It was supposed to be the next Group 2 D&D session today. However due to that thing the government is in denial about and would rather you forget about, we were once again going to be down by 50% of the group.

So I suggested we play a three player game of Star Wars Outer Rim instead.

I knew that the other two had never played the game before. But that didn’t stop me adding in the Unfinished Business expansion.

After all it added more cards to the various decks that the game uses. More characters to play as. Favours (not used) and Ambitions. Plus Core World end tiles allowing the Galaxy to be crossed.

I was going to just use the extra cards and core worlds but after watching a review by Luke Hector I decided to use the Ambition cards as well. The logic being they would give new players a focus on what to do on their turns and for the game.

Here are the characters and Ambition cards selected.

• Jyn Erso – Living Legend (Me)
• Han Solo – Renowned Smuggler (Shane)
• Maz Kanata – Crime Lord (Anthony)

We were playing first to eight fame points plus complete their ambition card.

After an early but brief lead on the fame points. I was trailing on that front until a late surge towards the end which put me in front again.

I was the last to upgrade their ship.

As for the new stuff. I liked the ambition cards, especially how they gave a direction/focus.

The core worlds certainly aided in making the outer rim smaller, and quicker to navigate from one end to the other.

In the end we ended our game not because of a winner but due to running out of time.

Although Shane and myself both had two ambition tokens on our cards, I had nine fame to his eight. So I claimed the victory. Another half hour or two turns I’d have won normally.

A great afternoon gaming.