Rogue One ranks amongst the best of the films, so it’s no surprise that I was beyond thrilled to see this set, designed to complement Cassian but stand alone also.
The Jyn sculpt is defiant and dynamic, although the face sculpt isn’t quite perfect, but her stats don’t disappoint. She can Dash after an attack for free, and she can do this twice a turn. But wait – characters can only attack once a turn in Shatterpoint?! Except Jyn’s Primary ability is either a free Dash or 5D attack (for herself or a character in an allied unit) – that’s mighty powerful. Indeed, Jyn’s only Force ability is to add 2D to a melee attack per enemy engaged with an allied character; her 3 Force are really there to balance out the rest of the squad.
The Bohdi sculpt is great, too, and I like the choice of giving him his cable backpack from the heroic moment on Scarif. He’s perfectly fine in game. He is a cheap, 3SP Secondary, who can gain Momentum if controlling an uncontested objective. It’s good, not great. He can double dash, which is not bad, and give Steadfast which is certainly useful and thematic. It’s part of a definite shift this wave, I suppose, towards more explicitly finesse or more explicitly aggro gameplay. This means your games can certainly be fully thematic but how balanced the finesse game is competitively against the increasingly vicious remains to be seen.
The Chirrut/Baze two-for continues the trend of double-sided Supporting units with both a dedicated melee and ranged side. Refreshing Force every activation is very potent, particularly as they can spend a force to rest control of a contested objective or gain a momentum. Their stances are appropriately enough named I Am One With the Force and The Force is With Me. Flipping stance grants a free Focus, and alternates between Cover & Sharpshooter or Steadfast & Impact, and for a Force can either Dash or Place. Whilst their stances are fairly generic, though good, the key is their expertise results which just chuck out crits like nobody’s business. They are a solid addition to the Rebel forces, and well worth your time.
A note on ratings, as the standard Zatu ratings have slightly different meanings when we look at miniatures:
ARTWORK – the overall aesthetic quality of design of the sculpts, pose variety etc.
COMPLEXITY – How hard they are to build based on sprue layout and assembly instruction, and how demanding they are to paint.
REPLAYABILTY – How much fun they are to play with and how well they fit with other elements of the same faction for listbuilding, or useful as standalone models for rpgs etc.
PLAYER INTERACTION – How much fun they are to play against, and how well they fit the overall game theme
COMPONENT QUALITY – Physical quality of the product and value for money.
Scores:
ARTWORK 3
COMPLEXITY 2
REPLAYABILTY 4
PLAYER INTERACTION 4
COMPONENT QUALITY 4
About the author:
Sam blogs @big_geekingout and as part of bigcomicpage.com with an emphasis on dad-gaming and IP content. Recovering competitive card gamer, infrequent skirmish wargamer, and average boardgamer. Decent Modeller with a fondness for terrain. Enthusiastic if not especially capable miniature Painter. Media and English Teacher, which is a cover for being a movie nerd. Reasonable cook. Occasional Parent.
