Star Wars Epic Duels FAQ

• What is Star Wars Epic Duels?
• Who designed Star Wars Epic Duels?
• Are the card decks balanced, or are some characters more powerful than others?
• Will there be any expansions for the Star Wars Epic Duels board game?
• Are there are any unofficial game scenarios available for Star Wars Epic Duels?

General Rules Questions and Answers

• Can a character use a Defense Card against a Power Combat Card, such as Boba Fett's "Kyber Dart" card?
• Can a character use a Defense Card against a Special Card, such as Boba Fett's "Thermal Detonator" card?
• If two characters are next to each other diagonally, are they considered adjacent for attack purposes?
• Can characters can fire over the blue mist in the Emperor's Throne Room even if both they and their target are on the ground level?
• Can you play a card that says "does not count as an action" after you have alredy taken two actions on a turn?
• When your minor character(s) is (are) dead, you can play their Combat Cards to heal damage to your major character. But what happens to cards which aren't Combat Cards, but are still worthless without the minor characters? For example, the Emperor's "Castling" card is worthless if both guards are dead.

Darth Maul

• How exactly are Darth Maul's "Sith Speed" cards played?

Darth Vader

• Do you need to block all 3 points of Vader's "All Too Easy" card to avoid the 20-point damage, or is blocking 1 or 2 points sufficient?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

• If Obi-Wan's "Force Control" card is played, do you have to move all characters if you move any?

Yoda

• Why does Yoda have a 15 defense card when nothing in the game can cause that much damage?

Many of these frequently asked questions and their answers are based on exchanges from the newsgroup rec.games.board. Some of the answers are in quotes; those are direct responses from Rob Daviau, a game designer for Hasbro who was involved in creating Star Wars Epic Duels.