X-Wing: Original Core Set

This is a post mainly for a archive as this came out years ago and they have just released a new version with the revised ships and apparently a new damage deck from the new movie.  The Core Set comes with everything you need to play a very very small game of X-Wing.  Outside the three ships what comes in the box that you need are the rules, attack and defense dice (custom marked 8 siders), movement templates, and assorted additional counters,mission markers and asteroid markers.  Probably the hardest thing to come by would be the damage deck as you can make your own templates and just use a number system on the dice.  I bet a lot of this stuff was on the secondary market when the set was new as people might by more than 1 to save a little on the ships.  I personally got 2 sets as they were on clearance for like 20 dollars at target about a year after the game was released.

The box comes with 2 tie fighters and 1 x-wing and playing straight out of the box I think the imperials have the advantage with the 2 to 1 even if you try to balance a game at like 25 points.  I apparently got one of the pegs mixed in with some other ships.

The Ties are the same as the expansion pack with not difference so it is not even like the repaints or marking changes seen with later releases.

The back of the ship ofcourse.  Need different views for any review.

Here are the pilots from the starter.  Not that anyone needs this information this late in the production run but you get 3 standard(with doubles of each also) and 3 unique pilots.

Now 3 shots of your friendly neighborhood X-Wing.

Maybe you should not put your deflector screens at double front when people are chasing you.

The X-Wings have a problem with keeping their cannons straight.  I do not think I have seen very many of these that looked just right.

For the X-Wing it is two standard and 2 unique pilots.  Biggs is there to get shot at so he will die fast while Luke is better at defending with a minor defensive focus always in effect.

The starter set only comes with 5 upgrade cards between the 3 ships and 3 of the 5 only work with the X-Wing.  Since you pretty much need this set to play the game I can recommend it as the game is pretty good.  It has grown to big already and probably is now totally outside the scope of balancsble but still can be fun.

X-Wing: X-Wing Expansion

Another something that I missed posting back in the day when I got it was the X-Wing expansion.  So this
 post is mainly just to fill in the X-Wing post sets to which the page that lists them has a link on the right column.

X-Wing: Tie Bomber Expansions

I appear to have missed the Tie Bomber when I was doing my rundowns of the various X-Wing ship so here it is much belated.  The other ships and stuff can be found in my X-Wing Page.  The model is pretty nice with solid detailing and none of the small bits that are prone to warping.

X-Wing: Imperial Raider Rules

Now onto the meat of the review after looking at the model and included Tie Advanced Repaint.  The Rules for running the Raider.  It is a huge Epic ship so has the same basic rules as the Rebel Blockage runner.  You live or die by your energy and how you use it.  You speed/maneuver determines ow much energy you get each turn.  You spend energy on extra weapon attackes, repairing your shields, etc.  So unless the terrain or mission force you into lots of movement you are probably just trying to get the most energy possible.

X-Wing: Imperial Raider's Tie Advanced

The Imperial Raider box also comes with a Tie Advanced, I assume to try to bring new life to an unloved ship who just could not compete in the early meta when you could essentially get 2+ Tie fighters for its cost.

X-Wing Miniatures Games: Imperial Raider Model

For Force Friday, I needed a Star Wars post so while I have not gotten the new X-Wing Starter set, I did get the Imperial Raider as an anniversary present this year.   This is a big set with a lot to look at so we will break the review down into three parts.  Today we are going to start are look with a look at just the model.  The model is very light given its size which probably again means it is hollow.  The design is soft of along the star destroyer theme but it seems more pointy with a smaller bridge area and tie like side panels around the ship.

X-Wing: M3-A Interceptor

The M3-A Interceptor is a small ship for the Scum and Villainy faction which has a range of price points 15,20,30, and 40 dollars. The 20 dollars ship sort of struck me as an unfortunate development as I now expect to see more small base ships in that range in the future.  These items are already very expensive for what they contain but X-Wing is still selling strong.  In the set you get the standard selection of items for the game.

X-Wing: Most Wanted Expansion

So today I will look at the Scum and Villainy faction Most Wanted Expansion Pack.  This is a repaint pack like Imperial or Rebel Aces in that ships are not new but repainted versions of early releases but it is significantly different as it is using those ships for the new Underworld faction.

X-Wing: Rogue Squadron RPG?

So I am wondering if anyone has taken the ship fighting rules from X-Wing and used it as a basis for RPG style game play.  I might be able to get my eldest interested in something like that since she likes Star Wars but does not really like verses game play.  Basic idea would be that she would start with a rookie pilot in a classic rebel ship and then fly some missions with me as a wingman but also controlling the opponent ships.  Earn experience for kills, mission success, survival which can be spent to increase pilot skill, learn elite skills, or expand your equipment pool (ie different ship, upgrades, droids, crew, etc).

First mission I was thinking about was trying to stop a lone Tie fighter from crossing the long way on the dinner table but it is through an asteroid field to restrict movement and fire angles a little.

I remember this as the way we played Battletech for years with the Mechwarrior rpg rules.  Probably have to add karma or some fate type mechanic to all the pc's a little extra so that they can go up against tough odds at some point and pull through. 

