Music- The Flag Parade
Well then! You guys are assembling into your teams on the field. Twain and Varm and their three droids square off against you two and your three. You guys are in red, they are in blue (and no, that doesn't mean you are Sith).
Before we kick off... or repulse off, anyway... do you guys want to talk over any tactics? Your playing skill is either your Combat skill or Lightsabre -2 (whatever is higher). A shame neither of you is a Type D because they get their acrobatic bonus on just about every roll in the game.
Ok!
First of all, it is useful to remember that the pitch is split into three thirds. Not just because the scoring works from which third you shoot from, but also because I track your location by which third you are in- at any one time, each player is in one of those thirds. Your position within that third is irrelevant- basically, anyone inside the same third can interact with each other.
Each turn, you may declare one of the following actions:
1. Move- enter an adjoining third
2. Block- attempt to 'vigorously' interpose yourself onto someone else. This can spoilt their shot, stop them moving, or even knock them over
3. Sidestep. Stay put and get out the way of anyone trying to Block you.
4. Shoot/Pass- obviously, only if you have the ball, you can try for a shot at goal or to try and pass to another player. The shots are harder than passes, because passes are co-operative, using the attractor on the stick. The longer the distance, and the more unblocked opponents in your third, the harder the shot or pass is.
5. Tackle. it is damn hard but you can actually try and snitch the ball off someone who has it
6. Gather- if the ball is loose in your third, you can go try and suck it up!
You always act in Initiative order, but some moves take priority over others- for example, you must 'survive' all blocks and tackles before your Move or Pass/Shoot instruction takes place. The game rules are not 100% precise and I will normally make judgment calls as I go along
The robots act on their own initaitve but they will listen to any ideas or tactics you yell at them to do.
Questions?
"Mr. Skorzeny you seem to have a great value of life, what will happen if we cannot start new negotiations will be the loss of the lifes of most of the rebels and even more great damage to the sanctuary....we will need you to try to establish negotiations between us and the rebels....if there is any possibility we need you to use it....."