From The First Two Months Of SWU

April 24, 2024

By all accounts, Star Wars: Unlimited has enjoyed one of the best, if not the best, launches for a TCG ever. Deck diversity remains pretty high, product availability wasn’t nearly as constrained as many other launches despite incredible demand, and FFG’s communication has been mostly excellent. But it’s not all roses. Devoted as we are,…

Announcing the Geek Out Texas $1K!

April 23, 2024

Join us at Geek Out Burleson on May 11, 2024 @12:00 PM for a Star Wars Unlimited Tournament featuring $2000 in prizes! The event will also be streamed on our YouTube channel for those who can’t attend! Top 8 will receive a portion of $1000 in store credit (or 75% cash):1st-$500 & playmat*2nd- $250 &…

Meta Monday (Apr 22nd, 2024)

April 22, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Edit (2:03 pm US Central) – We added additional decks and info for the Poland event, along with another Polish Store Showdown. Tier list changes This week we’re making one change, primarily because of the results of yesterday’s Orlando $5K (more on that in…

Shadows of the Galaxy – A Smuggler’s Paradise

April 19, 2024

ICYMI, FFG hit us with a stream on Wednesday explaining the third new mechanic of the set, Smuggle. You can also check out the written article here that lays out most of the stream in written format. Smuggling is a new keyword that allows players to access cards they previously put down as resources, potentially…

Ball On A Budget: Exploring Alternatives For Set 1 Chase Cards In Competitive Decks

April 17, 2024

We get it. Boxes of SWU are in short supply and many, many, many of you are staring at singles prices and hurtin’, mama. While yesterday’s timely stream from friend of the show Jim Cartwright contained both good news and rough news (the Set 1 reprint exists, but is definitely a little farther out than…

Meta Monday (Apr 15th, 2024)

April 15, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Tier list changes We’re not making any changes to our tier list this week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TTI League Season 1.0 Championship You can find the decklists for the current season here and the bracket here. This week, the Top 16 for the March Season continued…

Community Spotlight – Take the Initiative (April 12th, 2024)

April 12, 2024

While we were planning through a few different content creators to interview this week, another group chose to take the initiative and jump ahead in line. Read on to learn more about out friend Rebel Traitor from Take the Initiative below! Take the Initiative Tell us about yourself! What are your hobbies outside of card…

Star Wars Unlimited Over/Under: Episode IV

April 10, 2024

Welcome to the FOURTH episode of SWU OVER/UNDER, where the GarbageRollers crew tackles various topics related to the game and decides whether they’re OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, or PROPERLY RATED. This format lets us yap about almost anything, and today, we’re gonna throw in our takes to all the various talks of the town. The game is buzzing out there, but how…

Meta Monday (Apr 8th, 2024)

April 8, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Tier list changes This week we’re bumping some Tier 2 decks down to Tier 3, as they have mostly faded from common play. Han/Red, Han/Blue, and Casino Han all get sent down (sorry nerfherder). Several control decks are poised to break into the Tier…

Community Spotlight – L8 Night Gaming (April 5th, 2024)

April 5, 2024

Fun fact, today is my birthday (Justin)! After a long couple of months of tax season and some 90 hour work weeks… there’s not much more I’d rather do than get with some friend and play some late night games of Star Wars Unlimited! With that said, let’s learn more about my friends from L8…

Shadows of the Galaxy Initial Spoilers!

