Here’s the latest news and rumors from AMG and their Ministravaganza 2023 for Marvel Crisis Protocol, Star Wars Legion, Shatterpoint, and more!
It seems like AMG is getting a particular set of questions quite a lot, so instead of responding one at a time, they just put out a big announcement covering their games, when new minis are coming out, what’s next, and, of course, Ministravaganza 2023!
While you might not agree with all the answers, it’s nice to see a company put out a press release dealing with the most common issues players seem to be having.
Let’s dive into the latest announcements from AMG.
AMG Updates Players on All Their Games & Ministravaganza 2023
You can check out our coverage of AMG’s 2023 Ministravaganza at the links below:
- Marvel Crisis Protocol New Releases Roadmap (Day 1)
- Star Wars Shatterpoint New Releases Roadmap (Day 2)
- 22 New Marvel Crisis Protocol Character Cards & Rules Changes! (Day 2)
- Star Wars Legion New Releases Roadmap (Day 3)
Let’s start with the Ministravaganza 2023 news.
We are excited to announce that Ministravaganza will take place September 14th -16th and will feature product updates, behind-the-scenes panels, and painting streams for Marvel Crisis Protocol, Star Wars: Shatterpoint, and Star Wars: Legion.
Well, it’s great to have a solid date, and it’s not that far away at all! Three of the major games are probably getting tons of new minis in this preview.
What’s the cadence for announcements – when will we know when you’ll talk about things if you won’t talk about future products?
Announcements will always happen when and how they need to in order to support the games, our plan is to have key updates twice a year alongside Adepticon in March and Ministravaganza in September.
Like most companies, they seem to have a set plan for announcing new miniatures, and updates for games!
Star Wars Shatterpoint Questions
Why have there been so many Star Wars: Shatterpoint announcements and posts compared to the other game lines?
It will never be exactly even when it comes to which game has spotlighted releases or announcements. Different games are at different places in their development and you can’t compare apples to apples in that way. This spring at Adepticon, we announced the pipeline for roughly the next six months in order to share our excitement and set your expectations on what’s coming for the our games. We are planning to build on this kind of communication in the future. While we can’t always be specific about when things are coming during panels, it should help guide your expectations regarding how many products are coming your way. There are still items that we touched on at Adepticon that haven’t been announced for pre-order, so you’ll still have those to look forward to.
In terms of Star Wars: Shatterpoint – it’s the new kid on the block. Just like we did with Marvel: Crisis Protocol at release, it’s important for us to release an increased cadence of Star Wars: Shatterpoint products to create enough variety for players at the outset. Keep in mind that you don’t know what’s coming beyond what we’ve been able to tell you at Adepticon, via social, and/or through other events. There may be things you don’t know about for other game lines coming.
Obviously, with Shatterpoint being a new game, they are going to talk about it more, but just like with MCP, they released all kinds of stuff in the beginning.
Where’s __ character?
We will never answer wishlisting questions here or on social. We are unable to speak to specific future products before they are approved and announced.
Again, this makes sense, as they can’t reveal hidden releases whenever someone asks on socials.
When is the new website coming?
Our hope is to launch in August. We pushed back the launch to ensure that Shatterpoint could be included in the launch. We’re excited as we have been hard at work behind the scenes to make sure our community will have a great new resource.
Why do my Star Wars: Shatterpoint expansions have so many cards?
Our expansion packs are designed to be multi-lingual so that we can support the global communities where the localized versions of our games are played. Combining all the languages into a single box helps to keep the costs down globally and ensures more communities have access to Shatterpoint.
We absolutely acknowledge that the language agnostic cards (here’s looking at you, order cards!) do not need to be duplicated and this has been corrected in future releases beginning in 2024.
There are a lot of cards in the expansions, so it’s nice they know it and are working on it. Either way, it’s better to have more cards than not enough.
X-Wing & Legion Questions
Are Epic Ships coming to X-Wing?
We are focused on the core game at this time.
This isn’t a huge surprise, as the core game does need some work, but it’s still a little sad.
What’s going on with Star Wars: Legion – Spec Ops?
We are still incorporating the second round of feedback from the community. When the final version of the game mode is ready to launch, we will make a formal announcement on social.
This was announced a little while ago but is still in development.
Generic Community Questions
Why is it so hard to set deadlines and stick to them once announced?
On paper, this frustration makes a lot of sense – however we set our release dates almost a full year in advance and there are a lot of checkpoints across development, localization, marketing, factories, distribution, and customs. Any one element experiencing change can cause a delay later in the pipeline. We will always work to make sure that whenever possible we stay ahead of the messaging for you, or jump in to provide clarity when we do experience delays.
