VERSION 1.

3 - CHANGE LOG
•• Updated Specials and Blanks - 9 •• Renamed “Remove from game” as “Set-aside •• Defined Replace & Rolling - 21
zone” - 9, 10, 18
•• Clarified distributing damage - 15 •• Added Errata to Hyperspace Jump and Outer
•• Updated Queue & Inherent Dice Abilities - 17 Rim Smuggler - 23
•• Updated Passing - 15
•• Updated Replacement Effects - 19 •• Clarified cards from Spirit of Rebellion - 25
•• Added Extra Actions - 15
•• Updated Move - 20 •• Added FAQs - 27
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
RULES .............................................. 3
The complete rules for Star Wars: Destiny.

PART 1. CARD TYPES & COLORS ...................... 3

The various elements of each card, explained.

PART 2. DICE & DICE SYMBOLS ....................... 8

The various elements of each die, explained.

PART 3. AREAS OF PLAY ................................. 10

INTRO In play and out-of-play areas.

This document contains the complete rules for Star Wars: PART 4. CUSTOMIZATION ................................ 12
Destiny, as well as frequently asked questions and specific
card clarifications. It is not meant to teach the game, but Building a team, building a deck, and selecting a battlefield.
rather serve as a comprehensive reference for rules questions
and card interactions. Use the guide below to navigate this PART 5. GAME STRUCTURE ............................ 13
document and our other online resources for this game:
How to set up and play the game.
I want to learn the basics of the game. Read the starter set
rulesheet here or watch our tutorial video here. PART 6. GAME CONCEPTS .............................. 16
Important rules that are used in every game.
I have a question about playing the game. Check the index
on the last page of this document to find the relevant entries.
PART 7. ABILITIES ............................................ 17
I have a question about a specific card. Check and see if the Types of abilities, timing rules, and keywords.
card is listed under Errata or Card Clarifications. Otherwise,
look through the Rules section for some of the words that
appear in the card’s ability. PART 8. TERMS ................................................ 20
Important words to know when playing the game.
I want to learn the finer points of the rules. Read the Rules
section from beginning to end, or look for the topic in the
table of contents that interests you most. PART 9. MULTIPLAYER RULES ...................... 22
Rules for playing with more than two players.
I want to know what to expect when playing in or running
a tournament. Consult our tournament rules document here.

ERRATA ........................................ 23
Official card changes, sorted by set.

CARD CLARIFICATIONS ............. 24

Specific answers about cards, sorted by set.

FAQ ............................................... 26
Frequently asked questions players have about the game.

CORE GAME CREDITS ................. 28

A list of playtesters and other contributors to the game.

INDEX ............................................ 29
A list of all terms and cards that appear in this document.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 2 INTRO

 RULES UNIQUENESS
Each card is either unique or non-unique. Unique cards are
marked by a diamond (*) before their titles. All other cards
These are the complete rules for Star Wars: Destiny.
are non-unique.

A player cannot have more than one copy of a unique card

THE GOLDEN RULE

in play at the same time. There cannot be more than one
copy of a unique character on a team, and a player cannot
play a unique support or unique upgrade if they already have
another copy of that card in play.
If the text of a card directly contradicts the rules of the
game, the text of the card takes precedence. If you can •• The unique restriction applies to each player individually.
follow both the rules of the game and the text of the Players can each have one copy of a unique card in play at
card, do so. the same time.

•• If a player ever controls more than one copy of a unique

card, then they must immediately discard one of those
cards from play.

PART 1. CARD TYPES & COLORS •• The unique restriction does not apply to dice. A player can
have multiples of the same die in play at the same time.
All cards may have the following components: affiliation,
color, type, title, ability, uniqueness, flavor, identification, •• Characters with the same title but a different subtitle
rarity, and dice reference. are still considered to be the same character for
determining uniqueness.

AFFILIATION Example: A player cannot use Darth Vader, Sith Lord and
Darth Vader, Dark Apprentice on the same team.
There are three different affiliations: hero, villain, and neutral.
The affiliation of each card is written on the bottom of
the card. FLAVOR
Flavor text has no in-game application when present.
COLORS
Each card is associated with a specific color and is written on
the bottom of the card.
IDENTIFICATION (ID)
A card’s identification contains the set symbol (Awakenings’
•• Red is Command and represents military and logistical set symbol is r) followed by a number. These help identify the
endeavors and characters. cards and match them to dice.

•• Blue is Force and represents characters trained in using the

Force and their varied abilities. RARITY
There are five levels of rarity. The rarity of a card is shown by
•• Yellow is Rogue and represents scum, villainy, spies, a color behind the collector’s info. A die that comes with a
and smugglers. card shares its rarity with that card.
•• Gray is General and represents everything that does not fall
under one of the other three colors. Fixed (Gray): Fixed cards have a non-random
distribution and always come in the same product.

TYPE Common (Blue): There are three common cards per

Each card is one of five types: battlefield, character, event, booster pack.
upgrade, or support. The type is listed above a card’s abilities,
except on battlefields, where it does not appear. Uncommon (Yellow): There is one uncommon card
per booster pack.

TITLE
Rare (Green): There is one rare card and its matching
A card’s title is used to identify and describe what it die per booster pack.
represents in the Star Wars universe.
Legendary (Purple): One in six booster packs has its rare
ABILITIES card and die replaced by a legendary card and its die.
Most cards have one or more abilities listed on them.
DICE REFERENCE
A card that comes with a die has reference boxes that show
all six sides of that die.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 3 CARD TYPES

 CARD ANATOMY

TITLE

10

DICE
REFERENCE
1j
2j
TYPE 1k
1q ABILITY
+1q
FLAVOR
-

AFFILIATION COLOR RARITY AND ID

STAR WARS: DESTINY 4 CARD TYPES

 BATTLEFIELDS •• The player who controls the battlefield takes the first action
each round.
Battlefields represent various locations that players face-off
in. One battlefield is chosen at the beginning of the game, •• All battlefields are considered to be gray.
and the other battlefield is not used.

•• One player at a time controls the battlefield, and places it

SUBTITLE (ALSO APPEARS ON CHARACTERS)
next to their deck, either because they started the game A subtitle defines the location or planet of a battlefield,
with it or were the last person to claim it. and helps distinguish different versions of characters from
each other.
•• Battlefields have claim abilities on them. These abilities may
be resolved when the Claim the Battlefield action is taken.

SUBTITLE

STAR WARS: DESTINY 5 CARD TYPES

 CHARACTERS
Characters represent notable individuals in the Star Wars
universe. Each player spends up to 30 points on characters
during customization. Characters start the game in play and
10 HEALTH
remain in play until defeated. Each character has one or two
dice that is rolled when that character is activated.

HEALTH
A character’s health is how much damage it can take before
being defeated.

POINT VALUE(S)
A character’s point value(s) is how many points it costs 1j
to include it in a team. If there are two values, then the
smaller value is how many points it costs to use one of that 2j
character’s dice, and the larger value is how many points it 1k
costs to use two of that die. A character with two of its dice is
called an elite character. 1q
+1q
-
POINT
VALUES

EVENTS
Events represent tactical actions, schemes, twists of fate, and
other unexpected developments that might occur during the
game. When a player plays an event, they
follow the card’s instructions and then
discard it to their discard pile.
COST
•• When an event is played, it is considered
to be in limbo (see “Limbo” on page 11)
until it is fully resolved.

•• Provided any play restrictions (see “Play Restrictions” on

page 19) are met, a player can play an event even if the
event has no effect.

COST (ALSO APPEARS ON SUPPORTS AND UPGRADES)

The cost of a card is listed in the upper-left hand corner of the
card. A player must spend resources equal to the cost of a
card in order to play it.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 6 CARD TYPES

 SUPPORTS
Support cards represent various vehicles, connections, and
logistical aid. When a player plays a support card, they place
it faceup in their play area, next to or behind their characters. 2j
Supports have repeatable or ongoing effects and stay in play
3 j�
unless an effect or ability discards them. 1q

•• Support cards cannot take damage. 1f

•• If a support has a die, that die is rolled when the support

1e
is activated. S
•• There is no limit to the number of supports a player -
can have.

SUBTYPES (ALSO APPEARS ON UPGRADES)

Some cards have subtypes listed after
the card’s type, such as “Vehicle” or
“Weapon.” Subtypes have no inherent
rules associated with them, but other
SUBTYPE
cards may reference them.

•• When a card refers to a subtype in its

text, the subtype is bold.

