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Chop Shop, Episode II | Grading The New Mechanics From Star Wars Unlimited’s Third Set
Hello, readers! Isn’t it wild that the Set 3 meta is winding down? Time certainly flies. In the first episode of this series, we talked about how we wanted to keep a sort of historical record for the mechanical additions to the game over the course of its history. Shadows of the Galaxy brought major Read more
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Meta Monday – February 2nd, 2025
Meta Snapshot Updates This was week five of Planetary Qualifiers and the meta feels firmly established. We’re not making any changes based on this week’s results. Now, some of you that read us carefully might be wondering why we haven’t added Quinlan/Green back to the snapshot after it won a second PQ in Michigan this Read more
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Preview Cards From Jump To Lightspeed We’re Excited About
Spoiler season is in full swing, and we are exstatic about the power level of cards we’re seen thus far. After Shadows of the Galaxy and Twilight of the Republic being a bit underwhelming compared to Spark of Rebellion, Jump to Lightspeed feels poised to break open the meta! Here’s some early preview cards that Read more
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Star Wars Unlimited Over/Under: Episode VII – Growing Pains
Welcome to the SEVENTH 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 are people Read more
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Meta Monday – January 27th, 2025
Meta Snapshot Updates This was week four of Planetary Qualifiers and the meta feels firmly established. We’re making three changes to the meta snapshot today- two removals and one addition. Two weeks ago, we removed Han/Green from the snapshot due to him not quite meeting the criteria for snapshot inclusion. At the time, we said Read more
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Interview with Game Designer John Leo
We were fortunate to bump into Game Designer John Leo this weekend at the Dallas Planetary Qualifier hosted at Common Ground Games! He was kind enough to answer our questions, at least to the extent secrecy would allow him! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey, Garbage Rollers. I just got home from a visit to Dallas, which included a Read more
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Dallas PQ Recap: How One GarbageRoller Took Down A Tournament With Anakin Blue
Tyler: Last weekend was our local Planetary Qualifier at Common Ground Games in Dallas, Texas. Spoiler alert: I won! I’ll take you through prepping for the event, the games on the day, and my final thoughts, but first, I want to thank everyone at CGG for running a great event. It was super smooth with Read more
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Meta Monday – January 20th, 2025
Meta Snapshot Updates This was week three of Planetary Qualifiers and…the Garbage Rollers are exhausted. That’s mainly because: WE WON A PQ! Our own Tyler (@DJStormtrooper) took down the 113-player Dallas PQ with Anakin Blue. He’ll have more to say about that tournament later in the week, but for today, we’re only making one change Read more
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What’s Going On With Leaders? | A Quick Reflection On Leader Design In SWU
Apologies, first off, to our regulars in this space for the lack of a midweek article this week! We’ve had some sick family members, conflicting editorial needs, and all the usual new year challenges. We appreciate your faithful readership! I’ve been having some interesting discussions with some friends of mine (both in and out of Read more
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Meta Monday – January 13th, 2025
Meta Snapshot Updates This was week two of Planetary Qualifiers and we again saw a wide diversity of winners from all over the world! We’re making two changes to the snapshot as a result. Keep reading below to see what they are! PQ Lyon – Anakin ECLPQ Abbeville, France – Anakin BluePQ Tres Cantos, Spain – Han1 Read more
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