X-wing:MK Regional Report

 So 60 Players all made it to MK, ready for the regional.

And here we are!

Room is set

Another picture of the Room

My list

Han, Vi, C3P0, R2D2, Title
2 x Blue pilots
Been using it for a while, it is getting to the stage where more counters to large ships are coming out, so this is its test for regional, if it fails I have been working on a back up plan for a little while now

So a quick break down of my games followed by a break down of the top 8 :)

Game 1
Wedge, Marksmanship, R2D2
Horton, Ion Turret
Farlander, PTL, FCS

So a interesting build to go up again, and a quite a straight forward win in the end, with Han just taking range 3 shots and letting the B-wings get into the mix to cause problems
Win 100-22

Han Looking Menacing 

Game 2
Dash, Title, Mango, Lone Wolf, Recon, APL
2x Blue, FCS

Interesting game where Han couldnt hit a Barn door, his blues made mince of mine, without taking much damage back, for some reason I couldnt hit them! and then they hunted Han down
Lose 24-100

Dash and Han have sights on each other

Game 3
Shuttle, Vader
Vessery, Ruthlessness, Cluster
Soontir, PTL, Title, Targeting Comp, Autothrusters

So Rexlar shot off his cluster to great effect, but for 2 turns he didnt roll a single evade so he was gone as well as a Blue, and then Soontir went over a rock and straight into Han.. so no actions and then rolls a crit for Structural damage, and the last Blue takes him out of the sky, after that it was just about hitting the shuttle as many times as possible
Win 100-22

Shuttle is the last man standing!

Game 4
BBBBZ

NOOOO the kind of list I didnt want to play!
But we got dug in, usual stuff, Han around the edges and the B-wings causing problems, my B-wings were able to block so well he went 2-3 turns without a shot.. and that was massive, time my B-wings went down he had a Headhunter and 2 blues, but 1 blue had 3 Hull left, and 1 had 1, the 1 will 1 hull ran off, and allowed me to put some more damage onto the other one, but in the end Han picked off both B-wings and then the Head-hunter to finish... but  not without cost, he only had 2 Hull left!
Win 100-44
This was the game of the day for me, good laugh and so close

Game 5
Rookie
Garvin, R2D6, Vi
Dutch, Title, Autoblaster, R5-K6
Cracken, Swarm, Hull

This game didnt go well, he picked off a Blue a turn and then just hunted Han intill there was nothing left
Lose 28-100

Chasing the Falcon

So 3-2 and no top 16 for me
A few 4-1's didnt even make the top cut!

Final result was I finished 24th

Anyway Top 8, I only have some of the list information.

I also dont know the Swiss order they finished, so this is just in a random order

Player 1.
Dash, Pred, Recon, Title, HLC
Chewbacca, Pred, title

Player 2
Duel IG list

Player 3
Rookie
Garvin, R2D6, Vi
Dutch, Title, Autoblaster, R5-K6
Cracken, Swarm, Hull

Player 4
Soontir, Title, Ptl, Stealth, Autothrusters
Carnor, Title, Ptl, Stealth, Autothrusters
Royal Guard, Title, Ptl, Stealth, Autothrusters

Player 5
Dash, Mango and title, cant remember the rest
2x Blues with FCS

Player 6
IGB, PTL, adv sensors, HLC, autothrusters
IGC. PTL, adv sensors, MAngler, Autothrusters, Inertial Dampeners

Player 7
Dash, Title, Mango, Lone Wolf, Recon, APL
2x Blue, FCS

Player 8
IGB, PTL, Adv sensors, HLC, autothrusters, Inertial dampeners
4 x Binayre pilots

And so it went like this!

1v2  (win for 1)
3v4 (win for 4)
5v6 (win for 6)
7v8 (win for 8)

Top 4

1vs4 (Win for 4)
6v8 (Win for 6)

Final

4 bears 6!

So 3 Interceptors win the MK regional! :)

X-wing Scum Practice

So having not had much real flying experience with Scum I met up with a good friend to try some Scum out.
While I am thinking of Regional lists, the main thing here is to, have fun and fly different ships, while also learning how to fly and beat them.

Game 1
My List

Palob, Blaster, Title
Cartel, Mango x3
Binarye

Vs

2 StarVipers
IGB

So this game was a great laugh, IG landing on rocks in front of my entire formation hurt, he did survive but not for long after, and Palob just nicking all the focus tokens which caused all sorts of hassle. Good game
Win 100-40
Learnt, Palob is nasty and forces the other player to use Target locks etc instead, but Mango Cannons are nasty against ships such as Starvipers that dont have many shields.

