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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — EA’s One Good Star Wars Game Every Eight Years

Jonathan Bernhardt - January 1, 2021

Star Wars isn’t quite in a golden age -- increasingly, it seems to be in anything but that -- but we’ve still gotten a couple of gems out of it. Almost none of them, however, have been video games. This...

Gaming

X-Wing – Flying Solo Part 5: Open Alpha 0.2 Update

BuffaloChicken - November 6, 2020

(If you aren't yet familiar with X-Wing Solo Play, check out the article index here for important background on the gametype.) It has happened! On September 4th, FFG released Open Alpha 0.2, the "second draft" of their Solo Play rules....

Interview

X-Wing – Flying Solo Part 4: Interview with Josh Derksen

BuffaloChicken - June 28, 2020

Those of you who read the first three Flying Solo articles (An Intro to Solo Play, Man vs Machine, and Machine vs Machine) are by now well-familiar with the fan-made Heroes of the Aturi Cluster (HotAC) campaign. The rules...

Gaming

X-Wing – Flying Solo Part 3: Machine vs Machine

BuffaloChicken - June 17, 2020

Congratulations, pilot, on making it to the third Flying Solo article. In the first article we took an initial look at the new Solo Play Open Alpha rules, focusing on immediate impressions and the movement mechanics. In the second...

Battle Reports

X-Wing – Flying Solo Part 2: Man vs Machine

BuffaloChicken - June 11, 2020

For those of you who read through the first article in this series (Flying Solo Part 1: An Intro to Solo Play), got to the end, and said "that's it? Where's the violence? I came here for DOGFIGHTING, not...

Gaming

X-Wing – Flying Solo Part 1: An Intro to Solo Play

BuffaloChicken - June 5, 2020

We're changing it up a bit today - BuffaloChicken is back talking about one of his other passions, X-Wing. This week, he's talking about the ways to play X-Wing solo, both official and fan-made. Before you dive in, we...

Turn Order

Boardhammer: Star Wars Legion

RagnarokAngel - May 22, 2020

This week I wanted to take a look at my most played non-Warhammer miniature war game: Star Wars Legion. Legion allows you to play out ground battles from the titular Star Wars franchise blasting away with Stormtroopers as Darth...