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Archon Studio Opens Preorders for StarCraft: Tabletop Miniatures Game

StarCraft: Tabletop Miniatures Game

The preorders for the StarCraft: Tabletop Miniatures Game from Archon Studio are now officially open. Fans can secure their copy through the game’s official website at starcraft-tmg.com, through archon-studio.com, and via the official Gamefound preorder page. Bringing the iconic real-time strategy experience to the tabletop, the game introduces mechanics designed for fast, tactical play and allows players to command adaptable Terran armies, elite Protoss forces, or endless Zerg swarms in a new miniatures-based format.

Designed for 2 players, with a playtime of 60–120 minutes and a recommended age of 14+StarCraft: Tabletop Miniatures Game is built to capture the speed and tactical depth that have defined StarCraft for decades. With organized play support, high-detail HIPS miniatures produced in-house, and gameplay created by long-time fans of the franchise, the game aims to deliver an authentic StarCraft experience on the tabletop.

Preorder-Exclusive Founders Edition Starter Sets

The preorders include exclusive Founders Edition Starter Sets, available only during the preorder period. These special editions are produced in one limited print run based on preorder demand and will never be reprinted once the preorder campaign ends.

Each Founders Edition Starter Set is marked with a special tag and bundles together miniatures and content at a price that is significantly lower than the cost of purchasing comparable contents separately later on.

Players who preorder through the official preorder channels will also benefit from access to priority delivery, and lower shipping costs compared to post-campaign orders.

Available Preorder Products

At launch, the preorder campaign will feature the StarCraft Two Player Starter Set Founders Edition and the StarCraft Protoss Starter Set Founders Edition, alongside a broader range of Wave 1 expansion products across Terran, Protoss, Zerg, hero, and terrain categories.

StarCraft Two Player Starter Set Founders Edition
Price: $199.00 / €169.00 / £149.00 / zł699.00
19x terran miniatures | 33x zerg miniatures | 44x cards | 60x tokens
1x battle mat | 20x dice| 1x ruler | 1x rules reference | 1x assembly manual

StarCraft Protoss Starter Set Founders Edition
Price: $109.00 / €95.00 / £79.00 / zł389.00
15x protoss miniatures | 24x cards | 30x tokens | 20x dice | 1x rules reference | 1x rules | 1x assembly manual

Additional Wave 1 products will include faction expansion sets, hero expansion sets, and terrain.

StarCraft: Tabletop Miniatures Game

StarCraft is coming to the tabletop with a miniatures game from Archon Studio

Video games are a hot property right now with numerous adaptations coming to the tabletop. Halo, Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and more have seen releases in recent years. Archon Studio has announced a partnership with Blizzard Entertainment to bring StarCraft to tabletop gaming. The collaboration begins with a tabletop miniatures game that will launch in 2026 followed by board games in 2027.

StarCraft is a real-time strategy video game released by Blizzard Entertainment with the first game in the series making its debut in 1998. StarCraft has had a few games released for the tabletop with StarCraft: The Board Game and its “Brood War” expansion becoming grail games for many.

In the StarCraft Tabletop Miniatures Game, players will command their favorite factions – Terran, Zerg, and Protoss – in tactical battles that stays true to the classic RTS game.

This is one to keep an eye on and should be interesting.

StarCraft Tabletop Miniature Game

The Zerg Brood Lord Replica is the next ship in Dark Horse Direct’s Starcraft line

Evolved to rule the skies, the Swarm’s aerial siege unit is making its way to your gaming den, brought to you exclusively by Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Direct! The Zerg have arrived with the StarCraft: Zerg Brood Lord Replica.

Made from polyresin, the massive Brood Lord Replica is approximately 15 inches long by 15 inches wide, stands 10 inches in total height, with a body thickness of 4 inches. Included with the ship is a metal display rod to hover over a Zerg Swarm base and a Certificate of Authenticity. 

Sculpted from the masters at Gentle Giant Studios, the StarCraft: Zerg Brood Lord Replica is limited to 500 units, and is expected to ship between November 2022 and January 2023. It is available for pre-order now, and retails for $349.99 with options for payment plans available. 

StarCraft: Zerg Brood Lord Replica

The Starcraft II Protoss Carrier Comes to Dark Horse Direct

Carrier has arrived. Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Direct have teamed up once again, this time to bring to life one of the most powerful warships in Blizzard’s epic real-time strategy game, StarCraft II—the Protoss Carrier!

This magnificent capital ship is approximately 18” long and made from polyresin. It includes a metal display post to give the ship the illusion of flight over a large protoss base. Elements originally painted blue on the ship will glow in the dark; just charge with a UV light source and you’re good to go!

Limited to 500, the StarCraft: Protoss Carrier Replica will retail for $299.99. The StarCraft: Protoss Carrier Replica is expected to ship Fall 2020. Pre-order exclusively at direct.darkhorse.com now to add the Protoss Carrier to your fleet!

Toy Fair 2020: Dark Horse Presents the Terran Battlecruiser from StarCraft

With a Terran Battlecruiser at your disposal, the Zerg and Protoss won’t stand a chance. Pre-order now to fight back against the enemies of the Terran Dominion!

This highly detailed mini ship replica is approximately 6” long and made from polyresin, including a metal display post to hover over a sturdy Dominion base.

The StarCraft: Terran Battlecruiser Ship Replica will begin to ship October 21, 2020 and will retail at $59.99.

StarCraft: Terran Battlecruiser Ship Replica

Return to the World of Starcrat this July in Starcraft: Survivors

Writer extraordinaire Jody Houser, artist Gabriel Guzmán, colorist Michael Atiyeh, and letterer Steve Dutro team up to continue the tale started inStarCraft: Scavengers. Based on an original story by Jody Houser and Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft game team, StarCraft: Survivors reveals exciting new territory in the StarCraft universe!

After surviving a murderous dark templar’s rampage, a terran space engineer named Caleb is forced to carry out the protoss’s bidding: he must infiltrate a munitions factory in the Umojan Protectorate and find a mysterious source of power.

StarCraft: Survivors #1 (of four) goes on sale July 24, 2019.

StarCraft: Survivors #1

The Starcraft Universe is Explored in a New Comic Miniseries from Dark Horse and Blizzard

Dark Horse and Blizzard Entertainment have announced a new four-issue comic series: StarCraft: Scavengers. This comic series is the latest addition to Dark Horse and Blizzard Entertainment’s line of publications, preceded by The Art of OverwatchOverwatch Anthology: Volume 1, and World of Warcraft Chronicle (volumes I and II).

Writer Jody Houser and artist Gabriel Guzmán join forces for StarCraft: Scavengers, a new comic series further exploring the expansive universe of Blizzard’s acclaimed science-fiction real-time strategy game series. In StarCraft: Scavengers, a group of terrans hopes to pull off the job of their lifetimes: pillaging a derelict protoss ship in a decaying orbit above an uninhabited planet. The scavengers’ dangerous mission is seen from the point of view of a young, inexperienced engineer. The team must scavenge the ship’s priceless tech before it burns up in the planet’s atmosphere, but can they beat the clock and avoid being busted by Dominion police forces?

Originally released by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998, StarCraft is a real-time strategy game that chronicles the interstellar war between three galactic species: the protoss, the zerg, and the terrans. The saga continues in the acclaimed sequel StarCraft II, which is now available free-to-play—including the epic, award-winning Wings of Liberty™ campaign.

The first issue (of four) of the StarCraft: Scavengers comic series goes on sale July 25, 2018.