Star Wars X-Wing Progression Series Missions 5 & 6

Continuing on from Missions 3 & 4, Steven and Easy continue to play through the X-Wing Missions. In game 6, we have a BRAND NEW X-Wing player face off against Steven.  The force is strong with that one. Mission 5 (Preystalker) and Mission 6 (Undeniable Assets).

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Star Wars X-Wing Progression Series: Mission 3 and 4.

Continuing on from our previous post, Easy and I continue to play through the X-Wing published missions. Submitted for your approval, missions 3 (Dark Whispers) and 4 (Den of Thieves).

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Star Wars X-Wing Progression Series Missions 1 & 2

Easy (AKA Chance) and I have a problem. We love the X-Wing ships, but we're just no good at the game. So when he came down for a weekend of gaming debauchery, we decided to play through the X-Wing missions in publishing order. We got through 6, but plan to get through the rest at a later date!

For your viewing pleasure, here are the first two episodes.

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Star Wars X-Wing: Ghost vs Gozanti Epic Game

Steven, Andrew, and Sean played a 200 point game of X-Wing. We wanted it to feel like a battle in Rebels, so had the VCX-100 "Ghost" facing off against a Gozanti Assault Carrier along with some support.

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Star Wars X-Wing - Store Championship: K-Wing Combat at the Curio Cavern

By Mitch Reed 

With the temperatures outside making Hoth seem tropical I headed back to the Curio Cavern to check out their store championship and see who would take home the top honors.

I showed up around 9 PM and saw that windows were full of condensation, a sign that some hard gaming was taking place that day.

However, I sadly missed the other 28 players who started playing at 11AM, in what turned out to be a long but fun day of playing X-Wing.

When I arrived the top 4 players were busy playing their semi-final games. As the semifinals were going on I spoke to the Game Master Stephanie Shaw who filled me in on the day’s events.

The Store Championship, which filled up quickly, consisted of 32 players playing in a Swiss format tournament consisting of 5 rounds of games for each player.  When the dust settles on these 150+ games the top 4 players play each other in two 75 minute long games and the winners of these two games go onto play one another in the un-timed championship game.

I asked Stephanie how the store championships compares to the weekly Tuesday tournament which she also runs. The answer was what I expected, the laid back style of the Tuesday event is replaced by a friendly but very competitive tournament despite most of the field being the same regulars who show up each Tuesday. Stephanie was impressed that as a GM she only had to make two rulings all day and the players who showed up knew the rules very well.

Speedy (L) and Derek (R) play their semi-final match-up 

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Video Battle Reports: Star Wars Armada and X-Wing!

Sean and I twitch streamed some Armada and X-Wing earlier this week. Check out our games below! Make sure to follow us on twitch at http://www.twitch.tv/wwpdsteven and subscribe so you get an alert when we go live!

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Star Wars X-Wing - Tatooine Tuesdays at the Curio Cavern

 By Mitch Reed

Much like the rest of the WWPD crew, I too have been bitten by the Star Wars X-Wing bug. Two weeks ago my wing-man Throck told me about a gaming store in my town, Springfield Virginia,  called the Curio Cavern.  I was surprised that a LGS slipped my attention, especially for the fact that it has been open for 5 years.  On a cold MLK day Throck and I checked out the store and got in a few games of X-Wing. The Curio Cavern also hosts an X-Wing tournament every Tuesday at 6:30PM so I decided to try my luck!

During my first visit I ran into Steve Dodd, one of the regulars at the Cavern who has been playing X-Wing since it has first been released.  Steve has some of the most in-depth knowledge of the game and if you ever get him to give you advice, I would recommend taking it. Much like myself, Steve is a dedicated Imperial player and recommend the core of the list I brought to the first two Tuesday events.

