Star Wars: Jedi Unleashed
Another Star Wars related board game that my friends and I had some fun with a few years ago is Star Wars: Jedi Unleashed. The game recreates the end of “Attack of the Clones” when dozens of Jedi land in the Geonosian arena and battle droids and Jango Fett. Don’t expect a lot of strategy or subtlety in this game. It is a race to see who can incur the most carnage.
Each player controls one or more Jedi that are scattered throughout the arena. For every droid or Geonosian that a Jedi kills they get one point for the end of the game. Count Dooku and Jango Fett are also on the board and are worth more points at the end of the game for the player that hunts them down. On your turn you can move and fight with one of your Jedi characters and then move and fight with any of the enemy characters on the board. These enemy characters are used to attack the other Jedi players. It really wouldn’t be proper for the Jedi to be attacking their own kind, of course. That’s more of an Episode III plot line.
Dice are used to determine hits and misses and also to move the Yoda icon closer. You see, the game ends when Yoda arrives with his army of clone troopers. This would always lead to Yoda being the most despised character in the game. Roll your dice and then, “Aww, Yoda.”
The part of the game that makes it a little more interesting is the Reek. This giant bull-like creature from the movie is a big part of the fun. If your Jedi can successfully attack the Reek and land on it, any enemy that the Reek tramples as it migrates throughout the board is a point for the rider. Since the Reek moves randomly with its own dice on every players’ turn, the slaughter can quickly earn you many points.
It’s a pretty fun game for a little while, but not the deepest or most challenging game out there. Star Wars: Jedi Unleashed is fun for Star Wars fans who want to recreate a scene from the movie and roll dice to cause carnage.
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