UPGRADES
Upgrades represent weapons, gear, and abilities that
characters have at their disposal. When a player plays an
upgrade, they attach it faceup to one of their characters. A
player may replace an upgrade already on that character
by discarding it to decrease the cost of the new upgrade by
the cost of the discarded one. Upgrades have repeatable or
ongoing abilities and stay in play unless an effect or ability
discards them, or the character they are attached to is
defeated.

•• Each character cannot have more than 3 upgrades. If a

character ever has more than 3 upgrades, the player who
controls it must choose and discard upgrades from it until
it only has 3.

•• The color of a character and its upgrades do not have

to match. A character can have an upgrade that does
not match its color, provided all deckbuilding and play 3 k�
restrictions were followed. 1q

+3k
•• There is no limit to the number of weapons, equipment, or
abilities a character can have as part of its 3 upgrades. 2e

•• A character can have multiple copies of the same

1q
non-unique upgrade. S
•• If an upgrade has a die, that die is rolled when the attached -
character is activated. It does not matter if the upgrade
is ready or exhausted, and the upgrade does not exhaust
along with the character.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 7 CARD TYPES

 PART 2. DICE & DICE SYMBOLS
The game uses six-sided, premium dice. All dice may have
the following components: value, symbol, cost, modifier,
identification, and rarity.

VALUE
The value is a number that is listed above the symbol.

•• Blanks and specials have no value printed on the die, and VALUE
thus have a value of 0.

SYMBOL
Each side of a die has a symbol on it. When a die is resolved, COST
an effect is carried out based on the symbol that is showing
on the die (see “Dice Symbols” on the next page).

RESOURCE COST
Some dice have a resource cost, listed in a yellow box at the
bottom of the side. A player must spend resources equal to
the cost of the die side in order to resolve it. If they cannot
pay the cost, they cannot resolve that die’s side.

MODIFIER
MODIFIER
Some dice have one or more blue sides with a plus sign (+)
before the value. Sides with a plus can only be resolved at
the same time as another die that shows the same symbol
without a plus. While resolving, the plus value is added to the
other die to create a new value.

Example: You roll a +2 j symbol. You also roll a 1 j symbol,

so you can resolve the +2 j along with the 1 j for 3 ranged
damage dealt to any one character. If you had not rolled the
1 j, or had already spent it, you could not have resolved the
+2 j die.

•• A modifier cannot be resolved by itself.

IDENTIFICATION (ID)
The identification contains the set symbol followed by a
number. Each ID matches a corresponding card.
ID & RARITY
RARITY SYMBOL
The rarity of a die matches the rarity of its card (see “Rarity”
on page 4).

STAR WARS: DESTINY 8 DICE

 DICE SYMBOLS t FOCUS
Activating various cards rolls dice into a player’s dice pool. Turns a number of other dice in the player’s dice pool to the
The dice can then be resolved for their symbols’ effect sides of their choice. The number of dice they turn is equal to
as a later action. Each symbol has a different effect, as or less than the value of the symbol.
described below. Most symbols have a value above them that
determines the scale of the effect. •• A player cannot turn their opponent’s dice.

k MELEE DAMAGE 󲃹 SPECIAL

Deals damage to a character equal to the value of the symbol. Uses the special ability marked by a 󲃹 symbol on that die’s
card. Specials have a value of 0 that cannot be increased
•• All damage must be dealt to a single character. A player or decreased.
cannot split the damage from a single die (or a die that
has been modified) among different characters. When •• A player cannot use the special ability on a different card;
resolving multiple dice in the same action, each die can they must use the special ability on the die’s matching card.
deal damage to a different character.
•• Just like other symbols, a player can use multiple special
j RANGED DAMAGE abilities during the same action, and chooses the order
that they are resolved in.
Deals damage to a character equal to the value of the symbol.
•• A special ability that rerolls its die cannot be resolved a
•• All damage must be dealt to a single character. A player second time during the same action.
cannot split the damage from a single die (or a die that
has been modified) among different characters. When
resolving multiple dice in the same action, each die can - BLANK
deal damage to a different character. Blank symbols have no effect and cannot be resolved. Blanks
have a value of 0 that cannot be increased or decreased.
e SHIELD
Gives a character shields equal to the value of the symbol. RESOLVING DICE THROUGH CARDS
•• All shields must be given to a single character. A player Many cards allow a player to resolve one or more dice.
cannot split the shields from a single die (or a die that has When a player resolves a die through a card, they use the
been modified) among different characters. When resolving normal die effect based on the symbol, and follow any
multiple dice in the same action, each die can give shields extra instructions.
to a different character.
•• A player must still pay any resource cost on that die.
•• A character cannot have more than 3 shields. Any excess
shields that would be given to the character are ignored. •• A player cannot resolve a modifier by itself.

•• A player cannot use modifiers when resolving a die through

q RESOURCE a card effect, unless the card allows them to resolve
multiple dice of the same symbol.
Gains resources equal to the value of the symbol.

f DISRUPT DICE LEAVING PLAY

Forces an opponent to lose resources equal to the value of •• If a card with a matching die leaves play, the matching die
the symbol. is also immediately returned to the set-aside zone. The
removed die can enter play again at a later time, if its card
•• If an opponent does not have as many resources as enters play again.
the value of the symbol, then they lose all of their
remaining resources. •• If a player has two copies of the same upgrade on a
character, and both of those upgrade dice are in their
•• The opponent cannot lose resources they don’t have; a dice pool when they have to discard an upgrade from
player cannot have fewer than zero resources. play, the player can choose which die to remove and set
aside. If a player has two copies of the same upgrade on
different characters (one upgrade on each character),
o DISCARD they must make sure to track each die separately.
Discards random cards from an opponent’s hand equal to the
value of the symbol.

•• If an opponent does not have as many cards in hand as

the value of the symbol, then they discard all of their
remaining cards.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 9 DICE

 PART 3. AREAS OF PLAY •• A player cannot have a card their opponent owns in
their hand.

Each player has their own areas of play. These areas are
either in play or out-of-play.
DECK
Each player brings a deck of 30 cards to the game. During the
game, the deck refers to the stack of facedown cards a player
IN PLAY has not drawn yet.

CHARACTERS & PLAYED CARDS •• After being shuffled, the deck is kept with the cards
facedown, and players cannot look through it or change its
After an upgrade or support is played, it is added to the play order except through game abilities.
area and is in play. Characters also start the game in play,
and remain there until defeated. Events are never in play; •• The number of cards left in a player’s deck is
they are played, resolved, and discarded without entering the open information.
play area.
•• A player cannot have a card their opponent owns in
•• The abilities on cards in play can be used. their deck.

•• A card enters play when it transitions from an out-of-play

area to the in play area. DISCARD PILE
The discard pile is a faceup pile near a player’s deck where
•• “From play” is short for “from the in play area.” they place their discarded cards.

DICE POOL •• The cards in a discard pile are open information. All
players can look through any player’s discard pile whenever
This is where dice are rolled. Each player has their own dice they wish.
pool. Dice are always placed on their matching cards when
not in a dice pool. •• The order of the discard pile is irrelevant. A player can
adjust the order of the cards in their discard pile whenever
•• A player can only resolve dice in their own dice pool. they wish.
•• Dice in a player’s dice pool can be manipulated (removed,
turned, etc.) or used as a reference for card effects that LIMBO
require a specific side to be showing. When an event is played, it is placed faceup on the table and
is in limbo. It is no longer in the player’s hand. Once the event
RESOURCES resolves, it goes to the discard pile.
A player’s resources are kept next to their cards. •• The event does not enter play, but it is considered to have
been played.
•• The number of resources a player has is open information.

BATTLEFIELD (IF CONTROLLED) DICE ON CARDS

When dice are not in a dice pool, they are placed on their
If a player controls the battlefield, it’s kept in their in play area. matching card.