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Star Wars X-Wing - Fall In X-Wing Roundup

The WWPD crew played a ton of X-Wing Heroes of the Aturi Cluster at Fall In! We had an absolute blast. At one point 3 tables were running simultaneously. At my table we got through 12 missions or so through the course of the weekend. Below are some pictures I have and some links to other blogs talking about our Heroes games.

Paul's Blog "The Man Cave" covered our X-Wing games pretty thoroughly as did Miles' Lair of the Uber Geek. Take a look at them to read about the experiences of some rook pilots we put through the ringer.

We had quite a large showing for the squad! I may not remember everyone's callsign here, but I'll do my best:

Steven AKA "Dice" for my abysmal dice rolling abilities.
Sean AKA "Escape Plan" for needing (and sometimes failing) to bug out frequently.
Dano AKA "Hoover" for vacuuming up all the XP.
Jon AKA "Rando" cause he never got a proper callsign.
Eric AKA "Gramps" for having more XP than anyone.
Chris AKA "Hawkeye" for having his eye on an HWK from the get-go.
Nicole AKA "Looper" for doing infinite K-Turns.
Blaze AKA "Zaro?" not actually sure what his callsign was.
Reilly AKA "Magnet" for drawing heaps of enemy fire.
Miles AKA "Dozer" because he thought we were supposed to fly INTO the asteroids, not around.
Luke "The Sweeper" for cleaning up all the dust.
Adam "Ragnar" because he is a viking and flew like one.

The crew making a ground assault.

75% of the Intensify Forward Firepower crew.

Escape Plan's A Wing and Dice's B-Wing go in as wingmen.

The crew.

We had a blast! Thanks for everyone who flew with us!

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Star Wars X-Wing - I Have You Now!! (X-Wing 'Imperial Raider' a Closer Look)

By Matt MacKenzie

Even though the majority of articles I write for you guys here visiting WWPD are Flames of War or hobby related, it's nice to have other gaming interests to discuss. Although I am not into 'Star Wars Armada', one of Fantasy Flight's other miniature games, I do play X-Wing. Green Squadron I admit, has peaked my interest and has turned my gaming life upside down! I've got Star Wars tokens, models and even LEGO from one end of the house to the other! In this case, we are going to take a look at one of the largest miniatures (I use that term loosely) in the X-Wing Miniatures game.

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Star Wars X-Wing - Green Squadron: Mission Seven: Capture the Imperial Officer



Listen up, Green Squadron. Intel out of the Nulan system has recently been handed to me that indicates a V.I.P. is about to arrive at a nearby imperial facility for an inspection. This is a big one, folks: Moff Lankin is going to arrive via the following flight path -


The central holoprojector blinks to life, indicating a spinning Lambda shuttle and a trajectory through the Nulan system.

- and it's your job to neutralize the shuttle so that we can bring it back to base. Whatever we gather from the Moff and his shuttle's computer should provide us with even more valuable intelligence to be used in future operations. Green Leader, you have the floor.

What is this all about? Check out previous Green Squadron Missions here!

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Star Wars X-Wing - Green Squadron: Missions Five and Six



Listen up, you two. The rest of the squadron is scattered to all points of the cluster, but we've got an important one that just can't wait. A team of special operators at Argus might have some actionable intel for us, but they've gotten themselves into a bind.

Turns out the HWK-290 they were being extracted in suffered from some faulty hyperdrive repair parts and couldn't complete the evac. They've got a plan to cobble something together - if they sacrifice their weapon systems' power cells to make the fix - it just might work. The problem now is the imps have scrambled squadrons to ferret them out of the asteroid belt they've sheltered in. I need what's left of Green Squadron here on Green Squadron to cover them as they make their final preparations for escape.

Captain M'Kel, commander of Emerald One and the task force responsible for operations in the Aturi Cluster, stops Zholl "Wrongway" Markyle as he's exiting the ready room.

Listen, Green Leader, command has ordered me to keep you on a short leash. I need all the talented pilots I can get my hands on - but I also need all the ships for them to fly in! You lose another x-wing from underneath you and you better hope the ejector pod malfunctions. No more foul-ups, Wrongway!

