Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
We completed the campaign twice for this Star Wars big box, and are here to review all of that experience! Imperial Assault is a dungeon crawler with this sci-fi theme, where you still draw line of sight and chuck die, just with a lot of nice mechanical tweaks from the Descent 2nd edition system, like movement capabilities! On your turn, either rebel or empire player will go, and perform 2 actions with their miniatures. There’s even a skirmish mode to draft your armies to fight over objectives, if you don’t care about the ongoing campaign, or finished it! With a ton of modular board to to make the maps, and even Jedi to play, this box evokes a lot of strong story moments. Is this fight between the galactic empire and rebel alliance still worth it over a decade after release?
Play Uprising Curse of the Last Emperor: gamefound.com/en/projects/nemesisgames/uprising-big-box-true-solo
Other games mentioned: HeroQuest, Gloomhaven, Zombicide, Arkham Horror LCG, Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era, Arcadia Quest, Frosthaven, Jaws of the Lion, Project Elite, Mansions of Madness, Buttons and Bugs, Dungeons and Dragons
Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Previous Dungeon Crawler Experience - (1:47)
Overview - (3:18)
Component Pros - (8:35)
Gameplay Pros - (12:46)
SPOILER Pros - (42:33)
Cons - (47:09)
Recommender Score -(54:50)
Alexander''s Personal Score - (58:01)
Ashton’s Personal Score - (1:03:34)
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We completed the campaign twice for this Star Wars big box, and are here to review all of that experience! Imperial Assault is a dungeon crawler with this sci-fi theme, where you still draw line of sight and chuck die, just with a lot of nice mechanical tweaks from the Descent 2nd edition system, like movement capabilities! On your turn, either rebel or empire player will go, and perform 2 actions with their miniatures. There’s even a skirmish mode to draft your armies to fight over objectives, if you don’t care about the ongoing campaign, or finished it! With a ton of modular board to to make the maps, and even Jedi to play, this box evokes a lot of strong story moments. Is this fight between the galactic empire and rebel alliance still worth it over a decade after release?
Play Uprising Curse of the Last Emperor: gamefound.com/en/projects/nemesisgames/uprising-big-box-true-solo
Other games mentioned: HeroQuest, Gloomhaven, Zombicide, Arkham Horror LCG, Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era, Arcadia Quest, Frosthaven, Jaws of the Lion, Project Elite, Mansions of Madness, Buttons and Bugs, Dungeons and Dragons
Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Previous Dungeon Crawler Experience - (1:47)
Overview - (3:18)
Component Pros - (8:35)
Gameplay Pros - (12:46)
SPOILER Pros - (42:33)
Cons - (47:09)
Recommender Score -(54:50)
Alexander''s Personal Score - (58:01)
Ashton’s Personal Score - (1:03:34)
Support us:
patreon.com/shelfside
ko-fi.com/shelfside
Our Website!
shelfside.co
Purchase Games We’ve Reviewed! (Paid Link)
amazon.com/shop/shelfside
Shelfside Social Media:
twitter.com/ShelfSideYT
instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames
facebook.com/ShelfsideYT
discord.gg/U7QQKqYT62
Links to our other stuff:
Ashton's Channel: youtube.com/ashtonwu
Daniel's Channel: youtube.com/user/doyduh2
#boardgames #tabletop #review
