A blog (mostly) about Star Wars X-Wing by FFG. Featuring Prequel Memes
Many, many weeks ago, with all in-person X-Wing being postponed indefinitely, the Fly Better podcast started up the Jank Tank Open, played on Vassal. There's been heaps of online events running recently, but the big podcast name and cool alternate format, lead to a massive number of signups, nearly 500 players registered. For those who … Continue reading Jank Tank Open: The Journey of me and my Electroproton Bomb
The third entry in the "I played a few games with a Separatist swarm" series (after a couple of tournament reports: Australia Grands and Auckland HST) goes into how some of it works, since its pretty clear to me that a lot of players (including Separatist players themselves) don't how all the pieces and abilities … Continue reading How Stuff Works: Droids
When it rain's, it pours. Nothing for a couple months, then tournaments on back to back weekends, with a semi-local Hyperspace Trial to follow the Australian Grand Champs. List, Prep, Stuff I decided to stick with the same ships and give them another go, but absolutely wanted to tweak the squad to improve the mirror … Continue reading Auckland HST: Roger Rogering again
In a surprising twist, I'm very quickly back overseas for more international X-Wing (sorry Singapore, this one worked out better for me to go to). (Let's try keep this one a bit shorter than previous tournament reports, last couple got quite long...) Shout out to my buddy Rick, for making it super easy for me … Continue reading Australian Grand Droidfest
Looking at some squads for everyone's favourite new ship to moan about
X-Wing can be a fun game. Tower Defense can be a fun game. But the two probably shouldn't mix... But here's a silly combo, to get a wall of unlimited Proton Bombs around your homely little corner of the board, and never have to move. Fort Nathan shall not be breached. Tower DefenseBombardment Drone Hyena-class … Continue reading Separatist Tower Defense
Warning: Maths Ahead He does look quite smug, sitting there with whatever scifi beverage that is, feeling good about himself What can Dooku do for you! The recently spoiled Count Dooku crew card is certainly very interesting. At first glance he appears to be some unholy combination of 1st edition Emperor Palpatine and C-3PO (both … Continue reading Count Dooku – Smug Separatist
X-Wing Wookiee Strategy ^With some emphasis on combating Separatists. With the impending release of Wave 3 and the Separatist faction, we can soon discover the answer to one of the most pressing questions from the Star Wars universe: These sage words from Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi are full of depth that can be explored. Rebel Wookiees … Continue reading What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?
Nathan's X-Wing Blog 