What a way to start two days off work.

I hadn’t played a game with Gavin since March (that was when I got him hooked on Survive Escape from Atlantis). So when he asked at the start of the week if I wanted to go round one day this week to play a game I jumped at the chance.

Gavin had a request to try Star Wars Outer Rim. I was more than happy to get it back to the table. Plus we could do our game trade.

This morning was the prearranged time for our gaming.

One day I’ll get to play Star Wars Outer Rim with the higher player counts. But I still like it as a two player game.

In this game I played Jyn Erso (Rogue One) whilst Gavin played Lando Calrissian. We were also playing to eight fame points instead of the default ten. The quick start rules recommend this for a first game, after it that was the case for Gavin. Plus I’d only played the game once before. So I needed to refresh my memory on some of the rules.

I took the early fame lead by reaching my characters goal first.

During the game I think I was being thematically true to my character by swapping ships regularly. As you can see in the photo above I ended up in Fett’s ship or would have been if I had got a chance to complete the ships goal.

Gavin definitely got the ship that was thematically true for Lando, and managed to complete the goal to turn it into the legendary Millennium Falcon to make it more so.

During all this ship hopping Gavin managed to take the fame lead with a massive turn that grabbed him two fame points in a single turn.

I was playing catch up.

Luckily there were patrol ships I could attack to get money and fame points for.

As I was fighting patrols Gavin was getting closer to victory.

If Gavin hadn’t snatched his last fame point to claim victory I’d have won. I know that is a boastful thing to say. But my next turn would have seen me attack Gavin’s character. Which if I’d won (and the chances were good on that) I’d have gained two fame points and a final score of nine (and not the seven I had when Gavin grabbed his eighth fame point).

Why were the chances good on me winning a combat with Gavin? Between my ships ability, Jyn’s ability, and a crew members ability, I’d have started combat with plus one critical hit (worth two hits), Gavin would be rolling one less combat die, and thanks to a crew ability I could turn blank sides to eye symbols, which I could then turn one into a hit! Oh and in the patrol combats I took part in Gavin was not rolling well. Even on his skill tests his dice rolling was challenging Jonathan for the title of “the dice hate me” king.

If that combat had happened that would have been our first bit of player interaction of the game!

Neither of us went for any bounties either. Which might have made the chances of interacting higher if one of the bounties was for a crew member.

But we both had a good time. Gavin enjoyed the game. But would never get it to the table at home. So his sealed copy will be going up for sale/trade. Let’s face it I have it, and he’ll play my copy. As we were today.

Me? Payday will see me ordering the new (and only), just out Unfinished Business expansion for it. It was a given I’d be getting this anyway. I like the game. But more importantly Nathan likes it. So adding more to a game he likes is a no brainer.

Our small bit of wheeling and dealing saw me swap my copy of Flash Point and expansions for a copy of Tinners Trail plus expansion box.

A great mornings gaming and trading. Thanks Gavin.