Hello

I stumbled across Star Wars Destiny a couple of months ago, I'm a big Star Wars fan, just getting into table top gaming...and was immediately attracted to the game. Only problem is I live in a fairly rural area, work full-time, and have a young daughter. So my hope was that either my wife or some of my closes friends would be interested in playing this game. Unfortunately, after months of trying, I still have yet to actually get anyone to be willing to play with me...like even a single game. And my schedule is too busy to be able to go to some of the stores in my general area for their game nights.

I love the collecting aspect of the game...I've got a decent sized collection, probably around 15-20 characters, 200+ cards...and they just sit there. I'm to the point where I'm wondering if I should just start looking into doing something else with it and moving on to games my wife and friends are interested in. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do with my collection? I'm not opposed to selling it, but I hate the idea of going to someplace like Ebay. I don't want to make money off of it...and I'm not trying to even recoup what I spent....I just would like to get some value out of it. I'd be interested in just trading what I have for either some sort of Star Wars merchandise or maybe some other games I've been interested in (Scythe, Ascension expansions, the other Star Wars board games to name a few).

If anyone has any ideas or interest I'd appreciate any and all advice. And if there is a site or message board for this kind of thing please let me know, and I apologize if this sort of thing is frowned upon on this forum. Thanks!

A local store would be the best way to experience this game. This is just like any pastime, it takes time. Some people are brainwashed in to thinking watching Football is an acceptable past time. Or playing golf. The point is, where you invest your time is up to you.

If you are looking to sell, the value of the cards have come way down from the early days when supply was an issue. They still have value though. A local store, doesn't sound like you have one, is a good place to take them or ebay. If you really like the game, there is table top simulator although please continue to support the paper game if you play there.

Thanks for the advice...I'm thinking of just keeping a basic a deck or two, and trading the rest here and there.

But yeah....I think I probably should just go to a local store and experience one of their game nights before I just abandon ship.

Thanks guys!

On 9/28/2017 at 8:26 AM, PhatBastard360 said:

So my hope was that either my wife or some of my closes friends would be interested in playing this game. Unfortunately, after months of trying, I still have yet to actually get anyone to be willing to play with me...like even a single game.

I think you should try again here. Getting my wife to try it out has gotten me many more games in on a weekly basis than I would have expected. She likes Star Wars, but could have cared less about anything other than the movies, let alone a game like Destiny.

It took one full game after she understood the rules and cards, to be hooked like me. We play all kinds of board games, yard games, darts...whatever. It tapped into her competitive side and took off from there. Surely you can get one friend or your wife to try it? That's all it takes, one game....someone in your circle will get that itch!

Honestly I think where I lost my wife was I bought the starter packs and a couple of boosters to start and I tried to explain the game to her before I really understood and she was sort of half interested. But then the collector in me got carried away and now I have somewhere around 200 cards and for her, trying to put together a deck and learn the rules and what not is probably overwhelming. She did recently put together a deck but she was in such a sour mood about it sort of took all the fun out of it. I think the 2 Player version probably would have been the best entry to the game for her....but it came out well after I'd started collecting.

But you guys have convinced me to give it another try. Even if my wife doesn't like it I'm gonna go to at least one game night at a local place. Thanks all!

I just posted a topic about selecting starting decks...but this brings up another question. Piscettios...you're playing with your wife, I'm guessing she's just using the cards you already have right? In other words she doesn't have her set of cards that she can build decks from separate from what you have? If this is the case how do you guys go about setting up decks? Do you put together the decks and just have her choose what she wants to play with? Does she choose her own? And if you guys have overlaps in terms of character and colors with neutrals how do you decide who gets what card?

Sorry...sooooo many questions.