I am definitely going to be picking this up, but I wish they would release an expansion. I want to be able to play as Kyle Katarn, Dash Rendar, Cad Bane, Hondo, etc!
Love this game. My wife doesn't like high conflict games, so this hit a sweet spot. It isn't a tight board game, but it gives a great sense of adventure and story.
Loved Sam’s enthusiasm in the video. Was thinking of passing on this one, since my collection has so much Star Wars, but it this review has me developing a serious case of FOMO.
They need an expansion ASAP. I'm very surprised FF has'nt at least come out with the standard "more cards for every deck in the base game" expansion that they do. We need the razor Crest and Din, ect..
Slightly mitigating the dice issue is the fact it uses the same dice as x-wing. Not to let FFG off the hook here, but if you have a bunch of those you won't need to invest in a new set.
Or they just had a different opinion? I guess if you want to keep hunting until you find someone who agrees with you and poopoo everyone else that didn't, that's your prerogative.
I just played it for the first time last night. It felt really similar to Merchants and Marauders. Just with a space pirate theme and with the player actions shuffled up a bit (but only a bit.) I loved what it did to immerse you in Star Wars. But the gameplay felt VERY familiar - to a fault IMO. I wouldn't go so far as saying this is Merchants with a Star Wars skin, but it is pretty close.
The problem I have with this and in FFG in general over recent years is that they sell you half the game and then you can buy extra dice and the million expansions rather than having the whole game in the box. And you could say this is to keep to a price point, but that would be ok if they were not overpriced already compared to other games.
The main reason I've decided not to buy anymore FFG games. It just ends up costing you a fortune. Everything they make is just built off the back of their expansion business model and I'm done with that. The only thing that may bring me back is another game in the Android universe but it would have to be a great game. I keep hoping for an Android revised board game.
Same here, I just considered this as I was searching for a space opera game, but finally I took Firefly. Much more game for a lower price, and I also don't like how the special properties of cards in FFG games use dozens of different mechanics (reroll here, ignore there, unless, never, may, may not, might, must, icons there, keywords here, icons in text, keywords among icons). I looked carefully at Firefly and the card design is refreshing, things work using a pair of mechanics, and cards bring modifiers already accounted for in these mechanics, instead of overwriting partially the rules in dozens of different ways. That is streamlined. With FFG cards design, it is almost impossible to get a clear view of an opponent's tableau characteristics unless you have played dozens of times.
this is one of my favorite games. deffo one you need to pay attention to, and make sure to figure out what you are going to do BEFORE your turn, or it will take forever. expansions great too
I have a question. If I have negative reputation with a faction and someone else buy from the market, making that patrol move against the buyer. But I am in the middle of them so the patrol passes by me. Do the patrol stop at me or will it keep moving? If it stops, do I have to fight it right away or wait for my turn? If I have to wait for my turn, do I fight it right away or can I play planning and action first? If so, can I move away from the patrol then since fighting is step 3? Sorry ir I sound stupid. Thanks for great video!
I was over the fence with this one. I love Star Wars, I absolutely LOVED Solo movie, that finally made me start really like Han Solo (I mean - I was ok with him, but he never was particulary interesting to me), and I loved how Star Wars started showing a universe that wasn't Skywalker centric. I'm also mainly a solo gamer (pun actually not intended ;) ), and as a father of 2 lovely small ladies I rarely have enough time to do gaming. But watching this review I got convinced. Why? Well... because a Star Wars fan, who knows a few things about table top games :) says that it's smooth, sandboxy, fun, and THEMATIC! I need nothing more. Long story short: I just ordered it, and will spend few evenings of my Holidays next week playing the Outer Rim. Btw - I do have this fantasy of playing Han Solo with high Imperial reputation :D.
@@vincentheslin9636 It's fun. It's a nice, fun game. I love the Star Wars feeling, and how the game deals with the story-telling aspect. With that being said - I do feel that with all that Star Wars universe is - we could easily have more variety. I'm guessing that this will come with expansions, but that's the thing - I believe we could have a bit more "out of the box". But I'm not complaining - it's a fun little game, that is definitely worth trying for a Star Wars fan.
