The Upcoming Miniatures Skirmish Game STAR WARS: SHATTERPOINT Will Allow You to Create Dream Team Ups
Star Wars is getting a new miniatures game from Asmodee and Atomic Mass Games. Star Wars: Shatterpoint was recently announced as a new miniatures skirmish game releasing in June 2023. Players will build a strike team of iconic characters from a galaxy far, far away and then lead them into battle against the teams your friends put together. Really, just imagine what kind of crazy story/moment you could make by melding Star Wars: Armada, Star Wars: X-Wing, and Shatterpoint! Start the weekend on a large scale space battle, zoom in a bit on some smaller ships, and then engage each other on the planet below or something. Sounds awesome!
Shatterpoint will feature “beautifully sculpted and dynamic miniatures” of Star Wars characters. You can then create squads either from your favorite moments in Star Wars history or create your own unique squads that would otherwise be impossible. Maybe someone wants to partner Jar Jar Binks with Grogu and Thrawn for the memes. I don’t know if any of those characters would be available, but if they are, it could be possible to create that squad. Talking about the game, Will Shick of Atomic Mass Games said:
The design and development of the Star Wars: Shatterpoint miniatures game is really our love letter to the excitement and energy of being a kid on Saturday mornings. We wanted to take all the great things about Star Wars—the action, the adventure, and the iconic characters—to create a Star Wars miniatures game experience that felt like it had come straight out of the animated lineups of the ’80s and ’90s. To say it was a dream come true to work with such a talented group of artists, sculptors, and our awesome team at Lucasfilm to create new versions of the iconic Star Wars cast in this style would be a complete understatement.
I’m definitely interested to learn more about Shatterpoint. Miniature games like this have always appealed to me, but pricing has always kept me out. Maybe this could be something that is more accessible? Probably not. Are you excited for the release of Shatterpoint in June 2023? What squads will you be making?