I've heard good things about Rebellion. Can you describe it in more detail? What do you like or don't about it, and are there any games it's similar to?
It reminds me of Scotland Yard, adding a surprisingly satisfying dice combat system, worker placement, and crazy espionage.
Basically the empire gets awesome amounts of production, great battle units, and a lot more territory. But they have trouble finding the rebel base, and even if you do, you have to bring enough ground units (or a Death Star) to defeat the rebel base before they up and move the base somewhere else.
Really gets the flavor of the original trilogy, and the workers you place are themselves iconic leaders of the Star Wars universe, not just flat meeples.
I didn’t realize I wanted to routinely see Han Solo counter an offensive move by Palpatine instead of blander workers, but yes, yes that does make the game more satisfying.
Downside is it’s really a 2 player game (there’s a 2v2 4 player variant that just seems dumb to me), and until you know the game well, setup takes half an hour.