April 4, 2024

It is a day long awaited. While a ton of fun stuff has occupied our attentions in the last couple month, and we’ve found a lot to report on…there’s nothing quite like new cards. Spoilers have begun for the next set of Star Wars Unlimited, and the GarbageRollers couldn’t be more pleased to jump back…

What To Expect From SWU’s Second Set

April 3, 2024

Well, the first few weeks of SWU have been a wild ride, huh? How you doing out there? For those of us who have played lots of card games, a lot of the stuff that’s defined this early game experience – product shortages, wild variance in single pricing, metagame concerns- is par for the course.…

Meta Monday (Apr 1st, 2024)

April 1, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Chewie Climbs the Rungs This week we’re elevating Chewbacca/Green to Tier 2 from Tier 3. The testing we’ve done with the walking carpet indicates that, while his power level isn’t extreme, he has solid matchups into most decks. It’s possible that a skilled player…

Community Spotlight – Artificery (Mar 29th, 2024)

March 29, 2024

Happy Friday! This week we’re taking a deeper dive into the boys from Artificery. Come find out how the former Star Wars Destiny group came back together for Star Wars Unlimited! Artificery Tell us about your yourselves! What are your hobbies outside of card games? Tacster: I’m Nick, aka Tacster. My main hobbies outside of…

Boba/Green: How to Play Around the Tier 1 Menace

March 28, 2024

Boba has had quite a week. He advanced to force a Boba-on-Boba finals in the TTI league. He took 2nd and 3rd in a French tournament. Most chillingly, it took all 8 spots at the Unlimited Launch Event in the UK. In the face of that kind of domination, it’s fair of people to ask…

The Tao of SWU: Why Timmies, Johnnies, and Spikes Are All Correct About Star Wars Unlimited

March 27, 2024

Thanks for tuning into another collection of high-level musings, GarbageRollers faithful! To start- no shame at all if you’re not hip enough to card game lingo to know what the names in the article title are referring to. There’s an iconic article by MTG mastermind Mark Rosewater that breaks down, roughly, three different types of…

New Article Schedule

March 26, 2024

Greetings! Thanks so much for supporting the GarbageRollers as we’ve worked to make great content during the last year. We love the game, and the community has been so supportive of our efforts to cover it. Thank you so much for reading and watching along! In light of our new rhythms as players and content…

Meta Monday (Mar 25th, 2024)

March 25, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! Jyn Taking a Dive The one change to our Tier list this week is a demotion of Jyn Erso to Tier 4. As we mentioned last week in our “What did we get wrong” article, we overrated Jyn’s potential during spoiler season. Jyn didn’t…

Community Spotlight – Thorrk’s Hot Takes (Mar 22nd, 2024)

March 22, 2024

Happy Friday! We’re back with our regularly scheduled Friday programming, with a look at a community member or content creator. This week we welcome our friend Thorrk, who seeks to set a word count world record in any conversation you find him! Keep reading to learn more about him and his YouTube channel! Thorrk’s Hot…

5 cards we were wrong about during Spoiler Season

March 21, 2024

Now that we’ve had a few weeks to breathe since the release of the game, it felt like a good time to reflect on cards from the Spark of Rebellion spoiler season that we… didn’t get quite right in our initial assessment. While it doesn’t feel great to say that we missed the mark, it’s…

5 Cards we nailed reviewing during Spoiler Season

March 20, 2024

Now that we’ve had a few weeks to breath since the release of the game, it seemed like a good time to go back and reflect on some of the cards throughout spoiler season that we absolutely nailed in our initial assessment. For those readers that love it when we’re wrong, we’ll be hitting the…

Cantina Decks, Episode 1: A Set Of Four Budget Decks From “Spark Of Rebellion”

March 19, 2024

Welcome to Episode 1 of Cantina Decks, our series of thematic budget decks for Star Wars Unlimited! We have a dedicated a lot of space on this site to things like tier lists and competitive reporting. Inside and outside our little bubble, there’s a ton of resources out there for players looking for the best…

Meta Monday (Mar 18th, 2024)

March 18, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! This week, we’re doing some post-release clean up as the meta has evolved. Let’s dive into the details! First, two new decks are making their debut on the list: Han 7s and Iden/Red. Both replace older archetypes in Tier 2. In this case, Han/Green…

wooooo’s Guide to SWU Draft (Part 7: Rares and Legendaries)

