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...

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

Old Footage Found!

So while digging through my old iPad photos (the device I take all these photos with currently), and found some old pics of my first real X-wing Miniatures game (I'm discounting the first two demos I ran, with just the ships in one box). I thought I'd share, so see how far I've come, and yet how far I have to go still.

Epic X-wing Battle!

I got to the store a little late Saturday for some tourney list practice (my first tournament is next Saturday!), and was only able to get two practice games in. I'll be discussing my potential list later. After a short break, we decided to run a four-player Epic game. 200 pts. to each player, two to a team. We used the Epic rules for asteroid placement and staring zones, and went at it.

The Search for Dilithium!

Time for the evening was running short, so we decided to run a mission instead of duke it out like normal. We originally chose the second mission in the rulebook, but it proved to be terribly written from a design point of view, and so we switched to the first one, a simple pick-up and escape mission.

The battlefield was again the 4x4 mat, with the objective planet in the center, surrounded by large then small obstacles, placed roughly evenly according to terrain placement rules in the tournament handbook.

We decided to play to 100 points again, as we didn't want to take the time to rebuild all our lists (Nick had already rebuilt his during the last game, taking the time to write it out while his opponents were acting). I brought "Crazy Janeway" again, switching out Harry Kim for Montgomery Scott. Charles barely shifted his build, but Nick, perhaps inspired by my single-ship escapades, decided to load the Defiant. He ended up being 16 points short, but it may not have helped him in the end...

Debut of "Janeway's Torpedo Punch"!

First game of the night, of the first day this site has existed. What, battle reports already?! YOU BETCHA!

Anyways, I debuted Janeway's Torpedo Punch in this battle. It was a three-way free-for-all with a good number of planets and obstructions on a 4'x6' mat (sectioned to 4x4). The Transwarp Conduit tokens were used as large Plasma Storm markers. The look on their faces when I placed only one ship in my deployment zone, then announced I was completely deployed...priceless. Much lulz were had.