History TabletopGame / StarWarsEpicDuels

More complete information can be found on [[http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/page/9779461/FrontPage the wiki]], as well as on [[http://www.geektopiagames.com/ Geektopia Games]]. These two sites appear to be the main nexuses about the game that are still active today.

The goal is for each side to eliminate every "Major character" on the other side by depleting their HitPoints count. Every main character comes with a unique deck of cards and one or two "minor characters" who have their separate HP track. A minor may be destroyed with limited consequences, and a player may keep acting as long as they have at least one character alive ''and'' their side still has at least one major.

There are 3 types of cards, that may be used for attacking, defending, or special effects. When a character attacks another by playing one of their cards, the attack value is at first kept secret : only the attacker and the target are known. The defending player may then select one of their cards for defense and reveal it, (or chose not to defend), and the attack card is revealed : if the value is greater than the opponent's defense, the difference is dealt in damage to the defender. Then, any side-effect the cards may have are applied, and the action is over.

The game draws its strength from its [[AsymmetricMultiplayer asymmetric]] yet [[CompetitiveBalance balanced]] gameplay : every character has a unique gameplay and set of abilities, yet there is supposedly no completely overpowered character[[note]] Statistics over multiple games seem to indicate that characters from the original edition aren't perfectly balanced, so tweaked decks were made by fans to correct it[[/note]]. As such, every play can feel different as players will have to adapt their character's playstyle to the situation ; and given the amount of alternative decks, there is virtually no limit to the possible combinations, balance problems notwithstanding.

The base game includes six main characters for each side, 31 plastic miniatures, and four different maps from 3 different movies. Tropes concerning specific characters are best kept to the character page.
More complete information can be found on [[http://epicduels.pbworks.com/w/page/9779461/FrontPage the wiki]], as well as on [[http://www.geektopiagames.com/ Geektopia Games]]. These two sites appear to be the main nexuses about the game that keep active nowadays.

* ArbitraryMinimumRange: Averted as well. Blasters work just as fine at point-blank range, it's jsut not a very good option because shooter-types have typically poor defense and lower HP counts than melee fighters.

* LongRangeFighter : downplayed. Characters who can shoot usually have less HP and are best kept at a range, but nothing stops them from shooting point-blank. As such, they are better from afar, but not useless up close.

Star Wars : Epic Duels is a tabletop game for 2 to 6 players that was published by Hasbro in 2002, in coincidence with the release of Film/AttackOfTheClones. It is a miniatures and deck-based tactical game in which players control various characters from the two first Star Wars trilogies (minus Episode III, which would not be released before three more years) in duels that disregard continuity for the sake of UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny. Despite not being ever re-released, it was successful enough among its players that up to nowadays, fans have kept creating new decks for additional characters (or alternative decks for existing ones), new maps, and making up more and more bizarre confrontations.

* EvilVsEvil: Allowed and advertised.

* GoodVersusGood: Same thing as EvilVsEvil.

* GoodVsGood: Same thing as EvilVsEvil.

* ArbitraryMaximumRange: Averted, replaced by a weirder system. Characters get no penalty to shooting no matter the distance, as long as they are on the same orthogonol or diagonal line as their target, and with nothing between them. That means you can snipe someone from across the whole board, but close targets in open field can be unattainable because you don't have the right angle.

* ArbitraryMaximumRange: Averted, replaced by a weirder system. Characters get no penalty to shooting no matter the distance, as long as they are on the same orthogonol or diagonal line as their target, and with nothing between them.
That means you can snipe someone from across the whole board, but close targets in open field can be unattainable because you don't have the right angle.

* [Main/Mooks] / Main/RedShirts : Battle Droids and Stormtroopers for the villains, Clone Troopers for the heroes.
* [Main/Sidekick]: All characters have at least one, who provides tactical advantage of varying importance.

* FactionCalculus: In the original game, heroes tend to be better at defence, while villains are the only ones who can deal unblockable damage from a distance.

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Character]]: Qui-Gon Jinn isn't in the game, likely because there wasn't enough villains to balance each side. Would the game have been released after 2005, General Grievous (for instance) would have been perfect for that purpose. Fans took care of that anyway.

** The "Green deck" is the [[StoneWall defensive]] and [[EnduranceBasedFighter conservative]] melee deck that focuses on staying alive and wearing the opponent down. Typical example would be Yoda.

* CriticalExistenceFailure: All characters can fight at full strength even on the brink of death. Sidekicks who didn't suffer a scratch immediately lose if the mains characters are dead (although - it might be a surrender).

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: This used to be the case in the base game : All females used ranged attacks, and all melee-based characters were males. However, the trope is downplayed considering ther were also a lot of shooty males, and that ranged characters can still perfectly shoot at point-blank range. Fan decks avert the trope completely.

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny : The premise of the game, taken up to eleven by the fan content.

