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So I was playing with the idea of a risk-like wrap-around for an x-wing campaign, and typed up some ideas, using the board from the star wars risk game. I'm envisioning this played online, using Vassal to handle the battles, though I wonder if maybe this would be too much a slog to be practical. Here's the rules I came up with: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15W8IGRDD272m36ttkK9sXs7sBjfjeoJai8sYQGGZp6Y/edit?usp=sharing I didn't do anything with the cards mechanic from risk, but I don't think it's really necessary for this and can be left out. Thoughts?
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My fiance and I are looking for a new game to play and we're interested in this. 1 core set should be enough for us to see if we like it correct? And then a second is recommended? Also I'm coming from MTG what's the most affinity like squadron?
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Jan 12, 2016 02:08
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KidDynamite posted:My fiance and I are looking for a new game to play and we're interested in this. 1 core set should be enough for us to see if we like it correct? And then a second is recommended? Probably a TIE swarm.
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Jan 12, 2016 02:14
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Yep, with a core set you can play I think a game that's around 60 points IIRC, and can get a pretty good feel for the game. After that, really there's a lot of possibilities. I don't know about cost-reduction perse abilities, but if you like white weenie, I'd heavily advise TIE fighters. Get the FA core set which comes with two FOs and either some regular or FO expansions. The tie interceptors are pretty cool with swarms too, I'd recomend the Imperial Aces with comes with some pretty rad pilots and two specially painted interceptors. For the rebels side, maybe A wings with the Chardaan refit, or flying Z-95 headhunters, but I'm more used to doing imp swarms. E: ^^Darn it Adman. :P
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Jan 12, 2016 02:19
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Madurai posted:Critical Hits will destroy small ships, regardless of the amount of Hull they have remaining. When I use Vader to crush Miranda's K-Wing like a Soda can, is the resulting damage to my ship also dealt face up? KidDynamite posted:Also I'm coming from MTG what's the most affinity like squadron? I've been out of Magic for a while, but looking at "Affinity" deck lists this seems like you're going for a low-cost high synergy thing? TIE swarm, probably.
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Jan 12, 2016 02:19
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Otisburg posted:When I use Vader to crush Miranda's K-Wing like a Soda can, is the resulting damage to my ship also dealt face up? Yes.
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Jan 12, 2016 02:22
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AndyElusive posted:Finally bit the bullet and picked up a Raider even though I've played exactly zero epic games. The box is huge and since I'm on vacation I haven't opened it yet. I'm just curious if the Raider is able to be used as terrain in 100pt games like other epic ships and what are the rules for using it or other epics as such? While not tournament legal to do, you simply flip the baseplate on your raider upside down, so that only the starfield side is face up, and you elect to place it on the map as an obstacle rather than your usual three obstacles. Your opponent places his three obstacles as normal, following the usual rules for obstacle placement.
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Jan 12, 2016 02:43
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Then you just treat it like a huge asteroid in respects to collisions/overlaps?
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Jan 12, 2016 02:54
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AndyElusive posted:Then you just treat it like a huge asteroid in respects to collisions/overlaps? It's sort of an asteroid and ship at the same time. If you land on it, you stop moving like you would if you bumped a ship, but you lose your action and roll for damage just like an asteroid. You can fly over it like you can another ship, but it still acts like an asteroid
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Jan 12, 2016 02:55
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That's a really cool idea. Deviant bring your raider Wednesday.
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Jan 12, 2016 02:56
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AndyElusive posted:Then you just treat it like a huge asteroid in respects to collisions/overlaps? No, you use the rules for overlapping a huge ship, found in the rulebook for the raider. E: At least, that's the rules for the Assault carrier use an obstacle, it doesn't say to do anything when you just fly over it in the Assault Carrier rulebook. Foolster41 fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Jan 12, 2016 |
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Jan 12, 2016 02:57
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Thanks for the answers! I'll let you guys know how it goes! I'm p excite.
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Jan 12, 2016 04:48
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Madurai posted:Yes. Vader crew? No, your ship takes 2 regular and you deal a crit.
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Jan 12, 2016 05:58
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pbpancho posted:Vader crew? No, your ship takes 2 regular and you deal a crit. They're talking about the high lethality rules posted upthread.
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Jan 12, 2016 06:08
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I can see where those would be useful house rules to implement if you were trying to speed up an epic game.
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Jan 12, 2016 06:14
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Can Poe Dameron use Esege Tuketu's focus token to trigger his ability when attacking?
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Jan 12, 2016 06:19
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General Battuta posted:Can Poe Dameron use Esege Tuketu's focus token to trigger his ability when attacking? My gut says no, since his ability explicitly says that he must have the focus token.
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Jan 12, 2016 06:21
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I played two games with poe, wedge and a stress bot. Wedge 1 hit an interceptor in my first games second turn. He's now my lover.
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Jan 12, 2016 06:51
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Rules question: Can bombs be deployed on top of obstacles?
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Jan 12, 2016 07:11
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Strobe posted:My gut says no, since his ability explicitly says that he must have the focus token. Poe can use Esege's focus. He treats it as his own. Tacopocalypse posted:Rules question: Can bombs be deployed on top of obstacles? Yes.