OUT-OF-PLAY •• These dice are not active, cannot be manipulated, and none
of their sides are considered to be showing.
Cards in a player’s hand, deck, discard pile, and set-aside
zone are out of play and their abilities cannot be used until
they are played or return to play, or a card says otherwise.
SET-ASIDE ZONE
Each player has a set-aside zone. At the beginning of the
•• A card leaves play when it transitions from the play area to game, some dice are set aside. These are dice that can
an out-of-play area. enter play via cards. Players may hide these dice from their
opponent using a tray or a dice bag.
HAND Cards can also enter or leave the set-aside zone. Cards in the
Each player has a hand of cards. As an action, they are set-aside zone are open knowledge unless otherwise noted.
able to play a card from their hand by paying the card’s Defeated characters are placed in the set-aside zone, and
resource cost. some cards, like Premonitions (D131) or battlefields that are
not chosen during setup, also use this zone.
•• Each player has a hand size. A player’s hand size
determines how many cards they draw up to during the
upkeep phase (after discarding any cards they want). The
SUPPLY
default hand size is 5 cards. A player does not have to This is where the various game tokens are placed. All tokens
discard cards when they have more than their hand size. are taken from the supply when gained (resources), dealt
(damage), or given (shields). All tokens are returned to the
•• The number of cards in a player’s hand is open supply when spent (resources), lost (resources), healed
information, but the actual cards in it are hidden from a (damage) or removed (shields). If players run out of tokens,
player’s opponent. they should find a proper proxy.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 10 AREAS OF PLAY

 AREAS OF PLAY BATTLEFIELD

DICE POOL

CHARACTERS

UPGRADE
SUPPLY

DECK DISCARD PILE

SUPPORT
SET-ASIDE ZONE

RESOURCES

HAND

STAR WARS: DESTINY AREAS OF PLAY 11

 PART 4. CUSTOMIZATION Example: A player chooses the elite version of Leia Organa
(r28) for 16 points, and the non-elite version of Han Solo (r46)
for 14 points. Their two characters are a combined 30 points,
Customization happens before playing a game. Players can which is the most points there can be on a team.
experience the game in new ways by developing one-of-a-kind
strategies and combinations. Since Leia Organa and Han Solo are hero characters, the
player cannot use villain cards in their deck. They can also
not include Blue cards, since they did not choose a Blue
1. BUILDING A TEAM character. The player selects 30 Red, Yellow, and Gray cards
to add to their deck. They decide to take at least 10 cards
To build a team, a player chooses up to 30 points that have dice, as it is important to draw and play cards that
of characters. provide dice.
•• A player must select either hero or villain characters; hero Finally, the player selects Rebel War Room (r171) as their
and villain characters cannot be on the same team. battlefield. If chosen during setup, this will allow them to
use their dice with resource costs, like Han Solo’s 3 ranged
•• A player can select only one copy of each unique (*)
damage side, for free.
character, but they can select any number of copies of non-
unique characters. When selecting a unique character, the
player must choose whether to use the elite (larger point
value, two dice) or non-elite (smaller point value, one die)
version of that character.

•• A player must choose at least one character.

•• There are no restrictions based on a character’s color. A

player may include characters of the same color or different
colors on their team.

2. BUILDING A DECK
A deck includes exactly 30 cards.

•• The deck cannot include more than 2 copies of the

same card.

•• If a team has hero characters, its deck cannot contain villain

cards. If a team has villain characters, its deck cannot contain
hero cards. Neutral cards can be included in any deck.

•• Blue, Red, and Yellow cards can only be included in the

deck if the team includes a character of the corresponding
color. Gray cards can be included in any deck.

•• A deck can contain events, upgrades, and supports.

Characters and battlefields are not included in a deck and do
not count toward its 30 card limit.

3. SELECTING A BATTLEFIELD
In addition to characters and a deck, a player selects one
battlefield to bring with them to the game.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 12 CUSTOMIZATION

 PART 5. GAME STRUCTURE ACTION PHASE
During the action phase, players alternate taking turns. The
The game is a fast-paced, back-and-forth battle where players player who controls the battlefield takes the first turn. When it
alternate taking actions. is a player’s turn, they can perform one action or pass. When
both players pass consecutively, the action phase ends and
play proceeds to the upkeep phase.
SETUP
To set up the game, follow these steps in order: UPKEEP PHASE
During the upkeep phase, each player does the following:
1. Each player places their character cards faceup in front of
them, along with those characters’ matching dice.
1. Readies their exhausted cards.
2. Each player sets aside their battlefield faceup.
2. Returns all of the dice still in their dice pool to their
3. Each player shuffles their 30-card deck and draws 5 cards matching cards.
from it.
3. Gains 2 resources.
4. Each player shuffles any number of cards from their hand
4. Discards any number of cards from their hand, and then
back into their deck, and then redraws until they have 5
draws up until they have cards in hand equal to their
cards in hand.
hand size.
•• Players should try and choose their cards simultaneously.
•• If, after discarding, a player has cards in their hand equal to
If there is a disagreement over who chooses their cards
or greater than their hand size, they do not draw any cards.
first, then randomly determine a player to choose first.
•• If a player does not have enough cards left to draw up to
5. Players sort the various game tokens (damage, shields, and
their hand size, they draw as many cards as they can.
resources) into piles near the play area. Each player gains 2
resources from this supply.
6. Players roll their starting character dice and add up the ACTIONS
values rolled (the white numbers). If there is a tie, they Actions are taken by a player whenever it is their turn. On a
roll again. The player with the highest total chooses which player’s turn, they must take an action or pass. The different
battlefield to fight on. The player whose battlefield is being actions are listed below and described in detail on the
used controls the battlefield and places it next to their deck. following page:
The player whose battlefield is not being used sets their
battlefield aside and gives 2 shields to their characters, •• Play a card from hand
distributed as they wish. After rolling, return all character
dice to their matching cards. •• Activate a character or support

ROUNDS •• Resolve dice

Each game is played over a series of rounds. Each round has •• Discard a card to reroll dice
two different phases: an action phase and an upkeep phase.
•• Use a card action

•• Claim the battlefield

STAR WARS: DESTINY 13 STRUCTURE

 PLAY A CARD FROM HAND •• A player can resolve dice with different values during the
Before a player plays a card, they should first check to see if same action, provided the dice share a symbol.
there are any play restrictions on the card. If there are, and
those conditions are not met, then the card cannot be played. •• A player cannot choose to resolve dice symbols if they have
no symbols of that type to resolve. A player must resolve at
If there are no restrictions, or all restrictions to play the card least one die when taking this action.
are met, then the player must pay resources equal to the
card’s cost. If they do not have enough resources to pay, then •• A player can resolve any dice with the same symbol, even
the card is not played. A player can attempt to play a card if those dice were not showing that symbol when the player
even if they do not currently have the resources for it, as the started resolving dice.
cost printed on the card can be altered by in-game effects.
•• A player cannot resolve the same die more than once
Once a card’s cost has been paid, the card is resolved based per action.
on its type.
DISCARD TO REROLL DICE
•• Playing an Event: The player follows the card’s instructions
A player can discard one card of their choice from their hand
and then discards it. The card is in limbo while resolving.
to reroll one or more dice in their pool. They must choose all
•• Playing an Upgrade: The player chooses and attaches the the dice they want to reroll before rerolling.
upgrade to a character by placing it next to or below that
•• If there are no dice in their pool, they cannot discard a card
character. Before paying the cost to play an upgrade, the
from their hand to reroll.
player can choose to replace an upgrade that is already
on the chosen character. The cost to play the new upgrade
is decreased by the cost of the old upgrade, and the old USE A CARD ACTION
upgrade is discarded when the new one comes into play.
Some support, upgrade, and character cards have special
If the old upgrade costs equal to or more than the one
actions listed on them. These actions are preceded by the
replacing it, then the new upgrade is free.
word “Action” in bold. To resolve this action, follow the
card’s instructions.
•• Most upgrades come with an extra die. When they are
played, the player takes the matching die from their set-
aside dice and places it on the upgrade (or, for ease of CLAIM THE BATTLEFIELD
use, they can also place it on that character instead since
When a player claims the battlefield, they may use its claim
it is rolled along with the character’s dice).
ability. If they do not control the battlefield, they take control
of it and move the battlefield card next to their deck. For
•• Playing a Support: The player places the card on the table
the rest of this round, that player automatically passes all
below their team. Some supports also have a die that
of their future turns and declines to act if they ever have the
comes with them. When they are played, the player takes
opportunity to take actions. Their opponent continues taking
the matching die from their set-aside dice and places it on
turns until they also pass. Only one player can claim the
the support.
battlefield each round.

ACTIVATE A CHARACTER OR SUPPORT •• A player does not have to use the claim ability.
To activate a character or support card, a player exhausts
•• A player can claim the battlefield even if they already control
that card and rolls all of its dice. These dice are now in that
it in order to keep control of it and use its claim ability.
player’s dice pool, and that player can take an action on a
future turn to resolve their symbols. Characters always roll
•• The player who controls the battlefield takes the first turn
their character dice and their upgrade dice (from attached
each round.
upgrades) when activated. Supports roll their own die into
the dice pool when activated. Supports without a die cannot
be activated.

•• All of the dice associated with a character (its character

and upgrade dice) must be rolled when that character is
activated. A player cannot choose which dice to roll.

•• An exhausted character or support cannot be activated.