* CompetitiveBalance: There are four archetypal "deck colours" that codify which basic combat cards each character uses, and globally defines their fighting styles. Talent cards differ for each character and help make them unique.
** The "Blue deck" is the [[JackOfAllStats balanced]] deck. Solid and [[JackOfAllTrades versatile]], it compensates a lack of specialization thanks to talent cards. Poster boy for this would be Obi-Wan.
** The "Green deck" is the [[StoneWall defensive]] and [[EnduranceBasedFighter conservative]] deck that focuses on staying alive and wearing the opponent down. Typical example would be Yoda.
** The "Red deck" is the offensive and [[AttackAttackAttack aggressive]] deck that focuses on lots of good attack cards, and then some more attack. Best exemplified by Darth Maul.

** The "Blue deck" is the [JackOfAllStats balanced] deck. Solid and [JackOfAllTrades versatile], it compensates a lack of specialization thanks to talent cards. Poster boy for this would be Obi-Wan.
** The "Green deck" is the [StoneWall defensive] and [EnduranceBasedFighter conservative] deck that focuses on staying alive and wearing the opponent down. Typical example would be Yoda.
** The "Red deck" is the offensive and [AttackAttackAttack aggressive] deck that focuses on lots of good attack cards, and then some more attack. Best exemplified by Darth Maul.

* EnemyMine : it is possible without even tweaking the rules, to make heroes and villains team up. The players simply need to agree beforehand on who can fight with whom.

The goal is for each side to eliminate every "Major character" on the other side by depleting their HP count. Every main character comes with a unique deck of cards and one or two "minor characters" or "sidekicks" who have their separate HP track. A sidekick may be destroyed with limited consequences, and a player may keep acting as long as they have at least one character alive ''and'' their side still has at least one major.

Characters get a turn in an alternance of Light and Dark side, to prevent ZergRush. A turn goes as follows : The player rolls a die which indicates how many of their miniatures (one or all) may move this turn, and up to how many spaces ; moves accordingly on the game board (orthogonally, but not diagonally) ; then gets two actions, that is, either drawing a card, playing a card, or discarding one to regenerate Hit Points.

The game draws its strength from its [[AsymmetricMultiplayer asymmetric]] yet [[CompetitiveBalance balanced]] gameplay : every character has a unique gameplay and set of abilities, yet there is supposedly no completely overpowered character. As such, every play can feel different as players will have to adapt their character's playstyle to the situation ; and given the amount of alternative decks, there is virtually no limit to the possible combinations, balance problems (which can be common in fan-made content) notwithstanding.

* CloseRangeCombatant: most Major characters are Jedi or Sith who mostly fight at melee range.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Downplayed. Sidekicks that come in pairs tend to be weak and without special abilities, and are easily limited to occupying the board and [[TakingTheBullet taking damage for the heroes]] while solo sidekicks have more hitpoints, better attack and defense abilities, and can be a serious loss if destroyed.

* FactionCalculus: in the original game, heroes tend to be better at defence, while villains are the only ones who can deal unblockable damage from a distance.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: This used to be the case in the base game : All females used ranged attacks, and all melee-based characters were males. However, the trope is downplayed considering ther were also a lot of shooty males, and that range characters can still perfectly shoot at point-blank ranged. Fan decks avert the trope completely.

* Tradesnark : Inverted. There are Trademark symbols everywhere on the board, HP plates and cards (next to proper names, such as Skywalker, Wookie, Jedi or even Geonosis), but it is completely serious and more a case of DisneyOwnsThisTrope. Which can make it even FunnierInHindsight.

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny : the premise of the game, taken up to eleven by the fan content.
* VillainTeamUp: a base premise. Not even regarding continuity, there is little chance that two Sith apprentices (for instance) would co-operate, yet the game allows and even encourages it.
* WeHaveReserves : usually averted, as you've got only two sidekicks at most per Major character. However, the heroes for once can pull off a small instance of the trope if they team up Mace Windu, Yoda and Obi-Wan for a total of... 6 Clone Troopers.

The base game includes six main characters for each side, 51 miniatures, and four different maps from 3 different movies. Tropes concerning specific characters are best kept to the character page.

Characters get a turn in an alternance of Light and Dark side, to prevent ZergRush.
A turn goes as follows : The player rolls a die which indicates how many of their miniatures (one or all) may move this turn, and up to how many spaces ; moves accordingly on the game board (orthogonally, but not diagonally) ; then gets two actions, that is, either drawing a card, playing a card, or discarding one to regenerate Hit Points.

* GoodVsGood: Same thing as EvilVsEvil

* VillainTeamUp: a base premise. Not even regarding continuity, there is little chance that two Sith apprentices (for instance) would co-operate, yet the game allows and even encourages it.

