Yesterday I travelled south to visit Nathan for a couple of days. After unpacking I realised what I had forgotten to pack.

On the drive down I knew I had forgotten something. Everybody has that nagging feeling when they set off somewhere.

It wasn’t until I had unpacked and was getting the Star Wars Unlimited stuff out to show Nathan when I realised I had indeed left something at home.

Sitting back at home are the four starter decks from the two starter kits.

Luckily I hadn’t forgotten the prerelease kit and two booster boxes.

But what were we to do?

Opening the prerelease kit we chose a leader each from the promo Luke and Vader cards that were in it. Nath went Vader, which left me with Luke.

We then cracked open the six boosters in the prerelease kit, followed by opening the Spark of Rebellion booster box, and cracking open the packs inside.

Nath really enjoyed opening the packs and discovering full art cards, foils, or foil full art cards. He had caught the habit most MtG players have. That crack addition of opening packs and seeing what is inside. It’s so addictive.

Afterwards we separated the cards by their aspect and then built decks for our respective leaders.

It was a great evening sharing the experience of cracking open packs and building a deck with our pulls.

Later I went through the remaining cards to see if I had any that I needed for my Luke and Hera (I now have a rather sweet full art card of Hera) Twin Suns deck. I found 22 cards that I needed. Cutting down on any imminent purchases to finish the deck off.

This morning once Nath had gotten back from his babysitting duties for his baby niece I taught him Star Wars Unlimited.

After meeting up with my aunt and uncle in Guildford, Nath and I played a couple more games of Star Wars Unlimited.

This time my deck worked and I was able to get two comfortable wins.

Between games Nath wanted to crack open the Shadows of the Galaxy so I caved and let him. Although I didn’t get a Mando card that I needed for the Twin Suns deck I did get another Krayt Dragon (I did purchase my other copy).

Which means I pulled a £40 odd card. Which I definitely plan to use in the Vader/Tarkin deck.

We ended up playing a fourth game. Nath wanted the opportunity to pull things back.

It was a very tense game with Nath hanging in by the skin of his teeth before grabbing victory from the impending jaws of defeat.

I think it can only be said that we’ve had a great day.