RESOLVE DICE
Each die side has a symbol on it (see page 9). A player may
resolve one or more dice in their pool that have the same
symbol, one at a time (unless adding a modified die, then the
dice are resolved simultaneously). To resolve a die, a player
must pay any costs and carry out the effect represented by
the symbol on that die. Then they return it to the card that it
came from.

•• A player can only resolve dice in their own dice pool.

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 EXTRA ACTIONS
When a player is allowed to take additional actions on
their turn, they must immediately take them following the
resolution of the current action or decline to act (this is
not the same as passing your turn). If they are allowed to
take an action outside of their turn, they also must take it
immediately or decline to act.

Each action, and any abilities its resolution triggers, must fully
resolve before an additional action is taken. Actions wait to be
resolved in the order they were created in. They do not enter
the queue (see page 17) like other game effects.

Example: A player plays an upgrade that has the Ambush

keyword on Rey (r38) while their opponent has a Jango
Fett (r21) ready. They now have two additional actions to
resolve, one from the Ambush and one from Rey’s ability.
They use one of the additional actions to activate Rey. As a
consequence of Rey activating, Jango’s after ability meets
its trigger condition and is added to the queue. Because
additional actions exist outside the queue, waiting for the
current action to complete, his ability resolves before the Rey
player spends their second additional action.

PASSING
If a player does not wish to take an action on their turn,
they may pass their turn. They do nothing, but they retain
the option to take an action after their opponent. After
both players pass consecutively, the round proceeds to the
upkeep phase.

If a player takes an action that does nothing, then they are

considered to have passed their turn instead.

Example 1: A player uses the Action on General Veers (r4),

but there is no Veers die for them to remove. As such, nothing
happens and they are considered to have passed their turn.

Example 2: A player uses the Action on Backup Muscle (r99)

when the card is ready and there’s no damage on it to move.
However, since the Backup Muscle exhausts, something
happened and the action does not count as a pass.

WINNING THE GAME

There are two ways for a game to end:

•• All of a player’s characters are defeated. The game ends

immediately and the other player wins the game.

•• If a player has no cards in their hand and deck at the

end of a round (after the upkeep phase), they lose and
the other player wins. If both players would lose this way,
the player who controls the battlefield at the end of the
round wins.

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 PART 6. GAME CONCEPTS RESOURCES
These are important rules that are used every game.
Resources are the game’s currency and are used to pay
for cards, card abilities, and resolving dice. The amount
of resources a player has available at any given time is
DAMAGE represented by their resource tokens. Resources begin the
game in the supply. When a player gains resources, they
take tokens from the supply. When a player spends or loses
resources, they return tokens to the supply.
When a character is dealt damage, place that much damage
on the character. When a character has damage on it equal to
•• Each player gains 2 resources during the upkeep phase.
its health, it is immediately defeated.
•• If the supply of resource tokens runs out, substitute a
•• Unblockable damage cannot be blocked by shields or card
different token or track resources using a different method.
effects. Any shields on a character who is dealt unblockable
damage remain on that character; the shields are ignored
for the purposes of dealing the unblockable damage.

•• Unless specified, damage is neither ranged or melee. “That SHIELDS

damage” is short for “that amount of damage.”
Shields block damage. Each shield blocks 1 damage that
Example: A player uses Deflect (r145) to remove a would be dealt to the character. After blocking damage, the
die showing ranged damage and deal 2 damage to shield token is removed.
a character. The damage that was just dealt is not
considered to be ranged damage. •• It is not optional to use a shield. Shields must be used to
block damage, if possible.
•• Damage tokens come in values of one and three. A player
can swap between these tokens as necessary in order to •• Each character can have a maximum of 3 shields at one
track the amount of damage on a character. If the supply time. If an effect would give a character more than 3
of damage tokens runs out, substitute a different token or shields, ignore the excess shields.
track damage using a different method.
•• If the supply of shield tokens runs out, substitute a different
•• Damage dealt during the same action is usually dealt at token or track shields using a different method.
different times since the dice are resolved one at a time.
The only time multiple dice deal damage at the exact same
time is when a die is being modified by other dice. DRAW
•• When a player distributes damage “as they wish,” players Whenever a player draws a card, they take the top card of
cannot deal excess damage (damage above their health) to their deck and add it to their hand.
their characters.
•• When players draw multiple cards, the cards are drawn
simultaneously.
Example: A player has two characters with 1 health
remaining each. They are forced to distribute two-damage
•• If a player does not have as many cards left in their deck as
from the special on the F-11D Rifle (r8). They must deal
they are supposed to draw, then they draw as many of the
each of their characters one-damage, instead of dealing
remaining cards as possible. If a player cannot draw any
one of the characters two damage.
cards, then nothing happens.

DEFEATED CHARACTERS READY

When a character has damage on it equal to its health, it is
A card is ready when it is in an upright position. Ready cards
immediately defeated. Set aside its character card and all of
can be exhausted (turned sideways). A player instructed to
its dice (both its character and upgrade dice), and discard all
ready a card should turn the card to an upright position.
upgrades on it. (While set aside, the character and its dice
are no longer in play and cannot be used.)
•• A card that is already ready cannot be readied.
•• Any excess damage dealt to a character above its health
•• Ready supports and characters can exhaust to activate.
is ignored.
Ready upgrades can only be exhausted through
card effects.
•• When all of a player’s characters are defeated, they lose.

EXHAUSTED
A card is exhausted when it is turned sideways. Exhausted
cards can be readied (turned upright). A player instructed to
exhaust a card should turn the card to a sideways position.

•• A card that is already exhausted cannot be

exhausted again.

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 PART 7. ABILITIES ACTION ABILITIES
Some support, upgrade, and character cards have unique
An ability is the special game text that a card contributes actions listed on them. These actions are preceded by the
to the game. There are five types of abilities: action word “Action” in bold. To resolve this ability, a player must
abilities, claim abilities, ongoing abilities, special abilities, spend one action on it during their turn and then follow the
and triggered abilities. There are also keywords, which instructions on the card.
are shorthands for abilities that appear on multiple cards.
Cards can have more than one ability; each ability is its own Example: Underworld Connections (r101) has the action
paragraph on the card. ability “Action - Exhaust this support to gain 1 resource.”

Example: Finn (r45) has two different abilities.

CLAIM ABILITIES
An ability becomes usable as soon as its card enters play, and
Battlefields have claim abilities on them, preceded by the
remains usable as long as that card is in play. An ability from
word “Claim” in bold. These abilities are optional and may be
an event is resolved when that event is played.
resolved by the player who claims the battlefield.
Players must resolve as much of an ability as they are able to,
unless it includes the word “may” or explicitly gives the player
a choice. Special abilities (S) are mandatory if that side of its
ONGOING ABILITIES
die is resolved. Any non-keyword ability whose text contains no trigger
condition and does not have a bold word in front of it (like
“Action” or “Claim”) is an ongoing ability.
QUEUE
Example: Personal Escort (r78) has the ongoing ability
The queue is an imaginary line that most game effects
“Attached character has the Guardian keyword.”
and abilities enter and leave in chronological order when
triggered, based on a “first in, first out” principle. Each one
waits its turn in the queue until the trigger condition is
complete. Each effect must fully resolve before the next one
INHERENT DICE ABILITIES
resolves. If during the resolution of something in the queue, Some cards have ongoing abilities on them which are
another effect is added, it moves to “the end” of the queue considered to be inherent to the die, and always affect how
and is resolved last. the die resolves, independent of the card being in play.
Inherent dice abilities other than specials never use the words
•• After abilities enter the queue. “before” or “after” or “while.”

