In Which I Earn My First Tournament Victory!

Sorry I haven't been updating a hole lot, folks...it was the end of the school term, I had lots of finals, issues with looking for new roommates, etc. I still took lots of photos of games, but I never found the time to post anything, and things just slipped my mind until recently. I'm on the SoCal X-wing Facebook page, and a conversation there necessitated me looking up some of my posted photos, reminding me of my lack of updates for over a month! I know there's not many of you who view this blog, but to those of you who do, sorry!

Anyways, on June 28, GMI hosted an escalation tournament, with the first-place prize being a CR-90 box! I ended up winning it, with Michael taking second. I almost went 4-0 as well, but Michael played very well and had a strong list, so even if I hadn't made the fatal mistake with an A-wing who's entire purpose was to assassinate Biggs, Howlrunner, or Jonus (whichever showed up in the round five game) with a homing missile, I still probably would have lost...or at the very least it would have been a very close game. It's hard to tell, since the mistake was kind of early on.

I promise to post more often. I really do enjoy sharing my games, even if they don't get many views. I've got a few backlogged games to post, hopefully those will be up shortly, and then I'll work on some new stuff.

First Published Game with Barret!

With no D&D to occupy my Tuesday evenings for the time being, I was able to get in some more Star Trek. Saturday after the tournament Barret had asked me about a brand new Federation list he had been working on, so I decided to test it with him. Rather than running Crazy Janeway's Torpedo Punch, I ran a list about as close to MSU/MSA as one can get. By it's very nature, it had me trying out some brand-new combinations myself, including one that worked surprisingly well...

Curious Cards!

So...it's Focus for people who didn't Focus?

Short Tournament Battle Reports!

Here's how I did at the tournament this past weekend. Read on for a tale of ups and downs, or surprise and regret, and just a little bit of self-reflection...

Sorry, no pictures this time, other than the header image taken from Round 4...I focused on gaming, not picture-taking.

My List: [100]

• Wes Janson + Swarm Tactics
• "Dutch" Vander + R5-K6 + Ion Cannon Turret
• Ibtisam + Opportunist + Heavy Laser Cannon

List Testing with Charles!

After my bout with Elijah, I asked if Charles would be willing to test my list. We had just enough time before closing for a single game, so I had to make it count. He brought a modified version of his classic Vader/Jonus/Bomber list, something he said he would take to a tournament himself. We cut the 4x4 table down to 3x3 as best we could, deployed, and went at it, time limit in mind.

In Which I Gain a Padawan Learner!

Friday night I headed to my FLGS for some tournament list practice. The list was brand new, and while theoretically amazing, I had no idea if it would survive the table. The only other X-wing players there were involved in the weekly MTG event, so I couldn't count on them until later, especially since they had an ongoing game where between MTG rounds they'd have a couple rounds of X-wing. Instead, I was able to run a demo game for someone who came in looking for card games and found himself attracted to the miniatures. This isn't that demo game

FFG, WHY YOU DO DIS TO ME?!

Tantive IV is slated to release May 22nd...I JUST GOT DONE BUYING THE TRANSPORT!

/cry

To quote someone on the Facebook post they announced it on:
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of wallets suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."