Thanks for the review Sam! Definitely pre-ordered this one. Sad to hear that FF still isn't including enough dice - and the small print will definitely be an issue for my eyes. Otherwise sounds like a great game!
Really liked the review! And also the rules overview! Don't know if it's my kind of game despite it being Star Wars, but I will give it a try if I can.
Thank you for curbing your enthusiasm when it came to the final score. Clearly you love this game very much, but I agree that it seems pretty lame to not include more dice. I'm glad your score and seal reflect that.
I would say Xia if you want a more in depth sand box type game with a lot of re-playability. Until more expansions come out for Outer Rim, I'd say the re-playability is pretty limited based on what I saw in this review. I haven't played Outer Rim yet, but I have played a TON of Xia and no two games of Xia are the same... even if you try to do the same things. I do plan on getting Outer Rim as well since I'm a huge fan of Star Wars and the game looks fun.
Great review Sam and I totally agree with your Cons. Corey Konieczka games are my favorite and this one hits the mark again! As with STAR WARS: REBELLION this game is a great replication of the universe. For me the movies actually put more theme into the game and gets me watching them so I can shoot out appropriate character quotes during play, LOL! I've played XIA, liked it but didn't buy it. I played this one and put my order in on Amazon immediately after. If you like STAR WARS then you'll love this game. Theme like REBELLION but half the time to play and..........nothing you have to paint (Yay! Because I can't play with unpainted minis).
Was just going to pass on the game, but how can I NOT go play it after this review? Sam's enthusiasm is pretty contagious. Keep rockin' Sam. Love these solo reviews you do.
Hey Sam (or anyone), as someone who got rid of my copy of Firefly the Board Game because it had lacked much player interaction, is it a good bet I probably won't like this game very much and should just save my money?
@@LookAtTheBacon WEDS is incredibly fast. I don't see this being faster than that. FFG playthrough with 4 experienced players with minimal instruction was 2.5 hours
I literally thought of Dash Rendar when I first heard of this game. I feel they could have done a lot more aesthetically (characters and ships mainly: outrider, slave 1, ebon hawk (which I know is old republic but I mean they threw clone wars Anakin ship in), etc). At least they have a decent choice of bounty hunters
Needs a Jedi expansion. Kanan, please. That numbered deck in the center of the table contains cards from 1-99, but is missing about 40 cards from that range. Obvious expansion.
Nathan Bredfeldt - Would be interesting if they had a story arch of some Jedi on the run in the Outer Rim, and the Empire would conduct a manhunt, players would be able to choose a side in the conflict or just not meddle if they wish.
I have a question about the card quality,are they of good quality? I know fantasy flight usually has good quality materials. Great review I am looking forward to this game, I love the concept and theme. I think expansions will add loads of playability to the game. I hope they release more pilots like Dash Randar with the outrider.
Great review! As for encounter deck sizes, I think they can easily keep it small if they want. I’m thinking something like Runebound, where they eventually had 20+ skill sets released but you only used six in the deck for any particular game. Or even simpler, just mixing all of the expansion encounters into one deck and drawing 24 or so for each game, similar to setting up Too Many Bones encounter deck. Although doing that for all six decks may be more trouble than it’s worth.
@@SamHealey6 I can see Firefly and Outer Rim have almost the same amount of decks and components. Moreover, Firefly relies on simple mechanics with modifiers already explained in the rules, while Outer Rim relies on every card having quite different text, usually modifying/overwriting a rule in a different way. I can see the decks are thinner in Outer Rim but other than that I am not sure it looks more streamlined than Firefly. But of course I did not play both :)
@Matt Firefly is actually a lot simpler, you just do two actions per turn and everything is very streamlined in the cards. On the other hand this game is a messy mix of tokens and many pieces, a game board that is modular and a lotttttt of text. To be fair I still haven't played but that's the impression I get from this review. I have played Firefly and I can tell.you it's very streamlined.
@@nydaloth I've played Firefly, too (though maybe not as much as you have), and I can say that I do not agree with you. Now, I enjoyed Firefly, dont get me wrong, but this was much more fun and streamlined, imo.