•• Before abilities do not enter the queue, but interrupt it. Example: Diplomatic Immunity (r50) says “The shields
from this die can be given to any of your characters,
•• Additional actions that are gained do not enter the queue, distributed as you wish.” The shields from this die can
but instead wait their turn since a player can only resolve be split up regardless of whether the card is in play or
one action at a time. not, such as when resolved through Poe Dameron’s (r29)
special ability.
Example: A player resolves one of their dice to deal 2
damage to a character. The 2 damage enters the queue, and •• Dice with a non-special inherent die ability: Diplomatic
since nothing else is in the queue it currently resolves. Immunity (r50), Launch Bay (r31), Lure of Power (D16)

Example 2 (see diagram below): A player plays the event

Squad Tactics (r143) with two Tusken Raiders (r22) and
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Captian Phasma (r1) on their team. Both of the Tusken These are a type of inherent die abilities that appear on
Raiders have the Guardian keyword, and since this is a before some cards and are marked by the special (S) symbol. When
ability it interrupts the game (and does not enter the queue). a die with that symbol is resolved, the special ability on its
One of the Tusken Raiders is defeated by the damage it takes matching card is resolved.
with Guardian, and the Redeploy keyword on the Gaffi Stick
(r25) attached to it enters the queue. However, since Squad •• The special (S) cannot be resolved to use the special ability
Tactics is currently in the queue, waiting for the Guardian on a different card.
abilities to resolve, the Redeploy keyword goes to the end
of the line. Now that one Tusken Raider is defeated, Squad •• If a card has more than one special ability, the player who
Tactics activates the other Tusken Raider. It rolls its dice into resolves it may choose which one to use.
the pool, completing the resolution of Squad Tactics, and then
the Gaffi Stick is redeployed to either it or Captain Phasma.
(It cannot be rolled in by the other Tusken Raider.)
#1 #2 #3
Squad Tactics enters queue Guardian abilities interrupt, Redeploy enters queue
resolve

QUEUE #4
Squad Tactics resolves
#5
Redeploy resolves

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 KEYWORDS BEFORE ABILITIES
Keywords are shorthands for abilities that appear on If, during the course of a game, a before ability meets its
multiple cards. trigger condition, immediately resolve the before ability prior
to resolving the rest of the effect. In this way, before abilities
•• A card cannot gain another copy of a keyword; it either has can interrupt the flow of the game and ignore the queue.
the keyword or does not have the keyword.
Example: One with the Force (r42) says “Before attached
•• If a card loses a keyword, then it loses the keyword no character is defeated, this card becomes a support for the
matter how many times it would gain it. rest of the game.” The trigger condition is “attached character
is defeated,” and the timing word “before” tells you to resolve
•• The italicized text that explains keywords on cards is the rest of the effect before the trigger condition resolves.
solely reminder text, and is overridden by the full rules
written below. AFTER ABILITIES
If, during the course of a game, an after ability meets its
AMBUSH trigger condition, it resolves following the resolution of the
After playing (and resolving) a card with Ambush, a player trigger condition. Unlike before abilities, after abilities do not
may immediately take another action. interrupt the flow of the game, and instead wait their turn in
the queue to resolve.
•• If a player is allowed to take an action outside of their turn,
they immediately take it. Example: Comlink (r61) says “After you play this upgrade,
you may reroll any number of your dice or any number of
your opponent’s dice.” The effect of playing the card must
GUARDIAN fully resolve (paying the cost, choosing a character to attach
Before a character with Guardian activates, its owner it to), and then the after ability resolves.
may remove one die showing damage (k or j) from
their opponent’s dice pool to deal damage equal to •• If the trigger condition of an after ability was part of
the value showing on the die removed to the activating another ability, that entire ability is completed before the
Guardian character. new after ability resolves.

REDEPLOY SIMULTANEOUS ABILITIES

This keyword only appears on upgrades. After the attached When two or more triggered abilities meet their trigger conditions
character is defeated, its controller may move this upgrade to at the same time, the player who is resolving those abilities
any of their other characters. The upgrade die moves to the chooses the order they resolve in (in the case of before abilities)
new character card, even if it was in the dice pool. or enter the queue in (in the case of after abilities). If more than
one player has abilities that are simultaneous, the player who
•• The Redeploy keyword ignores play restrictions when controls the battlefield chooses the order they resolve/enter the
attaching to a new character. queue in.

Example: A Tusken Raider (r22) is activated with Jango Fett

TRIGGERED ABILITIES (r21) in play. Each card is controlled by a different player.
A triggered ability has a trigger condition and an effect. When Both have an after ability that can resolve after the Tusken
a triggered ability meets its trigger condition, the ability Raider activates, so it is the battlefield controller’s choice as
resolves. There are two types of triggered abilities: ”after” and to which one enters the queue first.
“before” abilities.

•• Triggered abilities exist independently of their source.

Once triggered, the entire ability resolves, even if the card
it was on leaves play.

TRIGGER CONDITION
A trigger condition indicates the timing point at which an
ability may be used, and always follows either the word “after”
or “before.” A trigger condition matches a specific occurrence
that takes place in the game.

Example: Qui-Gon Jinn (r37) is about to gain a shield, which

is the trigger condition for his ability that says “Before this
character gains 1 or more shields, you may remove 1 of his
shields to deal 1 damage to a character.”

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 EFFECTS REPLACEMENT EFFECTS
An effect is anything that results from an ability. An effect lasts A replacement effect uses the word “instead” somewhere in
for as long as the action described in it. its text. If a replacement effect resolves, the original effect
is considered to have not resolved, and no abilities can
be triggered off of it. (Abilities can be triggered off of the
DELAYED EFFECTS replacement effect.)
Some abilities contain delayed effects. Such abilities specify
a future timing point, or indicate a future condition that may Example: Second Chance (r137) says “Before attached
arise, and contain an effect that is to happen at that time. character would be defeated, instead heal 5 damage from it
and discard this upgrade.” Because this prevents the character
Example: Crime Lord (r23) says “You may pay 5 resources from being defeated, the character is never considered to have
to choose a character. That character is defeated after this been defeated.
round ends.” The character being defeated is a delayed effect
because it does not fully resolve until a future point in time. Some replacement effects that are part of before abilities use
the word “would be” in their text. These effects are faster than
•• An event with a delayed effect creates the effect, and other before abilities, and no abilities can be triggered off of
then is discarded. It does not remain in limbo until the the original effect.
effect resolves.
Example: Second Chance (r137) resolves before the before
ability on General Grievous (r3). Since the character affected
by Second Chance is no longer defeated, General Grievous’
ability cannot be triggered.

•• When two or more replacement effects are trying to replace

the same thing, the player who is resolving those abilities
chooses the order they resolve/enter the queue in. If more than
one player has abilities that are simultaneous, the player who
controls the battlefield chooses the order they resolve in. The
other replacement effect(s) no longer resolve, since the thing
they are replacing no longer exists (it has already been
replaced).

SELF-REFERENTIAL EFFECTS
When a card’s ability text refers to its own card type, such as
“this upgrade” or “this character,” it refers to itself only, and
not to other copies (by title) of the card.

NEGATIVE EFFECTS
Negative effects take precedence over positive effects. If an
effect says a player cannot do something, then they cannot do
it, even if another effect says they can.

“THEN” EFFECTS
In order to resolve an effect that is preceded by the word
“then,” the previous effects on the card must have fully
resolved (i.e., the game state changes to reflect the intent
of the effect in its entirety). If the part of an ability that
precedes the word “then” does not successfully resolve
in full, the part of the ability that follows the word
“then” does not attempt to resolve.

Example: Scavenge (r132) says “Discard the

top 3 cards of your deck. Then you may add
an upgrade or a support from your discard
pile to your hand.” If less than 3 cards remain
in your deck, you cannot add a card to your
hand because the previous effect did not
fully resolve.

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 PART 8. TERMS COPY (OF A CARD)
A copy of a card is defined by its title. Any other card that
Below are definitions and explanations of important shares the same title is considered a copy, regardless of card
terms that players should know. These are listed in type, text, artwork, or any other characteristic of the card.
alphabetical order.

DECREASES
CHARACTER DIE Effects which decrease something only last for the duration of
A character die is a die that matches a character. the effect. Some effects have an ongoing duration.

•• Upgrade dice are not character dice, even though Example: It Binds All Things (r150) says “Before you play
characters also use them when they activate. a Blue upgrade, you may exhaust this support to decrease
its cost by 1.” This only applies while paying the cost to play
the upgrade; once it is played, its cost returns to the normal
CHEAPEST value since you have now played a Blue upgrade.
Something that is cheapest has the lowest cost.

•• Any effect modifying the cost should be taken into account. FREE
When something is played or resolved for free, a player does
not pay any cost for the card or die.
CHOOSE- EITHER
If an ability uses “choose” and “either,” the player using the
ability may choose either option, even if the chosen one will HEAL
have no effect. Once the player has made their choice, they When damage is healed from a character, remove that
have to resolve as much of it as possible. amount of damage from it.

•• Some cards force an opponent to make a choice. The •• Heal as much damage as possible. Excess healing
opponent can also choose either option. is ignored.

•• If no damage was removed by the healing effect, then the

CHOOSE- TARGET character is not considered to have been healed.
A target is a card or die to which an effect will happen.
The term “choose” indicates that a target must be chosen
in order for the ability to resolve. The player resolving the INCREASES
effect must choose a game element that meets the targeting Effects which increase something only last for the duration of
requirements of the ability. the effect. Some effects have an ongoing duration.

