ANZAC X Wing Game 3

vs. a Doom Shuttle, Soontir and 'his mate.

vs. Damon.

Good evening,

Right my third game (fourth, if you count the bye...which Chris did, so I was sent up to the big boys' tables. Don't ask me how that works...but it put me in the right place at the right time - thanks for the Hawk Chris!) pit my X Wings against a big o' whale that they could catch, and a couple of interceptors that they couldn't.

First round of shooting and Soontir brushes off Wedges' advances, thanks to his Stealth Device. And being at Range 3.

I'm not so sure Wedge was able to reciprocate...

Although I think I did manage to strip 'is mate's SD and scored a hit, so at least he ran away.

In the meantime, I stay in attack formation, as Vader hoves into range.

The Shuttle takes a few chunks off Rookie 4, then Vader eyes up the same unfortunate chap, and...

...crushes him flat.

Bother.

So next turn, while Soontir sits on a rock, I fly in to finish off the Shuttle...

...and Vader does it for me! For the cost of a crit on Wedge, if I remember rightly.

Rats!

Next turn Wedge shakes off the crit (one of those 'turn over this crit as an action' cards. Can't remember which), but all of my boys end up facing the wrong way.

So does Soontir, thankfully, though 'is mate was able to take shots at Garvin.

Next round and Garvin and Soontir zip by each other like ships in the night. Rookie 1 ends up in a compromising position, but...

...it was Wedge that came off second best.

Drats!

And then for the rest of the game I was trying to catch the Interceptors, and Damon kept arc dodging.

Time was called, and so ended the game. 53 points to Damon, 31 to me.

Well played Damon, well played.

Nick

ANZAC X Wing Game 2

X Wings vs Han and Zeds.

vs. Blair, the son of the owner of the shop. Probably the game I enjoyed the most. Not that the others weren't all top blokes, but this one came right down to the wire...

Having been given a bye for the second round, and receiving 5 and 150 points for my lack of efforts there of (don't ask me how it works), my next draw was against Blair, the son of the owner of Wizard's Retreat. Blair was flying a list that had actually won the 2014 worlds...

Hmmm, thought I...

So, well, I set up in the opposite corner, hoping to get the Falcon to fly to me through the asteroids.

And it worked. Blair ran the Falcon onto a 'roid. Which, as well as costing Blair a shield, meant I was able to take pieces out of him without Han shooting back. And as Wedge was flying Veteran Instincts, he was able to take away Han's one evade die, which meant that Blair couldn't use 3CPO for the potential second evade.

Huzzah!

Next round Han and Wedge go head to head...which was a bit of a poo, seeing as I needed Wedge to take every shot he could...

However...

...the Rookie finally earned his stripes.

It was about time that Han was down to only one hull point. (Young Blair had forgotten to use R2 to regain shields when he had no hull damage, and then, when he did, he turned up a double hit! Add that to another double hit crit that got through courtesy of the X Wings, and, well...)

Unfortunately...

...the destruction didn't didn't all go the one way. Han takes out the other Rookie in a fit of pique.

A bit of zipping thither and yon ensued...

...with Han dodging all attacks directed his way...all while Wedge was pointing the wrong way...

...before Garven flies a little close to the sun. Or son. Han's got to have parents, right?

And still Han lives!

But not for very much longer! Wedge finally takes out Han on the very last turn of the game, time having been called just as we picked up our dials.

Whoo hoo! I beat a 9 year old! What a man am I!!

Thanks for the game Blair, it was a lot of fun.

Nick

ANZAC X Wing Game 1

X Wings vs. IGs.

vs Tim. The 2014 National Champ.

Arghh!

Good afternoon,

This ANZAC Day, as well as attending my first...well, it wasn't a dawn parade, it was at 9 o'clock, so...morning parade?...Tim reminded me/invited me to another Star Wars X Wing Miniatures Game Store Championship, this time at Wizard's Retreat in the city. I thought to take four X Wings, 'cause...well, 'cause I have for X Wings and I've never flown them together.

There's a reason one doesn't see similar lists doing the competitive circuit...

Anyhow, my first draw was against Tim(!) who was flying two IG-88s with all sorts of bells and whistles.

We set up for a joust...

...which striped Wedge down to one remaining hull point and a crit such that if he hit anything he'd take another hit.

So Tim K turned in front of me, and Wedge ran into him!

Boom! And he hadn't landed one hit that got through!

Ah well...

A couple of Segnor loops later...man those ships can dance...

...and...

...boom! There goes Garvin.

Yikes!

At least I've got two Rookies left.

Opps! Make that one.

Hmm, I'm beginning to see a pattern...

...and then...

...Boom! A full health X Wing one shotted!

And that was the end of that!

Well played Tim, well played.

Nick

More 50 Point X Wing

Good evening,

Yesterday, Young Stan popped over for a game during lunch. Now if I could only figure out a way of staying on holiday and being able to pay the mortgage...

Time was short, so we broke out the Star Wars fighters for another 50 point game of X Wing. I thought to try my previous list...

...but with the appropriate application of the correct decloaking template this time, and I thought Stan could try out Keyan Farlander, just for a laugh.

In another effort to keep things fresh, I also broke out the debris templates.

So, we closed...

...I thought to try to split my threats...

...which allowed Stan to simply concentrate on Echo.

Opps, there goes a shield. (And two of the three hull points on the TIE from the previous turn, thank you very much! That in spite of the additional agility from the 'roid.)

Well, at least Dark Curse was able to pull in behind the Rook, while Echo crosses over Farlander's wake.

Next turn I manage, against all odds...

...to fly Echo...

...into such a position so as to blow the Rookie out of the...space...?

'Course, next turn she's (Echo is a woman) pointing in the completely wrong direction! It's quite a trick to get her where you want her.

Farlander, on the other hand...

...has a much easier job.

Boom!

So, there it was, womano 'e mano.

We both chose the wrong dials here! There goes Echo's second (and last) shield.

So, let's try that again.

And since Echo was outside Farlander's range, let's drop the cloak!

See, wasn't that so much easier to drive?

At this point, Stan takes a damage from the debris field - so we were down to two hull each.

But Echo got to shoot first thanks to her Veteran Instincts upgrade!

Thanks again for the game Stan, it was lots of fun. 'Specially trying to figure out where Echo'd decloak so as to dial her move!

Nick