@@nydaloth "...a messy mix of tokens and many pieces..." I wonder if you've really played Firefly, ;) I was amazed at how much stuff there was when I first played it and how much table space it took up. As a reminder: boardgamegeek.com/image/1748507/firefly-game ...doesn't look much better/worse than this game. ;)
Sorry to say this but this review feels like a paid one, Cons, only dice and text size?? Come on man! You said it yourself, the game isnt perfect so Im guessing You had something else to say apart from the dice.
Sam, I know you are not with Dice Tower anymore but this game is boring and it is not the problem with the downtime but there is nothing actually interesting to do in there.
I miss Sam Healey. Dice Tower just isn't the same without him. The mojo is just not the same.
I am definitely going to be picking this up, but I wish they would release an expansion. I want to be able to play as Kyle Katarn, Dash Rendar, Cad Bane, Hondo, etc!
you are a lot more upbeat these days its much nicer to listen to a review than before.
I was thinking the same thing! It had been a while since I have watched any of these reviews, so this is refreshing.
Zoloft is one hell of a drug
Great review Sam 👏👏 just played and loved it ❤️
Agreed downtime is more of a player problem rather than a game problem.
Love this game. My wife doesn't like high conflict games, so this hit a sweet spot. It isn't a tight board game, but it gives a great sense of adventure and story.
My girlfriend is the same way. She doesn't like high conflict games. It doesn't help that I'm extremely competitive, calculating and ruthless. :D
Loved Sam’s enthusiasm in the video. Was thinking of passing on this one, since my collection has so much Star Wars, but it this review has me developing a serious case of FOMO.
They need an expansion ASAP. I'm very surprised FF has'nt at least come out with the standard "more cards for every deck in the base game" expansion that they do. We need the razor Crest and Din, ect..
Took a while but it’s coming
Slightly mitigating the dice issue is the fact it uses the same dice as x-wing.
Not to let FFG off the hook here, but if you have a bunch of those you won't need to invest in a new set.
I knew those MvM guys were full of it. Thanks Sam for continuing to be the best part of this channel.
MvM is a schill channel.
Damn, I knew I shouldn't have listened to them
Acerosaurus we still have time to not listen! WE STILL HAVE TIIIIIMMMMEEEEE!!!!
Or they just had a different opinion? I guess if you want to keep hunting until you find someone who agrees with you and poopoo everyone else that didn't, that's your prerogative.
EclecticCamel hush you!
I just played it for the first time last night. It felt really similar to Merchants and Marauders. Just with a space pirate theme and with the player actions shuffled up a bit (but only a bit.) I loved what it did to immerse you in Star Wars. But the gameplay felt VERY familiar - to a fault IMO. I wouldn't go so far as saying this is Merchants with a Star Wars skin, but it is pretty close.
The problem I have with this and in FFG in general over recent years is that they sell you half the game and then you can buy extra dice and the million expansions rather than having the whole game in the box. And you could say this is to keep to a price point, but that would be ok if they were not overpriced already compared to other games.
The main reason I've decided not to buy anymore FFG games. It just ends up costing you a fortune. Everything they make is just built off the back of their expansion business model and I'm done with that.
The only thing that may bring me back is another game in the Android universe but it would have to be a great game.
I keep hoping for an Android revised board game.
Also they tend to keep the most costly IP’s (doesn’t bother me one bit) so that may be partly to blame in this business model
Same here, I just considered this as I was searching for a space opera game, but finally I took Firefly. Much more game for a lower price, and I also don't like how the special properties of cards in FFG games use dozens of different mechanics (reroll here, ignore there, unless, never, may, may not, might, must, icons there, keywords here, icons in text, keywords among icons).
I looked carefully at Firefly and the card design is refreshing, things work using a pair of mechanics, and cards bring modifiers already accounted for in these mechanics, instead of overwriting partially the rules in dozens of different ways. That is streamlined.
With FFG cards design, it is almost impossible to get a clear view of an opponent's tableau characteristics unless you have played dozens of times.
this is one of my favorite games. deffo one you need to pay attention to, and make sure to figure out what you are going to do BEFORE your turn, or it will take forever. expansions great too
Just curious why this and/or LoTR: Journeys wasn't a Miami Dice?
phunky sai because tom didn’t play the game?