March 15, 2024

Today, we’re joined by our guest contributor, wooooo! This is the seventh in a multi-part series on draft for SWU. We’re excited to watch him break down every card in the game for its utility in draft. Check out his initial guidelines for these ratings in the intro article here. Take it away wooooo! Rare…

wooooo’s Guide to SWU Draft (Part 6: Hero/Villainy/Neutral Commons/Uncommons)

March 15, 2024

Today, we’re joined by our guest contributor, wooooo! This is the sixth in a multi-part series on draft for SWU. We’re excited to watch him break down every card in the game for its utility in draft. Check out his initial guidelines for these ratings in the introarticle here. Take it away wooooo! Heroism common…

wooooo’s Guide to SWU Draft (Part 5: Vigilance Commons/Uncommons)

March 14, 2024

Today, we’re joined by our guest contributor, wooooo! This is the fifth in a multi-part series on draft for SWU. We’re excited to watch him break down every card in the game for its utility in draft. Check out his initial guidelines for these ratings in the intro article here. Take it away wooooo! Vigilance…

wooooo’s Guide to SWU Draft (Part 4: Cunning Commons/Uncommons)

March 13, 2024

Today, we’re joined by our guest contributor, wooooo! This is the fourth in a multi-part series on draft for SWU. We’re excited to watch him break down every card in the game for its utility in draft. Check out his initial guidelines for these ratings in the intro article here. Take it away wooooo! Cunning…

Interview with Senior Game Designer Jeremy Zwirn

March 12, 2024

We had the chance to sit down with one of the Senior Game Designers for Star Wars Unlimited, Jeremy Zwirn, and ask him some questions! As avid enjoyers of Star Wars Destiny, we were very curious to see how Jeremy’s design experience there translated to Star Wars Unlimited. Keep reading to find out! Tell us…

Meta Monday – Release Week! (Mar 11th, 2024)

March 11, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! This week we’re not moving any of the decks on the list. Now that SWU has released and everyone has cards in their hands, we hope we’ll see more churn as people try to break the meta! There’re a few ongoing tournaments we’ll cover…

Community Spotlight – Unplayable (Mar 8th, 2024)

March 8, 2024

Happy Friday and HAPPY RELEASE DAY!!!!! It is finally here at least, and we have reached the point where Star Wars Unlimited is no longer Unplayable! That word sounds awfully familiar… This Friday we take a look at our friends from Unplayable, David, Jay, Jim, and Mike! Unplayable Tell us about your yourselves! What are…

wooooo’s Guide to SWU Draft (Part 3: Command Commons/Uncommons)

March 7, 2024

Today, we’re joined by our guest contributor, wooooo! This is the third in a multi-part series on draft for SWU. We’re excited to watch him break down every card in the game for its utility in draft. Check out his initial guidelines for these ratings in the intro article here. Take it away wooooo! Command…

wooooo’s Guide to SWU Draft (Part 2: Aggression Commons/Uncommons)

March 6, 2024

Today, we’re joined by our guest contributor, wooooo! This is the second in a multi-part series on draft for SWU. We’re excited to watch him break down every card in the game for its utility in draft. Check out his initial guidelines for these ratings in the intro article here. Take it away wooooo! Aggression…

wooooo’s Guide to SWU Draft (Part 1: Intro + Leaders & Bases)

March 6, 2024

Today, we’re joined by our guest contributor, wooooo! This is the first in a multi-part series on draft for SWU. We’re excited to watch him break down every card in the game for its utility in draft. Take it away wooooo! Hi, wooooo here. The following article series is a full card review for drafting…

Star Wars Unlimited Over/Under: Episode III

March 5, 2024

Welcome to the THIRD episode of SWU OVER/UNDER, where the GarbageRollers crew tackles various topics related to the game and decides whether they’re OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, or PROPERLY RATED. This format lets us yap about almost anything, and as always we’ve got some spicy meatballs to chew on today…including some secondary market talk. As with any internet opinion, we encourage you…

Meta Monday – Prerelease Week! (Mar 4th, 2024)

March 4, 2024

Welcome to our weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! This week we’re not moving any of the decks on the list. The Green trifecta of Sabine-Iden-Boba continues to dominate. What we will do is recap two ongoing tournaments! Tournament Continues There were several Top 8 and one Top 4 match played in the…

Community Spotlight – The Community (Mar 1st, 2024)

March 1, 2024

Happy Pre-release day! Instead of our usual Community Spotlight, we thought it’d be fun to put together a video of various community members talking about why they’re excited for Star Wars Unlimited. Check out that video below, and we hope everyone has a blast at pre-release events this weekend!

