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Micah Ulibarri (79 KP) rated Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game in Tabletop Games

Mar 27, 2018  
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
2012 | Bluff, Collectible Components, Entertainment, Flight / Aviation, Miniatures
10
8.0 (16 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
I absolutely love this game. It takes into account pretty much all the things I want out of a game. Competition, Strategy and Star Wars

There are a lot of ins and outs. While the basic game is the same, being familiar with the cards, ships, pilots, mods, etc can definitely give you a boost over a less knowledgeable opponent.


I love flying the ships. I am a huge Star Wars fan so getting to use my knowledge of Star Wars in a competitive and strategic way is the best of both worlds.


The miniatures look great and the art on the cards is always cool. There are also additional and rare cards you can get from participating in and winning tournaments.


There is a large and fun community based mostly around comic and game shops that play this game. There is also an annual competition that is very high stakes. (I have never been.)


Finally, though it can be a costly game to get into, when compared to most miniature games, it is probably one of the least expensive and the start up cost is only $40.


All in all, the main thing I want from this game is to get to play it more. And that's on me.
  
    The Hunters A.D. 2114

    The Hunters A.D. 2114

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    Tabletop Game

    The Hunters is a cooperative miniatures board game for 1-4 players. Become a machine hunter and face...

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David McK (3562 KP) rated Decision at Thunder Rift: Book One of The Saga of the Gray Death Legion in Books

Mar 9, 2025  
Decision at Thunder Rift: Book One of The Saga of the Gray Death Legion
Decision at Thunder Rift: Book One of The Saga of the Gray Death Legion
William H Keith Jr | 1986 | Fiction & Poetry
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Battletech.

Giant stompy robots, very much - it seems to me - the Western version of Japanese mecha.

A board (miniatures) game that's been around since the 1980s, with a fair few PC games and other associated elements spin-offs.

With said spin-offs including a series of novels which - although aware they existed (in much the same way as do Start Trek or Dr Who novels) I never really read any of them - I think I might have tried one, back in the mid 90s or so, but it was forgettable at best.

So, when I was recently looking for something light to read in between bouts of heavier literature (I hate that word), I thought I would give this one a try, since it is - apparently - #1 in the entire series, and since it was on sale for something silly like 99p on Kindle.

What I got was pretty much what I expected: a sci-fi war story, where the 'mechs are basically the equivalent of futuristic tanks, with a light smattering of intrigue but with the real draw, of course, being on the mech vs mech action.

I might pick up some more in the series, but don't think I'll be going out of my way to do so.