PatEllis15
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| From the New WotC Catalog:
Star Wars Miniatures
Starship Battles
Starter Set and Booster
The Star War Miniatures gaming experience reaches a whole new level!
Star Wars Starship Battles is a new collectible miniatures game based on the popular Star Wars Miniatures Game. Long anticipated by fans, Starship Battles presents authentic starship figures from across all eras of the Star Wars saga. This 40-figure set is made up exclusively of space vehicles of all sizes, from starfighters to capital ships, all represented in relative scale. The starter game also contains two exclusive, non-randomized figures not available anywhere else, the Super Star Destroyer Executor and the Mon Calamari Star Defender Viscount.
Drawn from the popular films, computer games, comics, and novels, the starships in this set are presented in relative scale to each other and not scale with other Star Wars Miniatures figures.
Starter Game Componants:
rulebook
game map
two exclusive, non-randomized figures
ten randomized figures
stat card for each figure
set checklist
Booster Componants:
seven randomized figures
stat card for each figure
set checklist
Nov. 21, 2006; Starter $39.99, Booster $19.99
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bigbadjon
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| | 05/13/2006 12:28 AM |
| | I desperately need good mini ships for the rpg. I'll be glad to see these. | |
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Darthrau
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2233 Posts
| | 05/13/2006 6:50 AM |
| | Can't wait, I posted some thoughts on the General thread. But I don't think it's anything new for those who have stayed up to date on the SWMSS game. | |
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PatEllis15
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| | 05/13/2006 7:35 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Darthrau
Can't wait, I posted some thoughts on the General thread. But I don't think it's anything new for those who have stayed up to date on the SWMSS game.
Well, then you guys need to post in this forum more often! This is the first time I've heard a description of the contents of the boosters/starters, and in particular the contents of the Starter.
If you've heard anything else, POST AWAY!
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bigbadjon
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| | 05/13/2006 3:42 PM |
| | I think we are ways off from hearing the specifics about this game. Anybody know when it is supposed to be released? I'm a patient man, but I feel I can't wait for this one. | |
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Sean-Khan
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| | 05/13/2006 4:52 PM |
| | Any pics of this new game?? | |
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PatEllis15
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4462 Posts
| | 05/13/2006 5:40 PM |
| No pic's that I've heard of. I expect we will see some preview figures at Gen Con.
Release date is in November (per the blurb up above...).
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Villiam
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| | 05/13/2006 8:39 PM |
| I found this via google, not much but a little. I doubt official pictures of the ship exist, outside of the mini and concept drawings at WotC, and LFL.
Viscount-class Star Dreadnought
An enormous battleship designed shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Few operational examples existed and their production run may have been halted or delayed in favor of a greater number of lesser warships. As the Viscount is over twice the size of the Mediator, the Viscount-class ships were the Mon Calamari's first attempt at building a large capital ship that could compete with an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. The classification name for this class of vessel is "Star Defender", perhaps intended as an opposite to the implications of "Star Destroyer".
http://www.answers.com/topic/mon-calamari-cruiser
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Sean-Khan
Commander
2717 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 2:42 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Villiam
I found this via google, not much but a little. I doubt official pictures of the ship exist, outside of the mini and concept drawings at WotC, and LFL.
Viscount-class Star Dreadnought
An enormous battleship designed shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Few operational examples existed and their production run may have been halted or delayed in favor of a greater number of lesser warships. As the Viscount is over twice the size of the Mediator, the Viscount-class ships were the Mon Calamari's first attempt at building a large capital ship that could compete with an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. The classification name for this class of vessel is "Star Defender", perhaps intended as an opposite to the implications of "Star Destroyer".
http://www.answers.com/topic/mon-calamari-cruiser
But the pic says Home One... It looks good, but I think it's just taken from an angle it's not recognized well. I posted a pic in another thread that was supposedly Defender, not very pretty [:(]
Here's again the pic I found:
http://www.swrebellion.com/~the_mask/woodsboro/rebellion/models/viscount_1.jpg | |
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Villiam
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55 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 6:32 AM |
| Yeah the webpage is all about the various Mon Cal Cruisers, but it only had pics of the RotJ ones on the site. I think I tried to get to the site you found your pic at, but it was block by work. :(
Nice looking ship though, Im looknig forward to getting a few of those. Nice find Sean-Khan | |
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bigbadjon
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546 Posts
| | 05/14/2006 10:23 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by PatEllis15
Release date is in November (per the blurb up above...).
Pat E
Bwah! Thanks for pointing that out for me. Yesterday I was a bit dense for some reason. | |
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Kypdurron
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| | 05/14/2006 8:30 PM |
| I am more excited about this than a grown man should be !