New Player Lessons #10 – Draft + Sealed Strategies

February 29, 2024

Welcome, GarbageRollers faithful, to the 10th entry in our New Player Guide! This lesson is focused on Limited play- AKA Draft and Sealed. These formats are much beloved in other tabletop games, and the typical praise is that they’re more affordable and approachable formats than full constructed, given the ever-evolving meta and expensive decklists of…

Morning Musings – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

February 28, 2024

As our 9 month journey from the game’s announcement to the actual release reaches a close, it seemed like a good time to reminisce on what may have been the most unique card game meta I’ve ever played in. In case you missed it, for the last about 6 months, players have been playing with…

Call in the Reinforcements

February 27, 2024

Hello! Most of you know me from YouTube or the community discord as TD_Tatta but today I’m writing a guest article about a card that I think is still underrated despite getting plenty of praise in the SWU world – U-Wing Reinforcements. Ever since the card was first spoiled at the community event a few…

Meta Monday – Prerelease Week! (Feb 26th, 2024)

February 26, 2024

Welcome to our first weekly update of the Gauntlet (Meta Tier List)! The TLDR version of our changes for this week:1. Krennic/Green dropped to tier 2 due to being supplanted by Iden/Green as the premier control list in the meta.2. Thrawn climbed into tier 2 as the community identified him as the best potential pairing…

Community Spotlight – Roll On Gaming (Feb 23rd, 2024)

February 23, 2024

Happy Friday! This is the last time we get to greet everyone on a Friday morning before we all crack packs and get to finally play Star Wars Unlimited! To celebrate this fantastic occassion, we invited one of the most positive people I know in the community to answer some questions (and drag his brother…

Duels Of The Fates – Theme Decks For Star Wars Unlimited – Part 2 (Light Side/Dark Side)

February 22, 2024

Welcome to the second entry in our Duel of the Fates series, where we make a pair of decks that are as dripping in theme as we can make them and leave it up to you, dear reader, to bash them into each other. Part 1 took us to the trenches, with Leia, Tarkin, and…

The Garbage Rollers “Best” Maindeck Cards Fantasy Draft

February 21, 2024

The Garbage Rollers team picks the best 16 cards in the game in a conversational snake-draft. Tyler (@DJStormtrooper) — Welcome to the Garbage Rollers Fantasy Draft! We’re taking a gamified approach to making a tier list today by doing it snake-draft style. For those unfamiliar, on their turn each competitor will pick a card from the…

Aspect Tax – Who will pay it?

February 20, 2024

Being a CPA deep in the depths of tax season, it seemed like a no-brainer to revisit a topic we were keenly interested in months ago… is the Aspect Penalty ever worth paying in Star Wars Unlimited? If you haven’t taken the deep dive into deckbuilding yet, it’s possible you’ve missed one of the most…

Announcing the Garbage Rollers SWU Tier List

February 19, 2024

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editor’s note: This article has been superseded by our switchover to the Meta Snapshot. Please read our launch article for that! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today, we’re rolling out our first Deck Tier list for Star Wars: Unlimited constructed play. We’re really excited about this moment as it’s the culmination of months of work by our team…

Community Spotlight – TowerNumberNine (Feb 16th, 2024)

February 16, 2024

In the past on Fridays, we would scour the holonet and post a detailed list of all the Content put out for the game in the past week. Now we point you over to SWUHolocron who does a much better job than us keeping track of all this content posted daily! You can check this…

