Kn and I are getting into X-Wing more. So we lined up for a second Friday night in a row for another game. The gamer itch had needed a scratch, so we had a new A-Wing to try out as well - Kn opted to take the Rebels this time.
We worked out our small squadrons using the free download of Army Builder which only allows three ships per squadron when trialling it - but that is fine for our purposes right now. We agreed that 74 points gave us enough points for a reasonable match-up.
The rebels had a named pilot for the A-Wing, and two unnamed pilots for the X-Wing and Y-Wing. I took the Imperials with a named pilots for all the TIE advanced and two TIE fighters. I was also keen to try the Swarm Tactics ability as well.
One turn to close and then the next we were into the turning fight and Kn started showing that he has picked up the rules and some of the subtlties of the game pretty fast! One of my TIE fighters went down quite quickly - killing my idea of using Swarm Tactics. Another couple of turns and I managed to damage the X-Wing and take the shields of all the other fighters, but also got damaged in the process. Unable to turn quickly, Kn demonstrated still more understanding of the game, manouvering his ships to set-up an effective kill-box for my crippled ships, and providing some smack along with it. Somehow, my TIE Advanced survived long enough to make a pass and take out the X-Wing, but was soon cleaned up after that. A comprehensive win to Kn but the empire will be back!
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