•• When making a choice, a player cannot choose invalid Example: Emperor’s Favor (r88) says “Your hand size is
targets, e.g., they cannot deal damage to a defeated increased by 1.” Because this effect does not have a duration
character. If there are no valid targets, then the card assigned to it, the increase is constantly applied.
does nothing.

•• If multiple targets are required to be chosen by the same LOOK AT

player, these are chosen simultaneously.
Sometimes an effect allows a player to look at cards in a
player’s hand or deck. Looking at a card does not change the
•• An effect that can choose “any number” of targets can
position of the card, and after being looked at the card should
successfully resolve if zero of those targets are chosen,
be returned to its previous location.
though it might have no effect.

COMBINED VALUE MOVE

Some effects allow players to move cards or tokens.
The combined value is the sum of the values showing on all
the dice being referenced.
•• When something moves, it cannot move to its same
(current) placement. If there is no valid destination for a
Example: The combined value of two dice showing ranged
move, the move cannot resolve.
damage, with values of 2 and 1 respectively, would be 3.
•• When damage is moved to a new character, it ignores
CONTROLLER shields and the character is not considered to have
taken damage.
The controller of a card or die is the player who has it in their
in play area. By default, players control all of the cards and •• An upgrade with a play restriction can be moved to any
dice they own. character, as the upgrade is not being played.

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 OWNER •• Dice sides that are not faceup cannot be referenced when a
card requires a symbol to be showing.
The owner of a card or die is the player who brought the card
or die to the game. A player can own a card or die but lose •• Effects which reference a certain symbol showing on a die work
control over it (such as losing control of the battlefield). with any side showing that symbol, even if it is a modified side.

•• Dice on cards do not have any sides showing. A die can

PLAY RESTRICTIONS only show a side once it has been rolled into a player’s
dice pool.
Play restrictions sometimes appear on a card and are marked
by the word “only.” A player cannot play the card unless the
play restriction is met.
SPOTTING
Upgrade cards sometimes say “(Color) character only”. If a Some cards require a player to spot a specific game element
player does not have a character of that color to attach the in order to use its ability. To spot an element, a player must
upgrade to, the upgrade cannot be played. have that element in play. Most cards just require a player to
spot a character of a specific color.
•• Upgrades do not get removed from a character if the play
restriction is no longer fulfilled. The character must only Example: Use the Force (r149) says “Spot a Blue character
fulfill the play restriction when the card is first played. to turn a die to any side” You must have an undefeated Blue
character on your team, or the card does nothing.

REMOVING DICE •• A player cannot spot their opponents’ characters or cards,

unless the card explicitly says so.
Removing dice moves them from a player’s dice pool back to
their matching card.
•• If a player is not able to spot the required element, then
the card does nothing.
•• A die cannot be removed unless it is in a player’s dice pool.

•• If dice of a specific symbol must be removed to trigger an

effect, then it does not matter if those dice can currently be
TAKING DAMAGE
resolved. Symbols that are modifiers or require a resource Damage is taken only when one or more damage tokens are
match still count as that symbol. placed on the character. If all damage dealt was blocked by
shields or some other ability, then no damage was taken.

REPLACE •• Damage not taken is still dealt.

When an upgrade is discarded to decrease the cost of another
Example: Hunker Down (r164) says “After this character
upgrade, the new upgrade replaces the old one.
takes melee damage, discard this upgrade.” If two melee
damage is dealt to the character but is blocked by 2
ROLLING shields, then no damage was taken by the character and
Hunker Down is not discarded.
When a card refers to rolling a die, this applies to both rolling
it into your pool and rerolling it (if it was already in your pool).
TURN (DIE)
SHOWING When a player turns a die to a side, they rotate it so that side
is faceup (showing).
A die side is showing if it is the faceup side after being rolled
into a dice pool. •• When turning a die, it must turn to a different side. A
player cannot turn a die to the same side it was on before
turning it. (If the die has the same symbol and value on two
or more of its sides, it can be turned to an identical side).

UNBLOCKABLE DAMAGE
•• Unblockable damage cannot be blocked by
shields or card effects. Any shields on a character dealt
unblockable damage remain on that character.

X AS A VARIABLE
Some cards refer to X as a variable. X is always a
number that is defined by the card, and does not have a
standard value.

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 PART 9. MULTIPLAYER RULES ACTIONS
Players take actions clockwise around the play area, starting
In addition to playing against one opponent, players can with the player who controls the battlefield. All players must
choose to play against more than one opponent in a consecutively pass to end the round. Only one person can
multiplayer game. There is one official format: free-for-all. claim the battlefield.

FREE-FOR-ALL CHOOSING OPPONENTS

When an ability refers to an opponent, the player using the
More than two players can participate in a free-for-all game,
ability chooses which opponent it affects.
though 3-4 is the recommended number. Players should
follow all of the normal rules of the game, with the following
exceptions and additions. PLAYER ELIMINATION
If all of a player’s characters are defeated, or there are no
SETUP cards left in their deck and hand at the end of the round, that
player is immediately eliminated from the game. Any of their
To set up the game, follow these steps in order:
cards and dice are removed from the game, except for cards
that they no longer control or their battlefield if it is active. If
1. Randomly seat the players at the table.
the eliminated player controlled the battlefield, then no one
2. All players roll off for the battlefield. The player with the controls the battlefield until someone else claims it (and if it
highest value wins the roll off, and chooses a battlefield to has already been claimed this round, then players must wait
use for the game. Each player whose battlefield was not until the next round). The player to their left decides how
chosen gets 1 shield to give to one of their characters and simultaneous abilities controlled by more than one player are
sets their battlefield aside. If players tie during the roll off, resolved until someone else controls the battlefield. The other
only the tied players roll again to break the tie. players continue playing until there is only one player left in
the game; that player wins.

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 ERRATA SPIRIT OF REBELLION (D)
This section includes a list of changes made to cards that are OUTER RIM SMUGGLER (46)
not reflected on the printed card, sorted by set.
Should read: “The first time each round you play the last
card from your hand, gain 1 resource.”

AWAKENINGS (r) Context: Two of this card could generate countless resources
with Return of the Jedi.

HYPERSPACE JUMP (129)

Should read: “End the action phase. You may switch the
battlefield with the battlefield that is not being used. Set
aside this card instead of discarding it.“

Context: This card could be played many times per game with
the Millennium Falcon, so now it goes to your set-aside zone
after resolving.

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 CARD CLARIFICATIONS HYPERSPACE JUMP (129)
•• Control of the battlefield does not change, even if the
battlefield is switched out.
This section provides you answers about specific cards, sorted
by set. •• The claim ability of the battlefield is not used.

LET THE WOOKIE WIN (130)

AWAKENINGS (r) •• Either option can be chosen, even if there are fewer than 2
dice in the pool or no exhausted characters.
ABANDON ALL HOPE (79)
NIGHTSISTER (12)
•• Either option can be chosen, no matter how many
•• The Nightsister can reroll a die and then take the final
resources or cards in hand a player has.
damage to defeat herself.

ACE IN THE HOLE (92) ONE WITH THE FORCE (42)

•• Any inherent dice ability (this includes special abilities) on
•• When this card becomes a support, its die remains in the
the die can still be resolved as normal.
pool if it is already there. If it was not in the pool, then it
moves from the character to the support.
•• Any non-inherent dice ability on the card that the die is
associated with does not apply to the die.
PADAWAN (36)
BOUNDLESS AMBITION (80) •• If you replace an upgrade on the Padawan in order to
decrease the cost of a new weapon upgrade you are
•• You can only draw cards with this until you have cards in
playing, the replaced upgrade stays on the Padawan until
your hand equal to your hand size.
the new upgrade enters play. As such, the Padawan’s ability
cannot decrease the cost of the new upgrade.
CRIME LORD (23)
•• If the character with Crime Lord is defeated after Crime POE DAMERON (29)
Lord’s ability is triggered, Crime Lord still triggers at the
•• During the resolution of Poe’s special, if another special
end of the round even if it is no longer in play.
ability is chosen on the card that is discarded, that special
fully resolves before the “Then” effect.
•• Players lose from having no cards in their hand and deck
before Crime Lord resolves at the end of the round.
RETREAT (110)
COUNT DOOKU (9) •• Control of the battlefield does not change.
•• If a die is spent with a modified die, that is one source of
damage and Count Dooku can only gain 1 shield. REY (38)
•• If you play an upgrade with Ambush on Rey, you may take
•• If two or more non-modified dice are spent during the same
two additional actions during your turn.
action, Dooku could gain a shield for each one, because
each die is resolved separately.
SECOND CHANCE (137)
DARING ESCAPE (126) •• Second Chance is a replacement effect so if a character has
two copies of Second Chance and would be defeated, only
•• After rerolling the dice, you remove all of your opponent’s
one copy resolves. The other one can no longer replace
dice showing blanks, even if they were not rerolled.
being defeated and stays attached to the character.

