Star Wars Rise of The Empire | Strategy Game for Adults and Teens | Ages 14+ | 2-4 Players | Average Playtime 3-4 Hours | Made by Fantasy Flight Games

Assuming you already have the base game, this is WELL worth the price of admission. Play time is supposedly 2 - 4 hours, but realistically more like 4 - 6 hours with a normal, casual, social atmosphere (talking, cooking, drinking, and visiting), but its a phenomenal time, if youre into this sort of thing, and its about the same with this expansion. The expansion is only ~$35, which makes combat/battle encounters snappier and adds more dimension and options, which is also more than worth the cost. Having more options with the cards adds an aspect of deck building to the game, if you and your friend(s) agree that its fine to curate your missions/objectives/project to your play style before you kick things off. Same stuff as the base game,, just more of it. If you didnt like the base game,, this wont fix things.. if you liked the base game,, this is more of what youre already on-board with. It isnt a party game for more than four people, and its worthless if you dont have friends whore patient-enough to be engaged for hours, but if you do, its an absolute homerun.

Rise of the Empire is a fantastic expansion for the star wars in a box Star Wars: Rebellion! It adds LOTS of new ships and other miniatures! It adds MORE heroes and villains (mostly taken from Rogue One), including Jabba The Hutt!! It adds MORE mission cards that give both sides more cool powers and abilities! It adds a few new rules that enhance the game without bogging things down. I was not a big fan of Rogue One, but the characters and R1 themed cards just add more to the deep theme and fantastic immersion in the Star Wars universe that Rebellion offers. In fact, I think Star Wars Rebellion offers the Rebel player a chance to retell the R1 story in a MUCH better way (in board game form) then the movie did! Thats the power of this game! And, most importantly, Rise Of The Empire streamlines (but does not completely fix) the clunky combat system; the games only flaw. But the rules changes are a HUGE step in the right direction. This is a MUST HAVE....its as simple as that!

If you like Rebellion, this expansion is a must have!!!

One of the all time great board games

There are a bunch of great reviews of this expansion. I agree with them, makes an already outstanding game even better! Adds some more of whats in the base game, and fixes the clunkiness of combat (the best part of the expansion). My very favorite part though is it replaces the base game project card for building a super star destroyer, with a project card that gives the option of assigning 2 leaders to the build and placing the super SD on the 2nd space of the build track instead of just the 3rd! Very cool, especially if you bust out the Oversee Project card right after it! Just buy it, youll love it.

Product as expected. Delivery is utmost the fastest ever experienced. 4 days from US to KZ. Great.

Adds depth and improves gameplay without adding time play time! Sometimes expansions mean more confusion; not with Rebellion: Rise of the Empire. Ive played through with friends a couple times now, and what was already a good game has been made even better. The biggest improvement is to combat. The tactic cards in the base game were a little awkward and felt somewhat extraneous. Rise of the Empire replaces the old tactic cards with Cinematic Combat cards that represent potentially game changing moments in combat. The cards actually tie to which units are present in battle, which adds an additional strategic element to how to deploy your fleet and troops. The new missions and refinement to some from the base game are great, as are the new characters. Didnt like the added green die for new units and minor skills, but this does increase the total number of dice you can roll in combat beyond ten, which may sometimes be a difference maker. This expansion has made a fun game even more fun to play, which makes it well worth the money.

Love the game, absolutely immersive. Irritating that Fantasy Flight did not make this expansion available to buy @ GenCon this year.

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Really fun game add on but it can be a bit tricky. I was hoping it would add more planets from the movie in top of characters.