The intro…
Hello and welcome to this week’s blog!
I’ve got to be honest this is going to be a very weird one so please bear with me!
Patreon update…
Yes, it’s still the month of the end of Q4 and yes, there’s still things to show you!
This week I’m revealing the brand new Exile focus tokens!
These will be for Commander and Legend tiers only and of course be added to the 4 straight template and Ezra alt art cards I’ve shown over the last few weeks.
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This feels like a good moment to thank my existing (and past!) supporters again. Your help in making all of this be what it is is valued more than you know!
Alright, that’s enough of that. Shall we get to it?
The… main bit?
There’s a bit of news to cover as an increasing number of local level events have been taking place using XWA points. Near me this was a store tournament at Weston-Super-Mare run by the lovely Mr Richard Greenaway!
A very respectable (impressive, even!) 22 players turned up and played 4 rounds of swiss in what looked like a very well lit and spacious play area.
Congratulations to Team Wales player (and my Worlds room mate) Mark Packer-Hughes! Two players went 4 – 0 on the day but Mark’s higher SoS meant he took the top spot flying a three ship list!
Poe Dameron – T-70 X-wing (7)
Heroic (2)
R4 Astromech (2)
Proton Torpedoes (12)
Electronic Baffle (2)
Overdrive Thruster (5)
Integrated S-Foils (0)
Black One (0)
Jamming Beam (1)
Ship Cost: 7 Loadout: (24/25) Half Points: 3 Damage Threshold: 3
Rey – Scavenged YT-1300 (7)
Compassion (1)
Heroic (2)
Rose Tico (9)
Finn (9)
Rey’s Millennium Falcon (0)
Ship Cost: 7 Loadout: (21/25) Half Points: 3 Damage Threshold: 5
Chewbacca – Scavenged YT-1300 (6)
Lone Wolf (3)
Leia Organa (Resistance) (14)
Ship Cost: 6 Loadout: (17/18) Half Points: 3 Damage Threshold: 5
Total: 20
A special mention to Dave Hawkins for also going 4 – 0 but just be pipped to the post flying a very interesting Rebel concoction:
Gina Moonsong – A/SF-01 B-wing (4)
Swarm Tactics (7)
Ship Cost: 4 Loadout: (7/7) Half Points: 2 Damage Threshold: 4
Corran Horn – T-65 X-wing (4)
Proton Rockets (6)
R3 Astromech (3)
Servomotor S-Foils (0)
Ship Cost: 4 Loadout: (9/9) Half Points: 2 Damage Threshold: 3
Thane Kyrell – T-65 X-wing (4)
Proton Rockets (6)
Servomotor S-Foils (0)
Ship Cost: 4 Loadout: (6/6) Half Points: 2 Damage Threshold: 3
Bodhi Rook – UT-60D U-wing (4)
“Chopper” (Crew) (1)
Magva Yarro (5)
Pivot Wing (0)
Ship Cost: 4 Loadout: (6/6) Half Points: 2 Damage Threshold: 4
K-2SO – UT-60D U-wing (4)
Hera Syndulla (4)
Pivot Wing (0)
Ship Cost: 4 Loadout: (4/4) Half Points: 2 Damage Threshold: 4
Total: 20
This Rebel list intrigues me and I’d love to know how it flies. Maybe one to give a go in future!
There were also, I believe, events happening in London and Barnsley on the same day. Internationally the Saint-Laurent Open was also going on and while that was (I think?) an official AMG GT event, there was a side event which was using the new XWA points.
All in all, X-Wing events are still a thing!
I guess that means that maybe it’s a good point to talk about the upcoming tournament we’re holding in Newport then!
On Saturday the 23rd of November we’re holding an event at Sin City Comics & Gaming (at the Newport Retail Park store, NOT Friar’s Walk!) with 4 rounds of swiss, a friendly atmosphere and some lovely shiny prizes!
Tickets are £10 each and are available from Sin City’s website here. We’re capped at 24 players so be sure to pick yours up quickly!
Ok, it’s time to get to the point. I quite simply haven’t played any X-Wing.
I know, sad, right? I’m sad.
Last Wednesday (my normal casual X-Wing night) my wife and I had an event to go to (which was very good, thank you for asking!) and so now it’s been a few weeks where I’ve not been able to go.
My wife was then out on Saturday evening and so I tried to line up a game on TTS but that didn’t quite work out either.
Normally when this sort of thing happens I’ve maybe got some sort of thought in my head about the game that I want to air out. Maybe something about the future or points or releases. Or maybe it’s about some sort of strategic thing or some list that I’ve got in mind to play.
Truth be told, my ENTIRE X-Wing thoughts have been consumed with my new role in the XWA as OP Prize lead. In fact the last 10/11 days (since I was confirmed in post and given access to various chats and resources) have been a complete whirlwind as we’ve been racing to get to a point where we can order/reveal/announce the long anticipated wave 0 prize kit.
The thing is, it’s not quite there yet. Almost. But not quite.
Which is annoying because I’d LOVE to tell you all about it!
It’s certainly been challenging dealing with time zone differences, broad decisions, specific minutia decisions and taking on board opinions from different people to try and create a pack that strikes the very fine balance between exciting and affordable.
All I can say at this time is that we are pretty close to being ready to talk about it. Agonisingly close!
OF course it’s clear that this ties in very nicely with the run of events that are happening lately. Clearly it’s too late for us to provide any prizes for these events but, all being well, it won’t be too long before tournament organisers everywhere will have a pack available to provide prizes to their players!
The conclusion…
How to conclude a post like this?
Well, with an apology I guess. I’d love to have more to write about but with points changing and my not being able to get to casual night for a few weeks it’s tricky to have things to talk about.
I am DEFINITELY getting to game night tomorrow and since I’m enjoying it, playing the Leebo/Wulfwarro/Miranda/Jan list again because, hey, why not?
So that’s all for this week. I’ll be back next week with the final details of this quarter’s Patreon gifts, a game to talk about and maybe some XWA prize kit news… Maybe.
The outro…
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