"There are a lot of great Star Wars board games, and like many of them- this captures the theme of a David versus Goliath brawl.
But, not many of them can be neatly packaged at this small scale. Face off with your friend in an epic deck building battle as the plucky rebels or the formidable empire, but this time do it around a coffee table."
Mike from GetBoard
 
  Card Duel     Star Wars     2 Player     Battle  
 
2023
2 Player
30 minute Play Time
✮✮✩✩✩ Complexity
 
In Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game, a head-to-head game for two players, the galaxy-spanning war between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance comes alive on your tabletop.
In this easy-to-learn game, you and your opponent each choose a side, playing as either the Empire or the Rebels, and as the game progresses you both strengthen the power of your starting decks and work to destroy each other's bases.
The first player to destroy three of their opponent's bases wins.
In more detail, each player starts with a unique ten-card deck, with seven of those cards providing only resources to acquire new cards. Six cards from a galaxy deck are always on display, with Rebel cards facing the Rebel player, Empire cards the Empire player, and neutral cards turned sideways. You can spend resources to acquire cards in the galaxy row that don't belong to the opponent, and you can use attack power to take out cards that do belong to them, gaining a reward in the process.
Each player starts with a base that lacks abilities (Dantooine for the Rebels and Lothal for the Empire), but when that base is destroyed, you get to choose a replacement from your base deck, with each base having a special ability. Choose wisely to counter your opponent's plans! In addition to having special abilities, capital ships absorb damage meant for your base.
Players also fight for control of a Force track to gain additional resources or make use of "If the Force is with you..." abilities on their cards.