X-Wing: Q&A with designer Alex Davy
Alex Davy, one of the lead designers on X-Wing, and now also Armada, grew up in Fargo, ND gaming at Paradox Comics n Cards. I go to Paradox at least once a week to get my comics and to play games. Paradox has had some great support for the local …
X-Wing Tournament Report: Battle Over Yavin
Over the past weekend my Friendly Local Game Store put on an event, called Battle Over Yavin, to get people excited for the upcoming release of the Scum and Villainy faction. First prize was a full free preorder of all of the wave 6 ships.
X-Wing: Meet the Droids
Astromech droids! Who doesn’t love a good astromech droid? They’re the coolest. They’re an iconic part of the Star Wars universe and they also have a little niche in X-Wing Miniatures. There are only a few ships in X-Wing that can take an astromech; the X-Wing, the Y-Wing, and the …
X-Wing Thematic Squads: Battle of Endor Rebels
Aaaand we’re back! Last time we looked at the Imperials present at the climactic Battle of Endor. Now we’ll look at all of the Rebel’s who were there so you can have a go at putting together Rebel squads with a Battle of Endor Theme. Let’s get things started with …
X-Wing Thematic Squads: Battle of Endor Imperials
In our last article on thematic squad building in X-Wing we looked at crafting squadrons around the Battle of Yavin. This time we’ll look into the Battle of Endor, one of the most decisive battles in the Galactic Civil War. Since there’s a lot to include on both sides, this …
X-Wing Thematic Squads: Battle of Yavin
One of X-Wing’s greatest strengths is that it simply oozes with theme. You’re not pushing little plastic pieces around a table, you’re piloting a starfighter through asteroid fields at blistering speeds. You’re not rolling 8-sided dice, you’re dodging laser fire or doing your best to blast an enemy ship into …
Holiday Special in the Theater!
One day while driving along I heard an add on the radio with R2-D2 beeping and booping. What could this be? “The Star Wars Holiday Special!”
Review: Empire vs Rebellion
Available now is a new two player card game from Fantasy Flight Games called Empire vs Rebellion. Seeing as it came in a small box and was only $12 I decided to pick it up. Leo and I sat down to play it and here’s how it went.
X-Wing Tournament Report: My first run-in with “Fat Han”
Over the weekend I attended a casual X-Wing tournament at my friendly local game store. They run these tournaments usually twice a month and they’re sort of aimed at getting new players in the game. You’re entrance fee of $5 is waived if you’re a new player, or if you …