I have a question.
If I have negative reputation with a faction and someone else buy from the market, making that patrol move against the buyer. But I am in the middle of them so the patrol passes by me.
Do the patrol stop at me or will it keep moving?
If it stops, do I have to fight it right away or wait for my turn?
If I have to wait for my turn, do I fight it right away or can I play planning and action first?
If so, can I move away from the patrol then since fighting is step 3?
Sorry ir I sound stupid. Thanks for great video!
Having a lot of fun with it... though already a few games in and the lack of deck variety is starting to show. Hopefully they expand it, and soon!
You don't want Hondo in your crew. He'll definitely betray you.
Very reminiscent of the Firefly board game.
I was over the fence with this one. I love Star Wars, I absolutely LOVED Solo movie, that finally made me start really like Han Solo (I mean - I was ok with him, but he never was particulary interesting to me), and I loved how Star Wars started showing a universe that wasn't Skywalker centric. I'm also mainly a solo gamer (pun actually not intended ;) ), and as a father of 2 lovely small ladies I rarely have enough time to do gaming. But watching this review I got convinced. Why? Well... because a Star Wars fan, who knows a few things about table top games :) says that it's smooth, sandboxy, fun, and THEMATIC! I need nothing more. Long story short: I just ordered it, and will spend few evenings of my Holidays next week playing the Outer Rim.
Btw - I do have this fantasy of playing Han Solo with high Imperial reputation :D.
Let us know how the solo plays work out for you
@@vincentheslin9636 It's fun. It's a nice, fun game. I love the Star Wars feeling, and how the game deals with the story-telling aspect. With that being said - I do feel that with all that Star Wars universe is - we could easily have more variety. I'm guessing that this will come with expansions, but that's the thing - I believe we could have a bit more "out of the box". But I'm not complaining - it's a fun little game, that is definitely worth trying for a Star Wars fan.
Thanks for the review Sam! Definitely pre-ordered this one. Sad to hear that FF still isn't including enough dice - and the small print will definitely be an issue for my eyes. Otherwise sounds like a great game!
Great review Sam, thanks. This is definitely going onto my wish list
Really liked the review! And also the rules overview! Don't know if it's my kind of game despite it being Star Wars, but I will give it a try if I can.
Oddly enough the small text on cards is also a problem with their Journeys in Middle Earth game.
Is it really "odd" that the tiny cards in two games made by the same company would have text that's too small?
EclecticCamel I was employing a bit of British sarcasm when I said it was odd. :-)
@@Jezza_One Ah okay. Carry on then.
Common issue with all FFG games. Guess every one who designs games at FFG has 20/20 vision.
Took until minute 24 of 28 before the cons, and that took one minute. (And they were minor component issues). I think he likes it.
I think I might like it too.
only two cons and they are both little things that dont really matter
Thanks for the review Sam. So you're saying I should buy this asap?
Enthusiastic review. I'm on the fence about this one but this helps sway me towards getting it on sale.
Hi! The big question from me is Outer Rim or Xia?
Did they ever put out an expansion for this game?
What a game! I like how it lets chars such as Han play like they operate in the movies. Will put this on the list!
Thank you for curbing your enthusiasm when it came to the final score. Clearly you love this game very much, but I agree that it seems pretty lame to not include more dice. I'm glad your score and seal reflect that.
Sam, your beard is amazing. Bless you, brother.
Thanks for the review as always. My question would be how does it compare to Xia?
I am interesting in this too. I would like buy just one of this ones. Xia or Outer Rim.
I would say Xia if you want a more in depth sand box type game with a lot of re-playability. Until more expansions come out for Outer Rim, I'd say the re-playability is pretty limited based on what I saw in this review. I haven't played Outer Rim yet, but I have played a TON of Xia and no two games of Xia are the same... even if you try to do the same things. I do plan on getting Outer Rim as well since I'm a huge fan of Star Wars and the game looks fun.
