Star Wars has been getting a ton of love lately with new editions, units, and rules coming to three different games. Let’s look at the latest!
Star Wars Legion has been pumping out expansions and units, Armada is getting the Executor, and X-Wing is getting a brand new edition. Look at the latest for everything coming to Star Wars.
Latest From Armada
Gold Squadron Podcast’s Twitch stream showed FFG’s Star Wars team unveiled the Executor. The original video has since been taken down but the internet managed to snap a few pics.
We know that the ship is a giant compared to other ships from all the times we’ve seen it in the movies. Well, it looks like they got the scaling right because it’s a behemoth.
There’s also some exciting times ahead for X-wing players. Take a closer look.
UPDATE: The Executor Has Hit the Floor at GenCon
Executor $199
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The Executor is available for Pre-order right now and should be released during the early first quarter of 2019. This ship will cost a huge amount of points but it’s an absolute powerhouse.
Latest From Legion
Fantasy Flight Games announced that Wookies will be released and the big man Chewbacca himself will tag along. Check out what’s coming inside the expansion as well as how they’ll play.
Wookie Warriors $24.95
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Wookies are another special operations unit aside from the Rebel Commandos that were previewed earlier. These two units may have the same role, but play totally different.
Chewbacca $12.95
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Chewbacca is the named Wookie of the universe. You know what that means? Maximum plot strength. He towers over most other models and has brute strength that is hard to match. He is easily one of the most powerful melee units in the game.
Latest From X-Wing
X-Wing Second Editon is right around the corner! Come and get your pre-orders in for everything you need to bridge the gap and bring your current collection up to date.
Galactic Empire Conversion Kit: $49.95
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At the height of its power, the Imperial Navy deployed a wide range of ships and exceptional pilots in its effort to bring order to the galaxy and crush the Rebellion. From the legendary Soontir Fel in his TIE interceptor to the feared TIE defender pilots of Onyx Squadron, each pilot and ship had unique skills and capabilities to offer in service of the Emperor. The Galactic Empire Conversion Kit allows you to tap into the vast reserves of the Empire at the very beginning of X-Wing Second Edition.
Don’t let the Rebel scum prevail, bolster your forces and get your pre-ordering today for this X-Wing 2.0 expansion today!
X-Wing Expansion Packs
The photo comes from courtesy of Christopher Guyton, our board game writer.
Take a look inside the expansion packs for X-Wing spotted at GenCon. Do you see the sheer amount of playing material you get inside each box? People have been a little reluctant to shell out $50 on an expansion just to really be able to play the game, but let’s talk about how good of a deal this is.
Sure, the initial cost is high. But do you see the stack of cards players get inside each box? The cards don’t have any point costs or anything like that on them and the players use the online X-wing Squad Builder to make a list. The clever thing about doing this is that all the points for upgrades and pilots are IN the builder. The developers can change the points around at any time to make sure the game stays balanced. So What are we getting at?
Well, if/when they do update the points, it doesn’t make the cards in the expansions obsolete (again) and it doesn’t force you to buy a brand new pack of material just because something got updated.
The last edition of X-wing also lasted for seven years with only one update to the damage deck in a new starter. Now changes to the game can be made in real time via the Squad builder app. $50 per expansion to update your collection for the last edition that lasted seven years, is probably still good value, although it has a little bit of a sticker shock because it’s coming all up front.
Take a look at Games Workshop and Warhammer 40k. There have been about three different editions in the last seven years and those books that are required for the game aren’t cheap. The game developers for Star Wars X-Wing seem to know what they’re doing and they’re doing it with your savings in mind in the long run…
Spotted at GenCon
Notice anything different in that last pic? There are some Imperial Specialists Personnel and Rebel Specialists Personnel that we haven’t seen before. Both of the squads look to be basically the same ability wise.
There are two officer-looking operators, an R2D2-type droid as well as a medical droid. Could these units be adding a new aspect to the game soon? We don’t know the rules for them just yet but stay tuned. We are sure we’ll be seeing them in the future.
What do you think about the updates to the different Star Wars games? Which one do you play the most? Will you be picking up all the expansions coming out? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
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About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
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