Star Wars Minis Starship Battles up

[thebitterguy]

The page for WotC's new Star Wars Starship Battles gameis up.

Looks like the scale issues are as was feared (or at least expected), which is not surprising since it was either a Millennium Falcon the size of a pen nub or a Executor the size of your backyard.

10 fig starter (and the display is nice, since you can see the Executor and the Mon Cal flagship) and 7 fig boosters, and doesn't that sound familiar. They'll probably have previews, but at this point it's definitely from all sets, instead of just the second trilogy (like the introductory set for SW:CMG).

I find their definition of Durable plastic amusing. You can't look at a snowspeeder's blasters and say that stuff is durable.

Comments

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeh, we were looking at previews of the figs the other night [I think on the forums over at Rebel Scum?]. First thing that came to my mind when I saw the name of the game was "Whoa, Star Fleet Battles with miniatures!" I just looked over the Quick Start Rules, though, and it looks to be a very different game.

Obvious question, but...

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Why couldn't they do this with Babylon 5? (Other than the fact that all but the hardcore geeks have completely forgotten about the show, that is.) Or, never mind, I think I just answered my own question.

Re: Obvious question, but...

[thebitterguy]

I don't think it's just hardcore geeks; it is selling well enough for WB that they'll finance the Lost Tales thingies. I just think that, since Mongoose has the rights and no interest in collectible gaming, the regular B5 Wargame is gonna have to do.

At least the B5 minis do look nice. Did you see their Starship Troopers game, too?

Re: Obvious question, but...

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Yeah, those miniatures are s-w-e-e-t! Especially since they've used the animated series for inspiration, instead of the Paul Verhoeven "defilement and rape of Heinlein's corpse".

[thebitterguy]

Oh, SFB was always something that scared the crap out of me. Just watching guys setting up for a game was emotionally upsetting, with their giant binders full of rules and ship sheets.

This looks nice & simple by comparison.

Re: Obvious question, but...

[thebitterguy]

You know what I love about that movie? The thought that every time Spider Robinson thinks about it, he sheds a tear and sobs "Papa?"

That, and Doogie Hauser, SS.

Bishop, form a Wedge!

[normanrafferty.livejournal.com]

Very simple. It's very much a collectable-generation game, where the basic rules are very, very simple, and the complexity arises from all the weirdo figures that show up.

Why they cling to squares instead of hexes is never clear to me. I expect a lot of weirdo diagonal flanking, given the way the maneuvering and the rules work.