A Double Double 'n Dice - A Tabletop Gaming Podcast · DM-North

SWU and Cooking

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Star Wars Unlimited’s "A Lawless Time" changes sealed deck building with 27-life bases and triple-aspect cards.

Kim starts off by saying there has not been much gaming time lately. Jocelyn keeps the conversation moving, but the answer is still basically no, not really. The first concrete play report is Labrys, played with Noah. Labrys is described as a game with two themes, one Pokemon and one Super Mario, built around the same puzzle of moving through tiles with directional markings. From there the episode turns to Swoo, and the tone gets more animated. The hosts talk through how the set changes deckbuilding when one card can ignore aspect ratio once per game. That opens up options that would not normally fit in the deck. The whole thing is framed as a bit of a lawless time, which fits the new-set energy. There is a lot of talk about cards that have three aspects, and one host says that makes team building more interesting. The conversation stays rooted in actual play rather than big theory. A Legendary Chewbacca deck gets singled out as especially fun, and the leader and upgrades all seemed to click. The host also mentions getting eight games in over three days. The games are quick, usually under thirty minutes, so that amount of play is manageable. The 401 Games pre-release comes up as a good venue overall. It handled multiple competitive games at once, including Digimon and Pokemon alongside Swoo. The bathrooms were clean, parking was easy, and the location was accessible from the 401 and 407. Food nearby was not great, though. The closest option was basically A and W, so that part required a drive. The discussion stays in the voice of two hobbyists comparing notes after actually sitting down and playing. It keeps circling back to what was fun, what was awkward, and what felt new. By the end, the episode settles into a simple recap with enough specifics to be useful to other players.

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A loose SWU play report with enough deck talk to reward tabletop regulars.

Kim and Jocelyn stay in familiar territory here. One host has not played much, Jocelyn brings a quick Labrys recap, and the talk slides into SWU pre-release chatter without much friction.

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