Participating Pilots:

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News from the Front - Episode 96

Eric, Luke and Dirty Jon come at you with another episode of News from the Front!  In Act I, the guys talk about upcoming FoW events and conventions, but quickly slide into a jumbo AAR that covers FoW, Comicon, X-Wing and more!

In Act II, it's Flames of War all over the place, with a discussion of The Great War, Team Tankee and the Firestorm Caen campaign.

For Act III, the guys hit Commonly Overlooked Rules, X-wing painting and more!

Click Here to Download Episode 96

After Hours

STAH WAHS!  We talk tons of Star Wars of all kinds and even sprinkle in a little TV and Pinewood Derby.  Enjoy!

Click here to listen to After Hours

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Star Wars X-Wing - Green Squadron: Mission Three: Rescue the Rebel Operative (X-Wing)

Green Squadron, we've received an urgent distress signal from one of our Rebel Operatives in the Omicron belt near Nulan VII. Scans indicate he is being pursued by enemy fighters! Get those birds in the air, and get that ship out of danger!

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Star Wars X-Wing - You Rebel SCUM! A Review of Heroes of the Aturi Cluster for X-Wing

By now you've either heard or read about the exploits of 'Green Squadron', and their efforts to return peace to the Outer Rim Territories. Their relentless attacks on the Empire and their cohorts, are just a small part of 'Heroes of the Aturi Cluster'. It's a co-operative campaign using the X-Wing miniatures rule-set with a twist. You now have the ability to play with your friends on the same side, focusing on the same objectives to complete missions. Meanwhile, the Empire is completely controlled by a well written set of predetermined rules that control pilots, their ships and their actions during the course of this campaign.

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Star Wars X-Wing - Green Squadron: Mission Two: Combat Patrol. (X-Wing)

The second mission assigned to Green Squadron saw Greens 1, 2, 5 and 6 sent out on another escort mission to protect a convoy in the Parnel Sector. 

Welcome back, Greens 1 and 2, I apologize that there's no time for a debriefing from the last run you made, but we've got to escort a supply convoy to our hidden base in the Parmel Sector and a group of potentially hostile signals has been detected in a nearby asteroid field. I need you two to check it out before our vulnerable freighters are set upon by Imperial ambushers.

The good news? Well, I'm not sure if you'll consider it good news, but two new pilots calling themselves Tenthumbs and Hotshot have arrived on the last reinforcement shuttle. I'm assigning them to Green Squadron. Dismissed.

GREEN SQUADRON INTRODUCTION | PREVIOUS MISSION | NEXT MISSION

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Star Wars X-Wing - Green Squadron: Mission One: Patrol

Mission One in an ongoing series. See the introduction here.

All right, pilots, we've got reports of an imperial reconnaissance patrol nearby, and we're dispatching you all to finish them. Since you're all a bunch of rookies, this mission should be a good chance to cut your teeth, and see what the Empire's bringing to bear. Good hunting, Green Squadron. May the Force be With You.

Green Squadron Mission One: Local Trouble.

If you have no idea what is going on, make sure to Check out Heroes of the Aturi Cluster.

GREEN SQUADRON INTRODUCTION | NEXT MISSION

Participating Pilots:

Green 6: Are you kidding, Mynock? TIEs don't hold a candle to an X-Wing- especially not MY X-Wing.
Green 2: Oh yeah? Have you tested that th-
Green 1: Alright Green Squadron, cut the chatter. Three Ties on Scope. All Wings Report In.

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Star Wars X-Wing - Green Squadron: Heroes of the Aturi Cluster- Introducing Green Squadron

A Long Time Ago... In a Galaxy Far Far Away...

Amazing picture by Mike Evans. Actual Models of Green Squadron!