FORCE TRAINING (58) •• When healing with Second Chance, any excess damage
that would be dealt to the character is ignored. Thus if
•• You must pick two different options when resolving its
the character is defeated by damage you always heal the
special ability; you cannot pick the same ability twice.
character down to 5 damage less than its health.

GENERAL GRIEVOUS (3) SITH HOLOCRON (16)

•• General Grievous steals an upgrade before it can
•• You can switch cards that say “Blue character only” onto a
be redeployed.
character that is not Blue.

HUNKER DOWN (164) •• You do not pay any resources for switching to a new card.
•• If shields block all melee damage that was dealt to a
character with Hunker Down attached, then the character
did not take any damage and keeps the upgrade.

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 SPIRIT OF REBELLION (D) FORCE ILLUSION (135)
•• If you discard less cards than the amount of damage being
dealt (by running out of cards in your deck), then none of
ASCENSION GUN (59) the damage is blocked.
•• You can only use the ability on battlefields brought
to the game as part of a player’s deck that are in the FORCE LIGHTNING (14)
set-aside zone.
•• Force Lightning can remove an opponent’s blank (–).
BLACKMAIL (23)
MOMENTUM SHIFT (129)
•• An opponent can give you one resource after each time you
reroll Blackmail as well as roll it into your pool. •• If all of your characters already have their maximum
number of shields, then you cannot move a shield.
C-3PO (30)
PREMONITIONS (131)
•• C-3PO does not allow you to resolve the die without paying
its resource cost, nor does he allow you to ignore modifiers. •• If your opponent has a copy of Premonitions in their set
aside zone, you can play the card on it for free, and then
•• C-3PO can turn other dice into specials, at which point the discard it to their discard pile. You cannot look at their card
value of the die does change to 0. before you play Premonitions.

DIRECTOR KRENNIC (3) SALVO (121)

•• The Deathtrooper die comes from your set-aside zone. If •• If the die has a resource cost, you pay the cost one time,
there is no Deathrooper die in your set-aside zone, then his but deal the damage to each character.
ability does nothing.

•• If you are using Deathtroopers in your team then you must

TRAINING (125)
have additional Deathtrooper dice to use with Krennic. •• The second die comes from your set-aside zone. If you do
not have another of that character’s die, then this ability
does nothing.
CARGO HOLD (152)
•• You can move an upgrade to a character that has 3 •• Playing a second copy of Training on a character does
upgrades, but one of the upgrades has to be discarded. nothing, as the character is already elite.

FN-2199 (2)
•• If you do not resolve the weapon die rolled in with his
ability immediately, then it stays in your pool until resolved
or removed, as per the normal rules.

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 FAQ
Here are a few common questions that a player might have
while playing.

Can I play with my friend if we are both using villain (or hero)
decks?
•• Yes. You can play against anyone, regardless of what
affiliation their deck is. You could even use the same
characters they are using!

When one of my characters is about to take damage, do I

have to use their shields?
•• Yes, if able.

If I play an upgrade on an exhausted character, can I

immediately roll its die into my pool?
•• No. You must wait until the character readies again to
roll the new die into your pool, along with the rest of the
character’s dice.

Can I redeploy an upgrade to a character who already has

the maximum number of upgrades?
•• Yes, but you would have to discard one of the character’s
upgrades to make room.

What is the difference between ranged and melee damage?

•• There is no functional difference. The only difference
between the two is the cards that interact with them and
that you cannot resolve them as part of the same action.

Can I use the special ability on an exhausted card?

•• You can use the special ability on an exhausted card,
provided the ability does not require you to exhaust the What happens if I want to play a copy of a unique card but
card in order to use it. my opponent has one in play?
•• Each player can have one copy of a unique card in play
Can I have more than five cards in my hand? (though you can still have two in your deck). So you can
play your copy, but once you have a copy of it in play, you
•• Yes. You can have more cards in your hand than your hand
cannot play another one.
size. You would not draw more cards during the upkeep
phase, though, if you have more cards in hand than your
hand size after discarding. If I am using multiples of the same character, do I have to
remember which dice came from which character?
Can I discard a Gray upgrade to decrease the cost of a non- •• Yes. Make sure that each character’s dice are positioned
Gray upgrade, and vice versa? in such a way that it is obvious which character they came
from. If a character is defeated, its specific dice must be
•• Yes. You can discard an upgrade of any color to decrease
removed from the pool, if they are there.
the cost of another upgrade, regardless of its color.

What happens if I replace an upgrade with another upgrade

Do I have to resolve all of my dice of the same symbol
that costs fewer resources?
at once?
•• You play the new upgrade for free.
•• No. You resolve only as many dice of one symbol as you
wish while taking the Resolve Dice action.
Is a character die any die that the character has?
What happens if I play a support card that has “Action” listed •• No. A character die is a die that corresponds to the
on it? character card. An upgrade is never a character die and is
always called out by card text as an upgrade die.
•• You now have a new action that you can take. You do not
resolve the action when you play the card.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 26 FAQ

 What is the difference between a turn and a round? Can I exhaust or play a card that has an action that I cannot
fully resolve in order to stall the round? Like a Backup Muscle
•• A turn is one player’s action. A round consists of an action
(r99) with no damage on it or playing Noble Sacrifice (r118)
phase and an upkeep phase.
when I have no Blue characters.

Can I use the special ability on Crime Lord (r23) if I roll it •• Yes. Playing a card from your hand, even if it has no effect,
into my pool with Ace in the Hole (r92)? removes a card from your hand and does not count as
doing nothing. The same applies to exhausting a card or
•• Yes. Because special abilities are inherent to the die, they rerolling a die to its same side.
can be used even if the card is not in play.
What happens to a character’s dice that are still in the dice
Can Rey (r38) take an additional action if I claim the pool when they are readied again, like with Bala-Tik (r19)
Imperial Armory (r169) with her? or Leadership (r141)? Are they removed? Are they rerolled
•• No. You must pass all future actions once you claim when the character activates again?
the battlefield, including the additional action that Rey •• If a character is readied, none of their dice are removed. If
gives you. they activate again, then any dice that have been returned
to the character are rolled in like normal, but nothing
If I resolve Poe Dameron’s (r29) special to use the special on happens to their dice already in their pool.
Black One (r32), can I roll Black One’s die into the pool even
though it says “reroll”? I have a Count Dooku (r9) with 1 remaining health, and my
•• No. The Black One die is not actually in your pool, so you opponent resolves a die showing 2 ranged damage against it.
cannot reroll it. However, they also have an Admiral Ackbar (r27) in play and
before I take the damage I discard the last card in my hand
to block one of the incoming damage. Can I then assign the
What happens when an after ability triggers off of a before 2 damage from Ackbar’s ability before the 2 ranged damage
ability, and there is another after ability in the queue? resolves, killing Dooku and dodging the 2 damage from
•• After abilities enter a queue and wait their turn to resolve. the die?
If an after ability triggers during the resolution of any other •• When you resolve Count Dooku’s “Before” ability and
ability, it will resolve after that ability and any other after discard the last card in your hand, Admiral Ackbar’s “After”
ability already in the queue. ability is added to the queue. However, the 2 ranged
damage die has already been added to the queue, and was
Can I use Cunning (r65) to trigger discard an opponent’s just interrupted by the “Before” ability. Therefore, Ackbar’s
Thermal Detonator (r67) or Infantry Grenades (r17)? ability enters the queue behind the 2 ranged damage. So
the die will resolve, killing Dooku, and then you will have to
•• Yes. You will deal the damage to an opponent’s take 2 damage on one of your other characters.
characters and then discard the Thermal Detonator or
Infantry Grenades.
What happens if I use Obi-Wan Kenobi’s before ability (D37)
with a Rejuvenate (D132) or other healing effect? Does he
Can I use Cunning (r65) to switch an opponent’s Sith remain in play since he no longer has damage on him equal
Holocron (r16) with a card in my hand? to his health?
•• No. You cannot have an opponent’s card in your hand or •• He does not remain in play. Obi-Wan Kenobi took damage
deck. The end result is that the Sith Holocron has no effect. equal to his health, and without a replacement effect
there is no way to change this. Since a healing ability like
Can I ignore spending 5 resources to trigger the special Rejuvenate is not a replacement effect, Obi-Wan is set
ability on Crime Lord (r23) when I claim Rebel War Room aside after the event he plays is resolved.
(r171)?
•• No. The Rebel War Room only ignores the resource cost If my opponent has a TIE Pilot (D4) die and several other
printed on a die. dice showing ranged damage, what happens if I play Dodge
(r155)?
How does Cunning (r65) interact with an opponent’s Black •• Since Dodge removes all of the dice at the same time,
One (r32)? only the TIE Pilot die is removed. Though if there are two
different TIE Pilot dice in their pool, then all of their dice
•• When you use the special ability on Cunning, you resolve
are protected from Dodge.
it as if the card with the special ability you are using is
your own. However, you do not ever remove the Black One
die from your pool so you cannot resolve the replacement Can I roll in a Blackmail (D23) die and resolve it with Fast
effect to reroll it. Hands (D150) before an opponent can give me a resource to
remove it?
Can I use Sith Holocron (r16) to switch an upgrade onto a •• Yes. The abilities are simultaneous so you can choose to
Royal Guard (D12)? resolve either one in order of your choice.
•• Yes. Switching an upgrade onto a character is not the same
as playing one.

