
- BGG rank
- BGG #1,441
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Disney Lorcana
- 2–6 players
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2023

Rules assistance for Star Wars: Unlimited – Ashes of the Empire
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Star Wars: Unlimited – Ashes of the Empire is an expansion for Star Wars: Unlimited released in 2026 for 2 players. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Income, and Deck Construction.
Welcome to Ashes of the Empire, the eighth set of Star Wars: Unlimited! As its title suggests, this set turns its focus to a specific era within the Star Wars galaxy: the Battle of Endor and the years that followed it, featuring characters, ships, and events that played a starring role during the fall of the Galactic Empire and the period of uncertainty left in its wake. Spotlighting Leaders With a new set comes a new pair of Spotlight Decks! Each of these pre-built, read-to-play 50-card decks is carefully crafted to help you jump straight into the set. Heal your units and lead the charge with Luke Skywalker, or manipulate your forces and control the battlefield with Emperor Palpatine! New Tools to Explore In addition to over 260 new cards, Ashes of the Empire introduces several new features into the game. Have your units work together to achieve victory with the new Support keyword; call on the aid of resilient Mandalorian token units; and strike hard and fast with fleeting Advantage tokens! —description from the publisher
Star Wars: Unlimited – Ashes of the Empire supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Star Wars: Unlimited – Ashes of the Empire belongs to these categories: Movies / TV / Radio theme, Science Fiction, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Income, and Deck Construction. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists Star Wars: Unlimited – Ashes of the Empire as an expansion for Star Wars: Unlimited. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Star Wars: Unlimited to use it. Check that your edition of Star Wars: Unlimited is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.