Product Dimensions | 29.85 x 29.85 x 13.34 cm; 907.18 g |
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Manufacturer recommended age | 14 - 18 years |
Item model number | SWI01 |
Language: | English |
Number of Game Players | 2 to 5 |
Number of pieces | 1 |
Assembly Required | No |
Batteries Required? | No |
Batteries included? | No |
Material Type(s) | Plastic |
Remote Control Included? | No |
Colour | Multicoloured |
Release date | 28 Jan. 2015 |
ASIN | 1616619902 |
Fantasy Flight Games - Imperial Assault Base Set - Board Game
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Brand | Fantasy Flight Games |
Material | Plastic |
Theme | Fantasy |
Genre | Aktion & Geschicklichkeit, Rollenspiel |
Number of players | 2 to 5 |
About this item
- Enjoy two complete games in the Star Wars universe - the campaign game and the skirmish game
- Play as a hero of the Rebellion, or command limitless squads of stormtroopers, Imperial officers, and massive AT-ST walkers
- A thrilling campaign contains over thirty missions, ensuring that the campaign is never the same
- Muster a team of soldiers and iconic characters in skirmish mode and battle over crucial objectives
- Includes bonus Luke Skywalker Ally Pack and Darth Vader Villain Pack
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4.7 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | 53,302 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) 2,339 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
Date First Available | 10 Sept. 2014 |
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The boards for these missions are constructed using over fifty double-sided, interlocking map tiles that combine to construct a massive variety of Star Wars environments.
Fantastically detailed miniatures are supplied with the game.
Lots of upgrade cards for great variety, making every game different.
“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
Imperial Assault is a miniatures game of tactical combat and missions for two to five players, offering two distinct games of battle and adventure in the Star Wars universe!
“Fear is the path to the dark side.”
Imperial Assault puts you in the midst of the Galactic Civil War between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire after the destruction of the Death Star over Yavin 4
“These aren’t the droids you’re looking for...”
In this game, you and your friends can participate in two separate games. The campaign game pits the limitless troops and resources of the Galactic Empire against a crack team of elite Rebel operatives as they strive to break the Empire’s hold on the galaxy, while the skirmish game invites you and a friend to muster strike teams and battle head-to-head over conflicting objectives.
Narrative Campaigns and Tense Skirmishes
Each game of Imperial Assault takes place during a cinematic mission. The objective of your mission can be nearly anything: recovering a critical data core, working with Chewbacca to steal crates of lucrative spice, or escaping bounty hunters eager to collect the price on your head. Whether you’re infiltrating an Imperial base or helping Luke Skywalker escape Imperial entanglements, every mission offers more danger and excitement.
Ally and Villain Packs
As a bonus, the Imperial Assault Core Set includes both the Luke Skywalker Ally Pack and the Darth Vader Villain Pack. Both of these packs include a sculpted plastic figure to replace the token found in the Imperial Assault Core Set. In addition to the detailed plastic figure, each figure pack includes two skirmish missions using the same map and a campaign side mission highlighting the character included in the pack. You may gather new recruits for the Rebel Alliance or hunt down Luke Skywalker with Darth Vader using the missions included in these figure packs.
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Customers find the board game enjoyable and well-made. They appreciate the variety of missions and skirmish games it offers, as well as its value for money. The miniatures are beautifully sculpted and impressive on the gaming table. Many consider it worth the purchase, especially the agenda cards. While some customers find the paint quality good, others have differing opinions on the appearance.
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Customers enjoy the game quality. They find it an excellent addition to the core game, with fun and straightforward gameplay. The game is described as the closest board game to a RPG videogame. It has detailed figures and a game board, making it useful for Star Wars RPG games. The game walks you through the process in an easy and effective way, providing plenty of play time.
"...The gameplay itself is fun and fairly straightforward in the beginning, with much of it's depth and complexity arriving over time as your characters..." Read more
"...'s a hell of a lot of replayability in each mission and there are many, many missions included, plus the potential to play limitless games of..." Read more
"...The core set is pretty good value for money as there is plenty of play time in this box alone...." Read more
"...Overall its a nice model and useful as a game piece not only for the Imperial Assault game but any of the RPG`s or any other Star Wars wargame in 28..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the board game's quality. They find the components and models to be good, and the production values to be high. The game is considered a must-have for Star Wars fans and a great buy for Imperial Assault fans.
"...The artwork is incredible and the production values on the whole are sky-high.. this is about as good as it gets when it comes to board game..." Read more
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"...The 1st game is just amazing...." Read more
"...The rocket pack is also very nice, and the armour is well represented, although you may have to add a little more battle damage/wear and tear during..." Read more
Customers appreciate the miniatures' build quality. They find the figures nicely sculpted and well-cast, with minimal mold lines and imperfections. The armour is well-represented, and the game has simple and solid mechanics that novice players can understand.
