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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 247699" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>This wound up sorta being a topic in the next BlahCade podcast. The main thrust was a discussion of all the Star Wars tables and my ranking of them. Of course this then led to who designed them, at which point I discovered designers I like and dislike. For the sake of spurring this thread along, here's how I ranked the tables:</p><p></p><p>1. For Awakens</p><p>2. Clone Wars</p><p>3. Rebels</p><p>4. RotJ</p><p>5. Empire</p><p>6. Droids</p><p>7. A New Hope</p><p>8. Han Solo</p><p>9. Darth Vader</p><p>10. Boba Fett</p><p>11. Starfighter Assault</p><p>12. Might of the First Order</p><p>13. Masters of the Force</p><p></p><p>If you know your designers, you'll see that my least favorite tables were done by Zoltan Vari for the most part, while most of my faves were done by Peter "Deep" Grafl. My main criteria here are does the ball have bounce and how accessible is the main mission hole. Deep's tables have a nice bouncy feel to them and the mission holes tend to be placed much like a Williams table would, easily gotten to. Zoltan on the other hand has the lead weight ball and not only are his mission holes often obscured or overly complicated to start, but along with ramps, exceedingly narrow. </p><p></p><p>Been interesting spending a week exclusively playing Zen, the majority of it Star Wars. Tables like Clone Wars and Rebels really give me that "just one more time" sensation, while Masters of the Force is like suffering through the worst Gottlieb Premiere table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 247699, member: 134"] This wound up sorta being a topic in the next BlahCade podcast. The main thrust was a discussion of all the Star Wars tables and my ranking of them. Of course this then led to who designed them, at which point I discovered designers I like and dislike. For the sake of spurring this thread along, here's how I ranked the tables: 1. For Awakens 2. Clone Wars 3. Rebels 4. RotJ 5. Empire 6. Droids 7. A New Hope 8. Han Solo 9. Darth Vader 10. Boba Fett 11. Starfighter Assault 12. Might of the First Order 13. Masters of the Force If you know your designers, you'll see that my least favorite tables were done by Zoltan Vari for the most part, while most of my faves were done by Peter "Deep" Grafl. My main criteria here are does the ball have bounce and how accessible is the main mission hole. Deep's tables have a nice bouncy feel to them and the mission holes tend to be placed much like a Williams table would, easily gotten to. Zoltan on the other hand has the lead weight ball and not only are his mission holes often obscured or overly complicated to start, but along with ramps, exceedingly narrow. Been interesting spending a week exclusively playing Zen, the majority of it Star Wars. Tables like Clone Wars and Rebels really give me that "just one more time" sensation, while Masters of the Force is like suffering through the worst Gottlieb Premiere table. [/QUOTE]
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