This weekend....my first AAR.  I am going to keep this one simple.  Imperial forces must stop the flow of arms and ammunition to the Rebels.  Hutt gangsters have a shipment ready to move off world.  Lieutenant Vest is ordered to stop the arms shipment at all costs.

The game was straight forward.  I called it:  Ice Station Zabrack!
There were four factions:  Imperial, Rebel, Hutt Mercenaries, and Snoskins (the snow loving cousins of the Tuskens).  The objective:  Senator Mon Mothma was forced to abandon ship.  She lands on Ascalon 5 and takes refuge in an old Separatist base from the Clone Wars.  The goal of each faction was to find her and return her to their respective corner for evacuation.  I was rather proud of my little creation:  I had over 400 miniatures on the table!!   And guess what....IT WORKED!!  Every player had a blast.  There were surprises at every turn.  It was cinematic!!  Here was one example:  A squad of Tuskens charged a squad of Wookiees.  Only the Wookiee sergeant survived the bloody engagement.  The Wookiee sergeant would then go on to kill the Tusken warlord in hand to hand the next turn.  Again very cinematic!!

The second event was at Mag Con 8 at New Caney Texas.

Why we fight!  Or better....Why I am doing this.
Last year I was surfing the web and I came across this page:http://www.wwpd.net/2015/05/aar-may-fourth-be-with-you-star-wars.html

It was a Star Wars AAR using Bolt Action Rules.  I thought it was awesome!  I also thought I could do better.  And I think I did.  Over the next few months I took inventory of my Star War collection and started working on rules for units in the Star Wars Universe.  A few test games and I think I had all the bugs worked out.

The first event was at Owl Con at Rice University in Houston Texas.

Armies: Alliance
2nd Infantry Platoon, more Wookies, Armored support.

Armies: Alliance
1st Infantry Platoon, Jedi, Wookies Platoon, Armored support.

Armies: Alliance
Command, 1st Commando Platoon

The Armiee: Alliance
Command, DF-9 Anti-Infantry battery, First and Second Squads Cold weather Commandos.

The Armies:. Alliance
2nd Platoon (Mechanized Infantry), Air support assets (T-47's), Anti-tank battery.

The Armies:  Alliance
1st Platoon (Mechanized Infantry), Air Support assets (T-47's), Anti-tank battery.

The Armies:  Imperial
Jump trooper platoon, Command, AT-ST support.

The Armies: Imperial
2nd Stormtrooper platoon, Scout section, armored support, Sith Guard squad.

The Armies: Imperial
1st Stormtrooper platoon, Fleet trooper squad, armored support.

A few notes on Inspiration:
I have been collecting Wizards of the Coasts Star Wars figures for some time.  Thousands of them in fact. It is now time to put them to use.  Hence...."A Republic Divided".

There are two blogs that have inspired me to take this journey:
Captain Darling
http://captaindarlingsminiaturesemporium.blogspot.com/
and
General Pettygree
http://generalpettygree.blogspot.com/

My plan is to have the story develop very similar to these two wargaming blogs.
For the most part "A Republic Divided" will be the story of the Vest Family.  Especially the two brothers:  Kexlar and Riest.  One brother will stay loyal to his Emperor while the other brother will find new loyalties with the Alliance.   Their Sister Ibarra Vest will also pop up from time to time.   The Vest's will have many adventures between them.  I may even add in a few stories from the father....Arrik Vest from the Clone Wars.

Hi and welcome to "A Republic Divided:  Tales from the Galactic Civil War".  In case you are wondering this blog is about tales from the Star Wars Universe done in 28mm miniatures.  I have lots of ideas so be patient.  In the coming posts we will talk about:  The general idea behind the blog, Rules, Armies, and battle after actions reports.  So sit back.  Relax and enjoy the show.........