Jyn Erso Leads Rebel Pathfinders In A New Star Wars Legion Mission
November 20, 2018 by brennon
Fantasy Flight Games has been previewing a new Commander and Unit expansion for the world of Star Wars: Legion. We start off with Jyn Erso leading the way to steal those Death Star plans for the Rebellion.
The set for Jyn Erso comes with her miniature showing here wielding a collapsible tonfa, ready to dive into the action and take down her foes before they get a chance to strike. She has some nifty rules which mean that when she comes under pressure she can either dive for cover or get stuck in and fight before they can move away.
The miniature for her is rather awesome too and I think that they've done a nice job of capturing her likeness from Rogue One. Now you just need to plan out some cool scenarios on those beaches as you struggle against The Empire.
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Some specialised troops are coming to support Jyn Erso in her assault too with the Rebel Pathfinders.
They are highly specialised and able to get stuck into the action very quickly. When you deploy them on the tabletop they can go anywhere beyond Range 3 of an enemy unit, bringing their blaster rifles to bear very quickly against the enemy.
This also means that they'll be able to sneak into position and take objectives before the enemy knows what is happening.
What do you think of the new releases?
"...they'll be able to sneak into position and take objectives before the enemy knows what is happening"
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Fabulous looking figure’s to game with straight out of the box.
Those look really good.
Excellent. A definate purchase. Now awaiting the arrival of krennic
Fabulous! These guys are out for action and you see in the sculpts. Jyn is also nice.
I love the sculpts on the Pathfinders.
That said, I do wish FFG would give us some more hardware for the battlefield instead of continuing to release nothing but infantry…
I personally like the way FFG releases Units at the moment. The moment when more heavy Units are available we will see a huge rise in meta/powergaming which always kills the fun for me. I love fluff lists. “Re-enacting” if you will. Metagaming killed X-Wing for me. So, forgive me for being selfish, but there are enough powergaming enabled systems out there. This can stay the way it is a little longer 😉
I would like to see more scenery rather than vehicles. Keep this as a skirmish game rather than a 40k clone.