Star Wars Unlimited Community Celebration Recap

February 15, 2024

Justin: Good morning! In case you missed it, our full team was invited to attend the Star Wars Community Celebration this past weekend to talk to FFG, open packs early, get some swag, and celebrate the Community leading into the launch of the game. We already recapped our dinner with Jim Cartwright in Monday’s article,…

How to Sideboard in Star Wars Unlimited

February 14, 2024

Knowing how to sideboard is one of the most important, but undervalued, aspects of playing a CCG. Even if we win every single game we ever play, half of our games will be post-sideboard. If we want to be successful Star Wars Unlimited players, we’re going to have to figure out how to sideboard well.…

Last Week in Review (Feb 13th, 2024)

February 13, 2024

In case you missed it, we attended the Star Wars Unlimited Community Celebration event this past weekend, where the remaining missing cards were revealed as we opened packs! There will be plenty of coverage from the event on our YouTube, and you can also re-watch the official FFG livestream from Saturday here. Justin – The…

Dinner With Jim: Welcoming The New Guard At Fantasy Flight Games

February 12, 2024

In a few short weeks, March of 2024, Minnesota studio Fantasy Flight Games will release Star Wars Unlimited, a collectible Star Wars card game. The second weekend in February was marked by the Star Wars Unlimited Community Celebration, in which the company invited some of its most dedicated fans and content creators to come learn…

Community Spotlight – RybackStun (Feb 9th, 2024)

February 9, 2024

In the past on Fridays, we would scour the holonet and post a detailed list of all the Content put out for the game in the past week. Now we point you over to SWUHolocron who does a much better job than us keeping track of all this content posted daily! You can check this…

The Feelings Factory, Episode 1: Why Ya’ Boy (ImpossibleGerman) Is Excited For Star Wars Unlimited’s Community Celebration

February 8, 2024

Welcome to the first annual (???) episode of THE FEELINGS FACTORY. It’s me, ya’ boy, and I’m here to bring a little fluff to the proceedings here at GarbageRollers.com You see, our editorial team is built on a foundation of synergy among our diverse skillsets, as well as a certain undeniable sexuality that informs most…

Six Under-the-Radar Cards for the Set 1 Meta

February 7, 2024

On some cards, the value is obvious at first glance. Vader. Luke. Sabine. But not all are that way. Some take a little marination, testing and exploration to reveal their potential. Below are six cards we have our eye on at the GarbageRollers. These are cards that didn’t get a lot of buzz on reveal,…

Last Week in Review (Feb 6th, 2024)

February 6, 2024

In case you missed it, FFG announced the SWU Community Event which we will be attending this weekend! We’ll be filming as much as we can, so expect to see some pack-openings, gameplay, and more! Now on to last week’s card reveals! The first 2 cards were spoiled on the FFG stream last week! Justin…

Meta Monday – TTS Tournament Winner Report (Feb 5, 2024)

February 5, 2024

We’re pushing the tier list debut to next week, as we haven’t had a chance to dive in to Palpatine gameplay due to illness. We have a treat though! For the 2nd weekend in a row, there was a TTS tournament on Saturday giving us some more interesting meta results. 14 players assembled for a…

Community Spotlight – KTOD (Feb 2nd, 2024)

February 2, 2024

In the past on Fridays, we would scour the holonet and post a detailed list of all the Content put out for the game in the past week. Now we point you over to SWUHolocron who does a much better job than us keeping track of all this content posted daily! You can check this…

Finding Two-For-Ones in Star Wars Unlimited

February 1, 2024

Hi, my name is Mike Gemme aka BobbySapphire — I’ve been writing about Star Wars card games in their various forms since 1999. I’m currently making video content with my teammates, the KTOD, at www.youtube.com/@SWU_KTOD When we talk about the value of a card, we’re trying to determine how many of our opponent’s cards we…

Deck Tech – Boba Double Cunning

January 31, 2024

We’ve written about every other flavor of Boba Fett at this point, so it seems time we close out the series with what might be the most fun version to play. Boba Double Cunning revolves around taking advantage of tempo plays and pumping damage aggressively into your opponent’s base to end the game before they…

