Shatterpoint - First Thoughts

"OH NO! We've lost him to a game that doesn't exist yet! Legion is Dead! Sell all of your stuff and boycott AMG!" - Someone Probably.

Yeah... No. I'll preface this with: I don't think anything could replace Star Wars Legion for me. I have an absolutely fantastic community here in Knoxville, I love the game itself and adore the community and people. However, with all of that said, I am damn excited for Shatterpoint. I love painting and playing miniatures games and I am a Star Wars nut through and through.

I know we don't have much information on Shatterpoint, but it is slowly being trickled in daily. From what I've seen so far I can say without a doubt I will absolutely enjoy this game. I'm going to go down a quick list of things that excite me about Shatterpoint.

1. The Models look fucking fantastic. I will always be a hobbyist before a wargamer. I love building and painting just about anything under the sun. The sculpts are beautiful and, since they're bigger than the legion, have amazing detail built into them. I cannot wait to get my hands on Obi-Wan, Maul, and Ahsoka. If for any reason I decided I don't enjoy playing Shatterpoint, I can say, without a doubt, I will be purchasing every expansion just to paint them.
2. The Time and Finacial Commitment, or rather, lack thereof.  Shatterpoint is a game that allegedly takes around 90 minutes to complete. That is a decent place to start. My assumption is that, as with all things, once you get better you become more efficient with time. I would not be surprised, nor disappointed if Shatterpoint is a game that can take as little as 45 minutes. We've seen the price of the Core Box to be $165 USD. This seems pretty steep being ~$65 more expensive than the previous Star Wars Core Sets, but none of those came with a large amount of beautiful terrain. They've also said that all future Squad boxes and expansions will be $50 USD. That also seems like a steep price until you realize that $50 gets you a whole half of an army. $265 USD will get you all of the required items, terrain, and 6 different squads which can be mixed and matched to make hundreds of different combinations.
3. The Possibilities! I won't go into too much detail and speculation here, but I will do so in a future article. I think there are a ton of really cool possibilities for units in this game and I am looking forward to seeing how they do it!
4. The Art is gorgeous. I know it has absolutely nothing to do with gameplay, but my lord! Look at this:

That's only 2 out of 8 images we've seen. I am in love with the art style and look of these. I am so happy that this is what they've chosen to be on the unit cards.

I think that's all I have to say for now, but I will definitely be keeping up with Shatterpoint! If you have any suggestions of what I should cover now or when the game is out please let me know! Any suggestions on how to organize this site to best fit the communities needs are also welcome!

Thanks for reading!