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With the release of Star Wars Armada I wondered how long it would be before FFG came up with a land based Star Wars game, of a similar vein to X Wing & Armada.

This is what I came up with ) Hopefully I will be able to produce some "content" ideas soon as well


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Star Wars Ground Assault option 1

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Star Wars Ground Assault option 2


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You mean like Imperial Assault?




or were you thinking more along the lines of a 40k / Heroclix version of Star Wars?

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Nope. Assault is more skirmish. My idea was for a larger scale game. Perhaps using bases similar to the ones in Armada.

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That would be interesting. But I am not familiar with the Rebels having many ground units other then troopers, mounts, Speeders, or Snow Speeders.

I'm sure someone knows more then I do about it.

In fact, I think It would be better if you moved the era back to the clone wars. when both sides had massive ground vehicles and tons of selections for vehicles and troops.

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In EU Rebels have hover tanks, heavy tanks and missile batteries,


 
   
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Daston wrote:
In EU Rebels have hover tanks, heavy tanks and missile batteries,


Yes, but didn't Disney already declare that all EU's don't exist? They were only legends and rumors?

The only thing that Disney accepts as cannon is the six main movies. and the seventh that is coming out.

Not trying to argue or belittle, but I don't think they can pull form the EU, due to this. They got away with it in Armada, X-wing, and Imperial Assault because these were planned before Disney owned the rights. (though I may be miss-informed, so please correct me if I am wrong here.)

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They already pulled from EU for pretty much every release of X-Wing after the first year or so.
   
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I'd rather they pulled from the deepest excesses of the EU than touch the terrible waste of a decade's worth of filmmaking that was the prequel trilogy.

For me, the Clone Wars are legends and rumours, just as they were when mentioned in an off-hand manner in Ep IV.

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 Riquende wrote:
I'd rather they pulled from the deepest excesses of the EU than touch the terrible waste of a decade's worth of filmmaking that was the prequel trilogy.

For me, the Clone Wars are legends and rumours, just as they were when mentioned in an off-hand manner in Ep IV.


Me too! I hope the 4th Star Wars movie is as good as the other 3!
   
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Gragga Da Krumpa wrote:
 Riquende wrote:
I'd rather they pulled from the deepest excesses of the EU than touch the terrible waste of a decade's worth of filmmaking that was the prequel trilogy.

For me, the Clone Wars are legends and rumours, just as they were when mentioned in an off-hand manner in Ep IV.


Me too! I hope the 4th Star Wars movie is as good as the other 3!


Hope is a valuable thing, But I have a severe lack of faith in Disney when it comes to the Star Wars Universe.

If what I read about the script is true, it will be more like an adventure then a galactic war.

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A "Star Wars Ground Assault" would be awesome.

My friend and I always talk about how we wish we still had our old AMT sets...would have made for an awesome tabletop game....



edit: this is not mine..

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that's an awesome looking set!

((And to this day I always thought those transport ships were as big as Star Destroyers.))

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Ah man I loved that set!

I saw it loads of times in the shops but could never convince my parents to get it for me.

How I pined over it, but alas.

OP there was the the Star Wars Command game/toys. Seems to have tanked as I've seen it in shops at 50-80% off. It's a range of scales though.

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It will cost $150 and have only one snowspeeder, one AT-AT and two dice (with most rolls requiring five dice).

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 notprop wrote:

OP there was the the Star Wars Command game/toys. Seems to have tanked as I've seen it in shops at 50-80% off. It's a range of scales though.


I do hope the range sticks around, I have most of the current sets for my homemade SW ruleset, but I could do with some more stuff that wasn't released when I last looked. They actually paint up rather nicely, and while the scale is a bit off on the vehicles, the fighters and infantry are close enough compared to each other.


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privateer4hire wrote:
It will cost $150 and have only one snowspeeder, one AT-AT and two dice (with most rolls requiring five dice).


And is why I hope anyone other than FFG makes a SW game at some point. The price for Armada, IA and X-Wing are all pretty insane, even compared to GW.

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The Battle Barge Buffet Line

It took 3 years for xwing to get its bigger sized cousin. I'd expect roughly the same for ground combat.

