Even if people dont want to use the wookies, those support/equipment cards are really good.

I wonder if FFG will ever put out card expansions or anything that will allow us to buy support/equipment cards.

2 minutes ago, Docgimmethenews said:

Even if people dont want to use the wookies, those support/equipment cards are really good.

I wonder if FFG will ever put out card expansions or anything that will allow us to buy support/equipment cards.

Specialist have Recon upgrade and frags are in the new special forces it seems.

15 minutes ago, TallGiraffe said:

Specialist have Recon upgrade and frags are in the new special forces it seems.

I think Doc meant "I wonder if FFG will sell us a pack of just upgrade cards". I think the answer is "no". They've been using must-have upgrade cards to sell minis for awhile now across multiple game systems with no pack of just upgrade cards yet. That I know of.

13 minutes ago, TauntaunScout said:

I think Doc meant "I wonder if FFG will sell us a pack of just upgrade cards". I think the answer is "no". They've been using must-have upgrade cards to sell minis for awhile now across multiple game systems with no pack of just upgrade cards yet. That I know of.

Xwing 2.0 conversion kits are the closest thing to it. And those are more than just upgrades, lots of other game components in there.

13 minutes ago, TauntaunScout said:

I think Doc meant "I wonder if FFG will sell us a pack of just upgrade cards". I think the answer is "no". They've been using must-have upgrade cards to sell minis for awhile now across multiple game systems with no pack of just upgrade cards yet. That I know of.

While they do not sell card packs, hopefully we will see some of the better upgrades make their way into the OP kits.

I am not a huge fan of these minis. They are the first release that I can say that about. I would have liked it if they were closer to chewie in how much gear they have strapped to them. They are too... Pouch-y? Not sure. Something just seems off about their design.

so looking at the wookie warriors (even if i'm 100% imp player) all i can say is **** this is a good unit. with the add on tenacity and maybe a grenade like frags to turn all hits at range 1 to crits from the other wookie weapons it is nice.

21 hours ago, jocke01 said:

I agree and it's weird there isn't a meele special weapon wookie to add. Bowcaster is cool and their shooting is not bad, but you're right they should be getting into meele instead of shooting.

I think wookies and other units/upgrades that help navigating the battlefield presses the point that a legion table need varied terrain. Diffirent Heights, difficult terrain, los blocking and both soft and heavy cover.

After a couple of games with the royal guard my impression is that they are better at range than I expected them to be and not quite as devastating in melee. I think the Wookies will be similar.

Look at it from this perspective, say you charge a full 6 man Stormtrooper squad with a 4 man Wookie squad and roll a little below average say 4 hits (average is 5) and then your opponent rolls a little above average on saves and only loses 1 trooper. Now if he attacks you back you have 5 black dice with surge attacks coming at you and you have a t-shirt save and no cover because melee. There is a pretty good chance a Wookie is going down.

Don't get me wrong they are the best melee unit the rebels have but I think it is better to think of them as a durable close combat (not just melee) unit that is very maneuverable rather than melee only charge machines.

On 12/18/2018 at 12:23 PM, LennoxPoodle said:

Firstly: Kudos for not calling this thread Wookiee Warrior article up. The pattern began to become stale.

And secondly: What is it with the depiction of Bowcasters in STAR WARS gaming? They allways modell/paint/whatever Chewies E-11 based unique bowcaster for the generic Wookiees. This thing is supposed to be one of a kind. More appropriate, because it is the "standard" version, would be the wooden bowcasters depicted in RotS.

I mean you can paint it brown if you want to. The Kashyyk bowcasters don't really look that different to me...I also can't find any reference that says Chewie's is the only metal one.

2 hours ago, Gorthaur25 said:

After a couple of games with the royal guard my impression is that they are better at range than I expected them to be and not quite as devastating in melee. I think the Wookies will be similar.

Look at it from this perspective, say you charge a full 6 man Stormtrooper squad with a 4 man Wookie squad and roll a little below average say 4 hits (average is 5) and then your opponent rolls a little above average on saves and only loses 1 trooper. Now if he attacks you back you have 5 black dice with surge attacks coming at you and you have a t-shirt save and no cover because melee. There is a pretty good chance a Wookie is going down.

Don't get me wrong they are the best melee unit the rebels have but I think it is better to think of them as a durable close combat (not just melee) unit that is very maneuverable rather than melee only charge machines.

This is partially true. The Wookiees have the black/white combo with a surge ability which is pretty close to the double black with no surge. If the wookiees are shooting instead of charging into melee, they can be shot by multiple units, making them die pretty quick, especially if any of those units have sharpshooter ( a lot of units will have this now). If they are locked in melee, only one unit can attack them even if it is a more effective attack (black melee from stormtroopers vs. white dice)

3 hours ago, Gorthaur25 said:

Look at it from this perspective, say you... roll a little below average... and then your opponent rolls a little above average...

He who sets himself against the law of averages cannot prosper for long.

2 hours ago, Zrob314 said:

I also can't find any reference that says Chewie's is the only metal one.

TFA visual dictionary.

