"Wave 2 we don't need no wave 2" Topic

Last night Covert Walrus came over for an introduction to X-Wing (and also the first wargame played in my new house).
Rebel Forces

Imperials

During the battle

The end

I still thing Tacship gives a faster game, particularly with multiple players, but X-wing is fun and easy to find opponents for.
We played 2 games with one win each but both victories went to the imperials.

Robert

All I can add is, firstly, concur with the conclusions Toaster has about the game mechanics – It doesn't feel slow to play, however once you sort out all your moves and look at the time, it has taken a while. We could have played four similar sized games of Tacship in the time it took both of these X-Wing games.

Secondly, TIE Fighters are surprising survivors in X-Wing; Their maneuverability saves them in many situations. And no, the Y-wing does not mow them down.

Thirdly, YT-1300s explode with a satisfying thump :)

Nice to see others doing the same. I have a stand in MF (Rvelle) and one each Mircromachine A-wing, B-Wing, and Tie Advanced. All in all the stand in including the old SWMB can be used with the game system without much modification, just need the bases or equelvenent.

VR
James Mattes

Waddaya mean WE, paleface?! 8)=

Has there been any news on Wave 2?

It's a great game! Far better than WoW imo.

Only change we're making is to scale up the maneuver and firing templates. We hope they provide a little more space between the models resulting in fewer collisions.

Buzz on the Fan Forums is the wave II is shipping so vendors should have them now or very soon.

VR
James Mattes

whine
After the super discounts some chains and onlines did over the holidays, and the rows of boxes I've seen at Target, I'd be thrilled to see some more base sets available through our distributors. *sigh*
/whine

Swerving OT, again, does anyone know of TacShip stats worked out for SW? I so lazy.

Doug

Here you go Doug, sorry I didn't notice your question before.
link

Robert

Thanks muchly, Robert. Worth me dropping into M$ Word and tidying up the tables.

Doug