Star Wars Destiny popped up on my radar today via a sales notice from a favourite retailer.

I picked up the Kylo and Rey starters and the Awakening box of 36 upgrade packs for well under half retail with a mind to look and see. hey came quickly and off I went into another collection binge.

General feeling on this game boils down to;

• Great game, well liked even in a crowded space, innovative, thematic and clean.

• Starters are not enough as they do not add enough for even a base game (recommended you get 2 or a booster box of 36 blisters).

• Easy to drown in upgrade shenanigans, which are ultimately not needed.

• So, you need to know when to stop or be aware that stopping may be hard or expensive in the long run. Even sticking to clearance sets has proven expensive overall. I do now have, or have coming, 300 odd die and 1000 cards, for seemingly little, depending on how you look at it!

So, my line in the sand is to not buy anything that is not in clearance and try not to be a completist. Would be nice to start game off with Phasma, Black One etc, but not the end of the world if I don’t and I will not chase card packs until I get there (but may get them off a second hand retailer).

List is so far (all heavily reduced or slightly reduced if rarer);

• Rey and Kylo starters

• 2 player Rey and Kylo starter, which is different to above and only has 1 Die for the main characters.

• Luke starter

• Boba starter

• 1 box of 36 Spirit of the Rebellion boosters.

• 1 box of 36 Awakenings boosters.

• 1 box of 36 Empire at War boosters. All of these come in at under $2 a blister.

• Both draft packs.

• About a boosters worth of picked cards to make the above make sense.

Until the last two Awakenings booster boxes arrive, only a decent Darth Vader evades me, so here is hoping, otherwise I will let that go.

I will make period matched and thematic core sets with specific and generic upgrades. I have no player base for this so need to put together ready to go game sets. Unlike a lot of other games like this, there seems plenty of room in casual play for thematic sets.

So far I know I have Luke (2)/Leia/Han/R2, Dameron (2)/Rey (2)/Finn/BB8, Kylo (2)/Phasma/Trooper and Boba/Jabba sets, with more bits like Grievous, Veers etc to work out from as things arrive. Chasing Obi Wan, possibly Vader.

The game seems well liked from a player perspective, but many are wary of the blow-out that games like this can force, like for instance, the two starter packs do not actually offer enough cards to make two decks. This crap is common in this space, using the term “collectible” to hide “assume you will be collecting”, but with at least 80% of the cards in the 5 card/1 die x36 blister pack boxes usable I will have plenty to go on with.

Impulsive and possibly a frustrating road to travel, but if luck is with me, all done and time to get in if I am going to (less than half price).