Bad Habits
Title: Bad Habits
Author: Jeff "crushhawk" Miller
Date: Jun 23, 2001
Rating: 4.0
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Cards:
‘Objective (1)
Quiet Mining Colony / Independent Operation
Starting (6)
Heading For The Medical Frigate
Keeping the Empire Out Forever
Do, Or Do Not Do & Wise Advice
Squadron Assignments
Bespin
Cloud City Casino
Locations (5)
Bespin Cloud City
Cloud City West Gallery
Cloud City North Corridor
Cloud City Downtown Plaza
Cloud City Guest Quarters
Vehicles (3)
Cloud Car x3
Starships (6)
Z-95 Bespin Defense Fighter
Millenium Falcon
Home One
Gold Leader In Gold 1
Red Leader In Red 1
Outrider
Effects (4)
Bacta Tank
I Feel the Conflict
Cloud City Celebration
Menace Fades
Weapons (1)
Anakin’s Lightsaber
Interrupts (14)
Smoke Screen
Path of Least Resistance
Rebel Barrier
It Can Wait
The Signal
Off the Edge
Cloud City Sabacc x7
A Jedi’s Patience
Characters(20)
Lando Calrissian x2
General Calrissian
Lando With Blaster Pistol
Chewie With Blaster Rifle
Chewbacca
Boushh
General Solo
Han Solo
Son of Skywalker
Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
Devaronian x5
Qui-Gonn Jinn
Kal’Falnl C’ndros
Obi-Wan With Lightsaber
Dash Rendar ‘
Strategy: ‘
This deck starts as a common QMC, but once flipped changes over into a sabacc-playing madness.
Start out quickly, making sure to control the Casino at all costs. Flip as quickly as possible, and by now you should have either a Lando or a Devaronian at the Casino by now. If not, use KTEOF
to search for one. Drain, and retrieve via Off the Edge, CC Celebration, or, especially, Sabacc, using the Casion’s gametext.
Devaronians are good for their power bonus on CC, and they are gamblers with special gametext. There are lots of Landos to get him down then to use for Sabacc wild cards. Pick your fights carefully, and use force wisely. Use It Can Wait and Rebel Barrier to slow down the opponent’s attack on the Casino.
The key of this deck, obviously, is the sabacc. Get them out using KTEOF, and play them at key moments, especially late game. Here’s some example situations (Bob is dark, Joe is light)
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Bob generates a lot of force (as he has been saving it), and plans to deploy a large force to battle Joe. He leaves just 3 cards in his reserve deck, enough for a lightsaber and battle destiny. After declaring the battle, Joe plays a sabacc, thus taking away a chunk of Bob’s reserve deck, forcing to choose what weapons/destinies he can use. Joe wins the battle, as Bob couldn’t make full use of the weapons.
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It is late into the game, and both sides are low on force. Bob has Vader in his hand, and will deploy him this turn, but Joe plays Sabacc in Bob’s activation phase, and therefore removing the needed force to generate. Joe sweeps up the remaining Imps and wins.
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Bob is tracking a 6 and Joe knows it. When it comes to the top, Joe plays sabacc to get it back to the used pile. Now Joe attacks, and instead of a 6, its a 1 for Bob. Joe wins again.
These are just some of the great situations where Sabacc comes in handy. The damage from each card can be great, for if you win a card from the opponent, and retrieve 3, it is a card differential of 5 And it can be played every turn It also is great to use their own cards against them.
Just remember to play the Sabaccs wisely, retrieve, avoid any unwanted conflicts (such as duals) unless you are ready, and watch out for grabbing cards. If you follow these guidelings, you should be great. I mean, I have always wanted to see Han fly Slave I . . .
See you at the Sabacc table ‘