I finally got a chance to play in a VASSAL tournament, and there was a pretty low turnout.
My Squad: --Gungan Artillery-- 36 General Kenobi 20 Captain Tarpals 16 Queen Amidala 60 Gungan Artillerist x6 9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid 9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3 (150pts. 13 activations)
My Map: Chancellor's Starship
First round vs. Joe (ORK_Fudgepacker)
His Squad:
--Loda-- 70 Luke Skywalker and Yoda 28 Dash Rendar, Renegade Smuggler 18 Lando Calrissian, Dashing Scoundrel 14 General Rieekan 9 General Dodonna 8 R2-D2 3 Ugnaught Demolitionist (150pts. 7 activations)
I won map, and deferred side. He set up on the top and bottom of the hallway on the left. I set up most of my pieces on the bottom right, except two Gungans and R2 on the top right. As soon as I could activate 2, I towed a Gungan up 12, Overrided the door open, then moved 8 and double Cesta'd Loda, Rieekan, and R2. Loda and R2 each failed one and Rieekan failed 2. The rest of the first round was positioning. He ran Loda up within range to Force Push R2 and a Gungan if he won init, and I think I got another double Cesta off on him.
Second round, he won init and pushed R2 and a Gungan to death, but that used all of Loda's Force points. I proceeded to Cesta him 10 times and hit a lot of them. I think Loda dropped before he could activate the 3rd round. Lando died from a Cesta hit and a Double Attack from General Kenobi. Queen Amidala killed the Ugnaught and helped the Gungans kill Dodonna. Dash ended up being mostly impotent, because I outactivated him by the time he was ready to attack, so he wasn't getting Opportunist. He needed 13s to hit a Gungan in cover. He failed his saves quickly.
Roll Report: Shinja Average: 9.46 Total: 13 Number >= 11: 6 Number < 11: 7
ORK_Fudgepacker Average: 9.71 Total: 59 Number >= 11: 23 Number < 11: 36
1 - 0
Second round vs. empirejeff (0 - 1) [Paired down]
His Squad 61 Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith 51 Count Dooku of Serenno 12 Logray, Ewok Shaman 10 San Hill 15 Ugnaught Demolitionist x5
He won map, but he also had Chancellor's Starship. I deferred side and ended up on the right again. He set up all his units in the middle of the hallway on the left. I set up identically to the first time.
As soon as I could move 2, I towed a Gungan and moved 8 to get a double Cesta on Dooku, Sidious, Logray, and 3 Ugnaughts. The Gungan was just out of range for Lightning, and he didn't have any shooters, so he was safe from retribution for the round. The Gungan also opened the central door. I ran an Ugnaught 13 squares to open the other central door and continued to Cesta his clump of characters as he struggled to separate with one activation per phase. Eventually, I killed San, and he was able to position more defensively. He won the second init and killed the Gungan that was in close. I killed Logray and his remaining Ugnaughts and kept my Gungans away from his Sith. Near the beginning of the third round, he based and attacked General Kenobi with both of his Sith (Sidious critted and Dooku hit), so Kenobi was down to 40 HP. I used Force Heal on Kenobi and took the two AoOs to get away, then threw 10 Cestas at the two Sith. Dooku died and Sidious got down to 20. I won the next init and threw two more Cestas, but Sidious made both saves. Then he ran up and killed Kenobi, before I finished him off.
Roll Report: Shinja Average: 11.64 Total: 17 Number >= 11: 10 Number < 11: 7
empirejeff Average: 9.62 Total: 67 Number >= 11: 33 Number < 11: 34
2 - 0
Third round vs. Strider (1 - 1) [Paired down again]
His Squad: --Unleashed Dash-- 50 Darth Vader, Unleashed 33 Emperor Palpatine on Throne 28 Dash Rendar, Renegade Smuggler 11 Admiral Ozzel 10 Jagged Fel 5 Imperial Dignitary 4 Gran Raider 9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3 (150pts. 10 activations)
I won map and he picked the left side. He set up in the top room on the left, straight back from the door, with Palpatine sitting out in the hallway in Gambit, against the central wall, but not holding the door open. I set up the same as the last two rounds.
As soon as I could, I towed up and Cesta'd a clump containing Vader, Ozzel, Dignitary, Gran, and an Ug. With 8 squares and mobile attack, the Gungan was able to mobile back out of Palpatine's lightning range. Vader gripped R2 to death. I threw 2 more Cestas at Palpatine.
Over the next two rounds, all my Gungans Cesta'd Palpatine until he died. With mobile attack, they were able to stay hidden from Dash and Vader for the most part. He eventually ran Ozzel and Jagged out to kill a Gungan in the top hallway. Vader took a lot of Cestas chasing down and killing General Kenobi, but survived because of the extra cushion from Dark Armor. Dash tried to hide, but I found enough los's on him to get him down to 10 HP. He killed some of my Ugs.
Eventually he based a non-activated full-HP Queen Amidala with Dash at 10 HP and hit 3 shots (Amidala at 40 HP), then moved Vader adjacent and attacked. He rolled a crit, so Amidala died before she could finish off Dash, and my Gungans lost Mobile. But the remaining Gungans were still able to finish off Vader's 40 HP and Dash's 10 HP for the win.
Roll Report: Shinja Average: 9.19 Total: 16 Number >= 11: 7 Number < 11: 9
Strider Average: 10.94 Total: 110 Number >= 11: 59 Number < 11: 51
3 - 0
Fourth round vs. jonnyb815 (3 - 0)
His squad: --Vong JHs 150-- 21 Yuuzhan Vong Shaper 80 Yuuzhan Vong Jedi Hunter x4 19 Yomin Carr 10 Twi'lek Bodyguard 8 Wicket 3 Mouse Droid 9 Ugnaught Demolitionist x3 (150pts. 12 activations)
He won map, so we played on the Transit Station. I deferred side and he set up on the left in the middle behind the central wall. I spread my forces out with 2 Gungans and an Ugnaught in the top section, 2 Gungans, R2, and an Ug in the bottom section, and the rest in the middle train car on the right.
He split up and move a Jedi Hunter, Yomin and an Ug up while the rest of his squad went down. I killed an Ugnaught in the first round and put 20 on a Jedi Hunter. Second round, I was able to find a line to a Jedi Hunter and his Shaper and I killed the Shaper. After that he kind of gave up (he was tired) and just charged me with all of his pieces. It ended up being a really effective strategy against the Gungans. He would base them with his JHs, so I had to either take a Twin AoO, or Cesta myself. The JHs took a lot of killing, because of their Crab Armor. I ended up losing 4 of my Gungans before the last JH dropped. It got silly at the end when Jonny ran a JH past 4 of my characters just trying to draw AoOs just to end the game. I wish we could have played it out for real, but I'll take the win.
Roll Report: Shinja Average: 10.68 Total: 32 Number >= 11: 16 Number < 11: 16
jonnyb815 Average: 10.51 Total: 94 Number >= 11: 47 Number < 11: 47
4 - 0
I really enjoyed playing this squad. I was hoping to try it against a GOWK squad, but nobody played one in the tournament. The extra 2 squares of movement from General Kenobi really helped out my Gungans (and sometimes my Ugnaughts). The were able to move far enough to get lines of sight my opponent wasn't expected, and they could mobile far enough to get out of range of retaliation. I used the extra movement on almost every move for each of my 6 Gungans in all 4 games. It was that useful.
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