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Amazon has Pandemic Star Wars The Clone Wars Board Game on sale for $30. Shipping is free.
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Target also has Pandemic Star Wars The Clone Wars Board Game on sale for $30. Select store pickup where available, otherwise shipping is free with RedCard or on orders of $35+.

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About this game:
  • The Grand Army of the Republic is in continuous conflict with the unending waves of Count Dooku's droid battalions. In Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Pandemic System Game, stand together as legendary Jedi against the Sith Lord and his Separatist forces.
  • Utilize each character's unique abilities to cut down swarms of droids, complete missions across the galaxy, and use the power of the Force to battle iconic villains across four exciting scenarios.
  • Take on the roles of heroic Jedi, each with powerful and unique abilities, to battle the Separatist forces. Play through 4 different scenarios, each featuring its own main villain.
  • Immerse yourself into the game with a large-sized board, illustrated cards, and striking miniatures that include legendary Jedi, iconic villains, and swarms of battle druids and blockade ships.
  • This fun family board game can be played with 1 to 5 players and is suitable for ages 14 and older. The average playtime is 60 minutes.

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    • This game has a rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 17 customer reviews on Amazon
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Amazon and Target have this game at 50% off msrp. (Possibly online only for $30 at Target.) It will likely settle in the $25-$40 range over the next year, but this seems like a good deal. Great reviews for this family-level cooperative game. There is a light learning curve to discover the best strategy for doing well. I've heard this Star Wars version is a bit simpler than the traditional Pandemic board game which is a fantastic gateway game for people looking for more than Monopoly.

https://www.amazon.com/Pandemic-T...0BG9XZKTG/

https://www.target.com/p/pandemic...A-85158909
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I'll give you my subjective interpretation of and notes on BGG ratings.

6.5 is my personal rule of thumb cut off for whether a game is worth my attention. I'll make exceptions if there is some aspect of it I find particularly enticing. But pretty much anything below 6.5 has a fly in the ointment. There are plenty of good times to be had with games below this rating, but at the opportunity cost of not having played an even better game that's just as easy to find and get to the table.

7.0 This is a solid game. Whatever flaws it may have, the experience is worth it. I consider it the pass / fail line for "good" game vs "bad" game if it's the only metric I have and I can only categorize a game that crudely.

After 7.0 things don't move linearly. As can be seen, the 8.7 average for the very best game shows you the kind of curve you're working on.

7.5 This game has the goods. It still might not be your cup of tea, but if it's in front of the right audience it is a blast.

8.0 "I can't believe you've never played X!"

A lot has been said about heavier games having a bias for higher scores. So one also has to consider how heavy the game is. The two theories on where this bias comes from is that more people find simple games just worse for their simplicity, and people who are willing to learn and play a heavy game are more likely to know what they're getting in to and therefore like it more than people who have self-selected not to play it because of its weight and so haven't contributed to the rating.

There's also the Kickstarter factor. Anything on Kickstarter gets a bunch of 10 ratings from people who have preordered it. There is also speculation that people who bought into the hype for a game or more likely to give a rating that closer matches their expectation to how much they were going to like it from the hype. I give crowd funded games a -0.3 correction in my head when I interpret their ratings.
For those not familiar with BGG ratings, 7.8 is decent. The highest rated game (Gloomhaven) is 8.7.

7-Good
8-Very Good
9-Excellent
10-Outstanding

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardga...clone-wars

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12-21-2022 at 03:16 AM.
12-21-2022 at 03:16 AM.
Wonder how this compares to the WoW game from last year, because the difficulty spike at higher player counts was pretty bad. If this one scales better, I'd give it a shot.
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Dougmeister
12-21-2022 at 05:31 AM.
12-21-2022 at 05:31 AM.
7.8 on Board Game Geek [boardgamegeek.com]

1–5 Players
60 Min Playing Time
Age: 14+
Weight: 2.12 / 5

Great price. Lowest ever from Amazon according to CCC.
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12-21-2022 at 07:12 AM.
For those not familiar with BGG ratings, 7.8 is decent. The highest rated game (Gloomhaven) is 8.7.

7-Good
8-Very Good
9-Excellent
10-Outstanding

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardga...clone-wars
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12-21-2022 at 07:39 AM.
12-21-2022 at 07:39 AM.
Quote from sgreasby :
For those not familiar with BGG ratings, 7.8 is decent. The highest rated game (Gloomhaven) is 8.7.