Game 2
My list
IGC, PTL, Adv Sensors, Autothrusters, Hot shot
Kath, Predator, Engine, K4 Security Droid

Vs
Blue Pilot x2
Roark
Kyle

So this game turned quick. My main targets were the B-wings after that I had to try and keep IGC behind the Hwks, which went quite well, but the IG was only on 1 Hull left, and Kath spent way to many turns away from the fight
Win 100-0
 Learnt, Got to keep Kath nearer fight, rear arc is great, but running away and using it isn't always the best option

Game 2, Kath swinging around for more action

Game 3
My List
Kath, Preadtor, Engine, Recon
Emon, Preadtor, Recon, Title, 3x Mines

Vs
IGB
2 Star vipers

So you always learn more losing then winning, and this was the case, I was so determined to use bombs, that I set myself up for a lose, I used one mine in the end and only because I wanted to (we knew it wasn't going to hit anything) use it before I blew up.
Lose 0-100
Learnt, fly normally and only use bombs if needed, I dont think Emon is a pilot that suits my play style

Game 3, Starvipers hurting Kath

Game 4

My list
Kath and 4 Binaryre
I forgot to write down upgrades

Vs

IGB

2x Starvipers

A quickish game, saw my headhunters put damage on the IG with Kath, leaving it on just 2 Hull early, after that, the IG fell and the starvipers soon after
Win 100-12

Learnt, I didnt learn much this game, as I thought I flew really well, but in case of his IG is dont get it stuck near a swarm of any kind.

Overall a good day learning about Scum and we had a long chat after about possible Scum lists for the future.

:)

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St Neots Casual Conquest event

So 4 of us played, in a causal event, no prizes, just a chance for us to meet up and play!

Me- Tau, Aunshi
Colin- Orks, Zogwort
Matt-Eldar, Eldorath
Darren- Imperial guard, Stracken

Game 1
vs Matt
Planets 1-4
Lost via planets
A quite quick game, even if we were on the 5th planet, Matt dominated and I couldnt do much about it, I should of tried to blood his Warlord quicker.

Other Game
Colin vs Darren-   Darren win

Game 2
vs Colin
Planets 4-2
Win via planets
A good close game, that went to the 6th planet, it was close all the way though, I blooded Zogwort quite early which was a really good move, as I was able to out number his Orks in most of the fights.

Other Game
Darren vs Matt-    Darren win

Game 3
vs Darren
Planets 3-2
Win via Warlord kill
Killed Stracken on the 5th planet, by now I have learnt that Aunshi wants to be played quite aggressive to hurt the other player

Other game
Colin vs Matt-   Matt wins

Final scores
Matt-2 wins
Darren-2 wins
Me-2 wins
Colin-0 wins

So no outright winner, but fun was had!!

Lessons learnt-
So I learnt that Aunshi needs cards that help him get back into the fight and wants to flood planets with lots of low costing units, lots of deck changing is needed for next time!



:)

X-wing official UK event

So on Saturday it was the first Official UK X-wing event which was run by the owner of the largest UK X-wing facebook page.
28 players lined up and off we went!
I brought a list, I am thinking of using at the regionals
Han, VI, C3PO, R2D2, Title

Blue x2

Ships getting destroyed!

Round 1-

Vs
Lando

Dash

To sum up this game, Lando didnt have fun, he went down and couldnt hit or evade to save his live.
Dash had a good go, but in the end, Han and a remaining B-wing took him down

Win 100-22

Chase Dash!

 Round 2
Vs
Duel Aggressors B and C

He made the mistake of going after the B-wings first, and time he took one out, he was heavily damaged, Han easily mopping up again.

Win 100-22

Here comes Han!

Round 3-
Vs
Rookie
Blue
Kyle
Roark

A very close game, both B-wings went down early, and so Han had a lot of work to do, but in the end Han was able to arc dodge enough and deal enough damage to take out all the other ships

Win 100-44

Run Han!

 Round 4
Vs
Corran
Biggs
Bandits x2

Started quite well for me, taking Biggs and a Bandit out for the cost of a Blue, but from there no mater how much firepower I put into Corran he would evade it all, some good green dice by Corran and in the end he hunted down Han for the win

Lose 42-100

First Contact

 Game 5
Vs
Whisper
Soontir
Shuttle

Funny old game, I should of lost, but I won 100-0? work that out, Han was down to 1 Hull for 4-5 turns, but Whisper and Soontir couldnt get a shot onto him, meaning Han and the B-wings were able to take them down, Han couldnt believe how lucky he was!

