Whilst I must admit that I was a little bit surprised when I first saw the announcement for Star Wars Legion, that surprise soon turned into excitement when I realised that a battalion level miniatures game was in the offing. Although it shares a few concepts with other Fantasy Flight Games set in the Star Wars universe (specifically Imperial Assault) it has a grander scale, requires no board and delivers a number of hobby features. In particular, the miniatures are of a higher standard and require a degree of assembly (including gluing) that is unusual among Ffg products.
The game itself will be immediately familiar to fans of any other miniatures combat game, with probably Warhammer 40k from Games Workshop being the most similar both in the way it looks and in how some of the movement, cover and firing mechanics work. In terms of the technical complexity of game play,...
The game itself will be immediately familiar to fans of any other miniatures combat game, with probably Warhammer 40k from Games Workshop being the most similar both in the way it looks and in how some of the movement, cover and firing mechanics work. In terms of the technical complexity of game play,...
- 3/21/2018
- by Matthew Smail
- Nerdly
I feel remarkably lucky to have received First Martians at Christmas time, when more or less the whole country downs tools and gorges themselves on turkey and chocolate for several days before looking for something else to do. That something, for me, is almost always board games, but at this time of year I’m also able to draw upon the collective consciousness of an even wider group of friends and family than usual, and I love nothing more than roping them in to an exciting new game.
First Martians has proven to be a very interesting choice for that purpose, because it has enabled me to test the game with players of all skill levels, ages and at all counts. I’ve played the game solo several times and I’ve also played it with the full quota of four players including my mum, but mostly, I’ve played it with a single,...
First Martians has proven to be a very interesting choice for that purpose, because it has enabled me to test the game with players of all skill levels, ages and at all counts. I’ve played the game solo several times and I’ve also played it with the full quota of four players including my mum, but mostly, I’ve played it with a single,...
- 1/3/2018
- by Matthew Smail
- Nerdly
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