The pirates boned me so hard. The top tier assholes camped the three encounter spots around the uh…nebula? The system just northeast of the galactic center. Really snarled up the map.

So…as an experience game, like a very lightweight story telling event, I rather like the FFG version. The events and titles and durable board assets are neat. But lordy I was done with the experience (me: life of a loser trade ship captain with no prospects) after about four hours. Which, not coincidentally, is about my tolerance for rpg time as well.