Along with being the current licensee for a Star Wars RPG, Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is the producer of the excellent Xwing starship miniatures collectible game. If you're into one ship per player or small squadron skirmish gaming, or have the resources to build giant fleets, the game scales quite well, and even if you're not into wargaming at all and just want some awesome knick knacks for your desk or bookshelf, you owe it to yourself to check out XWing Minis. Along with their other Star Wars licensed games, you can quickly build a relatively affordable collection of nicely detailed models, pre-painted and ready to use.Want to learn more or get started? Here's a few links.
FFG's X-Wing Miniatures Game hompage
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/x-wing/
This is the main page for the game at FFG's website. You can learn about the game, access the fan community and order the products. For about $40 USD you can pick up a starter set, including a brand new one themed for the Force Awakens movie, as well as a number of expansion sets and accessories.
FFG's other Star Wars licensed games
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/#/universe/star-wars
As I mentioned, FFG produces a variety of other Star Wars products; RPGs, card games, and board games, some of which include more miniature ships. You'll also find the Star Wars: Imperial Assault game, a miniatures game dealing with single characters; heroes, villains, aliens, stormtroopers. etc.
FFG's Star Wars Dice app
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-dice-app/
You call yourself a gamer but don't have a gaming dice app for your IOS or Android device? You can download the official FFG Star Wars themed app from your app store of choice. With generic support for any game and custom features supporting their Star Wars themed products, complete with nice graphics and sound effects, it's a pretty sweet app for any SciFi gamer.
You know the deal, clicky to make biggie.
Once you have your squadron assembled (Red 5, standing by!) or if you want to learn more before diving in with your wallet open, you may want to check out these recommended fan supported sites.
XWing Miniatures Game Community
http://www.xwingminiaturesgame.com/
A great place for getting the latest news and rumors about the game as well as interacting with other fans. It's a blog style site, with frequent updates.
Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game page on Facebook
http://www.starwars.com/news/category/fans-and-community
Nice collection of regularly update news and rumors about the game, right in your Facebook feed.
X-Wing Miniatures Mods and Repaints
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1536099843345877/
Speaking of Facebook, I highly recommend joining this group. It's all about kitbashing and custom repainting of XWing Minis and other Star Wars miniature ships. There are some insanely creative folks here!
Star Wars Miniatures Swap and Sell
https://www.facebook.com/groups/StarWarsXwingSwapandSell/?fref=nf
One last Facebook group worth mentioning. If you're looking for deals or trying to find a rare or custom piece, this is the place to start.
Keep in mind that there are older, out of production Star Wars themed miniatures games out there too.
Star Wars Miniatures was an RPG-style skirmish game by Wizards of the Coast featuring miniature 34mm scale models of characters and vehicles from across the Star Wars saga. It was published between 2004 and 2010.
Star Wars Miniatures Battles was a tabletop miniature wargame system produced by West End Games from 1991 to 1996. WEG is now defunct and some of this stuff is pretty hard to find anymore, having wound up in the hands of collectors.
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