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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Star Wars: Epic Duels - Overview

Star Wars: Epic Duels is a highly sought after board game that allows players to replay classic duels or to create new duels between Star Wars characters. Yoda & Clones vs. Vader & Stormtroopers, Luke & Leia vs. Count Dooku & Super Battle Droids,  or even Han & Chewy vs. Obi Wan & Clones!

The Components

The miniatures are nice and decent quality, but the rest of the components are really not that impressive, at all. The game boards are small and flimsy; I really think that better and larger game boards would have really made this game top notch. The character life cards are good quality and a nice design.
  • 2 double-sided game boards
    • Geonosis
    • Emperor's Throne Room
    • Carbon-Freezing Room
    • Landing platform
  • 1 six-sided die
  • 31 miniatures (listed by teams)
    • Light Side Characters
      • Luke Skywalker & Leia Organa
      • Han Sol & Chewie
      • Obi Wan Kenobi & 2 Clones
      • Yoda & 2 Clones
      • Mace Windu & 2 Clones
      • Anakin Skywalker & Padme Amidala
    • Dark Side Character
      • Jengo Fett & Zam Wesell
      • Boba Fett & Greedo
      • Count Dooku & 2 Super Battle Droids
      • Emperor & 2 Royal Guards
      • Darth Maul & 2 Battle Droids
      • Darth Vader & 2 Storm Troopers
  • 12 character group cards
  • 378 action cards (31 per character group)
  • wound markers
  • rules
Yoda & 2 Clones
Mace Windu & 2 Clones
Obi Wan Kenobi & 2 Clones
Anakin Skywalker & Padme Amidala
Luke Skywalker & Leia Organa
Han Solo & Chewbacca
Emperor & 2 Royal Guards
Darth Vader & 2 Storm Troopers
Count Dooku & 2 Super Battle Droids
Darth Maul & 2 Battle Droids
Boba Fett & Greedo
The Design

The artwork is, well it's Star Wars, so it has to be good.The artwork is nice, but not super high quality. It is something you would expect from Milton Bradley. The painted miniatures are roughly 1.5" each and are a nice touch and really put the game above where it would be with just tokens or card board stand-ups. The design and detail on the 4 battle board maps is very nice, the only issue I have with the battle boards is that they are too small. I think this game was be much better with larger battle boards; probably double the size of these.


Wound Markers, Quick Guide Cards & Dice

Match-Up: Boba Fett & Greedo vs. Obi Wan & 2 Clones

Dark Side Character Cards

Light Side Character Cards

Character Action Cards
Battle Boards - Emperor's Throne Room & Landing Platform

Battle Boards - Carbon-Freezing Chamber & Geonosis

Game: Star Wars: Epic Duels
Publisher: Milton Bradley
Year: 2002
Number of Players: 2-6 Players
Suggested Ages: 10 and up