Win 100-0


So a final score of 4-1 not bad, and a overall finish of second place :)

Prizes for me :) A small ship, PTL alt art, Rulers and a Medal :)

Right a conquest report to come soon :)

St Neots Casual X-wing event

So we finally got a some group of people together for a x-wing event.
All prizes were given out randomly except everyone got 2 Push the Limit Alt cards :)
We also used the new FAQ

Here are the lists :)

My list (Scum)
I thought I would bring 3 ships I am yet to field on the table, main idea here is to give me a idea how they fly. The list is a bit random but thats the fun behind it :)

IG88B, PTL, Mangler, Inertial Dampeners
Cartel Spacer, Heavy Scyk, Mangler
Guri, Adv sensors, Auto-thrusters, Virago

Colin (Imperial)
Rexlar, Pred, HLC, stealth
Mauler, stealth
Academy, stealth x2

Ant (Rebels)
Outer rim smuggler, weapon engineer
Luke Skywalker
Rookie x2

Darren (Imperials)
Darth Vader, pred, shield, homing missiles
Relxar, cluster missile, shield, expert handling
Academy

Brian (Imperial)
Whisper, VI, ACD, Intelligence agent
Soontir, PTL, Hull
Turr Phennir, VI, Hull

So 3 imperials, 1 rebel and 1 scum, could be fun :)
And it was :)

Round 1-
Brian Bye

Round 1, Scum Hunting rebels

Round 1, Imperil vs Imperial

Luke 100 vs Ant 36
The scum and rebels fought a close fight, with the Scum coming out on top just, with the Cartel Spacer, taking the credit for all 4 kills, but limped away badly damaged, a very close game, in which the rebels struggled to get a lock on the Scum ships.

Colin 59 vs Darren 15
The Imperial forces faced off, with Vader wanting the other fleet destroyed for some unknown reason, but after a long fight, were only minor damage was being inflicted, Vader pulled his forces out to fight another day.

Round 2-
Ant Bye

Brain 12 vs Darren 0
Vader again goes hunting down other Imperial forces and again a long drawn out fight sees almost no ships going down, except a poor academy pilot. Vader once again cuts his loses and falls back from the fight.

Luke 100 vs Colin 20
The Scum get mixed in quick with the Imperials, doing some heavy damage to Rexlar and taking out Mauler completely. The Imperials fought back strongly destroying the Cartel Spacer, but once IG-88 had hunted his prey and taken out Rexlar the Academy's had  alot of work to do. Why they were able to inflict massive damage, it wasnt enough to stop the relentless assassin droid finishing its mission.

Round 2, Scum surrounding the Imperial forces 

Round 2, Vader trying to hunt down a Phantom!

Round 3
Darren Bye

Colin 100 vs Ant 35
The Imperials hunted down a illegal smuggling shipment of the rebels, while the rebels put up a fight they were no match for Rexlar and his escort of Ties.

Brian 36 vs Luke 33
IG-88 arrived with a new mission, to hunt Whisper, but its not how it happened, the battle was long and ships were damaged including Guri and Soontir both being blown into space dust, but the Phantom and IG-88, while hunting each other were unable to have much effect, when finally the Imperial reinforcements arrived, and even IG-88 made a tactical move to fall back.

Round 3, Rexlar shutting down a illegal smuggling shipment

Round 3, IG-88 has the Phantom in its sights.

Good day other all :)
Also for some reason round 1 pictures will not go where they are meant to be! O well :)

Here are the final standings :)


1st- Brian
2nd-Luke
3rd-Colin
4th-Darren
5th-Ant

Hopefully we get to run move events soon :)

Northampton Store Championship 21/3/15

So here is a quick run down of the store championship in Northampton yesterday.
I didn't write notes down as usual, so some facts may get missed.

My list
I am looking at lists for nationals so I thought lets bring the Decimators out again

Oicunn, Predator, Rebel Captive, Isard
Patrol Leader, Gunner, Vader

Game 1-
3 Blues with FCS and Manglers
1 Redfitted A-wing

Now this game was a bad match up, but the A-wing went around the board dodging rocks but not really getting into the fight till late, the first B came at the Decimators on his own, so got ripped apart, the other two found themselves out of arc alot, but did manage to get a bead on one of the Decimators, before being taken out themselves
Win 100-48

Game 2-
Fat Han
3 Talas

So the Talas ran off while taking a couple of shots from the Decimators, but Han charged in on his own after this, and got battered by the Decimators and he limped off on 2 Hull left, at this point the Headerhunters joined back in, and starting chewing up the Decimators but were losing ships in return, Han came back around and got Vadered and the last Headhunter fell, not before it took down a Decimator though, the last Decimator only had 2 Hull left
Win 100-52

Game 3-
Duel Decimators

So it was to be a dice off, both of us flew well and no mistakes were made (no rock hits etc) and so my dice were slightly better then his, not much else to say here
Win 100-48

Range 1 shots everywhere

Game 4-
Decimator
Whisper

So up against a good friend of mine, last time we played it was a very close game, sadly this one not so much, Oicunn end up blocking Whisper leaving him with no shot, so the Patrol leader single shoot him (range 1 +vader for the finish) after that it was all about taking his Decimator out, but up against two almost untouched at this point it was only going to go one way.
Win 100-0

Game 5-
Decimator
Whisper

Slightly different version this time, and well I got smashed, I just couldnt make any damage stick and he was able to deal out crits well. Good game, but got completely outflown
Lose 0-100

So at this point I was through to the top 8 as 3rd Seed, last time at MK I made top 8 but then lost, which I was here to get the top 4 tokens, and so I needed to play well now.