"...The artwork is incredible and the production values on the whole are sky-high.. this is about as good as it gets when it comes to board game..." Read more
"...just a few minutes, yet in that duration you'll get a good grip of the basic rules of battle...." Read more
"...are relatively straightforward for this type of game with some novel mechanics that add to the strategy and being star wars themed it has that extra..." Read more
"...like an AT-ST should please most gamers and it`s an impressive model on the gaming table...." Read more
Customers appreciate the board game's value for money. They say it's worth buying at full price and the agenda cards are also worth buying, especially the "pulling the strings" card.
"...The core set is pretty good value for money as there is plenty of play time in this box alone...." Read more
"...It's worth its price because you can keep playing it over and over again without buying any expansions...." Read more
"...With all the stat cards and art contained within this pack, it IS nicely priced, and makes a wonderful stand-alone character for the game it was..." Read more
"A typical FFG product, great quality at good prices...." Read more
Customers enjoy the variety of games offered by the board game. They find it an excellent addition to the Imperial Assault game, with a deck of command cards that provides interesting bonuses during battle. The objectives change throughout the missions and multiple triggers. The set includes cards, missions, abilities, and dice.
"...Each mission feels authentic and varied, with objectives that change throughout the missions and multiple triggers that activate new chunks of story..." Read more
"...a lot of replayability in each mission and there are many, many missions included, plus the potential to play limitless games of Skirmish battles on..." Read more
"...detailed and with great pose, at least very uncommon, the set includes cards. missions and abilities, not very cheap for a single miniature but..." Read more
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Customers find the board game easy to use. They say the gameplay is straightforward in the beginning, with few rules to memorize. The models are well-sculpted and require minimal assembly, with snap-together kits that go together without many problems. The solid mechanics make it easy for novice players to pick up, providing a helpful learning curve.
"...The gameplay itself is fun and fairly straightforward in the beginning, with much of it's depth and complexity arriving over time as your characters..." Read more
"...Relatively simple rules with a lot of potential for depth, it's hard to imagine anyone not liking this unless they just don't like board games in..." Read more
"...The rules are relatively straightforward for this type of game with some novel mechanics that add to the strategy and being star wars themed it has..." Read more
"...supplied unpainted as a simple snap-together kit which goes together without many problems...." Read more
Customers enjoy painting the miniatures. They find them interesting and enjoyable to paint, with good build quality. The miniatures provide practice painting various surfaces like armour and cloth. The game is a great addition and provides fun for customers.
"...figure stand out on the gaming table, and get you plenty of practice painting different surfaces, from armour, through cloth, hair and metal surfaces..." Read more
"...group, we played the mini-campaign over two nights, around 9/10 hours of pure fun, 2-1 for the Imperials before the Finale, us (Rebels) won on the..." Read more
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"...The figure is beautifully sculpted as always and was a joy to paint." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the figure's appearance. Some find it well-detailed and with an uncommon pose, while others dislike the poor box insert designs and lack of subtlety compared to the old movie.
"The miniature is well detailed and with great pose, at least very uncommon, the set includes cards...." Read more
"...Firstly, this is another example of FF's poor box insert designs ( a pet-hate of mine) which doesn't do a great job of organising the many many many..." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2015Size Name: 1. Core Set & AccessoriesStyle Name: Imperial Assault Base SetVerified PurchaseImperial Assault is going to cost you a lot of money. It's a big heavy box packed full of miniatures, cards, tokens and dice. What's more, you're going to find it very hard to resist buying all of the expansions as characters that are used in the campaign would otherwise be represented by boring flat tokens. Then, with the new Twin Shadows expansions on the way (and Boba Fett as a further expansion pack) it's going to eat up more than it's share of your board game allowance.
But that's okay. Because it's worth it.
When Fantasy Flight put out X-Wing a few years ago I got suckered in and have since spent way too much money on additional ships. Whilst I love the game, I hardly ever get to play it and as such feel like I'm just a slave to the FF marketing machine. Imperial Assault though is a game that I'm almost happy to throw my wallet at, as since I got it, I've barely played anything else.
First of all, I've never played Descent (the game engine that this is heavily based from), so my review is from the perspective of someone fairly experienced with board games but fairly new to dungeon crawlers. In Imperial Assault, you combine modular tiles to create numerous classic Star Wars environments and attempt to complete objectives. IA is split into two modes: Campaign and Skirmish - with both providing a healthy amount of content for different situations.
