"Star Wars X-wing: TIE Fighter / TIE Advanced review" Topic

The TIE Fighter is perhaps the expansion pack players will have at the very end of their "to buy" list, considering you get Tie Fighters in the starting set. However just like with the X-wing expansion pack this Tie-Fighter comes with Pilot cards that are not featured in the starting set. You get 3 common pilots previously available, but also 3 named pilots of which 2 are Elite pilots that can be upgraded with pilot skills.

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The final Imperial fighter currently available (the Tie Bomber will be released later this year) is the Tie Advanced – the fighter which Darth Vader uses. The model itself is pretty cool but perhaps the main reason to buy it is to add additional flexibility and tactical options to your Imperial force. The Tie Advanced is so far the only Imperial ship with the ability to fire missiles and which comes with a shield generator.

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I just got the chance to play this game last night. Turned out to be quite a bit of fun once I got the rules down. We played 2 games, mainly because in the second one we wanted to try out the Falcon and Slave 1. I flew Slave 1, managed to stick on the Falcon like glue and did it in. Lots of fun trying to guesstimate what your opponent is going to do, and setting up firing arcs.

Damon.

It's a really easy game to get into and offers a lot of fun. The game is so successful that FFG has a hard time keeping up with demand on the products and many of the ships are constantly out of stock, the big downside of the game. You have to scavenge the internet to find what you need/want.