Covert Missions is finally here! Yes the newest and last set has dropped, just in time for you to spend weeks locked in isolation while waiting for coronavirus to get under control. This game really can't catch a break, can it? But that's okay because Covert Missions has a brand new selection of plots to spice up your decks, including a new subtype AND a new win condition!
Tag: Star Wars: Destiny
The Last NC Destiny Prime – A Yodaman Story: Episode II – The Top 4 Run
Written by Bill Yankosky (aka Yodaman) (This the second of two articles about my experience at the last ever NC Destiny Prime.) RENDEZVOUS POINT After getting some rest, I realized that I definitely didn't want to play 5-die Chopper Droids(eChopper/eC-3PO/R2) at the Game Theory Prime. I agreed with Derek's assessment that everyone was tired of… Continue reading The Last NC Destiny Prime – A Yodaman Story: Episode II – The Top 4 Run
The Last NC Destiny Prime – a Yodaman Story: Episode I – The Prequel
For the past year or so, I Rebel has been kind enough to let me contribute articles about Star Wars: Destiny. As a college math professor, I'm always interested in doing some number crunching so most of my articles have focused on data and statistics. However, this time I decided to write about my experience leading up to, playing in, and ultimately making the Top 4 at the 2020 Destiny Prime at Game Theory in Raleigh, NC.
You can’t stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting
Some time ago JediGeekGirl and I spoke about writing some articles for the website and I felt it was something I would like to try and do. In my mind, these were going to be about Star Wars: Destiny in some ways and then a few things happened before I could take time from my life to sit down and write. The focus of the site shifted to a wider paradigm and the game was canceled in terms of production, so I wasn’t really sure about what to write about that would interest people.
What Star Wars: Destiny Gave Me
In middle school, I sort of played Decipher's Star Wars Collectible Card Game. I say "sort of" because my primary opponents were my brother (who is two years older than me and much, much smarter) and one other kid at my school. My brother and I had Light Side and Dark Side starter decks along with a small handful of expansions.
Star Wars: Destiny Las Vegas Open Top 16 Card Data – Comparing Diversity and Top 10 Lists
A Star Wars: Destiny Grand Championship was held Jan. 24-26, 2020 at the Las Vegas Open. Nick Nelson (aka The Gandork) shared a file with the decklists for everyone who played in the event. Following the approach we took with other major events over the past several months, this article will just focus on the decks for players who made the Top 16 at LVO in order to compare similar amounts of data.
Adjusting to the New Meta
The much anticipated new Standard Holocron for Star Wars: Destiny dropped recently, and it's a doozy. There's a lot here to unpack and I'm sure that I won't be able to address every way things will change.
