RPGs, Wargames, and Everything In-Between
“I swear on my name and the names of the ancestors… That I shall walk the Way of the Mand’alor… And the words of the Creed shall be forever forged in my heart. This is the Way.“
The real reason I’m getting back into Star Wars Legion?
Along with choosing from 4 clans (Clan Wren, Clan Kryze, Deathwatch/Super Commandos, Children of the Watch) there’s an option where you can create YOUR OWN CLAN.
Clan Pepsi and the Pepsimandalorians will live!
Stand by!
As I printed up a squad of Security Troops from “Maul: Shadow Lord” (or ‘Maul Cops’ as I call them), I thought about what it would cost to dive back into Star Wars Legion, now in it’s 2.0 format.
I’ve been very reluctant to do this since I have a smaller area to play in my apartment, along with the cost of a new army or armies.
After reviewing a couple of videos on YouTube, I discovered that it wouldn’t cost me anything except color printer ink.
I was afraid that I’d have to grab a new Starter Box, but since I have all of my Legion miniatures (Rebellion and Empire) in a few boxes/cases, the only things missing were the unit/command cards and the measuring/movement tools and dice.
Past me must have anticipated this, because I found that I had downloaded all the updated print and play unit cards from the Atomic Mass Games site, even for units I don’t have (but could 3D print proxies for, like Daimyo Boba Fett).
I also found that I there are ‘Recon’ rules for play in a smaller area, 3ft x 3ft instead of 6ft x 3ft. And I do have a double sided 3ft x 3ft play mat.
I’ll need to grab some stuff out of storage soon, specifically the 3D terrain I had printed, and the core box with the measuring/movement tools and dice.
Stand by!
Another reason I don’t go back into Star Wars Legion?
Required play area is 6 feet x 3 feet. I don’t have that kind of room anymore, as an apartment dweller.
… Nothing but Star Wars, Give me those Star Wars, Dont let them end. Oh Star Wars, If they should bar wars, Please let these Star Wars Stay.
I gotta say, I am a sucker for most Star Wars tabletop games.
I got into X-Wing, Armada and Imperial Assault, al of which have been discontinued.
And now I hear that Star Wars Shatterpoint is the next in line to go that way.
To be fair, I did like the look of the Shatterpoint miniatures more than Star Wars Legion, and I believe I only bought a couple of expansions (Clone Wars Era) before shelving that game in storage.
For Legion, on the other hand, I bought more than a few extra squad boxes for both the Rebellion and the Empire. And then the main game went into storage, while the miniatures found their way to my apartment.
I have a couple of miniature agnostic games that allow me to use them, A Fistful of Lead: Galactic Heroes Edition and Five Parsecs from Home.
It does make me wonder if I should get a new Starter Set for Legion, since it appears that they pivoted toward Shatterpoint for a while and left Legion to flounder and then shifting back to Legion, but looking at the contents of the Rebellion Starter Set, I have pretty much all the miniatures it includes except for the Wookiees.
Now if they came out with a Scum and Villainy Starter set…
Or: what other miniatures did Chris buy?
Reading the rules, it looks like I need 3 units per side, minimum. Since I got the Rebel Commandos, I decided to get another Imperial unit.
Always loved the look of these guys since Rogue One.
I also decided that I wanted commanders other than Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, so…
Along with a commander, these expansions come with communications, medics, and vehicle repair units.
Then the ‘character’ bug got me, since I already had Boba Fett, so I got another commander:
And if you have Han you gotta have Chewie…
And then I found one of my other all time favorite Star Wars characters, even though a unit card doesn’t exist for him:
One of these days I may finish painting these minis, and then set up a scenario.
Yeah, didn’t think I’d ever jump into this one either. But I like to paint miniatures, and these have some nice models in the core box.
I don’t intend to get a lot of expansions, the only ones so far are Boba Fett and Rebel Commandos, the former for obvious reasons, the latter because I like the idea of playing with a Rebel Commando strike team.
And apparently I already have a piece of terrain that was designed for this game, the Hunter’s Ship.
Along with .STL files for a landing bay, like on Tatooine.
Maybe I can have a sabotage mission to destroy a prototype TIE fighter…
But yeah, we’ll see if I get around to playing, like I haven’t yet with so many other games.
Stand by!