We all know the answer is Armada.

I will stick with Legion, I love the army lists and the unit upgrades. I still want Tuskans!

Always going to be a Legion guy, and hope new stuff comes out for both!

As i see from the reviews shatterpoint is more of character based game, versus legion's army building. I'll stick with legion, and hope we still have a good many years of content

I think that was a very accurate and fair description of Shatterpoint. It also completely encompasses everything I don’t like about it, I’ll be sticking with Legion. I’m glad you and other people can enjoy it though, I do feel it is a unique game.

This video was actually super pertinent to me because I am just getting into Star Wars ground based miniatures (been playing Armada for about a year) and so it was a tough decision between these two. Ultimately even with all the hype around Shatterpoint with it's release, I ended up deciding on Legion, I love the scale of legion, I like being able to have just a lot of minis on the board, and for space I just picked up a 3x6 plastic Walmart table for playing armada, we have to use a side table for cards but it works. As someone who mainly plays at home, homebrewing is pretty easy for me so If my friends and I want to mix factions for legion we totally can so that ends up not being a problem for us, and from the things I have watched legions objectives also seem like they are more easily built into an immersive experience where as shatterpoint seems more board gamey (just my personal take). Fortunately for me all the aforementioned hype around Shatterpoint has one of my local game stores getting rid of their legion stock so I got a core set and Blizzard force box for both 40% off.

I just got into Legion right before shatterpoint went up for pre order. I think shatterpoint looks awesome but I'm invested in Legion now 😅. But I think there's room in this world for both

It's hard to compare as they are two totally different games. At the moment I'm sticking to Legion as it has the rebels and empire, which Shatterpoint doesn't as yet. I grew up with the original trilogy and that era will always be my favourite and I'm not that bothered by the clone wars stuff. If someone else I know gets shatterpoint, I'll give it a go and see what it's like and might get it when there's forces I'm interested in.

There’s definitely a space for both games and I think it could just depend on my mood on the day as to whether i would take out Legion or Shatterpoint, or even Armada or X-wing. They all scratch a different itch & no one game can replace any of the others.

Thanks for this! I'm currently deciding between these two, so this is helpful!

Having just started into legion in the past year or so, it is hard to justify buying another game and learning a new system. Though, the models look awesome.

Legion guy all the way. Can’t wait to see what is on the horizon.

I feel like Legion is the more tactical, strategic game with bigger unit counts, while Shatterpoint is quicker, more focused and not as in-depth tactically. I personally started 40K instead of Legion, and Shatterpoint is for a quick, fun game. With X-Wing, Armada, and Shatterpoint - Legion was 1 too many Star Wars game for my wife lol

Always been interested in Star Wars Legion, but Shatterpoint looks like the perfect way for me to get into the Star Wars miniatures scene. I personally far prefer skirmish games to big army games. More intimate, intense and personal!

I'm hoping both games do well. I'm heavily invested in Legion and encouraged by the continued love given to it by Atomic Mass.

One of the key factors that you touched on, for me personally, is the price differences. As a newbie to skirmish games I feel the obvious choice for me would be shatterpoint. With the long term investment vs short term of both games. The higher buy in initially with shatterpoint most likely stays lower than long term investments in legion expansions and terrain costs, table costs etc. Like your review video mentioned I’m excited for shatterpoint mainly due to ease of access (ofc the Star Wars theme helps too lol)

Before watching, my guess is the conclusion will be Armada.

I'm gonna stick to legion, I just love the waves of troop running across the board, and I know it's not how it's supposed to be played but 800pts on a 3x3 table makes your rounds much faster and deadlier and is still a huge amount of fun, so while I'd love to play it on a full sized game, my dinning table will do for now😂

Thanks for this video it helped me decide which to start saving for. I was leaning towards legion this sealed it.