Star Wars : Epic Duels is a tabletop games for 2 to 6 players that was published by Hasbro in 2002, in coincidence with the release of Film/AttackOfTheClones. It is a miniatures and deck-based tactical game in which players control various characters from the two first Star Wars trilogies (minus Episode III, which would not be released before three more years) in duels that disregard continuity for the sake of UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny. Despite not being ever re-released, it was successful enough among its players that up to nowadays, fans have kept creating new decks for additional characters (or alternative decks for existing ones), new maps, and making up more and more bizarre confrontations.

The goal is for each side to eliminate every "Major character" on the other side by depleting their HP count. Every main character comes with one or two "minor characters" or "sidekicks" who have their separate HP track. A sidekick may be destroyed with limited consequences, and a player may keep acting as long as they have at least one character alive ''and'' their side still has at least one major.

A turn goes as follows : The player rolls a die which indicates how many of their miniatures (one or all) may move this turn, and up to how many spaces ; moves accordingly on the game board (orthogonally, but not diagonally) ; then gets two actions, that is, either drawing cards, playing cards, or discarding them.

* HealingFactor: A few characters have healing abilities, and all of them can discard fallen characters' cards to slowly regenerate health.

* EnemyMine : it is possible without even tweaking the rules that much, to make heroes and villains team up. The players simply need to agree beforehand on who can fight with whom.

* JokeCharacter: Greedo. Sidekicks that don't come by pairs usually have 10 HP, but Greedo does with a meagre 7. He's got only three special cards : two of them grant him a free move, the third one is a decent attack card... That terminates him if it fails to kill his target !

* Mooks / Redshirts : Battle Droids and StormTroopers for the villains, Clone Troopers for the heroes.
* Sidekick: All characters have at least one, who provides tactical advantage of varying importance.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Downplayed. Sidekicks that come in pairs tend to be weak and without special abilities, and are easily limited to occupying the board and [[TakeTheBullet taking damage]] for the heroes while solo sidekicks have more hitpoints, better attack and defense abilities, and can be a serious loss if destroyed.
* CloseRangeFighter: most Major characters are Jedi or Sith who mostly fight at melee range.

Star Wars : Epic Duels is a tabletop games for 2 to 6 players that was published by Hasbro in 2002, in coincidence with the release of [Film/AttackOfTheClones]. It is a miniatures and deck-based tactical game in which players control various characters from the two first Star Wars trilogies (minus Episode III, which would not be released before three more years) in duels that disregard continuity for the sake of UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny. Despite not being ever re-released, it was successful enough among its players that up to nowadays, fans have kept creating new decks for additional characters (or alternative decks for existing ones), new maps, and making up more and more bizarre confrontations.

The goal is for each side to eliminate every "Main character" on the other side by depleting their HP count. Every main character comes with one or two "sidekicks" who have their separate HP track. A sidekick may be destroyed with limited consequences, and a player may keep acting as long as they have at least one character alive ''and'' their side still has at least one main.

The base game includes six main characters for each side, 51 miniatures, and four different maps from 3 different movies.

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny : the premise of the game, taken up to eleven by the fan content.

* Joke Character: Greedo. Sidekicks that don't come by pairs usually have 10 HP, but Greedo does with a meagre 7. He's got only three special cards : two of them grant him a free move, the third one is a decent attack card... That terminates him if it fails to kill his target !

Star Wars : Epic Duels is a tabletop games for 2 to 6 players that was published by Hasbro in 2002, in coincidence with the release of [[Film/AttackOfTheClones]]. It is a miniatures and deck-based tactical game in which players control various characters from the two first Star Wars trilogies (minus Episode III, which would not be released before three more years) in duels that disregard continuity for the sake of UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny. Despite not being ever re-released, it was successful enough among its players that up to nowadays, fans have kept creating new decks for additional characters (or alternative decks for existing ones), new maps, and making up more and more bizarre confrontations.

The game draws its strength from its [[AssymetricGameplay Assymetric]] yet [[GameBalance balanced]] gameplay:

Star Wars : Epic Duels is a tabletop games for 2 to 6 players that was published by Hasbro in 2002, in coincidence with the release of {Film/AttackOfTheClones}. It is a miniatures and deck-based tactical game in which players control various characters from the two first Star Wars trilogies (minus Episode III, which would not be released before three more years) in duels that disregard continuity for the sake of UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny. Despite not being ever re-released, it was successful enough among its players that up to nowadays, fans have kept creating new decks for additional characters (or alternative decks for existing ones), new maps, and making up more and more bizarre confrontations.

The game is played this way : each player choses a side (Good or Evil), then one or several (depending on the number of players) main characters, their associated hitpoint counters, decks, and miniature. Each character plays at their turn, in an alternative order of Light Side/Dark Side, to prevent ZergRush from either player.
Each main character comes with one or two "sidekicks" who have their separate HP count. If a sidekick is destroyed, there are no major consequences, but if one side loses all of their main characters, the other side wins.
A turn goes as this : rolling a die indicates up to how many spaces the character may move, and whether one or all characters get to move this turn. Then the player gets two actions : Drawing a card, playing a card, or discarding to heal one damage on one character.