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Over the past decade, through the various versions of this site, I've gotten several similar e-mails all containing mostly the same questions. To cut down on some of these e-mails, I created this FAQ, or Frequently Asked Questions page to help inform those who would like to know. It's not that I don't enjoy getting e-mails about the Star Wars Miniatures Battles, but it does get a little tedious answering the same questions over and over again.

• What is the Star Wars Miniatures Battles?
  In 1989, a company called West End Games, already having produced 25mm miniatures through Grenadier Models, and later Simtac Games, for their Star Wars Roleplaying Game system, introduced their rules set strictly for doing tabletop wargaming skirmishes, and based on their D6 system so a player's characters from the RPG would be compatable. In 1991, a second edition was published and won the Origins Award for Best New Miniatures System. In 1999, when West End Games declared bankruptcy, the roleplaying game and miniatures line were no longer being produced.
  
  The following year, Wizards of the Coast picked up the Star Wars Roleplaying Game license and released a limited number of metal 30mm miniatures to coincide with that line. In 2001, that line was canceled and a few years later, production began of a new miniatures line of plastic 30mm figures, mostly featuring characters from the first trilogy of movies and subsequently characters from the prequels and Expanded Universe eras.
  
  
• What miniatures were produced?
  A listing of West End Games miniatures along with the various roleplaying books can be viewed here. Thomas Pope's Stuff of Legends site and Jake Bourbon's Virtual Tabletop site are also good resources for images of the miniatures.
  
  For a listing and images of the plastic Wizards of the Coast miniatures, you can view them here.
  
  A listing of the Wizards of the Coast 30mm metal miniature is apparently no longer available on their site, but I currently working on a list with images myself. Any input the public may have is also appreciated.
  
  
• Where can I purchase these minis?
  The Wizards of the Coast plastic minis are available at most game stores, some book stores, and just about any online gaming store. The metal minis are out of production so they tend to be harder to find, but you occasionally run across them in a game stores old inventory. I find the best place to find those are on online auctions houses like eBay.
  
  
• Can I purchase your minis?
  They're not really for sale, but that's mostly because no one has offered me what I think is a "fair" price!
  
  
• What's a "fair" price to you?
  Well more than you can imagine!
  
  
• I want to get into playing the Star Wars Miniatures Battles. What books, minis, accessories, etc. would I need to get?
  West End Games produced 3 boxed sets that contained all you would need to play the game. The Star Wars Miniatures Battles Starter Set and Star Wars Vehicles Starter Set are two that I would recommend first. They contained an assortment of miniatures (the vehicle set contained only two speederbikes and the snowspeeder), the rulebooks complete with stat sheets and markers, and dice. The third set, the Mos Eisley Boxed Set, contains several of the metal minis as well as some paper minis, but it was also geared towards the RPG since it contained the Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley.
  
  Another book I highly recommend is the Imperial Entanglements supplement, which contains a little rules errata and some new squad stats, but mostly it's a collection of ready to play scenarios.
  
  As for expanding your armies, you can also track down the various original miniatures box sets and blisters. Galoob/Hasbro also produced the Star Wars Action Fleet line, which included a variety of 20-25mm figures along with some scale vehicles. There also many lines of sci-fiish type miniatures out there that can be substituted, including the new Wizards of the Coast line.
  
  
• Where can I find players?
  First you might try your local game store. The Wizards of the Coast line is very popular and I can guarantee you can find players for that. You might even be able introduce them to the old West End Games version. You also might see if there are any gaming conventions that are in your area that might be hosting, or even better YOU could host, a Star Wars Miniatures Battles game. There's a specific Star Wars Miniatures Battles Yahoo! Group that's very active. There's also all kinds of website out there trying to connect gamers that you can sign on to.
  
  Or you could do like I did and create your own Star Wars Miniatures Battles website!
  
  
• What if I want to run a game with you?
  Keep an eye open on my main page or in the conventions section. I generally will post there the when's, where's, and why-for's of my gaming schedule. Also if you are going to be in the Houston metropolitan area, drop me a line and I'll see if I'm free.

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