Explore the Outer Rim in a New Star Wars Game from Fantasy Flight

Explore the Outer Rim in a New Star Wars Game from Fantasy Flight
Board Game: Star Wars: Outer Rim
In case you don't have enough Star Wars-related game options already available to you, Fantasy Flight Games has announced a new one for release in Q2 2019, one that might be viewed as the tabletop equivalent of FFG's Star Wars: Edge of the Empire role-playing game.

The game in question is Star Wars: Outer Rim from designers Corey Konieczka and Tony Fanchi, and it bears a 2-3 hour playing time and a $65 MSRP. Here's an overview of the game:

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Take to the stars and become a living legend in Star Wars: Outer Rim, a game of bounty hunters, mercenaries, and smugglers for 1-4 players!

In Outer Rim, you take on the role of an underworld denizen, setting out to make your mark on the galaxy. You'll travel the outer rim in your personal ship, hire legendary Star Wars characters to join your crew, and try to become the most famous (or infamous) outlaw in the galaxy!

But it won't be easy since the warring factions of the galaxy roam the outer rim, hunting down the scum that have proven to be a thorn in their side, and other scoundrels looking to make their mark see you as the perfect target to bring down to bolster their own reputation. Do you have what it takes to survive in the outer rim and become a living legend?

In more detail, a game of Outer Rim takes place over a series of turns that sees players taking dangerous jobs, tracking down bounties, upgrading their ship, and more, all in service of gaining more and more fame. Regardless of the path you take to get there, your goal is to gain ten fame, which can come from a variety of sources, such as completing your character's personal goal, collecting on bounties and jobs, delivering illegal cargo, taking down patrols from the various factions struggling over the galaxy, and enjoying the finer things in life by purchasing luxury items with your hard-earned credits.

While the path to victory may be different for scoundrels finding their way in the Outer Rim, everyone starts from the bottom with a simple starship. Your player board not only tracks your fame progress, but also contains slots for your ship, your character card, gear, reputation, modifications, jobs, and bounties. Keep in mind that while doing a job for someone can earn you fame, it can also put a price on your head when a competing factions decides that you're causing them trouble — and one of the other players might try to collect that bounty!

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