Star Wars Legion: Clone Wars Starter Set

Besides X-Wing, this is my second most favorite Star Wars game.  I did like and play Imperial Assault, I just think that this is a more enjoyable game and the possibilities of play are more expansive.

Wanting to expand my collection, I decided to order the Clone Wars starter set.  I already have the original starter set and a few of the expansion sets (AT-ST and others).

This set brings into the game the Separatist droid forces against the Republic’s armies of clone troopers and Jedi Knights.  Another great thing I like about this set is that you get Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous.  Both of these sculpts are really cool.  What I like about General Grievous, is you can assemble him multiple ways and can pose him in a variety of different ways as well.

Here is the description of the set from the Fantasy Flight website:

This Core Set invites you to enter a completely new era of infantry battles in the Star Wars galaxy, pitting the overwhelming Separatist droid forces against the Republic’s crack armies of clone troopers and Jedi Knights. As you do, you’ll assemble a force of the Clone Wars' most iconic heroes, villains, troopers, and vehicles, including Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous. In addition to introducing the Galactic Republic and Separatist Alliance to the game, this Core Set contains all the cards, tools and tokens you need to begin staging your own Star Wars battles right away, making this the perfect starting point to begin building your Star Wars: Legion collection!

Set Contents:

• 39 unpainted and highly detailed miniatures give you the building blocks you need to begin assembling your Galactic Republic or Separatist Alliance armies.
• Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous each pose with lightsabers at the ready, prepared to lead their troops into battle and show off their skills in combat. Both these miniatures are exclusive to the Clone Wars Core Set.
• Two sqauds of Phase I Clone Troops enter the fight to preserve the Republic. Five carry the DC-15A blaster rifle while two heavy weapons specialists add extra firepower with a Z-6 rotary blaster cannon and a DC-15 blaster rifle modified to fire from long range.
• A BARC Speeder miniature gives your Clone Troopers some much-needed speed as they look to outmaneuver the Separatist's battle droids and can be assembled with or without its sidecar. Those who include the sidecar can further customize their speeder with a twin laser gunner, an RPS-6 gunner, or an ion gunner.
• Two squads of B1 Battle Droids are ready to crush any resistance with sheer weight of numbers. Seven are armed with E-5 blaster rifles, while two heavy weapons specialists bring either an E-5C blaster rifle or an E-60R missile launcher.
• One unit of two Droidekas is ready to speed into battle in wheel mode. Once there, the wheel mode miniatures can be replaced by two Droideka miniatures ready to lay down heavy fire on targets the B1 Battle Droids cannot take care of.

I look forward to getting stuck into this box set and getting everything assembled and painted.

Until next time, stay safe, and try to have some fun, I know it's hard with the COVID-19 epidemic thing still going on, but lets just all be here for one another and try to get through this together.