Lockdown Day 91: Star Wars and Lego!

Hi!

I've just watched the Mandalorian on Disney Plus and really enjoyed all the Star Wars shenanigans and it got me to thinking about some of the options for Star Wars gaming out there.

I've also been devouring Star Wars Rebels, the animated tv series that came out a while back and I've found it to be a really rather good series too and I'm really enjoying finding out more of the Star Wars universe than the original movies.

It's got me to thinking about some Star Wars themed gaming as it's got lots of great elements, evil empires, brave rebels, small skirmishes and massive space battles.

I remember the bendy pre painted figures of years gone by and regret not picking up a few to repaint before they became scarce. Moving onto a more modern range, there's the assorted Fantasy Flight games, Imperial Assault, X-Wing and Star Wars Legion.

 
Now, each are supposed to be really good but there's the issue of Fantasy Flight producing Imperial Assault and Legion in two slightly different scales and the amount of tokens, cards and whatnot that they require. Coupled with the cost of figures, I'm not sure that I would be up for the investment required and the fact that Fantasy Flight seems to have been on somewhat shaky ground of late having laid off a load of staff, even before the Lockdown.

I then got to thinking about some of the cheap Lego sets that I've seen from time to time. What would the technicalities of putting on a game using my own rules and using teeny tiny Lego kits and custom creations?

I know there's Brick Wars and Mobile Frame Zero which both are based on using Lego so it's not beyond the realm of possibility to get a good game from using them. It's just a question of playing around with a different type of toy soldier than I usually do!

Looking online, there's some really amazing custom creations to be found for pretty much every kind of mech, vehicle or starship imaginable!

I'd be interested in hearing if anyone has tried the Fantasy Flight games and if they are any good or indeed if folks are using Lego in their gaming!

I've actually got some lego lying around so I think I'll have a play around with it to see what I can come up with so watch this space.

In the meantime, All the best and apologies for once again wandering off on a tangent!

Interesting Find

Hi!

I was in the local supermarket the other day and spotted these little fellows:

Star Wars Fighter Pods

Yes they are toys but I was struck by the possibility of using them as a fun selection of figures for some skirmish gaming!

I bought a pack which included a certain bounty hunter and thought I would share my initial thoughts!

Boba Fett

The figures are superdeformed or chibi in style and stand just under 25mm tall and are cast from a soft rubbery plastic. The detail is excellent on them and the paintjobs are surprisingly good but somewhat marred by mould lines which could do with a little cleaning.

The soft plastic will make painting them a bit of an adventure but I doubt I will bother as already mentioned they aren't too badly painted. Interestingly theres also several different poses for many of the characters so folks could collect a detachment of imperial stormtroopers and not have them all identical!

Price wise they are quite affordable at about £1 each and I can imagine myself getting a pack from time to time so that I can play a bit of a skirmish campaign using the little chaps and the old Rogue Trader rules

Although they aren't strictly 15mm scale they are quite a lot of fun and the Jabba the Hutt figure they do would be ideal for anyone wanting a sluglike crimelord in 15mm scale and hes quite solid so should be more straightforward to repaint.

I would highly recommend taking a peek at them as they are an interesting change from the usual and really rather characterful.

Concept Art!

By the looks of it theres going to be some good additions to the range soon including droids!

All the best!