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Battlestar Galactica – Starship Battles at GEN CON
Battlestar Galactica – Starship Battles is a combat miniature game based on the Battlestar Galactica™ TV series, including both the “Classical” and “Reimagined” settings. Players will take control of Colonial and Cylon spaceships and face each other in furious dogfights and daring missions, piloting beautiful pre-assembled and pre-painted miniatures, faithfully representing the spaceships from both the Re-imagined and Classic versions of the shows.