While it can be frustrating to see deadlines come and go, they do plan far in advance, so we can’t be too critical.
If you’re not making changes yearly to all the games, then why do you make them when you do?
At AMG our philosophy is that changes should happen only when they need to happen and not on some kind of regular schedule. Much like how people only take an antibiotic when they have an illness that needs to be treated by an antibiotic, errata, points updates, or rules updates are all ways to treat specific issues. However, just like with medicine, there are numerous ways that issues can be approached and treated beyond just updating points or card erratas. For us, doing these things is a last resort, as it may address the problem, but it is the option that carries a significant amount of risk.
It’s important to remember that we are working 2 or more years ahead. That work is all predicated on the foundation of what currently exists. And, most importantly, that 2 or more years ahead work is all at different stages of the production process. So making a change to something now, could easily have a ripple effect that negatively impacts something that is currently being printed, meaning we have no way of changing it before it hits shelves, without, you guessed it, more errata.
The more changes to the printed game, the more difficult it becomes for players to have a smooth game experience. Not all players engage with the games at the same level. Some players might not even be aware there are update documents in general, others might know that an update happened a year ago. Really only a small percentage of the most engaged players know at all times everything there is to know about the game. And even they can struggle to remember which update is what when this tool is used too often.
This is why we take our initial development so seriously. Fixing balance issues after the fact, whether with errata or points updates, is a massive undertaking that has far reaching impacts. Some of which we can adjust for, but many we simply can’t without falling down the dangerous spiral of more errata or points updates. It is always our goal and the primary focus of our design and development team that the game rules are perfect when they leave for the printers, because we know that errata and updates are a tool of last resort. And neither of them should ever be used as tools to shake up the meta, if we want the games we work on to be as healthy and long lasting as possible.
Like all tabletop games, they work pretty far in advance. So instead of having set change dates, they seem to work on them as needed and try to get the game working from the beginning.
While some people may not like the pattern, they do a pretty decent job of updating rules.
AMG Game Updates, News & Reveals From Ministravaganza 2023
Well, let’s start with the official Day 1 roadmap from AMG:
We gave more details on products announced at Adepticon!-
Rivals Panels: Battle for the Throne featuring King T’Challa and Killmonger, Usurper. Showed art for 4 tactics cards including Synthetic Heart-shaped Herbs, Bast’s Blessing, K’Liluna’s Glory, and Trial by Combat.
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Kingdom of Wakanda Terrain Pack and Icons of Bast Terrain Pack.
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Wakandan terrain packs introduce new optional terrain rules with One-Shot Vibranium Spill and One-Shot The Panthers Stood Watch.
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Showed miniatures and art for Bishop and Nightcrawler.
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Spoiled cards for Nightcrawler.
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Showed tactics card art for Children of Atom, Mutant Traitor, and Preserve the Dream. Spoiled tactic card for Mass Transit.
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Showed miniatures and art for Iceman and Shadowcat.
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Spoiled cards for Shadowcat.
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Showed tactics card art for Faithful Companion, Hold Still, and Untapped potential. Spoiled tactics card for Xavier’s Dream.
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Showed miniatures and art for Professor X and Shadow King
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Spoiled cards for Shadow King.
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Showed tactics card art for Mind Wipe and Astral Plane. Spoiled tactics card for Cerebro.
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Scarlet Spider and Gwenom
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Sinister Six
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Mojo Ball – new game mode!
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Silver Sable and Shang Chi
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Mighty Thor (Jane Foster), Lady Sif, Thor Odinson, and Loki.
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Two New Asgardian Terrain Packs are on their way.
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Eternal hunger…
Here’s the roadmap, but let’s break it down with pictures!
New Wakandan Miniatures & Cards
While we saw this revealed before, it’s nice to see it painted up, and they mentioned it will be coming at the end of this year or early next year. So, if you want to play out a super iconic battle, this will be perfect!
This is the first official picture of the cards; both have all kinds of fun abilities and can smash through their enemies! T’Challa has some super powerful attacks, and even his free attack has 6 Strength, can re-roll dice, and even push the enemy.
Then, Killmonger can buff up your forces, is very mobile, and has some strong attacks.
We also saw a new terrain pack with some rules as well!
Just like with the other rivals panels, you’ll get some one-shot missions to go along with it. Both of these look to be pretty fun with plenty of extra rules and give the terrain some extra significance.
Tons of X-Men Reveals!
