Shattered Sword Battle Box (product spotlight)

The Shattered Sword Battle Box comes with 12 miniatures, unit profile cards and one Esper deck, providing everything you need to field your Shattered Sword 35 point Cadre roster.

“For thousands of cycles, we have stood against the endless night and brought peace to the stars so that life might thrive.”

-Francis Mallory

The Shattered Sword are the best-known order of the Six Peers (a peacekeeping organization that aids the United Planetary Alliance when the Alliance doesn’t have the resources or manpower to respond to trouble). Heavily armored, Shattered Sword are equipped well to form a defensive line to allow civilians time to evacuate. Noble birth does not dictate who gets to join and advance within the order. The only thing that matters to them is service and dedication to the faction’s ideals, meaning that a lowborn orphan has just as much potential for advancement in the ranks as a member of the nobility. Unsurprisingly, Shattered Sword exemplifies the blue Esper of law.

The Shattered Sword Battle Box comes with Questing Knight Isabeau Durand and her cypher Bishop, one squad of five Swordsworn, one squad of four Purifiers and one Swordsworn Command unit. This comes out to 35 points worth of minis, making this set perfect for Encounter sized games on its own. Additionally, there are 3 points worth of upgrade cards that can either give you customization options on your Encounter sized games, or bring you up to 38 points, as you build toward a 50-point Skirmish sized game.

Within this force you have potent healing abilities shared between Isabeau, the Purifiers and the Swordsworn Command. Additionally, the Swordsworn provide a strong backbone to your cadre with effective offensive and defensive capabilities. Isabeau Durand also has a second profile card allowing her to be fielded as a ‘Purifier Officer’. This allows you to run a different Questing Knight or Relic Knight and still keep Isabeau as a member of your Cadre.

Questing Knight Isabeau compared with Purifier Officer Isabeau. Both versions have powerful abilities giving Isabeau the flexibility to lead your cadre, or support another Knight as they lead Shattered Sword to victory.

If you read our previous articles, you might remember that everything in the Radiant half of the Radiant vs Void Two Player Starter Set is compatible with Shattered Sword (and vice versa). Combat Armor Cordelia is a great fire support piece to go with this set, and Infiltrator Candy can also ally with Shattered Sword to mix things up. These models are in stock on the website if you need something to build and paint while waiting for Shattered Sword to arrive in mid-May (just a few weeks away.)

In addition to all that we have three individual Shattered Sword minis to reveal to you in the coming days. You can subscribe for updates here (if you haven't already).

Next update we will cover a Shattered Sword character that brings flight, mobility and heavy firepower to support your defensive lines...

PS: I almost forgot to mention, the Shattered Sword Battle Box comes with a faction specific Esper deck.