On 12/18/2018 at 4:46 PM, FSD said:

While they do not sell card packs, hopefully we will see some of the better upgrades make their way into the OP kits.

Environmental gear and frag grenades turn up in one of the new season 4 OP kits.

10 hours ago, LennoxPoodle said:

TFA visual dictionary.

Yeah we had 25 years of star wars RPGs and video games that didn't go fangasm all over Chewie's bowcaster.

Some of these were even made by Lucasarts.

FFG RPGs were publishing at least two years before the Visual dictionary.

I think we can safely ignore that entry.....if for no other reason than it is completely irrelevant.

1 hour ago, Zrob314 said:

Yeah we had 25 years of star wars RPGs and video games that didn't go fangasm all over Chewie's bowcaster.

Some of these were even made by Lucasarts.

FFG RPGs were publishing at least two years before the Visual dictionary.

I think we can safely ignore that entry.....if for no other reason than it is completely irrelevant.

.Sure. But it's not only that. From model variety point of view using the same weapon aesthetic as for Chewbacca, whilst there are varied options to reference, is kind of boring. Using a different (I believe there are several varied forms in RotS) type of bowcaster would further distinct the warrior from chewie. Also there is design language. The E-11 bowcaster actually looks self made. It also matches up with the timeline, considering that the big guy has none in Solo. It's really just a pretty minor issue and I understand that modelling a wooden bowcaster would mean a brown guy with a brown weapon on a "canonical " paintjob.

8 hours ago, LennoxPoodle said:

.Sure. But it's not only that. From model variety point of view using the same weapon aesthetic as for Chewbacca, whilst there are varied options to reference, is kind of boring. Using a different (I believe there are several varied forms in RotS) type of bowcaster would further distinct the warrior from chewie. Also there is design language. The E-11 bowcaster actually looks self made. It also matches up with the timeline, considering that the big guy has none in Solo. It's really just a pretty minor issue and I understand that modelling a wooden bowcaster would mean a brown guy with a brown weapon on a "canonical " paintjob.

Well, the SP mini's bowcaster is distinctly visually different from Chewie's

I had a chance to use the wookiees last weekend and I was very impressed. I didn't think they would be nearly as good as IRL but after wiping a unit of Snowtroopers in one round, my mind was changed. That they also have 3HP per mini is icing on the cake.

Has anyone else had an opportunity to play them yet? Were I a richer man, I might pick a couple more units up.

43 minutes ago, Xiervak said:

I had a chance to use the wookiees last weekend and I was very impressed. I didn't think they would be nearly as good as IRL but after wiping a unit of Snowtroopers in one round, my mind was changed. That they also have 3HP per mini is icing on the cake.

Has anyone else had an opportunity to play them yet? Were I a richer man, I might pick a couple more units up.

They have to have 3HP each. They cost 27.5pts each and have 0 defense. I watched them erase a unit and I've watched them get erased. Which is how they were designed.

I ran them with tenacity and emergency stims and Duck and Cover (pretty expensive I know) just to see if they needed it all.

Question ' Tenacity only adds 1 red die to the entire pool not each figure left contributing to the pool' right? I just added 1 red die, but my opponent was trying to say I should add 3 for each wookiee left in the unit.

I can't tell from my limited action if the Emergency Stims and Duck and Cover are worth it. D&C would have saved me some lives if it wasn't for all those other bullets flying in their direction. (Name that reference anyone)

Emergency Stims saved me one round of attacks, I guess that might have been worth it but I think it depends on the list.

I did get to read and reread the clarified melee attack rules though because I was playing them and Luke and my opponent had Royal Guards.

3 minutes ago, buckero0 said:

Tenacity only adds 1 red die to the entire pool not each figure left contributing to the pool' right? I just added 1 red die, but my opponent was trying to say I should add 3 for each wookiee left in the unit.

That's how I have played it as well.

1 hour ago, Xiervak said:

Were I a richer man, I might pick a couple more units up.

Oh no they're in stores already? I thought my wallet was still safe. Time to get the wookie mechanics for my rebel cell.

37 minutes ago, TauntaunScout said:

Oh no they're in stores already? I thought my wallet was still safe. Time to get the wookie mechanics for my rebel cell.

They and Chewbacca released 12/20.

FWIW, the bowcasters are not the same. Chewie's has a scope on it, and the generic one does not.

Love Wookie Warriors, have ran 'em in two games now and that 3 health is just great to keep them alive suprisingly long, they took three rounds of full AT-ST fire (with aim on some rounds) and were defeated only on the last round. I think that's reasonably good job. Concidering to pick up a second unit of these guys!

I was told that 1 mini has to take all the wounds, 1 by 1, until they are all dead, rather than spreading the wounds around equally. Has everyone been doing this?

24 minutes ago, Xiervak said:

I was told that 1 mini has to take all the wounds, 1 by 1, until they are all dead, rather than spreading the wounds around equally. Has everyone been doing this?

If your unit of Wookie Warriors receives 2 wounds, both must go on the same Wookie, unless the second would was dealt by a unit which can only see one undamaged Wookie.