Bethesda Launches Fallout: Factions With $135 Starter Set
Bethesda’s fallout from Fallout 4 now has a tabletop form. Fallout: Factions is a physical miniatures skirmish game set in Boston and the Commonwealth, and its Starter Set is scheduled to launch in late July.
Boston, the Commonwealth, and $135
The Starter Set is listed at $135 for preorder on the Modiphius website, where it was sold out when the announcement landed. That package includes a 106-page rulebook, 12 unpainted Institute miniatures, eight unpainted Brotherhood of Steel miniatures, four sheets of terrain, a double-sided battle map, 100 tokens, 12 dice, and a miniature of Robert MacCready.
MacCready is described as a former mayor of Little Lamplight, a current mercenary, and a potential companion. The box is built to let two players set up full crews and battle one another, which makes this less like a collector’s display piece and more like a ready-to-play entry point for the setting.
Brotherhood, Institute, Minutemen, Railroad
Fallout: Factions centers on four familiar factions: the Brotherhood of Steel, the Institute, the Minutemen, and the Railroad. That keeps the focus on the Boston era Bethesda has not moved away from, even as fans wait for Fallout 5 and keep speculating about where the next mainline game will go.
The choice to reuse Boston and the Commonwealth is the clearest signal here. Rather than widen the map with a new location, Bethesda is extending the most recent major game’s world into a physical format that can be bought, built, and played on a table.
What players get first
The immediate practical takeaway is simple: the late July launch is attached to the Starter Set, and the Starter Set is the product already on preorder. Anyone who wants in early has to work around a listing that was already sold out, which makes the first print run feel tighter than the announcement itself suggests.
For Fallout players, the bigger shift is not just another licensed item. It is an official expansion of the franchise into tabletop skirmish play, with enough miniatures, terrain, and rules to support two crews right out of the box.