X-Wing: Rebel Transport

Look at that beauty.   The first of the big ships for X-Wing and I am just now going to talk about it.  So behind on this stuff ofcourse I do not get out to play much either.

Here we have our box contents punch and laid out.  While you get the large ship movement template you do not get the super long range ruler that comes with the corvette as the transport has no turbolasers or other direct weapons.

Here we see the detailing on the upper skin.  Pretty reasonable.

The tiny cockpit raised up to I assume help the pilots see over the front of the ship.

Get the engines on the stern.

And some nice little cargo bins showing on the bottom skin.  Overall very nice looking and faithful to the movies.  The model looks nice but it is very light to the touch.  Mostly hollow.

Not very impressive base card.  The Epic ships do not really seem to be pointed in a way to make them seem very good.

Some interesting tweaks in the ship cards.

Backup Shield Generator seems handy to stay alive.

Slicer tools might be nice to deal with hard to hit but fragile ships.  Pretty pricey at 7 but interesting.

Crew cards all huge ship onlys. 

You get the large ship rules and some missions for a campaign.

X-Wing Miniatures: YT-2400 Freighter

Maybe this is why I play Dead Games like Blood Bowl.  Here we are looking at another Big Rebel ship with a turret, the YT-2400, but I think the Meta has already moved on with an upgrade card in one of the scum and villainy packs to cut the value of turrets.

This is sort of an interesting looking ship.  Lots of details, color markings, and carbon scoring.  I think I remember having a ship like this in the X-Wing Allaince game but I am not sure.  That cannon on top looks pretty big and does not appear to have much elevation control which is certainly an issue in 3D space combat.

Really funny pods/bubbles on the cockpit.

For people who like to repaint or mod with lights the engine section definitely needs some work.

Only 4 pilots, 1 generic and 3 unique.  Unlike the Falcon pack all the ship stats are the same. Eaden will work well in a list that can give out stress.  Leebo looks good if large ships are an issue for you but might need some help generating criticals.

 

 Lots of cards in the box.  Outrider seems pretty expensive to turret mount the heavy cannon.  Dash seems nice for a big ship.

Lone wolf seems like a fair card for a two big ship list.  Most of these cards seem like different ways of bringing in effects that already exist but the card list has gotten so big now I have a hard time remembering them all.

I am still sort of surprised that I have not seen more fixed list type of missions for X-Wing.  The big ships have their mini campaigns but I have sort of expected more.

X-Wing Miniatures: Imperial VT-49 Decimator

The VT-49 Decimator is the third imperial medium sized ship and the biggest in that class.

X-Wing Miniatures: Rebel Aces

Here we get the contents of the rebel aces box.  I know the hot stuff now is the Scum and Villainy but my one of those is sitting waiting for a gift time since the basic box is quite pricy and I bought full retail to support a local store that I sometime go in and look at stuff in since it is conveniently located to other shopping destinations.  Anyway you get your 2 rebel ships, cards, components, and a rule back with a new mission.

Ships are repaints of the B-Wing and A-Wing expansions.  This time my B-Wing does not have a bend down the middle which is good.

Interesting color choices.  Not really my first choice for either but if they did not come painted they would stay plastic grey forever in my house so cannot complain to much.

Interesting new unique pilots.  Get a torpedo specialist which would probably go well with ordnance failsafe, guy who can use stress as an attack focus which would go with push the limit perfectly to get you essentially 3 actions every turn you can manage to shoot at someone.  Defensive dogfighter for A-wing pilot and a bonus movement action pilot.

Doubles of all the upgrade cards.  Crew members for b-wings and low cost missile free a-wings.  Proton rockets could be nasty on someone who can get multiple focus tokens and a target lock for a 5 die attack with all the bonuses.

Crew guys for the b-wing mods.

New mission.  Now I just need to get some play time in with all this stuff.

X-Wing: Rebel Transport X-Wing

I decided to split the X-Wing Rebel Transport into two posts.  One on the X-wing included and one on the transport.  The X-Wing is a repaint of the same ship available in the starter set or X-wing expansion pack.  The X-Wing now has the most options available in terms of pilots of any rebel ships with 10 pilots.  The new paint is pretty reasonable.

X-Wing Miniatures: E-Wing

Another Rebel X-Wing ship to look at today.  Here we have the E-wing Booster pack which come with all the stuff you expect from an X-Wing ship.

X-Wing Miniatures: Z-95 Headhunter

Rebel Swarm time with the Z-95 Headhunter.  Standard blister contents with cards, counters, dials and ship model.

X-Wing Miniatures: Tie Phantom Starfighter

The second Imperial ship from the recent X-Wing starfighter wave is the Tie Phantom.  This ship is supposedly from the Rebel Assault computer game series.  I do not remember them but that was a long time ago.  The ship has a very low profile from the front.

X-Wing Miniatures: Tie Defender Starfighter

The Tie Defender is a ship I first encountered playing the Tie Fighter PC game that was a sequel to the classic X-Wing game.  It was a nice change of pace from flying a tie fighter where two hits would kill you.  The ship was definitely an upgrade.  That upgrade has made its was to the X-Wing Miniatures game.  The booster comes with the standard allotment of cards and counters.