Campaign is undeniably the bulk of the game, with one person taking command of the Imperial forces and up to 4 others taking charge of an individual Rebel character. Combining a decent chunk of story and flavour, the Rebels will uncover an Imperial plot over the course of about 10 missions and develop their characters over time, gaining new skills, items and even allies from the Star Wars universe (like Luke and Han). At the same time, the Imperials will slowly add new tricks to put up their sleeves and become more powerful over time. What's more, the missions have branching paths meaning that the next mission you play will depend on the outcome of this one, giving the game a lot of replay value.
This mode is fantastic and created with a lot of love for the franchise. Each mission feels authentic and varied, with objectives that change throughout the missions and multiple triggers that activate new chunks of story and Imperial deployments. It's incredibly exciting/terrifying when someone opens a door and suddenly Darth Vader arrives to spring a trap. After each story mission you'll also play a side mission, which could focus on an individual Rebel character or something totally divergent and these are always fun with interesting rewards. All of this will keep you hooked until the final mission where both sides will be at their maximum strength and the victor will be decided for the campaign. By the time you've finished this one campaign, you may very well have already put 20 hours into the game and quite likely might want to start another one, switching characters and roles.
Then when you're in the mood for something with less commitment, or simply can't get the full group together, you can play Skirmish mode which puts two sides against each other in a one-off battle. The base game comes with 3 maps with 2 missions on each, all of which have fairly different mission objectives and still manage to include some backstory and theme which is admirable. Each side is able to build teams based on their faction cards deployment costs and a deck of Command cards that gives interesting bonuses during the battle. This mode actually has a fair amount of depth to it and can become especially competitive for one-on-one bouts. Unfortunately the Rebels are quite limited in terms of miniatures and might have to resort to using flat tokens unless you buy the expansions.
I do have a few criticisms, but they're merely things to take into consideration rather than severely damage the game. Firstly, this is another example of FF's poor box insert designs ( a pet-hate of mine) which doesn't do a great job of organising the many many many components you'll have to store. Secondly, the campaign that we've played so far has been heavily weighted towards the Imperials - which isn't so much a criticism of the balance of the game as I've seen online many Rebel teams dominating - but more a balance of the group that you play with. We've actually had to resort to a handicap as the other players were starting to get frustrated with constantly losing which obviously isn't ideal. This is something that will fluctuate with who you play with and how good they are at these games, but I'd say try to always keep it light-hearted and enjoy the experience rather than play to win.
Overall though, Imperial Assault is a fantastic package that is impressive from top to bottom. It's an expensive box, yes, but it's almost impossible not to get your moneys worth as you'll likely play this a lot more than other big games on your shelf. Also, I recommend getting 4 other friends together and each pitch-in to buy the base game, that way the cost is cheap and you'll make sure that the same group sticks together to play the full Campaign. The gameplay itself is fun and fairly straightforward in the beginning, with much of it's depth and complexity arriving over time as your characters grow in abilities - giving the game a helpful learning curve. The artwork is incredible and the production values on the whole are sky-high.. this is about as good as it gets when it comes to board game design.
I think it's time for you to buy Imperial Assault.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2015Size Name: 1. Core Set & AccessoriesStyle Name: Imperial Assault Base SetVerified PurchaseOne of the first things you notice when you open the box is that there are several dozen thick cardboard floor pieces that are all double-sided, providing hundreds, maybe even thousands, of possible combinations. There's a hell of a lot of replayability in each mission and there are many, many missions included, plus the potential to play limitless games of Skirmish battles on any configuration of floor tiles you so desire. Compared to Monopoly, for example, where there's a single board and that's all you'll ever be playing on, it's a real bounty of variety and longevity. As much as it sounds like marketing spiel, there really are hundreds of games in one.
Once you've popped all the cardboard pieces out of their sheets and put the ground tiles together, the simple tutorial mission can be completed in just a few minutes, yet in that duration you'll get a good grip of the basic rules of battle. It can be easily repeated with new players to get them up to speed with the rules before you go ahead with a full mission. Anyone from a young child up to an old board game veteran will have an easy time with this rules.
A full mission can either be a skirmish, which plays like a smaller scale wargame akin to Warhammer 40k, or part of a large, story-based campaign. With skirmish, both sides create an army within a certain point allowance and fight for victory. It's the game at its simplest and most direct. A campaign mission is different each time, some will have an objective where you need to sneak something out of an enemy base, others will be about protecting something, just to name two examples. The main difference is that in this mode, it's one Imperial player vs a group of Rebel players, each with just a single hero. The Imperial player is like a Dungeon Master in a roleplaying game; he can continually bring new troops to the field in an attempt to destroy the Rebel heroes and thwart their plans. He can't just do this at will, it depends on a resource called "threat", and the accumulation and spending of "threat" is a big part of being an Imperial player and not at all a part of being a Rebel player.