STAR WARS: DESTINY 27 FAQ

 CORE GAME CREDITS
Playtesters: John “Og the Beautiful” Adkins, Melissa “Oggina
the Terrible” Adkins, Michael Bernabo, Kathy Bishop, Donald
Bubbins, Charles Campbell, Arthur Campbell, Carl Coffey,
Michelle Coffey, Caterina D’Agostini, Anthony “LibrariaNPC”
DeMinico, Paul ver der Westhuizen, Wes Divin, Emeric
Dwyer, Richard A. Edwards, William Edwards, Joey Eringman,
Andrea Dell’Agnese & Julia Faeta, Jacob Freedman, Josh
Gebhart, Alyssa Woodworth-Gloade, Mark Greening,
Jeff Greening, Josh Hall, Tim Huckelbery, Petey
Jensen, Brian Johnson, Richard Jones, Nick
Koenig, Kalar Komarec, H.K. LiebeGott, Cody
Lightfuss, Markus Mason, Charlie McCarron,
Patrick McGregor, Lewis McKinnell, Susan
McKinnell, Luke Myall, Josh Nalezny, Matt
Nott, Eleanor O’Neil, Luke Palmer, Jake Palombo,
Brandon Perdue, Rick Reinhart, Zach Reyburn,
Michael Richards, Zap Riecken, Seth Roberts,
Carl Rosa II, Jimmie Sharp, Dominic Shelton, Joel
Stevenson, Daniel Strabala, Michael Strunk, Darrell
Ulm and Emily Ulm, Sean Vayda, Michael Walsh,
Brandon Walz, Ben Wilson, David Withington, Keyyly
Yuhas, and Jeremy Zwirn

Game Design: Lukas Litzsinger

and Corey Konieczka
Game Development: Lukas Litzsinger
Graphic Design: Monica Helland
with Christopher Hosch
Managing Graphic Designer:
Brian Schomburg
Art Direction: Zoë Robinson
Managing Art Director:
Andy Christensen
Quality Assurance Coordinator:
Zach Tewalthomas
Rulesheet Proofreading: Adam Baker and Molly Glover
Rules Reference Tech Editing:
Andrea Dell’Agnese & Julia Faeta
Rules Reference Proofreading: David Hansen
FFG Licensing: Simone Elliott
and Amanda Greenhart
Production Management:
Megan Duehn and Jason Beaudoin
Production Coordination:
John Britton, Marcia Colby, Jason Glawe, and
Johanna Whiting
Executive Producer: Michael Hurley
Creative Director: Andrew Navaro
Publisher: Christian T. Petersen
Lucasfilm Approvals: Chris Gollaher and Brian Merten

Special thanks to Catherine Shen, Jacob Freedman, Charlie

McCarron, and Brandon Perdue.

© & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. Fantasy Flight Games and the FFG logo are ® of Fantasy Flight
Games, Inc. Fantasy Flight Supply is a TM of Fantasy Flight Games, Inc. Fantasy
Flight Games is located at 1995 West County Road B2, Roseville, MN 55113,
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China. NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY PERSONS AGES 9 YEARS OR YOUNGER.

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 INDEX M T
resolving........................... 14
resolving through cards.9
rolling............................... 21 Melee Damage......................... 9 team........................................... 6
set aside............................. 10 modifiers................................. 8 building.............................. 12
turning............................... 21 “momentum shift”............... 25 the golden rule.................... 3
A dice pool................................ 10 moving.................................... 20 “then” effects...................... 19
“Abandon All Hope”............ 24 dice references...................... 3 Multiplayer rules............... 22 “thermal detonator”........ 27
Abilities..............................3, 17 Dice Symbols........................... 8 title........................................... 3
“ace in the hole”................. 24 “Diplomatic Immunity”...... 17 N “training”.............................. 25
Action phase......................... 13 “director krennic”............. 25 turns....................................... 13
negative effects................. 19
Actions................................... 13 Discard pile........................... 10
Neutral.................................. 12
activating cards................. 14 Discard (symbol)................... 9
“Nightsister”........................ 24
U
‘Admiral Ackbar’................. 27 Disrupt...................................... 9
unblockable damage......... 21
affiliation............................... 3 drawing cards..................... 16
After abilities..................... 18 O unique.................................3, 12
upgrades............................7, 14
ambush keyword................. 18 E “One with the force”......... 24 Upkeep Phase......................... 13
“ascension gun”................... 25 ongoing abilities................ 17
elite character..................... 6
“outer rim smuggler”........ 23
errata..................................... 23 V
B events.................................6, 14
out of play area.................. 10
owner...................................... 21 value......................................... 8
“Backup Muscle”.................. 27 exhausted.............................. 16
battlefield............................. 5
selecting............................ 12 F P W
before abilities................... 18 playing cards....................... 14 Winning the Game............... 15
“blackmail”........................... 25 “FN-2199”................................ 25
play restrictions................ 21
Focus......................................... 9
“black one”........................... 27
“force illusion”................... 25
“poe dameron”..........17, 24, 27 X
Blank......................................... 9 point value.............................. 6
Blue.......................................... 12 “Force Lightning”............... 25 X as a variable...................... 21
“premonitions”..................... 25
“force training”................. 24
free.......................................... 20
C Free-For-All.......................... 22 Q Y
“C-3PO”.................................... 25 Frequently Asked Questions queue....................................... 17 Yellow.................................... 12
card 23
copy of................................ 20 R
card action.......................... 14 G
Card Clarifications........... 23 Ranged Damage...................... 9
card types........................... 3, 4 game STRUCTURE................... 13 rarity
cargo hold............................ 25 “general grievous”............. 24 cards..................................... 3
character die...................... 20 Guardian keyword.............. 18 dice........................................ 8
characters.............................. 6 ready....................................... 16
cheapest................................. 20 H “Rebel War Room”................ 27
choose.................................... 20 Red............................................ 12
hand........................................ 10
claim abilities..................... 17 redeploy keyword.............. 18
hand size................................ 10
claim the battlefield....... 14 removing dice...................... 21
healing................................... 20
colors....................................... 3 replace.............................14, 21
Health...................................... 6
combined value.................... 20 replacement effects.......... 19
“hunker down”.................... 24
controller............................ 20 rerolls................................... 14
“hyperspace jump”.........23, 24
cost............................................ 6 resources............................... 16
“count dooku”...............24, 27 Resource (symbol)................. 9
“crime lord”...................24, 27
I “retreat”................................ 24
“cunning”............................... 27 identification (ID)............ 3, 8 “rey”........................................ 24
customization...................... 12 “imperial armory”............... 27 rounds.................................... 13
increasing............................. 20
D “infantry grenades”.......... 27 S
damage................................... 16 “salvo”.................................... 25
distribute.......................... 16
K “second chance”.................. 24
unblockable..................... 21 keywords............................... 17 self-referential effects.. 19
“daring escape”.................... 24 set-aside zone...................... 10
Setup........................................ 13
decline to act................14, 15 L Shield (symbol)...................... 9
decreasing............................. 20
defeated characters......... 16 “Let the WOokie Win”......... 24 “sith holocron”.................. 24
delayed effects................... 19 limbo....................................... 10 Special (symbol).................... 9
dice............................................ 8 look at................................... 20 spotting................................. 21
cost........................................ 8 subtitles.................................. 5
leaving play........................ 9 subtypes.................................... 7
on cards............................. 10 supply...................................... 10
rerolling........................... 14 supports................................. 14

STAR WARS: DESTINY 29 INDEX