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Meta Monday – December 2nd, 2024
Meta Snapshot Updates We’re not making any changes to our meta snapshot this week. It was a relatively light week for events on account of American Thanksgiving and they were all won by decks already on the meta snapshot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I encourage all our readers to also check out SWU Competitive Hub, which does a Read more
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The Thanksgiving Special Year 2!
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving for Americans, so we figured now would be as good a time as ever to reflect on some of the things we’re already thankful for in almost a year of Star Wars Unlimited! We’ve taken turns passing the potatoes around, and then we’ve weighed in on each other’s callouts. Room at the Read more
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Meta Monday – November 25th, 2024
Meta Snapshot Updates We’re not making any changes to our meta snapshot this week. This doesn’t mean there wasn’t tournament action, though! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week, there was a major tournament in the UK with 201 players won by Bossk/Blue. Bossk was a major competitor in the Set 2 meta and that doesn’t seem to have Read more
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The GarbageCast | Episode 2 | “Welcome To Flavortown” | How SWU Uses Theme And Narrative
Morning friends! We get to have a more lighthearted cast this time around. The last couple weeks have been some of the most jovial times we’ve seen for this playerbase, with hugely diverse decklists at Top 8s and tons of fun to be head building new toys in the wake of the Boba ban. It’s Read more
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Meta Monday – November 18th, 2024
Meta Snapshot Updates We’re making one swap on our snapshot this week. The Hero Blue/Red archetype has been a staple of competitive play since it was first popularized as a Chirrut deck in Set 1. In Set 2, the concept shifted to Han2/Blue, and then in the waning days of the meta, to Rey/Red. This Read more
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Star Wars Unlimited Over/Under: Episode VI – Return of the Fett
Welcome to the SIXTH episode of SWU OVER/UNDER, where the GarbageRollers crew tackles various topics related to the game and decides whether they’re OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, or PROPERLY RATED. This format lets us yap about almost anything, and today, we’re gonna throw in our takes to all the various talks of the town. The game is buzzing out there, but how Read more
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Understanding the Cost Curve: Twilight Edition
When SWU launched, I wrote an article on SWU’s cost curve and how units from that set fit into it. Now that Twilight of the Republic is upon us, it’s time to expand that series with an examination of Set 3’s cards and mechanics. Let’s have a look at the new mechanics and cost trends Read more
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The Garbage Rollers Set 3 Meta Snapshot (Tier List)
Today, we’re rolling out our first Meta Snapshot for Star Wars: Unlimited constructed play incorporating Set 3, Twilight of the Republic. We’re really excited about this moment as it’s the culmination of weeks of work by our team to play and learn as much as we can about Set 3. If you want to skip Read more
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The Garbage Rollers Best Set 3 Cards Fantasy Draft
Tyler (@DJStormtrooper) — Welcome to the Garbage Rollers Fantasy Draft! We’re taking a gamified approach to making a tier list today by doing it snake-draft style. For those unfamiliar, on their turn, each competitor will pick a card from the existing pool. The card goes onto their “team.” Once everyone has picked once, the order will Read more
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The GarbageCast | Episode 1.5 | A Timely Intervention: Discussing The Boba Suspension
Welcome to the one and a…halfth (???) episode article of the GarbageCast, where we perform the functions of a podcast…in written form! You may already be scoffing at the idea of fitting those 1-2 hour Golden Dice Podcast episodes into a 50,000+ word article, but fear not. We have limited ourselves to doing these with 1-2 Read more
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