Last Week in Review (Jan 30th, 2024)

January 30, 2024

With our debut of Meta Monday, that means week in review for cards will be on Tuesdays going forward. We’ll continue until all the cards are revealed, and then bring this segment back at whatever point after March FFG starts spoiling cards for set 2! Some more impactful cards were released last week, and we…

Meta Monday – TTI Season 0 Tournament Winner Report (Jan 29, 2024)

January 29, 2024

Normally, Monday features our weekly spoiler recap (this will shift to Tuesdays going forward), but instead, this week, we are debuting our new Meta Monday segment. Starting next week, on Mondays, we’ll adjust our running tier list of the competitive meta, which will include decklists and deck tech articles. We hope this will be a…

Community Spotlight (Jan 26, 2024)

January 26, 2024

In the past on Fridays, we would scour the holonet and post a detailed list of all the Content put out for the game in the past week. Now we point you over to SWUHolocron who does a much better job than us keeping track of all this content posted daily! You can check this…

Interview with Senior Game Designer Tyler Parrott

January 25, 2024

We had the chance to sit down with one of the Senior Game Designers for Star Wars Unlimited, Tyler Parrott, and ask him some questions! Tyler is in the unique position of touching many parts of the process, from game design, to playtesting, to marketing, and even art on the cards! We hope you find…

Deck Tech – Boba Vigilance

January 24, 2024

Much has been written of Mr. Robert Fettuccine, and his emergence as an early favorite of Set 1 should probably come as no surprise. After all, even if he was bad, people would probably still play him. He’s the guy, you know? And in their wisdom and foresight, our benevolent lords at Fantasy Flight Games…

Morning Musings – 5 Hot Takes for the Set 1 Meta

January 23, 2024

Welcome to Morning Musings, where I drink some coffee and ramble on! As the mind wanders on some random Star Wars Unlimited thoughts, we’ll find out if I’m living in fantasy land or crazy land with these ideas… In today’s article, I’ll discuss five spicy takes for the Set 1 meta. The 30 vs 25hp…

Last Week in Review (Jan 22nd, 2024)

January 22, 2024

Another light week! Hopefully we’ll start seeing some real spice in these last ~40 cards! The first card was spoiled by FFG on social media! Justin – This is officially my least favorite of the double aspect cards. Since it doesn’t affect all units that aren’t currently in play as a unit when it is…

Product Review & Giveaway – AdmiralStackbar Deckbox & Tokens

January 22, 2024

Good morning! We had the pleasure of being sent two copies of the AdmiralStackbar Unofficial Deckbox & Token set from Zachary’s store on Etsy. We were not compensated for this review, other than receiving these 2 sets that we will be giving away! If you prefer the audio/visual over text, check out our video version…

Community Spotlight (Jan 19, 2024)

January 19, 2024

In the past on Fridays, we would scour the holonet and post a detailed list of all the Content put out for the game in the past week. Now we point you over to SWUHolocron who does a much better job than us keeping track of all this content posted daily! You can check this…

New Player Lessons #8 – Sideboards

January 18, 2024

What is a Sideboard? A sideboard is a set of 10 cards that players of Star Wars: Unlimited bring with them to a competitive match alongside their 50-card main deck. These can be any 10 cards (except leaders or bases), but a player cannot exceed the maximum quantity of three of any one card across…

Duels Of The Fates – Theme Decks For Star Wars Unlimited – Part 1 (Rebels/Imperials)

January 17, 2024

One of the coolest things about Star Wars Unlimited is that it takes place in a galaxy far, far way. Like many of the folks looking into this game, I’ve loved Star Wars since I was a little boy. I vividly remember the first action figures, the first movie experiences, my first toy lightsaber. The…

Deck Tech – Sabine Cunning Aggro Burn

January 16, 2024

At this point, almost every CC has published a Sabine list, called the deck insanely broken, or even made series around “Can this deck beat Sabine?” Being the only leader in the game to deploy at less than 5 resources, she is in a unique spot that will always have to be considered in the…