Great review Sam and I totally agree with your Cons. Corey
Konieczka games are my favorite and this one hits the mark again! As with STAR WARS: REBELLION this game is a great replication of the universe. For me the movies actually put more theme into the game and gets me watching them so I can shoot out appropriate character quotes during play, LOL! I've played XIA, liked it but didn't buy it. I played this one and put my order in on Amazon immediately after. If you like STAR WARS then you'll love this game. Theme like REBELLION but half the time to play and..........nothing you have to paint (Yay! Because I can't play with unpainted minis).
Was just going to pass on the game, but how can I NOT go play it after this review? Sam's enthusiasm is pretty contagious. Keep rockin' Sam. Love these solo reviews you do.
do the dice here have the same faces distribution of the x wing dice?Because, if so, i would have solved the dice issue...
Hi Sam, great review, even for non native english speakers!! What do you think about the player interaction?
holy crap you can play as doctor Aphra? I already love this game
Seems good if there weren't any gripes on the actual game play lol
Haven't seen a review in a while, first time seeing you with a beard. Looks good. Also good review.
Any thoughts on the solo mode?
Hey Sam (or anyone), as someone who got rid of my copy of Firefly the Board Game because it had lacked much player interaction, is it a good bet I probably won't like this game very much and should just save my money?
Will there be a The Mandalorian expansion
Does anyone know of any other games with a reputation meter like this one? Something simpler and shorter than this one?
it's the same dice from one of there table top games. you can go out and buy more if you want more
Hmmm, this or journeys in middle earth?
Wonder which has more strategic options.
How does this compare to Wasteland Express Delivery Service, which currently occupies the PU&D spot in my collection? :)
I think it's quicker and has way more theme. Also better pricepoint.
@@LookAtTheBacon WEDS is incredibly fast. I don't see this being faster than that. FFG playthrough with 4 experienced players with minimal instruction was 2.5 hours
Is there any expansions for this coming out anytime soon?
It took a while but it’s coming soon.
It's a Star Wars themed Merchants and Marauders?...
I hope so!
All these Star Wars games and no Dash Rendar in sight...
THANK YOU
@@StriderZessei I'm sure they will do expansions for this and he will be in it. Just like in video games you gotta hold something back for the dlc.
I literally thought of Dash Rendar when I first heard of this game. I feel they could have done a lot more aesthetically (characters and ships mainly: outrider, slave 1, ebon hawk (which I know is old republic but I mean they threw clone wars Anakin ship in), etc). At least they have a decent choice of bounty hunters
Wonder how expansions they have planned already. Good old FF never miss a buck.
charles rowan - I feel there will be one tied to the upcoming Mandalorian series
Needs a Jedi expansion. Kanan, please.
That numbered deck in the center of the table contains cards from 1-99, but is missing about 40 cards from that range. Obvious expansion.
Nathan Bredfeldt - Would be interesting if they had a story arch of some Jedi on the run in the Outer Rim, and the Empire would conduct a manhunt, players would be able to choose a side in the conflict or just not meddle if they wish.
Very energetic and thorough review Sam. Thanks for posting!
i need an expansion for this pls
Taught-to-ween?? Interesting.
I'd love if y'all reviewed the expansion :)
Loved your review Sam!!
I love this man’s BGEnergy or TTEnergy
Any chance for Zee to do a solo review?
I managed to get almost the entire crew together on Serenity with Firefly once during a solo play. It was glorious.
I have a question about the card quality,are they of good quality? I know fantasy flight usually has good quality materials. Great review I am looking forward to this game, I love the concept and theme. I think expansions will add loads of playability to the game. I hope they release more pilots like Dash Randar with the outrider.
If there's one thing FFG has is some of the best cardstock. Wouldn't worry about that.
I knew this game looked fun but thank you for this quality review! It is #1 on my wishlist after hearing your feedback! Thanks!
Can't you use XWing dice?
you can. but the defence dice for xwing would be useless (if say you went out and bought a pack, specifically for this game)
Yes but defence dice are the useful type
Its more the other way around in that you can use these gold dice for x-wing
Great review Sam.
Currently reading the rules with the game set up in front of me.