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 Vanguard-13 wrote:
Daston wrote:
In EU Rebels have hover tanks, heavy tanks and missile batteries,


Yes, but didn't Disney already declare that all EU's don't exist? They were only legends and rumors?



NO, LSG (Lucasfilm Story Group) declared that stuff non-canon BEFORE LFL was bought by disney. ALL that stuff happened when GEORGE LUCAS still owned LFL.

Although SOME old EU stuff remained canon. Sienar Fleet Systems was a thing created for background in the old West End rpg - and it REMAINS canon because TCW and Rebels have both used it.

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I think I would be more interested in ground assault over any others! I am interested in picking up imperial assault as well though.

 
   
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 Vanguard-13 wrote:
Hope is a valuable thing, But I have a severe lack of faith in Disney when it comes to the Star Wars Universe.

If what I read about the script is true, it will be more like an adventure then a galactic war.


Euch, Yeah. They could turn it into something like a farm boy discovering a plea for help from a princess, joining an old wizard-knight on his quest, getting mixed up with smugglers in the underbelly of an exotic, dangerous city, infiltrating the dark lord's unassailable fortress... oh wait.

I'm sooo, sooo sorry.

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 Vermis wrote:
 Vanguard-13 wrote:
Hope is a valuable thing, But I have a severe lack of faith in Disney when it comes to the Star Wars Universe.

If what I read about the script is true, it will be more like an adventure then a galactic war.


Euch, Yeah. They could turn it into something like a farm boy discovering a plea for help from a princess, joining an old wizard-knight on his quest, getting mixed up with smugglers in the underbelly of an exotic, dangerous city, infiltrating the dark lord's unassailable fortress... oh wait.


You have a point.

But From what I read, it will be about:
Spoiler:
A girl who finds Luke's first light saber. Finds Han, and convinces him to go on a quest to return the lightsaber. They find Chewie and continue on their quest. Ending when they find a hooded figure and it is revealed to be Luke. End Movie.


Granted, I could be completely wrong, and it could be a movie more awesome then all three Star Wars Movies.

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I would like FFG to do something for Hoth in approximately 15mm -- probably one AT-AT and two T-47s for around 70-90 USD.

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Cozy cockpit of an Imperial Knight

If FFG does it, well it will cost around that much, have a fethload of cards, tokens and poorly laid out rules, plus three separate decks you need to keep an eye on as you play.



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RVA

Not if it is like either X-Wing or Armada.

   
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Cozy cockpit of an Imperial Knight

True, hopefully if they ever tackle it, it won't be as intensive as Imperial Assault!



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RVA

I am hoping for a miniatures game rather than some kind of board game.

   
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Gragga Da Krumpa wrote:
 Riquende wrote:
I'd rather they pulled from the deepest excesses of the EU than touch the terrible waste of a decade's worth of filmmaking that was the prequel trilogy.

For me, the Clone Wars are legends and rumours, just as they were when mentioned in an off-hand manner in Ep IV.


Me too! I hope the 4th Star Wars movie is as good as the other 3!


If anything needs a reboot it's the prequel trilogy. Just make it about the fall of the old republic and the rise of the empire and have Anakin's lure to the dark side be a small side story or not featured at all.

One well executed film is all it would take, then release the theatrical versions of the original trilogy on blu ray. Do it now Disney!

Back on topic. I would buy a 6mm, or maybe even 15mm scale release of the op's idea. Love those At-Ats.
   
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RVA

I think 6mm is too small. It needs to be big enough to have some figures.

   
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What about 10mm? Dropzone commander pulls it off nicely.

   
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RVA

I don't really like their soldiers although they are not bad for 10mm. But you can really get a lot more detail out of 15mm.

At 15mm, your AT-AT is about 8 inches tall -- seems good to me.

   
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 Bonegrinder wrote:
then release the theatrical versions of the original trilogy on blu ray. Do it now Disney!



The only issue with this is that DISNEY don't own the release rights to the original trilogy (won't have "empire" and "jedi" before 2020) and Fox will own release rights on "A new hope" for perpetuity (unless they wish to onsell them).


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