New Ships & Pilots Blasting Into Ares’ Battlestar Galactica Soon
January 3, 2019 by brennon
Ares Games has been working on some new pilots and ships for use in their Battlestar Galactica: Starship Battles game. The focus is on bringing out characters from the newer series with the likes of Starbuck arriving in her Viper.
As you might have guessed, the set comes with a new pre-painted miniature but also all of the cards you need to play with these special characters in your games too. Starbuck is, of course, one of the best pilots in the fleet and her abilities will echo her character in the show as well.
Talking of Starbuck, Ares Games has also been working on a version of her in a Captured Raider too.
The forces of Battlestar Galactica aren't just the only faction getting boosted during this release of ships either. The Cylons are getting stuck into the action with their own character-based release, Scar.
New control panels, additional ships for bulking up a squadron and much more are also on the way for those who are enjoying the game. Whilst I still have my reservations about the game and its longevity if folks are enjoying it then more power to them!
Are you tempted to pick up some more of the ships and characters for Battlestar Galactica when they release?
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It’s good to see both versions of Starbuck as well as Scar.
That’s not the classic version of Starbuck though.
Sure it’s not but personally I prefer NuBSG Starbuck to original Starbuck so seeing two versions of her makes me happy. But it’s just my personal preference as fan of NuBSG so if you prefer original Starbuck then I don’t hold it against you.
Does Ares’ license even cover the original show?
Yes, it’s very possible that they only have license to cover NuBSG which is understandable for so many reasons.
I agree, I don’t know if it will last but I am waiting for the old series, those raiders were cool.
The game could be incredible, but I just don’t see where the diversity in models can come from. It will come down to the cards heavily I think.
Diversity of models is definitely going to be an issue for them I think. Personally, I can’t wait for the classic Galactica stuff. Nothing against Katee, I love her character, but I’d be looking at releasing Dirk Benedict’s version as well. 😉
I also hope they limit it to this scale and don’t try to shoehorn in larger ships. The scale wonkiness of xwing really bugs me. I’d hate to see my FLGS have to expand because they got the scale Galactica model and suddenly we have to play in a warehouse that will hold it. ;P
Xwing wasn’t quite as bad as Attack Wing (the Star Trek variant), because at least the ships are somewhat to scale.
In Attack Wing scale the Tantive IV would be the same size as the Millenium Falcon …
I do want to see what their version of the classic Starbuck is like.
Still waiting for the stealth Viper
How do you know it hasn’t already been release? How would you know if it had?
They look really good.