In thinking about the new Wing Maneuver Tool, I like how they have simplified moving large groups of ships but if I can move 6 Tie Fighters with one dial then do I Attack and or Defend with one roll? I'm wondering if they will radically change the way attacking and defending work. Will it be based on the Flight Leader with the other ships adding to a dice pool? That would speed up the game considerably. One dial for movement, one roll for attacking and/or defending. What do you think?

Nah.

15 minutes ago, TasteTheRainbow said:

Nah.

So in an eight player game you are going to happily sit around and watch potentially 42 attack and 42 defense rolls before it is your turn to engage? And that is if each player only has 6 ships. I'm not sure that the Wing Tool is enough to speed up the game on its own. But we will just have to wait and see. Either way I'm super excited!

42 minutes ago, C Vic20 said:

So in an eight player game you are going to happily sit around and watch potentially 42 attack and 42 defense rolls before it is your turn to engage?

Yeah, because I'm going to laugh and drink and make fun of my friends when they roll all blanks.

Then, when it's just about my turn, I'm going to suddenly disappear to go take a piss and make everyone wait for me to get back.

What, have you never played a game socially before??

6 minutes ago, Darth Meanie said:

Yeah, because I'm going to laugh and drink and make fun of my friends when they roll all blanks.

Then, when it's just about my turn, I'm going to suddenly disappear to go take a piss and make everyone wait for me to get back.

What, have you never played a game socially before??

Ha! Oh of course in my younger days I would play Advanced Civilization (the board game from Avalon Hill) for 12+ hours. And a full game of Diplomacy was always good. I'm just thinking about the children... You know the ones who complained that 3 hours of Epic 1.0 was way to long and past their bedtimes.

6 minutes ago, C Vic20 said:

Ha! Oh of course in my younger days I would play Advanced Civilization (the board game from Avalon Hill) for 12+ hours. And a full game of Diplomacy was always good.

Exactly. Why does everyone insist the game has to be fast??

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I'm just thinking about the children...

The longer the game is, the less chance of another child, I'd say