Great review! As for encounter deck sizes, I think they can easily keep it small if they want. I’m thinking something like Runebound, where they eventually had 20+ skill sets released but you only used six in the deck for any particular game. Or even simpler, just mixing all of the expansion encounters into one deck and drawing 24 or so for each game, similar to setting up Too Many Bones encounter deck. Although doing that for all six decks may be more trouble than it’s worth.
this vs firefly? if you can buy 1 then which one?
I like Firefly a lot, but this one is more fun and a bit more streamlined, imo.
@@SamHealey6 I can see Firefly and Outer Rim have almost the same amount of decks and components.
Moreover, Firefly relies on simple mechanics with modifiers already explained in the rules, while Outer Rim relies on every card having quite different text, usually modifying/overwriting a rule in a different way. I can see the decks are thinner in Outer Rim but other than that I am not sure it looks more streamlined than Firefly. But of course I did not play both :)
Sams skill to flip card stole the show
Pick up and deliver is not an inherently Euro mechanism. That said, thank you for talking the time to make a review, it was insightful.
Boom booom booom.... sold! :)
Looks like Firefly, cept' its Star Wars
kinda seems like eldritch horror star wars edition...I love it!
Is this just star wars merchants and marauders?
Do you see them pumping out expansions for this? Also funny you didn't compare it to Xia is it that different?
stuart shannon I hope there would be at least a few, the game seems like a great base worthy of some new elements
I believe he has only played Xia once and didn't like it. Wouldn't be a very useful comparison.
This sounds alot like Xia, Legends of a drift system.
I still like Xia better.
@@aonline_abridged Agreed. Xia's brilliant
Spoiler alert, no expansions were on the way:/
Spoiler alert, expansion incoming 😜
This seems like an extremely complex copy of FIREFLY
Dr Aphra... of all the great characters they could have included, we get a hated one from the failed comic LOL
Can you name the playable characters? Han, Boba Fett, Lando...
RPG Imaginings He does at 1:30
Great review, as always. Good job sam!
Same type of game as Firefly but more expensive and pure card board (no minis).
More comparison to Firefly would be nice, because the games seems quite similar.
@Matt Firefly is actually a lot simpler, you just do two actions per turn and everything is very streamlined in the cards. On the other hand this game is a messy mix of tokens and many pieces, a game board that is modular and a lotttttt of text. To be fair I still haven't played but that's the impression I get from this review. I have played Firefly and I can tell.you it's very streamlined.
@@nydaloth I've played Firefly, too (though maybe not as much as you have), and I can say that I do not agree with you. Now, I enjoyed Firefly, dont get me wrong, but this was much more fun and streamlined, imo.
@@nydaloth "...a messy mix of tokens and many pieces..." I wonder if you've really played Firefly, ;) I was amazed at how much stuff there was when I first played it and how much table space it took up. As a reminder: boardgamegeek.com/image/1748507/firefly-game ...doesn't look much better/worse than this game. ;)
Star Wars Eldritch Horror. Neat!
It is 2021 and no expansion or dice pack :)))))))))
Luckily FFG just announced the new expansion is coming: czcams.com/video/cGuyUQXTsEg/video.html
I miss Sam! A turkey will never sound as good.
Thanks Sam, that was really good
why is the pros arrow pointing downwards? thats wrong :D
Table setup of this game looks like a mess.
How so? Looks pretty orderly to me. Everything seems to have a clearly marked, designated spot in which it goes.
Who else is here after watching Mandalorian season 2?!
“Star warsy “ kind of feel to the game. Ummm. Yeah. It’s on the box. Messin with ya Sam!!
17:31
whattttt
tot-oo-een? :)
Firefly 2.0
Oh, Xia or Merchant of Venus with SW license. I think I'll pass. Thanks Sam always quality reviews
Sorry to say this but this review feels like a paid one, Cons, only dice and text size?? Come on man! You said it yourself, the game isnt perfect so Im guessing You had something else to say apart from the dice.
Sam, I know you are not with Dice Tower anymore but this game is boring and it is not the problem with the downtime but there is nothing actually interesting to do in there.
Two years and still no expansion. Dead game, like everything coming from FFG.
Shorter, more concise reviews please....painful to watch...