I think the reason I like shatterpoint so much, is purely for the cartoon style of their miniatures. I adore clone wars, and star wars rebels, and it's super fun to have those shows in a wargame form

Ive really been looking into playing legion and your vids are really helping. Ive never really been a table top war gamer before but im excited to start.

Great review which helped me out no end, many thanks, Steve

I'm going to start painting the Shatterpoint core set real soon. Excited for that!

We need to trademark “Bowling for Stormtroopers” stat !!!

I prefer Shatterpoint just for being a low model count game. I just don't have the time/energy anymore to do large scale army games. I have considered using minis from Legion in Stargrave though, which is another game system that is more to my liking.

Answered a lot of questions for me. Thanks crabbok

This video was very informative on which game to get into

I have invested in both Legion and Shatterpoint. But I do (at this time) prefer Legion.

I just wish they would have used the same scale. I use legion minis for the RPG. It would be nice to have an additional source for that, but with the minis being different scales it's not going to look right.

Completely new to tabletop miniatures games (haven’t played a single game yet) and I am grateful for this video! Love the game difference explanations on things I wouldn’t know or consider. One teeny tiny nit is that as a new player some terms are completely unfamiliar, e.g. “tabling”, but all in all helped me to decide that Shatterpoint is the direction I want to go (mainly because of thematic team building!). Thanks again and looking forward to learning a lot more.

Thanks for the comparaison, thinking about trying shatterpoint!

Thank you. I was wondering about this since SP was announced.

Thanks for the video I’ll most likely be copin those tokens

I dumped a bunch of money into Legion right before shatterpoint was announcement. My commitment has been made.

Hmm good to know! I'm wanting to get into this miniature realm, ideally I'd love to get into both of these!

I just jumped into legion. I saw shatterpoint coming and was trying to hear the answers to these questions. I think the large army v army model is more exciting to me. I do wonder about is both worth having.

Im seriously considering shatterpoint because of the model size. Only having 3 models as a team is kinda appealing to me from a painting and building perspective lol. Even a clone team in legion is pretty large despite it being an elite army and since im into 40k too itd be kinda tough to paint that many models.

Thanks for the comparison. I think there's a big difference in the importance of "Turn Zero" between the two games as well.

Shatterpoint is more what I hoped Legion would be. I always prefer small skirmish games. I played Legion because of the theme, not the game. Shatterpoint is what I've been waiting for.

Looks so awesome! This video just tipped the scales and totally SOLD me on this game.... That terrain will work so nice for other scifi games, like OPR Firefight, etc... and is a nice change from the style of the stuff i have already... Gotta have this set, and a few expansions...

Shatterpoint is my Legion. I love the concept of Skirmish over Army because I spend so much time painting and creating everything, its heartbreaking to lose half a painted squad in one turn.

As a board gamer, the hobby aspect has kept me away from miniature games. But the Star Wars theme and smaller model count have brought me in, so I am going with Shatterpoint. Thanks for the video!

Always going to be a Legion user; thank you for the video! Have been looking into Shatterpoint and wasn't sure what to ask, you answered them!

Can't asy myself at the moment because my Shatterpoint is still in the process of being put together, but I'll continue to look forward to games of both!

I think Shatterpoint is pretty true to the spirit of the Clone Wars episodes. Some clones and droids might die, but Dooku and Anakin are always “fine” by the end of the episode.

Thank You for the comparison!

I now have both! I think they have different sweet spots for tabletop gaming. As I get older I do find myself with a preferance for skrimsh games.The other major pointt is I find a lot of my non gaming freinds who won,t touch a wargame like legion will happily sit down for Shatterpoint.

As always, love the video. You were frank, I’m going to be brutal. AMG have found a way to sell us all the same stuff again for more money. They’ve basically made Star Wars Crisis Protocol. For me this is a pointless project that despite the defending comments, it’s a heck of a lot of money. Core set plus a couple of expansions and i’m 250 bucks out of pocket is insane. No sorry, I won’t be investing in Shatterpoint. Legion every day for me.