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Jan 12, 2016 07:23
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How does "Stay on Target" interact with Ello Asty's rule? If I use "Stay on Target" to rotate his dial from any 3 Speed maneuver to one of his 3-Speed Tallon Rolls, do I treat it like a Red maneuver (Like "Stay on Target" says to) or treat it like a white maneuver like Ello's rules say to? E: NM, found it: Q: If two or more game effects that change the difficulty of a maneuver conflict, which effect takes priority? A: An effect that increases the difficulty of a maneuver takes priority over an effect that decreases the difficulty. For example, if a ship equipped with R2 Astromech is dealt the Damaged Engine Damage card, all of the ship’s turn maneuvers are treated as red maneuvers, including the 1-speed and 2-speed turn maneuvers. Tequila Ranger fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Jan 12, 2016 |
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Jan 12, 2016 07:45
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pbpancho posted:Yes. Thought so. Thanks!
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Jan 12, 2016 07:46
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I picked up those new ultra pro 16 pocket mini card binder sheets and they are pretty great. I grouped bombs/missiles/torps together on a single page (which could accurately be called "cards I never use")
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Jan 12, 2016 08:07
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bunnyofdoom posted:If gonk is crew and offers bonus shields....and is not scum only, put on Miranda? If not scum only, I want to put it on the B-Wing. Mostly for the mental image of a big, fat droid-box strapped into the co-pilot's seat going "GONK  " while the pilot is trying not to get them killed.
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Jan 12, 2016 10:33
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canyoneer posted:I picked up those new ultra pro 16 pocket mini card binder sheets and they are pretty great. I grouped bombs/missiles/torps together on a single page (which could accurately be called "cards I never use") https://youtu.be/PN_CP4SuoTU?t=211 Depicted: 28 points well spent.
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Jan 12, 2016 17:02
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Anyone know when the mini American deck boxes are supposed to come out?
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Jan 12, 2016 17:07
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canyoneer posted:I picked up those new ultra pro 16 pocket mini card binder sheets and they are pretty great. I grouped bombs/missiles/torps together on a single page (which could accurately be called "cards I never use") Where did you find them
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alg posted:Where did you find them At my local game store of all places. Desert Sky Games and Comics, but I don't think they sell online right now
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Aramoro posted:That's probably better than what I was going to try, but I really wanted to try out Latts I tired this in a few games last night and it worked pretty well. Bossk and Weapons Engineer gives you the Target Lock's to use Latts Razzi's ability which was situational but good. The Black Sun Ace never really did that much other than bringing 3 red dice so him might get swapped out for something else.
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Jan 12, 2016 17:22
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Bottom Liner posted:That's a really cool idea. Deviant bring your raider Wednesday. Why not the Tantive? or the Gozanti? Or the many other evidences that I hate money.
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Jan 12, 2016 17:24
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canyoneer posted:At my local game store of all places. Desert Sky Games and Comics, but I don't think they sell online right now Kewl. My FLGS keeps saying their distributor doesn't have them yet.
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Aramoro posted:I tired this in a few games last night and it worked pretty well. Bossk and Weapons Engineer gives you the Target Lock's to use Latts Razzi's ability which was situational but good. The Black Sun Ace never really did that much other than bringing 3 red dice so him might get swapped out for something else. Two more Binayre Pirates and XX-23 S-Thread Tracers for each 
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Otisburg posted:https://youtu.be/PN_CP4SuoTU?t=211 Meaningless derail, but Christ almighty do the comments on that video drive me nuts, even though I'm pretty insulated from normal youtube fare. I mean it's a pretty sweet video, but the amount of nerds cheering on an overwhelming space fascist fleet pounding on a bunch of transports is unsettling as hell.
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Iceclaw posted:Meaningless derail, but Christ almighty do the comments on that video drive me nuts, even though I'm pretty insulated from normal youtube fare. I mean it's a pretty sweet video, but the amount of nerds cheering on an overwhelming space fascist fleet pounding on a bunch of transports is unsettling as hell. To be fair, the transports were clearly asking for it.
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Iceclaw posted:Meaningless derail, but Christ almighty do the comments on that video drive me nuts, even though I'm pretty insulated from normal youtube fare. I mean it's a pretty sweet video, but the amount of nerds cheering on an overwhelming space fascist fleet pounding on a bunch of transports is unsettling as hell. I know that the Empire is completely awful, but TIE Fighters are just so cool  Disney, you need to release a new Star Wars space combat game right now, I need it so bad.
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The Lord of Hats posted:I know that the Empire is completely awful, but TIE Fighters are just so cool Bad news, Disney won't be releasing anything like that. If it happens, it comes from the black depths of EA. But Tie Fighter was the better game between X-wing and Tie Fighter. X-wing Alliance is the best in the series, of course.
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Jan 12, 2016 17:50
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Iceclaw posted:Meaningless derail, but Christ almighty do the comments on that video drive me nuts, even though I'm pretty insulated from normal youtube fare. I mean it's a pretty sweet video, but the amount of nerds cheering on an overwhelming space fascist fleet pounding on a bunch of transports is unsettling as hell. It's weird too because aside from the Empire clearly being the bad guys in the movies, if this was a Gundam series or some other 80s space war anime this scene would be used to establish the blond commander guy as the villain and the 3 pilots as aces who will be a major thorn in the heroes' side until they're finally defeated in full-episode dogfights. I guess the TIE Fighter games did too good of a job of not making you feel terrible for being an Imperial pilot.
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Finster Dexter posted:Bad news, Disney won't be releasing anything like that. If it happens, it comes from the black depths of EA. I don't care who releases it, I just want to get shot out of the sky repeatedly because I'm a horrible overaggressive pilot.
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Jan 12, 2016 18:00
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Foo fighters is the nickname for the new ties. 
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canyoneer posted:I picked up those new ultra pro 16 pocket mini card binder sheets and they are pretty great. I grouped bombs/missiles/torps together on a single page (which could accurately be called "cards I never use") How many do you have and can you send me some?
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