As such, it's more challenging to play Imperial. Not only do you have to deal with "threat", you also have multiple units to control at any given time, not just a single hero like the Rebels. For that reason, the most experienced player should be Imperial. On the other hand, elements of teamwork are totally absent from the Imperial experience and a large part of the Rebel experience. The Rebels need to work together to achieve success and can be potentially dragged down by a lone wolf player. To perhaps encourage breakdowns of teamwork, each Rebel player will be given side missions to accomplish that aren't connected to the main mission objective. Doing this can lead to personal reward but not necessarily reward for the team as a whole. There's also an incentive to rush off and grab loot for yourself as this will lead to bonus credits at the end of missions which you can use to upgrade you hero for future campaign missions. As you move through the campaign mode, a story unfolds which is influenced by the actions of the players in each mission. The story is set after A New Hope but before The Empire Strikes Back.
As you can see, the campaign has a lot more to it, and I've just scratched the surface here. It's what you'd call an asymmetrical experience - both sides are not doing the same thing, it's just a few Rebel heroes who must also plan for the future against one Imperial player with a much larger force at his disposal that he can quite happily throw away just to bring down a single Rebel hero (e.g. a load of Stormtroopers sacrificing themselves to kill a single bounty hunter). Skirmish mode is a symmetrical experience, two players with equal forces fighting against each other. It's the game experience distilled, yet lacks the hero upgrading and continual, story-based experience of campaign mode. The good news is you get both here, so there's no need to choose just yet.
Relatively simple rules with a lot of potential for depth, it's hard to imagine anyone not liking this unless they just don't like board games in general. You don't even need to be a Star Wars fan, I'm certainly not a huge fan although I can't deny the upcoming Episode VII had a role to play in me picking this particular game. The plastic pieces are very well sculpted and none require assembly other than the AT-ST. The iconic walker is a bit annoying to put together, though. It doesn't need glue but it needs a lot of elbow grease to get it to click together, particularly the "nose cannon".
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2019Size Name: 1. Core Set & AccessoriesStyle Name: Imperial Assault Base SetVerified PurchaseThis game is simply brilliant, the game plays really well both playing skirmish and campaign. The rules are relatively straightforward for this type of game with some novel mechanics that add to the strategy and being star wars themed it has that extra factor making it a must have for any fan of the series and board game enthusiast. The game feels well balanced to the point that every game I've played so far has gone right down to the wire. The core set is pretty good value for money as there is plenty of play time in this box alone. The only downside is some of the characters in this box are represented by tokens, the missing characters are available as additional packs but obviously that puts the price up.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2017Size Name: 4. Galactic Empire PacksStyle Name: Galactic Empire Pack: General WeissVerified PurchaseThis is one of the more complex models done by FFG for their Imperial Assault boardgame. In common with other figures in this line it scales at about 28mm and is supplied unpainted as a simple snap-together kit which goes together without many problems.
I have a few minor quibbles over the strict accuaracy of its appearance when compared with old movie stills but since the source material is contradictory anyway the fact that at LOOKS like an AT-ST should please most gamers and it`s an impressive model on the gaming table.
Enough parts are supplied to build the `upgunned` General Weiss version or a standard AT-ST identical to the one provided in the core game and it also comes, as most of these booster packs do with additional unit, equipment and mission cards for the game.
Overall its a nice model and useful as a game piece not only for the Imperial Assault game but any of the RPG`s or any other Star Wars wargame in 28mm that people are playing.
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- Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on 31 October 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend seller!
Size Name: 3. Ally Packs Rebel PacksStyle Name: Rebel Pack: Leia OrganaVerified PurchaseItem safely arrived in good condition.
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Luis FranciscoReviewed in Mexico on 3 August 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars El producto llegó bien es bueno y y es correcto?
Size Name: 1. Core Set & AccessoriesStyle Name: Imperial Assault Base SetVerified PurchaseExcelente juego de mesa con temática de Star Wars, lo recomiendo a amplia ampliamente
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Martin LavoieReviewed in Canada on 5 March 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Ahsoka Tano
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- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on 31 December 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Heart of the empire
Size Name: 2. ExpansionsStyle Name: Expansion: Heart of The EmpireVerified Purchasenice map, great figurine.
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on 31 December 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the big expention
Size Name: 2. ExpansionsStyle Name: Expansion: Return to HothVerified PurchaseLove the game, didn't have time to play the campaing yet but the map are cool in skirmish.