The Galactic Empire has strong willed leaders. So let’s take a closer look at the Imperial High Command box for Star Wars: Legion!
If you’re looking for a leader for your Imperial Army is Star Wars: Legion the new Imperial High Command Box is a great way to find one. Atomic Mass Games sent me a review copy and I’ve gotten to bust it out and check out the contents. So let’s see what they are bringing to the tabletop!
Thrawn, Tagge, Tarkin, and Krennic all in one box? That’s a lot of high ranking leaders from the Empire!
Imperial High Command Unboxed
This box is a really good way to get four characters for the Empire. Popping the box, you can see the baggies for the sprue, bases, and cards. There’s only four characters and they are all really easy builds. But we’ll get to that below.
As far as the cards go, you get a full play set in each of the supported languages. That shouldn’t be a shocker at this point from AMG. Also, because there’s a few commanders in this pack, there’s LOTS of associated Order Cards to go with this set.
Each of the Characters basically has their own batch of Command/Upgrade Cards you can take with them. Sidenote: I forgot to include Director Krennic’s Command Cards in the picture below.
That said, you can find those cards HERE. I also did a full overview of all their rules as well if you’re looking for a deeper dive. You can read the Imperial High Command Rules here.
As far as the models go there is only 1 sprue to deal with.
This was pretty easy build. As you can see each of the bits are labeled with a letter and number on the sprue. Each letter is associated with a specific character so just clip those out in batches and it should be an “easy peasy” build.
Imperial High Command Up Close
Each of these models went together very quickly as well. I did find it kind of funny that they were all basically dressed the same. But with them all being officers of the Galactic Empire, that makes a lot of sense.
The only tricky part of the build was Director Krennic’s cape. That and the fact that he’s got a head option with or without a hat. The cape is just three parts and gluing the bits together to eliminate the seam was the toughest part (and it wasn’t that hard).
While I realize the limitations in the poses of these officers I do appreciate the “attitude” that AMG was able to capture with each one of these. Plus, their heads seem to be way more proportional than some of the other sculpts.
I think the sculpts did a great job of recreating the characters from the movies. Grand Moff Tarkin really does look like Peter Cushing. The same is true of Tagge and Krennic of their respective actors, too.
Also, I know this was a comment from the announcement and rules articles about this box but the reason that General Veers isn’t in this box instead of Tagge is because he’s already paired up Vader in a different box. I kind of feel for Tagge in this box because he’s the least well known character out this set of four. That said, I think his rules are actually pretty good and he’s worthy of a look!
This boxed set is out now and you can order it from Asmodee or from your FLGS!
Star Wars: Legion – Imperial High Command $69.99
Imperial High Command may be the mind behind the Imperial Army, but each commander has their own approach to commanding their troops. From strategic deployment and R&D to sabotage and pure might, commanders of the Imperial Army may not agree on their methods, but they all want to end any rebellion.
This expansion adds 4 new Commander options for players when building their Galactic Empire Army.
“Fear will keep the local systems in line.”
~Grand Moff Tarkin, A New Hope
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