Anyone know what “Duck and Cover” says?

"When defending from a Ranged Attack, during the Apply Cover and Dodge tokens step, you may assign yourself 1 Suppression token" probably

3 hours ago, KnightHammer said:

2 new articles with upcoming releases of Rebel Commandos and Han Solo, probably have the Imperial releases next week

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/3/23/rebel-strike-team/

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/3/23/shooting-first/

We're getting articles a certain number of months before their release. Given the staggered releases, I'd expect the Imperial stuff next month similar to how Leia was announced a month after Veers.

4 minutes ago, UnitOmega said:

"When defending from a Ranged Attack, during the Apply Cover and Dodge tokens step, you may assign yourself 1 Suppression token" probably

I cant see any use in that? Can you?

Just now, Jabby said:

I cant see any use in that? Can you?

+1 Suppression means you get +1 Cover. If you're standing in an open field, Commandos can go from no cover to Heavy Cover to just take a Suppression token (keeping in mind you have Courage of 2 already).

Han model looks like Agent Scully doing steampunk cosplay.

Anyway... looks like some cool stuff. I really like how you can field the Commandos two different ways. I think you can field both unit types out of a single box too!

For Imperials I'm expecting probably Scout Troopers w/ some sort of sniper option and whatever leader. Maybe Grand Moff Tarkin although he seems a bit too similar to Veers in being a back-line support guy.

3 hours ago, Indy_com said:

He's wearing a greatcoat over a waistcoat, both of which are probably full of ammo. That combination will pretty much make anyone look pudgy...

But hey, at least it's not as bad as Leia's sculpt.

The pudgy isn't about his figure, it's about his awful face...

I might just go ahead and stick with the Imperial Assault Han model. Hey, it's an FFG figure, right?

Could be just the painting but I will wait and see the model first. If it's bad, I might just do a head swap with the IA model, depending how the size looks. But, wait and see first.

Han sculpt is just horrible, and i don't like the green on the Commandos or their yellow gloves.

Quality of the paint job on both Han and the Commandos leaves something to be desired. They’re not to the same standard as the previous examples.

Hmm might have to pick up IA Han and do a head swap. Scales are close enough lol

The one thing immediately throwing me off about han is probably his hair, just seems oddly neat and plastered over. A good paintjob might be able to salvage the sculpt, we'll have to see what Sorastro does with him.

9 hours ago, Force Majeure said:

So, I haven't read the rules (I just bought the game yesterday & it's still shrink wrapped) but Han just seems OP right out the gate.

Am I off my rocker? He gets to shoot twice, and he gains an aim token and a dodge token when you issue "Sorry about the mess".

... and I now have multiple pre-orders for additional Rebel gear.

This has escalated quickly.

6 hours ago, Lord Ashram said:

Ehhh... as someone who knows a bit about getting realistic faces onto miniatures... that’s a bad one. He looks like... hmmm... there is an actor... name is escaping me... an older, pudgy guy. It’s just... not good.

I've heard that Ford's likeness rights are almost impossible to get...

8 hours ago, UnitOmega said:

+1 Suppression means you get +1 Cover. If you're standing in an open field, Commandos can go from no cover to Heavy Cover to just take a Suppression token (keeping in mind you have Courage of 2 already).

Fitting for a unit taking the specialist role. Han is going to be a walking nightmare for anyone but Vader it seems like.

Veers can probably do okay too. He needs to feed his dice Aim tokens, but he has Sharpshooter 1.

My guess for the imperial equivalent is boba fett and scout troopers or Krennic and death troopers

Holy crap. Is that just a bad paint job or can they not sculpt faces at all?

I guess they cant do face well. So far only luke and veers have good faces. Luke’s is excellent and veers is good

3 hours ago, UnitOmega said:

Veers can probably do okay too. He needs to feed his dice Aim tokens, but he has Sharpshooter 1.

You mean Veers needs Aim tokens to shoot? You know his Spotter ability to hand out aim tokens can work on himself right? So he can pass an aim token to a squad and then himself then shoot.

So that Comms card that’s partially obscured in the Commando pack is called “HQ U...” and reads “During the...of the Comm...an order.”

Anyone wanna bet the card is called HQ Uplink and the full text is: During the Issue Orders step of the Command Phase, give this unit an order.

Based on that, I’m betting the card is either very expensive or needs to be exhausted to be used.

18 hours ago, Lord Ashram said:

Ehhh... as someone who knows a bit about getting realistic faces onto miniatures... that’s a bad one. He looks like... hmmm... there is an actor... name is escaping me... an older, pudgy guy. It’s just... not good.

I immediately thought Chris Farley in Tommy Boy - fat guy in a little suit.

18 hours ago, Lord Ashram said:

Looks like hillary clinton or angela merkel