Its a little scary actually, I know I am not going to be able to avoid buying this!
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Sean-Khan
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striderlotr
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| | 05/15/2006 10:14 AM |
| | So is there a chance in hell of us seeing some of these minis at Gen Con? I know that in June WotC will be doing demos of Dreamblade which comes out in August. Do we think we could see some demos for a game in August that comes out in November? | |
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PatEllis15
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| | 05/15/2006 2:05 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by striderlotr
So is there a chance in hell of us seeing some of these minis at Gen Con? I know that in June WotC will be doing demos of Dreamblade which comes out in August. Do we think we could see some demos for a game in August that comes out in November?
I'd say there is a chance that we will see the contents of "a" starter. After all, we know that figures are finished well in advance, they GenCon is THE time to showcase new product. So, in the case, the Executor and viscount, and a few fighters. THat's my guess.
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Sean-Khan
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PatEllis15
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| | 05/15/2006 11:19 PM |
| Maybe. With the start of a "new" product, they show a lot (ala DDM Harbinber, and Dreamblade, and SWM RS, etc). If they feel that this is really a new game, they will pump the previews. If they see it as an extention of the SWM game, then maybe not..
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Sean-Khan
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2717 Posts
| | 05/19/2006 6:19 AM |
| I'm just too exited about this game - I just hope that the rarities or quality won't let us down... Generally I think that the quality will be good in the game's first set - first sets are always something that will be given lots of attention. I just mean that if boosters cost $20, there needs to be something fancy in them as they are a lot smaller and generally simplier to paint.
What kind of scenarios do you think we'll see? Shall we see Ultimate missions or more generic scenario -book? How about standard scenarios, in addition to most obvious kill'em all scenarios? (unless this game has heavy influence from AAM)
Assault scenario from AAM is great; Escort/protection -scenarios would also be fine (buy unarmed troops some time to escape), as well as death-star scenario. Normal head-to-head -scenario doesn't often work too well for Rebels vs. Empire conflicts - maybe this will be represented by some special effect cards(or maybe just scenarios), allowing special victory conditions? Or then they are just represented by strong heroes.
How about environment (maybe we can't talk about terrain here?) Asteroids for sure. Maybe space stations/docks/fortifications, gas clouds (with different effects), dust clouds. I don't have slightest idea what's the scale so it's hard to say if planet/moon surfaces (with gravity effects) are present. Death star might also be more of an element at the edge of a map.
We might also get surface skirmishes - maybe some ground units are also added, turrets /at-at's and such? I'd love that! [:D] This would actually make possible hoth -like scenarios - Starships would be on the same map than ground units, but this should use relative distances. 3 height levels would be enough here - surface, atmosphere and orbit. Walkers would advance towards rebels base while troops try to delay them and also flee themselves when the base itself has been evacuated. Fighter groups could escort transport ships and ion cannon would be able to fire to the orbit as well as capital ships could shoot units at the ground if shield generator is not active...
Do you think we'll get non-combat ships? Of course quite about all Star Wars ships have some kind of weaponry [:)] So this kind of ships would work well as screeners. I'd wait for Bulk freighter and rebel transport at least. And several small freighters.
And how do I hope that there's only one rare -slot, which is for single crafts piloted by named heroes... And normal fighters would be presented in groups of fighters. | |
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Wakalimasu
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738 Posts
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| | 05/19/2006 6:56 PM |
| I CANT WAIT! :D
ive been buying those SW titanium capital ships in anticipation! :D
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Luisjoey
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Caracas Venezuela
| | 05/20/2006 8:03 PM |
| | I can´t wait too!!!! WANT THE ALL!!!! | |
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striderlotr
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3370 Posts
| | 05/22/2006 9:51 AM |
| | Pat, you are right, Gen Con would be the place to show some off. I'm hoping they have about 20 pieces on display... Maybe in the glass box with some space type terrain. | |
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zhanteel
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| | 05/24/2006 12:14 PM |
| | I'm not sure how I feel about this set in terms of gaming. I'll have to see how the mechanics are layed out. Something about space vehicles on a 2d map seems bland. I could be way off base though, and I'm sure to find out as I'll have to buy at least a starter. My guess is that, like SWM this will be more of a collector thing, than a game investment. | |
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mordantos
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1210 Posts
| | 05/24/2006 1:21 PM |
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Originally posted by zhanteel
My guess is that, like SWM this will be more of a collector thing, than a game investment.
SWM isn't a game investment?
News to me.