Crabbok is so underrated

"...you MUST do murder." There it is. That's what I came here for. Now there's no question in my mind. Legion >> Shatterpoint

Thanks for the video!

I need something that's pre-painted, like x-wing/armada

Shatterpoint has me. I suffer from carpal tunnel, so painting gets literally painful for me. I'll always go for a smaller model count.

I bought Shatterpoint a week ago and havent played a round yet but I am eger to find out wich game is better for me. Greetings from Germany and keep up the great Content. 👍

I'm in love with both these games. Legion has been the Miniatures game I was waiting for. With the release of both Special Operations and Shatterpoint however, I've really been enjoying the smaller squad size. I'm scaling down my Legion library and will be more picky with my Shatterpoint purchases so i don't over do either.

3;20 The skirmish mode ruined Imperial Assault. Imperial Assault was an RPG, dungeon crawl style game played on tiles, that pitted non canon heroes of the Rebellion against the Empire over the course of an 11 game campaign. It was a great game, but FFG wanted that Game's Workshop money and IA didn't sell enough plastic. Plus Hasbro disputed that it was a board game, which also didn't help.

I like them both, but I do lean towards Legion. I ca t wait for the Ghost crew

Keep the good content up m8

I’m trying to get into Legion but this was a good comparison!

I'm just getting into Legion and feel like it is much more my play style, but I do want to try Shatterpoint at some point.

Thanks for the great video. Each game scratches a different itch for me. I see Legion is a miniatures war game. Shatterpoint is a board game with cool miniatures. The strategies are different. I like them both and plan on playing both.

I'm one of those that would despise the list building in Shatterpoint, I love building themes and lists to all my games, in middle earth, starwars and warhammer and the backstories for them. And i hate when games (even video games) mess with that and are just like yeah, play what you want it all just fits, demons and space marines sure, Japanese in Nazi german, cool. Like no, stop it!

I almost bought legion, but now I lean more towards shatter point. Thanks for your comparison!

Thank you for making this video. Legion never worked for me, but I am considering Shatterpoint

Played Legion since it was released and picked up Shatterpoint a week ago. I like both, but I'm enjoying painting the shatterpoint miniatures more.

Thanks for the video.

It is fun having a game with hard to kill characters and flexibility to build crazy cross faction teams that don't depend on having tons of redundant expansions to beef up your team

I own and play all 5 factions for Legion and love it. Its a big investment, but having played MCP, i have a hard time believing that SP can deliver a better gaming experience than Legion. I dont deny it has a higher level of production value, plays faster, and will take up less space, but i feel like its a game for people who want to play a couple rounds over 90 minutes or so and then say, that was fun. Legion is for people who want to play a game with themselves while list building, play a dynamic mini-game during setup and deployment, and the play the full 3-5 hour wargame while trying to compensate for all the mistakes and unknowns that popped up along the way. Afterwards, you stand and disect the game for half an hour with your opponent. That's the game for me. That being said, if you think SP is amazing, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Your money, your time, your joy - do with it as you see fit.

Thank you for this video it help me decide. Now I'm sure I will buy Shatterpoint maybe even both.

Great video. Also, the initial assembly and painting will be much less for Shatterpoint. Thats half the fun for me but could see that being annoying if you are in a hurry to play. Myself i prefer that tactical component of Legion and will probably buy Armada instead of Shatterpoint.

I was invested in Legion util all the rules bloat - and along came another game that totally took over for me, A Song of Ice and Fire. Now, that game will have to vacate the premises for Shatterpoint . and I will take up playing armada again, dusting off those old ships and give them a new coat of paint. Have not tride Shatterpoint yet, still in the gluing-up phase, but I think I will really like this one.