Last Week in Review (Jan 15th, 2024)

January 15, 2024

A bit of a lighter week after last week’s motherload of drops, but still some hott cards! These first two cards were spoiled by FFG on social media! Justin – Jabba is so interesting in a vacuum. With 10 stats (2/8), he’s above curve at 4 and even has an ability to boot. His stats…

Community Spotlight (Jan 12, 2024)

January 12, 2024

In the past on Fridays, we would scour the holonet and post a detailed list of all the Content put out for the game in the past week. Now we point you over to SWUHolocron who does a much better job than us keeping track of all this content posted daily! You can check this…

New Player Lessons #7 – Understanding Tempo

January 11, 2024

What is Tempo? Put simply, Tempo is the momentum of the game. In Star Wars: Unlimited, this is primarily measured by the state of the board- i.e. who has more (and more powerful) units on the table. The player with more power typically has the momentum, and when they have it, they set the game’s…

Deck Tech – Leia Aggression

January 10, 2024

For me, there’s no more potent fantasy in any Star Wars game I play than a band of scrappy Rebel Alliance soldiers. Age of Rebellion was my favorite of the RPG source books. I do a little cheer in Battlefront every time I don’t roll Empire in a math. And in Destiny, Hero Red was…

Market Speculation – Early Guesses At Legendary Price Rankings

January 9, 2024

Good morning! We are officially under 2 months away from the release of Star Wars Unlimited! Now feels as good a time as ever to start speculating about what the most expensive singles will be. While there will likely be a few rares and uncommons that end up costing more than a few bucks, legendaries…

Last Week in Review (Jan 8th, 2024)

January 8, 2024

Holy cow did we get the motherload of drops this past week! Between some CC reveals and the mega draft stream, we have a lot to go through! These first two cards were spoiled by the tabletop misfits on Youtube! Justin – It’s hard to get excited about combo potential with a 1 drop giving…

Community Spotlight (Jan 5, 2024)

January 5, 2024

Normally on Fridays we would scour the holonet and post a detailed list of all the Content put out for the game in the past week. Instead, we decided to start pointing you over to SWUHolocron who does a much better job than us keeping track of all this content posted daily! You can check…

Star Wars Unlimited Over/Under: Episode II

January 3, 2024

Welcome to the second episode of SWU OVER/UNDER, where the GarbageRollers crew tackles various topics related to the game and decides whether they’re OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, or PROPERLY RATED. This format lets us tackle almost anything, and we’ve got some hot topics today, including what’s probably the single most divisive aspect of SWU so far… As with any internet opinion, we…

Our Way Too Early Set 1 Base Tier Lists

January 2, 2024

Tier list are trendy, and we don’t think these will be too different from one another… so we’re lumping all 3 in one article! On to the hot (cold?) takes! Shoutout to Thorrk from the discord for creating this template. Justin & Tyler’s List Editor’s Note: Tyler came to the same conclusions as Justin below, so…

Last 2 Weeks in Review (Jan 1st, 2024)

January 1, 2024

Happy Monday and HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s been a while with the holidays, so we’ve got plenty of cards to tackle. We had the pleasure of spoiling the first 2 cards, and you can see our first thoughts and impressions in our article along with an interview with Lead Designer Danny Schaefer! The next card…

Holiday Break

December 25, 2023

Good morning and Merry Christmas! We will be taking a break from posting any written content this week as we spend time with our families and enjoy the holidays. We still have scheduled gameplay videos uploading daily on our YouTube channel though! Here’s a brief snippet from each of us about what we’re looking forward to in…

Community Spotlight (Dec 22, 2023)

December 22, 2023

Normally on Fridays we scour the holonet and post a detailed list of all the Content put out for the game in the past week. Instead, going forward we’d like to point you over to SWUHolocron who does a much better job than us keeping track of all this content posted daily! You can check…