X-Wing: A Brief Introduction

As I probably mentioned in a previous post, I got into X-Wing last year after being introduced to the starter box at a local games club. I was immediately hooked and went on to start my own collection.

X-Wing is very easy to get into, there's only a few pages of rules to read, there's no need to assemble or paint your models (although that hasn't stopped people customising theirs) and you don't need to memorise unit profiles, weapons profiles and special abilities, its all clearly laid out on your Ship and Upgrade cards. Only minutes after buying a starter set and first expansions you will be prepared for your first game.

The gameplay has a level of unpredictability about it as its not a simple you-go I-go game. Each player secretly plots their moves on a dial and then reveals them in order of the pilots initiative. This forces you to have to predict your opponents exact movements if you want to get the upper hand.

Each ship that Fantasy Flight Games release is thought through meticulously as the last thing they want is for older expansions to become completely obsolete. This means that new ship releases for a faction try to be different from the ships that came before, and not just better and more competitive versions of what they previously released. Whenever a ship does drop behind, such as the iconic X-Wing and Y-Wings, they get new upgrade cards released for them specifically in certain expansion sets. So far FFG have released a number of ships for the 3 factions; Rebels, Empire and Scum & Villiany, all set in the Galactic Civil War era and into the Force Awakens era. This includes ships from the expanded universe such as the E-Wing. However I do not believe FFG intend on releasing ships from the prequel era, however in business terms this may be a good thing for them given its reputation among Star Wars fans.

Also, possibly the most important thing for a Star Wars fan is that its X-Wings vs Tie Fighters on the tabletop. There's soooo much fun to be had with this game, whether you play it competitively or fluffy. My Advice is to grab the starter set and a willing participant and start playing the game, at around only £30 retail price it is very cheap and easy to get into compared with your other wargames.


That's all for now,


Regards,

Peak Wargamer Aaron.