God damn I love this game! Fantasy Flight Games surely has a hit on their hands with this one. You know its gonna be huge when stores cant keep the ships in stock and Fantasy Flight can't make the ships fast enough to keep up with demand.
We managed to get in a game recently. Here's a little recap and thoughts about the lists and game:
Rebels (Capnmoe) Total Squad Points: 100
Pilot: Biggs Darklighter
X-Wing (25)
Upgrades:
R2-F2 (3) Stealth (3)
Pilot: Wedge Antilles
X-Wing (29)
Upgrades:
Swarm Tactics (2)
Pilot: Prototype Pilot 1
A-Wing (17)
Upgrades:
Cluster Missiles (4)
Pilot: Prototype Pilot 2
A-Wing (17)
Upgrades:
No upgrades Selected
Imperials (Makers) Total Squad Points: 100
Pilot: "Howlrunner"
Tie Fighter (18)
Upgrades:
Swarm Tactics (2)
Pilot: Darth Vader
Tie Advanced x1 (29)
Upgrades:
Expert Handling (2)
Pilot: Academy Pilot 1
Tie Fighter (12)
Upgrades:
No Upgrades Selected
Pilot: Academy Pilot 2
Tie Fighter (12)
Upgrades:
No Upgrades Selected
Pilot: Academy Pilot 3
Upgrades:
No Upgrades Selected
Pilot: Obsidian Squadron Pilot 1
Tie Fighter (13)
Upgrades:
No Upgrades Selected
Turn one opened up with Imperials flying straight forward into the asteroid field in tight formation at speed 5 with Vader following closely behind at straight 4. I deployed the rebels tight around Biggs and in a way that would let me either fly around the asteroids or turn in and engage if I needed to. I knew that by the end of turn 2 he would have to break formation after flying into the asteroid field so I decided to turn in and engage. First round saw no shooting. 2nd round we met in the middle. He shot at my ships but had to target Biggs who was rocking 4 agility dice. At one point he was tossing 6 agility dice as he was targeted at range 3 and through an asteroid. I must say I thought the combo worked amazing. He never managed to damage me this round where as Wedge pulled off a 3 hits on Howlrunner that went unsaved. I probably could have done even more damage if I would have remembered to use my actions on my A-wings. Despite my poor memory with my actions, First blood went to the Rebels and it was major kill removing Howlrunner's re-roll buff from the Imperials. From there it started to go down hill for the poor rebels though.
Biggs went down over the coarse of the next round or 2 while I managed to take out only 1 Academy pilot. By the end of the game the rebels were only able to take out the Obsidian pilot while Wedge fell shortly after Biggs and my Cluster Missile A-wing shortly after him. With 1 A-wing vs. Vader and 2 Academy pilots I decided to call it a day and Hyper out of the system. All in all it was a good game but the combined weight of massed ships was just to much for the smaller Rebel force to handle in the end. It doesn't help that I am still learning the nuances of staying in formation and remembering to use actions and what not. Vader using Expert Handling to shed my target lock from the A-wing with the Cluster Missiles was clutch. If I had been thinking, I never would have even attempted to use them on Vader and instead went for the easy kill on and Academy pilot. Can't wait to play another game.
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