If The X-Men are your thing, they are getting new models and plenty of new Team Tactics cards! They also gave us plenty of close-ups of all the models.
Not only did we get more close-ups, but they also showed off the card for Shadowcat! They mentioned this is still somewhat early in her journey, meaning she’s not at her full potential quite yet.
Not only can she attack with Lockheed, but she’s very maneuverable, has stealth, and can help the rest of your team dodge attacks like crazy!
We also got the Nightcrawler card, and as you would expect, he can teleport all over the place, can jump to enemies attacking him, is great at dodging, and is super hard to target!
Last but not least, we got the Shadow King card. He has powerful attacks, can get a bunch of extra attack dice, can remove damage from himself, gains free power, damages tons of characters at once, and more!
New X-Men Team Tactics Cards
They only showed off one of the cards out of 4, but Xavier’s Dream is quite the card. You can negate all sorts of damage, which only costs 1 per team member.
Mass Transit is a great way for Nightcrawler to transport his team, making him much more valuable.
Cerebro is very interesting, as it not only buffs them up a lot but also lets the charcater ignore stealth and LOS.
Brand New Reveals
First up is Mojo Ball, an entirely new way to play the game! They didn’t give out many details, but it sounds like a fun way to play with your favorite characters.
Spider-Man might have the most different miniatures in the game, and it looks like another one is on the way for Scarlet Spider and the Venom version of Gwen!
We saw these as renders, but it’s far better to see them in full! Plus, getting a giant fist to smack people around is a great way to play Sandman!
Silver Sable and Shang Chi are also making their first appearances for the game. Some people were hoping Sable would get Grunts, but maybe that’s still in the future!
They aren’t forgetting about Asgard, as Mighty Thor (Jane Foster), Lady Sif, Thor Odinson, and Loki are all getting miniatures. Not only that, but they are also grabbing two new terrain packs.
The new terrain looks amazing and it should be super fun to throw down your minis on the table with this terrain.
Last, they showed off this picture but didn’t say anything about it. We’re saying it’s Dracula, but some people are going with Morbius. Take your pick!
Changes to Marvel Crisis Protocol Character Cards & Rules: AMG Ministravaganza Day 2
As we evaluate the state of the game, we have decided to rebalance several existing characters in Marvel: Crisis Protocol. The print & play document with the new cards/stats is available now for you to enjoy.
Well, let’s start with the new rules changes and updates for Marvel Crisis character cards from AMG; these are all the affected characters:
- Amazing Spider-Man
- Black Bolt
- Black Cat
- Blade
- Daredevil
- Deadpool
- Doctor Voodoo
- Elektra
- Hela, Queen of Hel
- Malekith the Accursed.
- Ronan the Accuser
- Taskmaster
- Thanos, the Mad Titan
- Thor, Prince of Asgard
- Winter Soldier
- Wong
- Cable
- Colossus
- Cyclops
- Wolverine
- Storm
- Jean Gray
Here are the latest details on all the Marvel Crisis Protocol character card rules updates and changes.
Cable was challenging to balance due to his long range, but now he looks better with buffs to closer range, allowing him to be strong but less oppressive at his max range.
Colossus got a speed buff and now can’t be pushed with his Organic Steel ability.
Cyclops got his Optic Blast changed, and speed of sight gives him a little more power. Plus check out that new team ability for X-Men Blue!
Deadpool now generates power with Bang but saw changes with Stab, and You Can’t Spell Legendary Without Leg Day. These make him a better mid-range switch-up model.
Jean Grey got new art, an extra ability, and Pierce, making her a great offensive model.
Storm got updates to lower her constant movement shenanigans, and then cover turned into a defensive re-roll. She also can make brutal area attacks now.
Wolverine got new art and a slight buff to hopefully get him in a sweet spot because this mutant was just not seeing play anymore.
The big change here is more power! Spider-man now gains power on crit, from his builder and when he gets damaged as well.
Black Bolt saw some changes to make him stronger, as well as defensive for his allies (like the old cap.) Depending on how you line up Whisper now, you could have a huge impact offensively as well.
Black Cat saw some flexibility added to her card. She gained the bleed ability on her builder, and she prevents modifications to incoming attacks much like Domino does.
Blade mainly got pursuit on his glaives, which helps out his other attacks by seemingly tying their ranges more efficiently together.
Daredevil got some switch-ups (he was a little too strong before) to get him using Devil’s Deliverance a lot.
Doctor Voodoo was also a little too strong and now has many functionality changes revolving around his throw, possession, and spirit.