Regardless of the game mechanics, I am going to pick this up- You can always use the figures under a different rule set... even one set up to do 3D. | | | |
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Sean-Khan
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Qapla
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82 Posts
| | 05/27/2006 11:42 AM |
| | I'm rather excited about this. I'm wondering if the fighters will be close to scale with the Lego ISD. Also does anyone know if the Republic Gunships are space capable? Lets hope they are worth the $$$ that we will all spend on them. I want pictures!!! | |
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Luisjoey
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| | 05/28/2006 12:43 AM |
| | Well acording to Clone Wars Cartoon they do! but i´m no really sure at all because the design. | |
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Humble Minion
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| | 05/29/2006 6:24 AM |
| Too late - too late alas!
I could really use the Super Star Destroyer for my RPG campaign, but it's going to be over and done with way before November. If there hadn't been that huge gap after Universe it would have come out early enough to be of some use to me. Sad thing about SWM is that with the RPG line dying (and having massive problems in the first place, it must be said), the minis line has lost a fairly big potential customer base. I'll be getting rid of pretty much all my collection after my capaign finishes, and just keeping a Vader and a Yoda to sit on top of my monitor... | |
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bigbadjon
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| | 05/29/2006 9:35 AM |
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Originally posted by Humble Minion
Too late - too late alas!
I could really use the Super Star Destroyer for my RPG campaign, but it's going to be over and done with way before November. If there hadn't been that huge gap after Universe it would have come out early enough to be of some use to me. Sad thing about SWM is that with the RPG line dying (and having massive problems in the first place, it must be said), the minis line has lost a fairly big potential customer base. I'll be getting rid of pretty much all my collection after my capaign finishes, and just keeping a Vader and a Yoda to sit on top of my monitor...
Don't give up on the rpg yet. We are still getting regular support from Wizards. Also the two force based references are being reprinted in June. So if those sell well the rpg might well catch a second wind. | |
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Luisjoey
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| | 05/29/2006 9:34 PM |
| | Well SWM minis have now RPG stats, that´s something don´t¿? | |
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Eliminator53
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| | 05/30/2006 8:15 PM |
| | I am super stoked that these are coming out this year. I will finally get to use ships more in my RPG gme. I am gonna be so broke when this game comes out[:p]. | |
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Dargoth
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1274 Posts
| | 06/02/2006 8:52 PM |
| Has any infomation been given about which factions will be represented in the first set? (Obviously Empire and New Republic are in)
Kind of hoping to see some of those Hammer head cruiser from Knights of the Old Republic | |
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striderlotr
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| | 06/05/2006 11:59 AM |
| | Well I can't wait for some more info on this game as well. The ship battle side of games has intrigued me for a long time. I remember playing a mass combat ship game a long time ago with cardboard counters. It was based on Star Frontiers. That was a cool setting that I wish was still around today. | |
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mordantos
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| | 06/05/2006 3:08 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by striderlotr
I remember playing a mass combat ship game a long time ago with cardboard counters. It was based on Star Frontiers.
That would be the "Knight Hawks" boxed set.
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That was a cool setting that I wish was still around today.
In this day and age, nothing dies. [)]
Star Frontiers is still around even if not being officially published, and I have seen it ported to a wide variety of systems. | | | |
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striderlotr
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3370 Posts
| | 06/05/2006 3:47 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by mordantos
quote:
Originally posted by striderlotr
I remember playing a mass combat ship game a long time ago with cardboard counters. It was based on Star Frontiers.
That would be the "Knight Hawks" boxed set.
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That was a cool setting that I wish was still around today.
In this day and age, nothing dies. [)]
Star Frontiers is still around even if not being officially published, and I have seen it ported to a wide variety of systems.
CORRECT! Thanks for the memory boost.
It was just a fun D&D in space type of game. Some neat races and abilties, as well as monsters to battle. | |
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PatEllis15
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4462 Posts
| | 07/18/2006 4:48 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sean-Khan
When is Gen Con again? I'm waiting to hear/see something more about this game [:p]
Gen Con is August 10, 11, 12, and 13.
We'll keep you all posted!
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| | 07/20/2006 8:10 AM |
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Sean-Khan
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2717 Posts
| | 08/11/2006 2:22 AM |
| News from Con, by Fiddy @wotc (&few others)
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Starships is 60 mini set. They planned the set as a stand-alone item, but if it does particularly well they may do another set later. 2 gargantuan (in the starter), 10 huge (in boosters), 7 large, the rest medium. 5-10% EU (depending how you count EU). There will be a difference between 'X-Wing' and 'X-Wing with Luke Skywalker'. 2-D combat, but you can pass through ships and they don't provide cover to each other (I may be slightly off on this). There is facing. There are rules for capital ships targeting fighters and vice versa.
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