Meanwhile, a team of courageous Rebel soldiers are currently infiltrating the Empire’s base in search of a way to further undermine their regime. Picture it: the Death Star has just exploded over the surface of Yavin 4 and the Empire is desperately seeking the Rebels responsible. Set after the events seen in Episode IV: A New Hope, Imperial Assault has its players facing off against one another in an epic clash between the mighty Galactic Empire and scrappy Rebel Alliance. Good movie board games should be about skillfully recreating cinematic moments from the films they’re based on, which Star Wars: Imperial Assault accomplishes with absolute flourish. Star Wars: Imperial Assault It's Rebels versus the Empire in this scrappy, striking strategy game. Whether you’re looking for a co-op board game filling in the gaps between Episode IV and V or a storytelling RPG where players can become powerful Jedi, here are the ten best Star Wars board games you are looking for.ġ.
(There are more variants than George Lucas edits to A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.) Best Star Wars board gamesĭespite the inordinate amount of trash that populates the Star Wars board game galaxy like a drifting asteroid field, there are actually quite a few decent - nay! - even excellent examples of tabletop experiences set in the classic sci-fi universe.
Of course, some of these are undeniably awful - Trivial Pursuit DVD: Star Wars Saga Edition has incredibly strong 2005 vibes, and 1977’s Escape from Death Star set a poor standard from the off - whilst others are simply straight-up copies of existing board games, such as the many, many versions of Star Wars Monopoly out there.
Amongst the many plushie Baby Yoda toys and casserole dishes shaped like Darth Vader there are a slew of Star Wars board games, with some tabletop spin-offs dating all the way back to the original trilogy’s release in the late 1970s and 1980s. That eternal bastion of sci-fi pop culture that’s currently just capped off its third movie trilogy with Rise of the Skywalker, and continues to win hearts-and-minds with Disney+ TV show The Mandalorian.Īlongside the ever-expanding swath of Star Wars media is a ton of lucrative merchandise that fans just can’t seem to get enough of.
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