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Starship Battles Page

 

"Conquer the hyperspace lanes with the best fleet of starships you can muster from all eras of the Star Wars saga. Drawn from the landmark films, the computer games, the comics, and the novels, these starships give you a whole new way to decide the fate of the galaxy. The Star Wars Miniatures Starship Battles Game Starter Set contains everything needed to play head-to-head Star Wars space battles. Add Starship Battles Booster Packs to expand players' options so they can create more powerful fleets and decide the fate of the galaxy. Beautifully detailed, this highly-anticipated set will excite players, collectors, and movie fans."

 

5/31/2010 - No additional ships have been released in this line.

 

11/28/2006 - Star Wars Miniatures Starship Battles has been released and is in stores now.

 

10/15/2006 - The Wizards of the Coast website now has a Starship Battles page plus basic rules are now online (here).  Current product info shows this as a 60 ship release instead of the 40 ships originally stated.  Plus there will be a preview of ships posted on their website every Thursday until the release of the game:

-Starship Battle Page Announcement Oct 12th
-Starship Battles Rulebook Oct 12th
-First Starships Preview Oct 19th
-Second Starships Preview Oct 26th
-Third Starships Preview Nov 2nd
-Fourth Starships Preview Nov 9th
-Fifth Starships Preview Nov 16th
-Sixth Starships Preview Nov 23
-Release of Starship Battles late November

 

7/23/2006 - Hasbro.com now has pictures of the boxes for the Starship Battles game along with more sales copy about the game.  The Starter Set Box has windows on the sides so you can see the miniatures of the Super Star Destroyer Executor and Mon Calamari Star Defender Viscount.

Star Wars Miniatures Starship Battles Starter Set BoxStarter Set Box - Ship-to-ship game play, and powerful starfleets at your command! Build your fleet, challenge your friends, and conquer the galaxy. Assemble starfighters, transports, and capital ships from across the Star Wars saga into unstoppable armadas! Pit fleet against fleet in fast, head-to-head combat involving maneuverable starships and massive weapon platforms! Will the forces of the dark side crush the galaxy, or will the champions of the light side prevail? The fate of worlds rests in your hands! Contains 8 randomized, fully painted, plastic miniatures, 2 exclusive miniatures—Super Star Destroyer Executor and Mon Calamari Star Defender Viscount, full-color game stat cards, fully illustrated battle map, 20-sided die, rulebook, 2 Fleet Commander cards, Damage and Command counters.

Star Wars Miniatures Starship Battles Booster BoxesBooster Boxes - The battle moves to deep space! Conquer the hyperspace lanes with the best fleet of starships you can muster from across all eras of the Star Wars saga. Drawn from the landmark films, the computer games, the comics, and the novels, these starships give you a whole new way to decide the fate of the galaxy. Collect Imperial Star Destroyers, the Millennium Falcon, X-Wings, B-Wings, Slave I, TIE fighters, and all your other favorite Star Wars starships in the Starship Battles set. Challenge your friends to epic battles using the most powerful starships in the galaxy. Contains 7 randomized, prepainted, fully assembled, durable plastic starship miniatures from the Star Wars universe and full-color game stat cards.

 

5/18/2006 - Rumors and bits of info on this collectable miniatures game have been surfacing for the last few months.  Here is the latest that was in the new WotC catalog:

Star Wars Miniatures: Starship Battles
Starter Set and Booster
The Star War Miniatures gaming experience reaches a whole new level!
Star Wars Starship Battles is a new collectible miniatures game based on the popular Star Wars Miniatures Game. Long anticipated by fans, Starship Battles presents authentic starship figures from across all eras of the Star Wars saga. This 40-figure set is made up exclusively of space vehicles of all sizes, from starfighters to capital ships, all represented in relative scale. The starter game also contains two exclusive, non-randomized figures not available anywhere else, the Super Star Destroyer Executor and the Mon Calamari Star Defender Viscount.
Drawn from the popular films, computer games, comics, and novels, the starships in this set are presented in relative scale to each other and not scale with other Star Wars Miniatures figures.

Starter Game Components:
- rulebook
- game map
- two exclusive, non-randomized figures
- ten randomized figures
- stat card for each figure
- set checklist

Booster Components:
- seven randomized figures and stat card for each figure
- set checklist

Nov. 21, 2006; Starter $39.99, Booster $19.99