A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

 

Another idea for a Blockbuster Games production was hatched in the scheming minds of Steve Jones and myself. Following on with our series of games based on films and television we decided to have a go at the memorable scene form the start of the original film.

Luckily enough I had subscribed to a new part issue magazine done by DeAgostani called Star Wars Battle Games. This came with pre-painted 28mm plastic figures, rules and cardboard scenery each issue. Unfortunately, it only ran for four issues before they decided to drop it but on the good side it had all the rules we needed plus the cardboard corridors for the boarding action!

 

So, armed with a knife, glue & foam core board I set to work constructing the corridors. Several weeks later I had a complete layout and Steve proceeded to paint all the non-game areas black (wish we had known that you can buy black foam core board earlier....)

Next we needed more figures, after all the game wouldn't last long with just the five figures that had come with the four issues of the magazine! These figures were exactly the same as the ones in the Wizards of the Coast, Star Wars Miniatures game (with just different text under the base). So, several visits to eBay later, we had more than enough cheap, pre-painted figures for the game, although some of the characters were a bit more expensive....

Adding a few extra rules of our own to spice up the scenario we were all prepared and so the game commenced!

The stormtroopers carefully made their way into the corridors, trading shots with the rebels. Casualties were caused on both sides with rebel troopers dropping back under pressure from the Imperials. The droids made their appearance, as in the film, rushing across a corridor as shots flew by.

The stormtoopers (now accompanied by Darth Vader) forced their way towards her. Having just uploaded the Death Star plans into R2-D2, she was captured and escorted away. The droids made a rush towards the escape pods. Although C3-PO was captured, R2-D2 managed to find an escape pod and get away, the Imperial gunners believing there was no-one on board!All in all, another enjoyable game that came very close to re-creating the film.