7-Good
8-Very Good
9-Excellent
10-Outstanding

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardga...clone-wars
I'm a little confused, didn't you just say that the excellent and outstanding category basically doesn't exist since the best rating on the whole site is an 8.7? Kinda seems like we should be grading on a curve lol
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12-21-2022 at 08:00 AM.
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Quote from Waethrman :
I'm a little confused, didn't you just say that the excellent and outstanding category basically doesn't exist since the best rating on the whole site is an 8.7? Kinda seems like we should be grading on a curve lol

8.7 is the average. You can still rate a game a 10/10 which gets added to the average score.

7.8 is fairly high for an average. I was interested in this game myself. May pick it up.
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12-21-2022 at 08:47 AM.
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I'll give you my subjective interpretation of and notes on BGG ratings.

6.5 is my personal rule of thumb cut off for whether a game is worth my attention. I'll make exceptions if there is some aspect of it I find particularly enticing. But pretty much anything below 6.5 has a fly in the ointment. There are plenty of good times to be had with games below this rating, but at the opportunity cost of not having played an even better game that's just as easy to find and get to the table.

7.0 This is a solid game. Whatever flaws it may have, the experience is worth it. I consider it the pass / fail line for "good" game vs "bad" game if it's the only metric I have and I can only categorize a game that crudely.

After 7.0 things don't move linearly. As can be seen, the 8.7 average for the very best game shows you the kind of curve you're working on.

7.5 This game has the goods. It still might not be your cup of tea, but if it's in front of the right audience it is a blast.

8.0 "I can't believe you've never played X!"

A lot has been said about heavier games having a bias for higher scores. So one also has to consider how heavy the game is. The two theories on where this bias comes from is that more people find simple games just worse for their simplicity, and people who are willing to learn and play a heavy game are more likely to know what they're getting in to and therefore like it more than people who have self-selected not to play it because of its weight and so haven't contributed to the rating.

There's also the Kickstarter factor. Anything on Kickstarter gets a bunch of 10 ratings from people who have preordered it. There is also speculation that people who bought into the hype for a game or more likely to give a rating that closer matches their expectation to how much they were going to like it from the hype. I give crowd funded games a -0.3 correction in my head when I interpret their ratings.
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12-21-2022 at 08:50 AM.
12-21-2022 at 08:50 AM.
Target has them in stock for the same price if you want to pick it up immediately... https://www.target.com/p/pandemic...A-85158909
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12-21-2022 at 09:06 AM.
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Quote from sgreasby :
For those not familiar with BGG ratings, 7.8 is decent. The highest rated game (Gloomhaven) is 8.7.

7-Good
8-Very Good
9-Excellent
10-Outstanding

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardga...clone-wars

BGG ratings tend to be skewed especially high for popular IPs, IMHO. So anything Marvel, Star Wars ...etc, tend to get higher ratings (in general).

Seeing as I don't really care about Start Wars, I'm taking this high BGG rating with a grain of salt.
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12-21-2022 at 09:45 AM.
12-21-2022 at 09:45 AM.
Thanks for this, I got a price match from target as I picked this up as a gift recently. Saved $30!
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12-21-2022 at 09:50 AM.
12-21-2022 at 09:50 AM.
I bought this game online in November for $60 from Target. I used their online chat support to price match it to this since they will refund you the difference if any items you buy from October 6th to December 24th go on sale. It only took a couple minutes and now I get $30 back. Thanks for posting this deal!
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12-21-2022 at 09:55 AM.
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Quote from Waethrman :
I'm a little confused, didn't you just say that the excellent and outstanding category basically doesn't exist since the best rating on the whole site is an 8.7? Kinda seems like we should be grading on a curve lol

There will never be a game over 9.0 on BGG because the Ameritrash and Eurotrash camps are too divided.
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12-21-2022 at 10:53 AM.
12-21-2022 at 10:53 AM.
The family loves the game Pandemic, and I had no idea this variant existed. Thanks OP, grabbed one.
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To any adult that plays board games: can you play a 'brick and mortar' board game (for lack of a better term) with people online? I don't really know anyone that plays board games but I'd like to play...
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