Hello everyone and welcome to my first blog entry. In this issue we will be talking about assets in Star Wars: Destiny, but before we do lets first get the meaning of what an asset is.
An Asset is: a single item of ownership having exchange value
Now that we got the meaning out of the way, what are the assets in Star Wars: Destiny?
Star Wars: Destiny has three assets that can be used and managed by the player. They are cards (in their decks), dice, and resources. Let’s break them down.
Asset 1, Cards:
Cards are a useful asset because without them you cannot do anything to affect the game state. Cards are used to add dice to the field, affect the field, and gives you options in situations. To play most cards you need resources in order to play them, but they provide an important part of the game by giving you a set of random options to do during a turn. Every card isn’t going to be useful at every time, but knowing when to play these cards can be essential. You can play cards that add to your field, disrupt your opponent, or change the state of your position. It is important to remember these things, as cards provide an additional option: to discard them to affect another asset, in the rerolling of dice. Cards are an asset that you come to a game with a fix amount (30) but you aren’t limited to these 30 cards due to recycling effects. Managing your cards is important, not only due to how they can affect the game state, add dice to the board, and getting your dice to roll how you would prefer, but they are also are health in a sense. Once you run out of cards in your deck and your hand, you lose. Knowing when and how to play a card is an import management of an asset that comes with experience. This asset is the cannon.
Asset 2, Resources:
Resources are an asset that fuels cards and resolutions to certain dice sides. Resources are an asset that grow, decrease, and can be disrupted by your opponent. Managing this asset is essential because without it, you are limited in what cards you can play, and what you can resolve on a die. Because this asset is important, disruption of this asset can set you back, so it is important to manage it. It is an asset that is high risk and high rewards. You can spend this asset to get stuff on the field and get board advantage though effects or adding dice, or you can build it to play a card that has a bit more of a punch to it. You get two resources each turn, so you don’t have to heavily rely on dice rolls; however, as mentioned before, consideration of when to use this asset is useful to shaping the game how you would like. This asset is the fuel.
Asset 3, Dice:
This is the asset that provides gameplay options. Each die has different options on it that does different things. It is the main way to do damage, add resources, give yourself shields, disruption, and other powerful effects. This is the asset that provides tempo: with more dice, the more options you can give yourself. Now, this does not always guarantee victory but it is important to have dice on the board. This asset can be manipulated though dice resolutions, cards discards, and effects. It also has the disadvantage of waiting a turn to be resolved. However, this asset is the core of gameplay, and, while it can be affected by your opponent, you can do the same to them. Because dice have a certain random factor to them, they will not provide the same results each time. This adds a level of adoption to the game that the player must use. This asset is the ammunition.
Now that I went over the three assets, let’s go over them together. Before I do, I would like to point out that, while I broke down each asset, a lot of what I said for one can and is true to one or both others. Assets are important to the game, and the managing of one of them is important to gameplay; but putting them together and making them work together will help you conquer your destiny. The three assets of Star Wars: Destiny are needed to work together for functionality. The resources are used to resolve some dice effects, play cards, and add dice to the board. The cards are used by, most of the time, spending resources to affect the board and/or add dice to the board. The dice are only brought into play by card effects, some sides of the dice need resources to resolve, and some add resources to the resource pool. Each of these three assets are a cornerstone and all three are important to the game. Managing them is key to this game. Now that you know this, go shape your destiny.
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