So I read the article here http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4657 written by Zach Bunn of Team Covenant. I have to agree with his statements on how the "flow" works in the game.

Just tonight I played a game and wasn't pulling the cards I needed to gain an advantage. Because of the bad draws, right at the start I was put in a defensive position and needed to get something of value to turn the tables. It took me until half my deck was discarded 'til I found the cards that allowed an extremely close victory. I spent a good portion of the game just burning cards.

What do you think about this?

The draw mechanic is one of the things that sold SW to me in the first place.The fact that you usually see most of your deck within a 20-30 minute game is just great. But now that Zach made some good points, I like it even more.

Great read. The mention of Emperor Palpatine reminded me of my first experience with this game at GenCon, when it was demoed before release. The FFG guy running our demo looked at me like I was crazy for pitching Palpatine into a second turn edge battle, but I explained that I had no way of playing him from my hand at that point, and it was more important to win the game. And yeah, I won, partly because of that engagement.

It was definitely a good article. What he said was very accurate about moving through cards. Someone who sees more of their deck has a better chance of seeing the tools they need to win. It is a pretty simple concept actually.

I need to actively remember stuff like this the next time I can't draw anything useful to me.

Reading this was pretty eye-opening for me. Willingly discarding cards is pretty counter-intuitive, and I'm still a beginner, so I learned a lot from the article. While practicing, I've taken the advice to heart and try to discard a card each turn during my draw phase. It's definitely helping, though I personally try to hold on to big shiny units for at least one turn, just in case.

Reading this was pretty eye-opening for me. Willingly discarding cards is pretty counter-intuitive, and I'm still a beginner, so I learned a lot from the article. While practicing, I've taken the advice to heart and try to discard a card each turn during my draw phase. It's definitely helping, though I personally try to hold on to big shiny units for at least one turn, just in case.

Like what the article said, You Mileage May Vary. It is not always the best option to discard your Obi-Wan in an Edge Stack but it can be quite useful in the right moment. Big Units like Luke are the kind of card that are usually best played at the beginning of the game.

Yeah, I have a bit of a habit to hold onto cards as well but I always try to objectively look at my hand and see if anything will be useful that turn. If not, I'll discard it or keep it and plan to use it in an Edge Battle on that turn.