Power Creep has occurred in card games pretty much since their inception. From a sales standpoint it makes sense as each additional set needs to sell packs and if the newest set only has cards that are the same or worse than the prior sets people just are not going to want to buy them.…
The hype train for Star Wars Unlimited’s third set has fully left the station! So much good happens for a game when a new collection of cards launches- players find new favorites, beloved characters get time in the spotlight, a whole new draft experience starts hitting tables, the works. And one of the most exciting…
Meta Snapshot Updates This Labor Day week we’re making one addition to our Meta Snapshot. Bossk/Blue won a major tournament this weekend in Spain. This deck is claiming the Blue/Red hard control mantle that Vader/Blue carried to major victories in Set 1. With its potent ability to heal and draw cards via Bossk’s doubling ability,…
Twilight of the Republic spoiler season is upon us! The Garbage Rollers team is excited to review new cards again. Today, we’re tackling 10 that piqued our interest and giving a rundown of their possibilities and potential viability. 1. Obi-Wan Kenobi Justin – The obvious knee-jerk reaction is “Yet another Boba Fett unit stats on…
Decades ago, in the early days of the internet and e-commerce some friends and I started out as collectible card game vendors. We had a dealer table at some standing local events and eventually went to GenCon as vendors for a few years. It was a fun way to spend time with friends. There were some annoying aspects…
A new R2-D2 card has been dropped as a spoiler. The little droid is one of my favorite Star Wars characters and very likely the absolute top of my personal list. Certainly happy to see another snapshot in time of the little droid. The card design here is really interesting, especially when comparing it to…
Games evolve. While it’s always tempting (and fun!) to look back on the early days of anything you love, it’s continued development and mechanical evolution is what keeps players around for the long haul. We love new things, and games have to grow and move forward over time to stay their best selves. (Except, of…
Meta Snapshot Updates This Labor Day week we’re making one subtraction to our Meta Snapshot. Vader/Green has underperformed the meta now for about a month and has not shown the same potential as other decks in its class- namely Bossk/Green and Palpatine. As such, we’re removing it from our meta snapshot until it regains playrate…
Back in May, I had the pleasure of playing in a local 1k, which was our first big tournament for Star Wars Unlimited. It was a blast to play the game on a more competitive level, while enjoying some quality time catching up with friends between rounds. After about the 4th or 5th round, someone…
Star Wars: Unlimited is an awesome game. Full stop. It fixes so many issues that other card games have. Getting screwed on resources by not having enough (or having too many) is never a thing and is just not possible based on the design that everything could be used as a resource and also that…
Meta Snapshot Updates This week we’re not making any additions or subtractions to our Meta Snapshot, though we are rearranging some things. Han2/Blue is currently matching up nicely against the other decks in its category, and its play rate has soared. We’re parking it at the top of the Midrange options for now. Palpatine/Green has…
In case you missed it, last Thursday Cascade Games officially launched the Nexus which is the new hub for the judge program of Star Wars Unlimited. Here’s a quick summary with the important links, followed by a more in-depth look at what they’ve shown off thus far! The Important Stuff The evaluations to begin progressing…
Here at GarbageRollers HQ, we try hard to be an institution for the people and by the people. Our Meta Snapshot looks to get you up to speed with the competitive scene with clarity and brevity. Our New Player Guide is designed to be the best first stop for fresh players. And the first and…
Meta Snapshot Updates This week we’re adding one deck to our Meta Snapshot as a result of a large tournament in Poland! Han2/Green is a deck we initially had on our snapshot at Shadows of the Galaxy release, but eventually dropped due to its absence from the meta. That original build was focused on going…
If you’re not familiar with the phrase, this was one of the slogans of Magic the Gathering back in the early 2000’s. The gist being that by traveling to big MtG events, you’d be able to play the game you love and see major parts of the world in the process! It’s been two weeks…
Like many of us, Shadows of the Galaxy is my second second set of a collectible FFG Star Wars game. The second set of Star Wars: Destiny, Spirit of Rebellion, was an interesting time for me. I was trying to make Chewbacca work and failing. I was diving into my first couple tries at writing…
I find it interesting that a tie result is referred to as a draw when, in the old West, two gunslingers drawing their weapons generally resulted in one of them losing everything. There have been ways for individual games to end in a draw previously. The simplest example would be a single card doing damage…
Meta Snapshot Updates This week we’re making major changes to our Meta Snapshot as a result of GenCon! First, we’re removing three mono color archetypes that didn’t see play/success over the three days of GenCon- that demonstrates a lack of faith in them by a wide swath of the competitive community. These are: Sabine/Red, Han2/Red,…
Last Friday at Gencon, Justin had the pleasure of sitting down with Corey and Alicia from the Organized Play team for Star Wars Unlimited. You can listen to the audio recording of the interview in the Youtube link! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That’s all from Corey and Alicia for today! They answered a lot of the pending questions…
The last time I was at GenCon was in 2006 as a vendor. Along with a couple friends, we set ourselves up as “Gone to Plaid Games” buying and selling TCG singles. The last time I was there as an event competitor was in 2003 for the World Championship of the Wizards of the Coast…
Meta Snapshot Updates This week we’re not making any additions/subtractions to our Meta Snapshot. Our crew is still recovering from GenCon and absorbing the results. Give our mental Sarlaccs another week to digest and we’ll have some changes! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now, on to our tournament results! If you have decklists, results, or other information, please reach…
Bear with us on this one. After over a year of consistent SWU coverage in this space, it’s time to get seriously critical about an aspect of the game that has wound up being a substantial issue- Organized Play. Hoo boy. Strap in. In case you missed it (which is likely- more on that below)…
Meta Snapshot Updates This week we’re making three additions/subtractions to our Meta Snapshot. First, we’re adding of Han1/Yellow to our list in the Tempo category. This is one that has been on our radar for the last few weeks. It’s a high-variance deck that uses the Tech/DJ combo to ramp while also stalling the opponent’s…
We’re now 2 weeks into the Shadows of the Galaxies meta, with our first big events starting to run (SCG Baltimore this weekend, Gencon next). Now seemed like a perfect time to finally getting around to making my version of a leader tier list for SHD. This is purely with competitive premier play in mind,…
Meta Snapshot Updates This week we’re making five additions/subtractions to our Meta Snapshot. First, is the addition of Palpatine/Green which won a $1K event in Iowa this week (more on that below.) This goes in our “soft” control lane where other ramp decks reside. Second, we’re picking a side in the “which Han2 deck is…
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