Prior to each game, a draft is performed to determine objectives, deployment and conditions, while combat is resolved through specialised attack and defence dice.
Players are given 800 points to build an army with before going to battle on a 3' x 6' table. In November 2020, Atomic Mass Games took stewardship of the game. It is a Spiritual Successor of-sorts to Star Wars Miniatures. Star Wars: Legion is a miniatures Wargame, first released in 2018 and initially developed by Fantasy Flight Games.