by Jumval
NOTE: I took this AAR from a posting in another forum here at BGG.Realizing the stratospheric prices this game fetches nowadays, I was lucky to buy my copy at a FLGS back in January of 2001.
This gem did not hit my gaming space in a while, but I decided to give it a dust off...I played solo and had 90 minutes of pure fun...
At beginning the Trade was winning the upper hand: the Gungans were swept from the Naboo plains while the Palace Guards were having a hard time trying to get a hold in the palace, while Darth Maul was sparring all of Qui-Gong attacks and Anakin was unable to move...
Qui-Gong was defeated but then Obi-Wan came fresh and started giving some hard time to Darth Maul, while at the plains the Gungan catapults got 'laser designators' (not true, just a joke!!) and began pounding the advancing the relentless droid army. Although the Fambaa shield was brought down the catapults were the saviors there, specially when one of them slayed a lethal AAT.
At the palace the turning point came when Obi Wan dispatched Darth Maul, and the Palace Guard through windows ledge got a hold in the Throne room, all of this despite a stout resistance by the droids... Anakin turned on the afterburner of his fighter and was getting closer to the Federation spaceship...
The Palace Guard stormed the third floor and the Throne Room in force, with support from Obi-Wan; in a daring feat that am positive will earn him some distinction or medal from the Queen, Captn. Panaka dispatched two destroyer droids, giving chance to the Guard to wipe out the Battle Droids at the Room; although still exciting and tense, the writing was on the wall, despite that one group of Gungan cavalry, one catapult and two decimated groups of Gungan 'infantry' were the only forces still standing at the Naboo plains, while the Federation prepared its surviving AAT's and battle droids for a last charge... which never came up.
Anakin reached the Federation Spaceship, while Panaka and 3 other Guards occupied the Throne Room...a complete victory for the good side of force!!!
Jumval