Fantasy Flight Games FFG Star Wars RPG: Republic and Separatists Adversary Pack

really helpful for my campaign

I love the FFG Star Wars adversary cards, and I own all of them - so I may be biased by highly recommending them. They really save me time when players go "off the reservation" and I need to quickly pull up stat blocks for unexpected encounters. I throw the cards in the Fantasy Flight Clear Sleeves: Standard Card Game and I can write on them with fine tip dry erase markers to track wounds, strain, and dice pools. When done the sleeves wipe off perfectly clear. I keep all my cards in a thin box, by type, separated with index card dividers.In regards to another reviewer complaining that the deck included named NPCs (Obi-Wan, Count Dooku, etc.) from "Rise of the Separatists" I find to be a moot point. Yes, it's just as easy to flip through a sourcebook as a deck of cards, but the cards fit well with the other Adversary decks. if you keep that at the table while GMing and don't want to flip through a book - see my comment about keeping the cards in the above paragraph. As far as the named NPCs, or the Clone Wars era NPCs in general, I have simply used the stat blocks while renaming the particular NPC to something that fits the session's setting if it's a different era, e.g. Asajj Ventress became "Female Inquisitor" and Padme Amidala became "Rebel-Aligned Planetary Governess." It just takes a little bit of imagination, which is what this hobby is all about!Again, sliding them in card sleeves made this even easier as I could jot the new name down on the sleeve, mark out any skills/talents I didn't want the NPC to have or write in new ones, and problem solved.Here's a list of the cards included for those wondering: Asajj Ventress, B1 Battle Droid, B2 Super Battle Droid, Buzz Droid, C-8 Saboteur Droid, Clone Captain, Clone Sergeant, Clone Trooper, Count Dooku, DRK-1 Probe Droid, Droideka, DSD1 Dwarf Spider Droid, Galactic Senator, General Grievous, Geonosian Warrior, IG-100 Magnaguard, Obi-wan Kenboi, Padme Amidala, Republic Fleet Officer, T-series Tactical Droid

I love Adversary Cards. They’re a quick and easy reference during gameplay, and way better than paging through multiple books to find particular stats. However, it takes just as long to page through a single book (in this case the era book, “Rise of the Separatists”) as it does to flip through a deck of cards.In addition, the previous adversary decks compiled generic NPCs, which are deployable with ease throughout campaigns. In this case, while fifteen cards are generic and useful, Fantasy Flight included five *named* character cards (which has never happened before), restricting their use. What’s worse, with a little finagling, those named NPCs could have been retooled so that this deck *adds* something new (wouldn’t even need to change the art: Obi-Wan’s card could be “Jedi General,” Dooku’s could be “Sith Aristocrat,” etc.) and this would’ve been a five-star review, as both of my complaints would be negated. Even without including totally new stat blocks, if this deck had been a mash-up of adversaries from “Rise of the Separatists” and “Collapse of the Republic,” I’d have felt I got something of value.However, printing the adversary section of a single book on card stock adds nothing. I recommend this product only to collectors with disposable income, and those players who do not have “Rise of the Separatists.” Otherwise, you’re paying twice for the same product.