Elektra got a small change to her throwing blades and an errata for clarity.
Hela got changes to her numbers and her claiming souls.
Malekith got a slight NERF again, trying to bring them more in line. In short, he lost the Wild Pierce ability to make him slightly less Killy.
Ronan got more beefy, making him a little better overall.
Taskmaster got a shield throw buff to make him more in line with the other shield throw models.
Thanos got an art update, and his Deaths Decree is now once per turn. He was just a little too good.
Thor also got an art update, plus minor adjustments to some of his numbers, making him slightly better.
Winter Soldier saw a slight NERF since his buff was maybe just a little too good last time around.
Wong got better with Doctor Strange in tow to solidify his role as a backline healer.
You can download all of the new Marvel Crisis Protocol Character Cards Rules by clicking here.
Star Wars Shatterpoint Roadmap Revealed: AMG Ministravaganza Day 2
Well, let’s start with the official roadmap from AMG:
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Lead by Example Squad Pack featuring Plo Koon (Primary), Padawan Ahsoka Tano (Secondary), Commander Wolffe (Secondary), and 104th Wolfpack Troopers (Support). Plo Koon cards spoiled.
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Fearless and Inventive Squad Pack featuring Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker (Primary), Leia Organa as Boussh (Secondary), and Lando + R2-D2 (Support). Leia’s stat card was shared.
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Fear and Dead Men Squad Pack featuring Darth Vader (Primary), Stormtrooper Sergeant (Secondary), and Imperial Stormtroopers (Support). Stormtrooper Sergeant stat card shared
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Ee Chee Wah Mah Squad Pack featuring Leia, Freedom Fighter (Primary), Chief Chirpa (Primary), Paploo (Secondary), and Ewok Hunters (Support).
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Yub Nub Squad Pack featuring Logray (Primary), R2-D2 + C-3P0 (Secondary), Wicket (Secondary), Ewok Trappers (Support). Logrey stat card shown
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Sabotage Showdown Mission Pack – adds a new Mission Set to your games of Star Wars: Shatterpoint, giving you new objective layouts that pose unique tactical challenges for your strike teams to overcome.
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That’s Just Good Business Squad Pack feat. Hondo Ohnaka.
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Certified Guild Standards Squad Pack feat. Mandalorian and Child, Greef Karga, and IG-11.
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You Have Something I Want Squad Pack feat. Moff Gideon and his troopers.
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Today the Rebellion Dies Squad Pack feat. Iden Versia, Gideon Hask, Del Meeko, and Imperial Special Forces Troopers.
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Real Quiet Like Squad Pack feat. Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Rebel Commandos.
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The Bad Batch Confirmed!
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New Terrain feat a womp rat.
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Ghost Crew Posters…
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A Grand Admiral looms…
Now let’s take a look at the reveals.
Fleshed Out AdeptiCon Reveals
First, we have Plo Koon leading the new expansion pack, and with the Disney Plus show out, it makes sense to have Ashoka in here too!
He’s excellent at leading your forces, as he gives characters free moves and can give them his defensive expertise! His stances give you a ton of versatility, and he has some of the better defensive abilities we’ve seen.
We love to see these “X” pattern trees.
This is one of the most iconic moments in all of Star Wars history, so being able to play with these versions of the characters is just amazing!
Leia has some excellent abilities to push enemies and herself, add dice to her attack rules, and give you extra momentum tokens!
Don’t lie to yourself; you love Ewoks. We all love Ewoks, and getting to play them in more Star Wars games is always good. Plus another Leia model!
This is going to be a separate pack focusing on Logray. Logray has a ton of abilities! He can remove conditions, make other Ewoks attack better, is very stealthy, gives better defensive rolls, and can make Ewoks move faster.
If you are a fan of the Darkside, Vader is your guy! This model looks to pair up well when next to the new Luke miniature too!
These are all very flavorful, as they can move straight across the board, suppress enemy units, give themselves better shooting, and somehow have sharpshooters! An excellent little nod to Imperial accuracy there!
Upcoming Releases
The new Sabatoge Showdown Mission Pack will give you new objective layouts that should change how the game plays and let your tactical acumen show!
The That’s Just Good Business Squad Pack featuring Hondo Ohnaka has some of the coolest sculpts we’ve seen for the game.
There’s not much to say about this other than it’s fantastic! Who doesn’t want to play with characters from the Mandalorian?
The You Have Something I Want Squad Pack is similar to the Legion models and should add some serious firepower to your forces.
Today, the Rebellion Dies Squad Pack has many characters, featuring Iden Versia, Gideon Hask, Del Meeko, and Imperial Special Forces Troopers.