I feel like Shatterpoint is far more interesting to a broader audience just looking for fun with miniatures, vs legion and the wargaming crowd (which I definitely belong in). I'm looking forward to playing Shatterpoint with my family! Next up, I wish we could get an "epic" scaled star wars wargame. Thank you for all of your coverage of star wars games. I've heavily used your "what to buy" videos for getting into each legion faction!

I feel like legion will last longer with the devote and constantly growing community.

IMPERIAL ASSAULT FOREVER !!!!!!!

I prefer the scale of legion and the army building of it too. Shatterpoint doesn't allow much freedom in army building

03:53 - Legion also has a Clone Wars core set

"hey it's dudes on a map" -crabbok

Never got into legion, as i was still heavy into Imperial assault at the time. What i have seen of Shatterpoint looks good, i might pick it up but only Galactic civil war era.

I've played legion before and it was ok. I haven't tried Shatter point, but once Grievous comes out I'd really like to try it

I'm more of a collector/hobbyist than a gamer when it comes to minis, so I'm a bit torn. Currently I'm sticking with Legion, since the scale just matches up a little better with some of the other mini ranges I collect like Warhammer and Dungeons & Dragons. It also currently has a selection for vehicles and such, which has always been one of the big advantages of smaller scale figures. From a pure collecting/painting standpoint, though, I could see where others might gravitate more towards the slightly larger scale and character focus of Shatterpoint. It just depends on what you want to focus on from a hobby perspective.

Legion legion legion... maybe I play shatterpoint some time, using my legion minuatures 😅

I’m a legion man, through and through.

I have Crisis Protocol for skirmish. I'm ok with having Legion as my only star wars game. Well, x-wing too 😂

"Can't kill, can't table, not a lot of removing of models." Aaaaand, I'm out. That completely swings it to Legion, for me.

If there is a terrain piece for a speeder bike we might get a speeder bike hero. I agree this might be as big as they get for vehicles.

My big unanswered question remains. How much does Shatterpoint feel like Star Wars? From what I’ve seen so far, it just doesn’t have that Star Wars feel to it. I’m also a bit surprised you like Shatterpoint better as the game seems to me like like X-Wing vs Armada. If Legion is the larger Armada-type game, Shatterpoint is the smaller X-Wing-type game - but you LOVE Armada. Anyway, at this point I have almost zero desire to try out Shatterpoint unless it really has a stronger Star Wars feel than Legion (which I’m thinking it doesn’t).

I'm actually kind of surprised at your answer. I was fully expecting it to be close but that you would have leaned towards Legion. It does respark my interest in Shatterpoint though. I had been up and down on it. Might have to actually buy the starter now and just dive in. If I dont like it, I have some col models and smore terrain for Legion!!

I never quite got into Legion because I was bummed that I couldn't play a bunch of named characters together, so Shatterpoint will definitely scratch that itch. One way they could get vehicles in there -- ultimate encounters, like MCP has...

Legion Gungans please 🙏 cannot agree more.

Like the Juan Solo T-shirt, got the same one. 😁

Leaving a comment for the contest. :D

Dudes on a map is my favorite type of game

Imperial Assault.

Haven't bought in to shatterpoint yet, don't have anyone currently to play. Still have my imperial assualt and rune wars, so yes do wonder

if shatterpoint terrain is within acceptable limits to silouettes, it could still be an interresting investment for me as a not-yet-started legion player. "free" terrain. :)

Crabbok, you made this video one year ago. Today you rank the AMG games with Shatterpoint being a DISTANT third. Any chance you can remake this video and tell us what happened to drop Shatterpoint so far from being your #1 mini dudes on a map game???

Legion is still the best, I still want First Order units more than anything, I would love to paint and customize the trooper designs.

I feel like Shatterpoint is the Necromunda of Star Wars games. Mostly moving based, smaller teamd, etc.

I love legion because of the army view looks more similar to the big battles of the films

I'm a skirmisher. I don't have the tolerance to paint 20+ white suits of armour. Really hoping for Delta Squad for Shatterpoint. :D