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I Was At Origins, I Played Blue Hero… And I Enjoyed It!

I Was One of the Thousands of People That Attended the Origins Game Fair…

As an Ohio native, I look forward to a few gaming conventions every year. The one that I seem to find myself attending the most is the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, which is about an hour away from where I live. Origins is a pretty big convention (over 18,000 attended in 2018), and there is a lot to do and see. I didn’t play in last year’s Star Wars: Destiny event when I attended Origins. When it was announced that there would be a Galactic Qualifier again this year, I knew I wanted to play.

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Balance of the Force – Episode III: Order Has Been Restored to the Galaxy

Having recently competed in the Malmö GQ, there was little surprise regarding the balance of Snoke (WF4), Watto (CV38), and Force Storm (CV14). For Snoke and Watto, the consistency with which they were able to play the most powerful supports in the game was undeniably broken. Many players at the Malmö GQ recognized this and brought a variation of the Snoke/Watto/First Order Stormtrooper (CV20) deck. Many players also brought Palpatine (CV2)/Wat Tambor (CV22) to take advantage of the similarly consistent Force Storm (CV14). I myself fell victim to the Force Storm “one-turn-kill” at the GQ. 

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