They are pushing heavily into Endor for this next round of minis, and we’re here for it.
The Bad Batch is a fan favorite, so even seeing it confirmed is terrific! While we didn’t have any miniature reveals, you can expect to see them soon.
We also saw a new terrain piece with a Womp Rat front and center!
Looking Into the Future
We saw some Ghost Crew posters, but not much else for them quite yet.
Well, we can’t really see this being anything other than Grand Admiral Thrawn! Known for this ruthlessness and strategy, he should be quite the character to add to your forces.
Star Wars Legion Roadmap Revealed: AMG Ministravaganza Day 3
Well, let’s start with the official roadmap from AMG:
- We gave more details on some packs announced at Adepticon!
Sun Fac and Poggle the Lesser miniatures and cards revealed.
Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister Cards Revealed
- Upcoming releases:
Range Troopers
LM-432 Crab Droid
Rebel Saboteurs
- A major Legion project is we are working to resculpt all old soft plastic releases to hard plastic. Resculpts are scheduled to begin dropping in stores in 2025.
Here’s the roadmap, but let’s break it down with pictures!
Fleshed Out Reveals From AdeptiCon 2023
We start with the same Geonosians that they showed off on day one when discussing the various painting techniques to get them knocked out.
They talk a little about the balancing changes that they worked through to get the stats where they currently are.
Weighed Down helps to keep them in check as they started way too good at some objectives, and Death From Above helps to enforce the use of higher elevation to make them feel like flying bugs, similar to their free jump.
A look into the unit cards shows us two different heavy weapons options off the bat: Force Pike Warrior and Sonic Cannon Warrior. Excitingly, the Force Pike is a flip card that’ll allow your Genosians to make overrun attacks.
We also get to look at the operative and commander that are coming out, Sun Fac and Poggle. They also talk a little about their move away from flight stands to help the immersion and make the scene seem less inherently like a game.
When looking at their stat cards, it looks like Poggle is taking a much more support-centric role, with much less combat efficacy and mobility than his more ruthless counterpart.
Sun Fac’s command card lets him help a couple of Genosian Warriors around him and himself.
Poggle, on the other hand, has some pretty cool options, ranging from returning defeated miniatures to the battle and upgrading Sun Fac from Direct to Coordinate with the other Genosian Warriors.
Next, we get to look at the new Inquisitor operatives teased earlier at Adepticon this year.
A cool thing to note is that these two have the associate keyword, which means, for example, instead of running a Operative Darth Vader, you could run both of them instead, which can give you the bonus of multiple activations at the cost of slightly less overall power.
Fifth Brother’s You Would Question Me command is fun from a flavor perspective. The fact that they are both fighting amongst each other to try and secure these tokens fits the duo well.
Being able to contest force pushes in addition to Demoralize 1 seems like an excellent ability to take up a training slot.
Upcoming Releases
In the future, the Republic Clone Commandos will be coming to Legion alongside the Bad Batch.
The Delta squad will also be released as a part of the Clone Commandos unit!
We also got a peek at the Range Troopers featured in the Solo movie as an option for the unit.
The LM4K Crab Droid is in the sculpting process to be an option for droid armies in Legion.
The Rebel Saboteurs are also in the sculpting process, inspired by the normal townsfolk who’ve decided to stand against the empire with what little they have.
It even has a little Loth cat to stick on one of your units!
New Star Wars Legion Miniature Resculpts Into Hard Plastic
Commander Vader is one of the most dramatic changes in forms of quality and detail with the change to hard plastic.
These are the new Stormtroopers re-sculpts, which look much more detailed in hard plastic.
Leia and Luke are both getting re-sculpts to better capture their likeness for the hard plastic miniatures as well.
They previewed the new Rebel Troopers unit for the resculpts and the different customization options.
New Battle Forces Rules
The commander for your Experimental Droids Battle Force gets this neat pool of surge tokens at the start of your activation phase that lets your other units (excluding the heavy) utilize a set of small buffs as a free action.
This new MagnaGuard is mandatory to run the Experimental Droids Battle Force, unlike your standard MagnaGuard.
The Prototype Tank droid offers the ability to issue an order at range one during the Command phase at the cost of the Transport keyword.
The new Wookiee Defenders battle force rules are pretty interesting, including the ability to count the Wookiee Warriors (Noble Fighter) units for army building, allowing you to run up to six of them!
The Fluttercraft is rocking the new Attack Run keyword that lets it manipulate its speed until the end of its activation.
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