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Star Wars: Dark Side Rising

Star Wars: Dark Side Rising

2019·Patrick Marino, Andrew Wolf

2 - 4 players
45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

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Star Wars: Dark Side Rising is a co-operative card and dice game inspired by the events leading up to and through Star Wars: A New Hope. In the game, players must work together to recruit rebels and prevent the construction of the ultimate weapon, the original Death Star. Each player starts with an individual board that indicates the Rebel cell they are leading: Intelligence, Leadership, Support or Tactical. The player boards depict the Base of Operations - Tatooine, Alderaan, Yavin 4, or Lothal - and team leader (starting character asset) for each player: Captain Cassian Andor, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, and Hera Syndulla. Players must coordinate efforts to recruit iconic characters, such as C-3PO, R2-D2, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Admiral Raddus and Han Solo, and organize their cells to thwart the Empire's rise to galactic domination. The main game board features a custom-sculpted 3D Darth Vader bust that commands the Imperial operatives and actions with orders to wipe out the Rebels and to make the Death Star operational. Meanwhile, in a race against time, players must be one with the Force as they direct their Rebel efforts across different locations in the galaxy, including Scarif, Eadu and Jedha. To restore freedom to the galaxy, the Rebels must defeat enough sinister agents before the Empire can either complete construction of the lethal space station or eliminate too many Rebel assets. Star Wars: Dark Side Rising will be available only in European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) regions due to licensing restrictions. Star Wars: Dark Side Rising is designed for two to four players ages 10 and up with an estimated runtime of 45 minutes. The cooperative game includes: 1 custom-sculpted Darth Vader bust 1 Death Star board with 6 components 51 asset cards 4 Base of Operations / Rebel cell player boards 17 custom-sculpted dice Mission and Alliance tokens Damage and Operation counters

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Star Wars: Dark Side Rising has 4 videos from 3 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to July 2023.

To learn the rules, start with "How to play: Star Wars: Dark Side Rising Board Game" by Meeple Village, which runs 11 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Dark side rising in about 3 minutes" by 3 Minute Board Games.

If you like it, try Mountains out of Molehills, Cuphead: Fast Rolling Dice Game and Avatar: The Last Airbender – Aang's Destiny, also by Patrick Marino, or Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, also by Andrew Wolf.

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About Star Wars: Dark Side Rising

From BoardGameGeek:

Star Wars: Dark Side Rising is a co-operative card and dice game inspired by the events leading up to and through Star Wars: A New Hope. In the game, players must work together to recruit rebels and prevent the construction of the ultimate weapon, the original Death Star. Each player starts with an individual board that indicates the Rebel cell they are leading: Intelligence, Leadership, Support or Tactical. The player boards depict the Base of Operations - Tatooine, Alderaan, Yavin 4, or Lothal - and team leader (starting character asset) for each player: Captain Cassian Andor, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, and Hera Syndulla. Players must coordinate efforts to recruit iconic characters, such as C-3PO, R2-D2, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Admiral Raddus and Han Solo, and organize their cells to thwart the Empire's rise to galactic domination. The main game board features a custom-sculpted 3D Darth Vader bust that commands the Imperial operatives and actions with orders to wipe out the Rebels and to make the Death Star operational. Meanwhile, in a race against time, players must be one with the Force as they direct their Rebel efforts across different locations in the galaxy, including Scarif, Eadu and Jedha. To restore freedom to the galaxy, the Rebels must defeat enough sinister agents before the Empire can either complete construction of the lethal space station or eliminate too many Rebel assets. Star Wars: Dark Side Rising will be available only in European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) regions due to licensing restrictions. Star Wars: Dark Side Rising is designed for two to four players ages 10 and up with an estimated runtime of 45 minutes. The cooperative game includes: 1 custom-sculpted Darth Vader bust 1 Death Star board with 6 components 51 asset cards 4 Base of Operations / Rebel cell player boards 17 custom-sculpted dice Mission and Alliance tokens Damage and Operation counters

Designers

Patrick Marino, Andrew Wolf

Publisher

Extended Play

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Mechanics

Cooperative GameDice RollingDraftingDice Manipulation
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