Star Wars: Legion large scale FFG ground combat minis wargame

[Daeothar]

My choice of miniatures for Star Wars in 28mm is WotC bendies, which I'm over my eyeballs into by now. So you won't see me changing over to this new scale; for me even IA was too big (read: heroic).

So only if eventually re-sold boxes become available without the minis, I might be tempted to buy one, because trust me; I've got all the Star Wars minis I could possibly want already... And even then, only when the game has proven to be fun and solid mind you!

The components certainly do look nice, but I've come to expect nothing less from FFG to be honest...

[Dr. The Viking]

I can't wait to get my hands on this.

Scale seems perfect for painting!

[Agis]

That pic is definitely a shame with the IA collectors out there.  Moreso if FFG dumps IA (and I suspect they will as they got some flak for making a Star Wars "board game" since they don't hold the license for that - hence the "wargaming" rules added in).

I'll be curious to see how big the actual figures are when they're released.  If it's close to GW-esque scale it'll do well enough.  I'm still likely in for a used or discounted copy or two in the far future (in the hopes FFG sticks to this one) for my own wargaming purposes.

I fear that SW Legionmodels are too big, IA is perfect for GW!

[dodge]

I'm quite looking forward to this one.

Have a lot of IA minis and enjoy that game.

I'm not too bothered about the different scales , I sort of expect that from gaming companies releasing a new game.

The price of the core set seems on par with others being by released I.e about £70. Am interest to see what expansions will be and the price of those. Hope it gets  some longevity.

[Elbows]

I fear that SW Legionmodels are too big, IA is perfect for GW!

Gotcha.  Yeah if they're more than a heroic 32, I'll be out.

[Mason]

The price of the core set seems on par with others being by released I.e about £70. Am interest to see what expansions will be and the price of those. Hope it gets  some longevity.

That price point would be acceptable to me for a bucket of nice SW toys.
Not even bothered about the rules as there are plenty of options there.
As for expansion packs, I fell for X-Wing in a big enough way (but not anywhere near as far as some have!), so I will probably cave there too.....although I have a head start with some.

All in all, I think I am certainly going in for this, the material is the only thing to worry about now.
Please: No soft bendy plastic!

[axiom]

I might have missed this, but although I'm not in for the game, I'd love some Tattoine buildings. Anyone know if terrain is likely to be forthcoming?

[Elbows]

I would highly doubt it, outside of barricades.  If the figures are big, FFG has little interest in producing what would be rather huge buildings, etc.  I'd love to be wrong, but I wouldn't imagine that's in the pipeline.  If they are, expect mad prices.

[gamer Mac]

I might have missed this, but although I'm not in for the game, I'd love some Tattoine buildings. Anyone know if terrain is likely to be forthcoming?

I know a man who makes them on commision
So with this new game does that mean there will be a load of IA stuff going cheap on ebay, suits me

[axiom]

I know a man who makes them on commision

Is that right? Who might that be?

[cdm]

I'm not in until I see the plans for the next sets. They're not compatible with anything else, so if the range remains small with excessive figure costs for what limited extra sets they do release, my interest will remain purely academic.

[The_Baron]

All very nice and all, but what material? Icky PVC? Most of the IA models look like they were a nightmare to clean up.
Hard plastic stormtroopers on the other hand would sell like hotcakes regardless of size differences.

Regardless, I am going to remain a complete wargaming hipster and stick to my WEG 25mm 

[Manchu]

Wave 1 expansions will be dominated by core set minis:
- stormtroopers
- speeder bikes
- rebel troopers
- AT-RT
- dice
- measurement tool

Hints dropped during demos:
- Leia (commander)
- scout troopers (special forces)
- AT-ST
- snow speeder

Love the DLT-19 and HH-12 stormies. The Z-6 (chain blaster), eh whatever. Other rebel SAW is rumored to be some kind of ion rifle.

Very excited about how Armor works. Only critical hits damage units with Armor. There is only one critical result per die, regardless of color. Weapons with Impact X special rule may convert X hit results to critical hits.

DLT-19 is Impact 1,HH-12 is Impact 3. A normal stormie is 11 points (E-11 blaster rolls one white [worst] die). DLT-19 (2 red [best] dice) stormie is 24 points. HH-12 (3 black [mid] dice) stormie costs 34.

Basic stormies squad is NCO plus 3 stormies with E-11s for 44 points. Can add an additional E-11 stormie for 11 pts and one of the SAW stormies. So a single squad is 44-89 points and normal games are 800 pts per side. Keep in mind that your force must include commander: Luke is 160 and Vader 200 pts.

Hope this gives a sense of the scale of the game.

[Munindk]

Depending on weapon ranges, that sounds doable on 4x4'

[zemjw]

All very nice and all, but what material? Icky PVC? Most of the IA models look like they were a nightmare to clean up.

They are, as bad as the Studio McVey and Mantic restic stuff   The lightsabers and some of the weapons are also a pain to straighten.

However, having said all that, I won't be buying these if they are as tall as they appear to be. The IA figures tower over Hasslefree and most of my other figures, so much so that I'm not sure they'll work on the same table. These new figures will just not work at all, which is a huge shame as I'd have liked some more poses for the stormtroopers and rebels.

If they do some vehicles, however, I could be tempted...