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Star Wars Miniatures Jumps To Light Speed With New Game

Posted By Curto on November 15, 2006

November 15, 2006 (Renton, Wash.) – Star Wars fans, prepare for launch! Starship Battles, a new and exciting Star Wars Miniatures game featuring 60 iconic vehicles from the Star Wars saga, is preparing to jump to hyperdrive with skirmish-style battles that allow players to pit fleet against fleet in fast-paced, head-to-head action.

Star Wars Miniatures Starship Battles is the newest offering from collectible miniatures leader Wizards of the Coast. The game allows players to build their own fleet to take into battle and features the best vehicles from all eras of the Star Wars universe. For example, a fleet might include Jedi starfighters, Rebel transports, Star Destroyer capital ships or even Han Solo’s prize, the Millennium Falcon!

Each Star Wars Miniatures Starship Battles Starter Set includes all of the components necessary to immediately engage in intergalactic dogfights. The starter game includes two exclusive 100mm-scale miniatures: the Super Star Destroyer Executor™ and the Mon Calamari Star Defender Viscount™. Also included in the starter are eight randomized, fully painted, plastic miniatures, full-color stat cards, two-sided battle map, two Fleet Commander cards, rulebook, damage and command counters, and a d20.

“This is a highly anticipated game for gamers, movie fans and collectors alike,” said Rachel Kirkman, Brand Manager for Star Wars Miniatures. “Star Wars Miniatures fans have been controlling the fate of squads for years, but this new vehicles game finally allows players to control the destiny of a fleet in space battles.”

Starship Battles can be used in skirmish-level and mass-level combat scenarios and also can add a new dimension to Star Wars roleplaying games.

The Star Wars Miniatures Starship Battles Starter Set and Booster Packs will be available in hobby shops and major retail stores nationwide on November 24, 2006. Starter Set will be available for a suggested retail price of $39.99. Booster Packs, which will include 7 miniatures at full-color stat cards, will be available for the suggested retail price of $21.99.

The Star Wars Miniatures games are offered by Wizards of the Coast, a developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products and a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., (NYSE: HAS). Wizards of the Coast is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs) and their method of play and produces the premier trading card game, MAGIC: THE GATHERING®, among many other trading card games and family card and board games. Wizards is also a leading publisher of roleplaying games, such as DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, and publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New York Times best-sellers. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at http://www.wizards.com.

Lucas Licensing, a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company, manages all the global merchandising activities in the fields of publishing, toys, games, collectibles, apparel, and home furnishings for Lucasfilm’s entertainment properties.

Lucasfilm Ltd. Is one of the world’s leading film and entertainment companies. Founded by George Lucas in 1971, it is a privately held, fully integrated entertainment company. In addition to its motion picture and television production operations, the company’s global businesses include Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound; LucasArts Entertainment; Lucas Licensing and Lucas Online. Lucasfilm’s feature films have won 19 Academy Awards and its television projects have won 12 Emmy Awards.

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