HEROES OF THE ATURI CLUSTER
In a remote sector of the Outer Rim, a small force of Rebel FREEDOM FIGHTERS is tasked with keeping the Rebellion alive after a series of crippling Imperial strikes. Striking from their sole capital ship EMERALD ONE, Green Squadron must stand toe to toe with the empire with fresh, untested pilots and limited supplies.

The Empire possesses a planetary garrison on Nulan VI, and the Star Destroyer RETRIBUTION relentlessly patrols the system. Every operation GREEN SQUADRON conducts requires a swift, coordinated strike before fading into the darkness of space. With the possibility of the RETRIBUTION dropping from hyperspace at any moment, GREEN SQUADRON must remain ever vigilant.

Heroes of the Aturi Cluster is a cooperative campaign developed by Josh Derksen and hosted by DockingBay416. You can find more information on the campaign at this link.

The Campaign allows up to 6 players to play cooperatively against AI controlled enemies. The complete campaign set (which is a free download!) includes mission cards, new terrain types, AI and Elite cards for enemy pilots, player character sheets, and a massive campaign booklet with 16 missions spread across 5 awesome story arcs.

Player characters earn experience, increase their pilot skill, and unlock new upgrades. Your pilots can become extremely awesome (more so than they could ever be in regular X-Wing) as they grow into the Heroes of the Aturi Cluster.

Judson and I had been planning a weekend of gaming debauchery, when this gem was announced just days before. We immediately became interested, got a bunch of friends excited, painted up our own fighters, and decided we had to do it.

To further the excitement, our friend Mike from Space Rocks got excited about watching Green Squadron, and decided they needed a home base. He rushed us the first Nebulon B off the production line to act as Emerald One. Though it didn't participate in any battles (The Rebels must keep it safe! it's their only home!), it remained on the table throughout play to remind us that we had a safe haven. Please check out Mike's Nebulon in X-Wing scale on his site--it's amazing! If you order one, make sure to use the code IFF2015 to save 10%!

Meet Green Squadron

All of the fighters available to Green Squadron.

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Star Wars X-Wing - Space Rocks Nebulon B Escort Frigate for Star Wars X-Wing Review

Mike from Space Rocks was awesome enough to send us the first Nebulon B Escort frigate off the production line in order to make it for our epic playthrough of the Heroes of the Aturi Cluster (Be sure to remember our code if you think you might order one! IFF2015 saves you 10%). When I cracked the box open, I literally "woo'd" at the top of my lungs due to sheer awesomeness. This thing is HUGE, and it's ready to go in seconds.

The ship comes pre-painted (the painting is great!), and includes a 5 part stand. Also included, though not pictured: a very handy brochure detailing how to assemble it, and some suggested rules for use in X-Wing. The rules and additional information can be found on the official Nebulon B product page.

Look at that glorious beast. It's just a hair over two feet long, and stands about a foot tall. Impressive. Most Impressive.

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Star Wars X-Wing - Battle Report: TIE Phantoms vs A, K, and X-Wing.

By Steve MacLauchlan

Time for quick X-Wing showdown between myself and Andrew!

For this game, I ran the Imperials and Andrew ran the Rebels. We did not realize the Decloak had been errata'd, so we found the TIE Phantoms to be incredibly powerful. The plan was for the crummy TIE to be used to block moves/stop actions while the two TIE Phantoms swung around to chew on the enemy after being clever with decloaks!

Andrew was keen to see the K-Wing in action, but wanted to spell AKX with his ships.

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Star Wars X-Wing - Battle Report: Triple Play Battle

Andrew and I were able to play 3 games of X-Wing one night, just trying some new stuff out. I decided to not only take Scum, but to take Boba Fett. Scum is really growing on me, and while I'll never be a fan of Boba Fett in general, he is pretty sweet on the tabletop!

We decided to use the destroyed Blockade Runner by Space-Rocks as a backdrop. Make sure to read our review and use our code IFF2015 to get 10% off!

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