Well, maybe not so dark.
There are some things related to Star Wars that I do not like. Toxic fanboyism aside, I’m referring to merchandising.
Sure, I’m a sucker for anything Boba Fett/Millennium Falcon/Porg related, but the latest thing that annoys me is Fantasy Flight Games’ X-Wing Miniatures game, which recently went to version 2.0.
As part of this new version, players are expected to buy conversion kits for their existing miniatures to make them ‘2.0 compatible’. The problem is that each of the 3 conversion kits are $50 (retail) and cover a broad range of ships within each faction (Rebel, Imperial, Mercs).
Fair enough, but for the most part, the kits either have too few or too many of ships I own, or are mostly for ships that I don’t own. I hope they come out with individual ship conversion kits, but I’m not holding my breath.
This is the main reason I’m not getting into their Armada (capital ships) game, which I fully expect to to undergo the same 2.0 revamp.
I have a different strategy with their other miniatures offerings, however.
I’ve gotten back into playing Imperial Assault, and collecting the miniatures/expansions for this game, to prevent myself from getting into their other miniatures battle game, Legion.
I feel that skirmish level games are what my friends and I are more interested in playing anyways.