Top 8
Dash
Corran

A few of my MK team mates know I hate this list, I seem to have a bad run against it, but this time it was a bit different, first exchange I was able to take all of Dash's shields down and while he flow off, Corran tried to take on both Decimators in one go, a mix of extremely bad dice and a lucky Direct hit from Vader meant he was finished very quickly.
Dash finally got back into the fight, but struggled to make any impact at this stage. The game was won when Corren fell, 1 evade in 8 dice hurts
Win 100-0

Dash coming back into the Fight

So I made it into top 4, my goal was complete, but next game anyway

Top 4
Duel Aggressors

Now a list I didnt want to play against at all, its the perfect match up for him against my ships, but he charged the ships head on, meaning the Decimators hit one hard, leaving it on 2 hull and with no pilot abilities, and then taking it down the turn after with a Vader hit, the other Aggressor turned around as did my Decimators and he went head on again, and again with the same results, the Aggressor taking enough damage to be taken out
Win 100-0

Final
Rematch against the Duel Decimators from round 3

So another dice off, and the top table being completely dominated by Decimators, this time a bit of a different outcome, his dice were a little sharper and that was all it took, he knocked one Decimator out early, and the other one was floating around trying to deal enough damage, intill he changed range 1 of hit Oicunn and as we were both PS4, we killed each other, good game though.
Lose 48-100

So a successful day finishing by getting to the final, which was further then I planned, but all that mattered was I finally got my Acrylic Focus tokens, I was only able to make 2 Store Championships this year (top 8 in mk, final in Northampton) but making the cut in both and the final in one, is a success I reckon, now to prepare for the Regional's and then the Nationals!

Top 4 prize, the one I have been trying to get, Acrylic Focus Tokens

MK Store championship 2015

So here is my run down of the events of the MK store championship.
I believe a total of 35 people played as there was a few drop outs.

After taking weeks to decide what list to bring, I still couldn't choose, so I brought along-
4x Bandits
4x Talas

yep a full blown rebel Headhunter swarm, I wasn't sure how it was going to fare against the amount of Interceptors and Phantoms that showed up, but off I go!

Game 1
vs Soontir, Dark Curse, Patrol Leader
Picking targets was easy, taking down the patrol leader very quickly and then a little while later taking down dark curse. Soontir still with 2 hull left was up against 7 headhunters, and he called the game there, we worked out Soontir was about to be blocked anyway so action less against 5-6 headhunters shooting should of been enough anyway.
Win 100-12

Dark Curse and Soontir surrounded 

Game 2
vs Rexlar, Howlrunner, 3 Academy's
This game went down to time, with Ties dying as well as Headhunters, Rexlar lived only thanks to his Lone Wolf re-rolls, very close game though
Win 54-51

The mini swarm crashes head first into the Rebel swarm

Game 3
vs Whisper, Howlrunner, 3 Academy's
Great a phantom! Lets see how this goes!
Early shots see me go after the mini swarm, taking down Howlrunner and 2 Academy's, at this point I turn my remaining 7 headhunters towards whisper, now whisper had 2 options, decloak left or forward (right was blocked) decloaking left would see Whisper blocked next turn and taking 5-6 headhunter shots for two turns running. He took a decloak forward which with the movement he had chosen took him off the board.
Win 100-12

Game 4
vs Echo, 2 Sigmas
Great 3 Phantoms!
First pass saw a Sigma go down, but after that the headhunters couldnt line up the shots, Echo just picked off a headhunter at will, while the Sigma was keeping out of arcs well, and the odd shot that did come in had little effect against the phantom defence.
Lose 29-100

Game 5
vs WSF, Luke, Rookie
Early on I knocked off 3 shields off Luke (he has shield upgrade), Luke ran off to heal... which was my Goal, leaving the 8 headhunters to hunt down the rookie and the Mangler outrider, I was never able to finish off Luke, but killing the other two ships meant Luke had a lot of work to do on his own.
Win 63-38

Bandits chasing the poor outrider

Game 6
vs Real Admiral, Patrol Leader
Fun game this one, my dice were poor but in the end the weight of dice against these ships was enough, he did pick off 4 headhunters and a couple of others were damaged, but he couldn't finish them off.
Win 100-50


Top 8
vs Rexlar, Howlrunner, 3 Academy's
I repeat of round 2! But with a twist... Green dice! To sum it up all 8 headhunters shot 1 tie, and were unable to kill it! In the last turn of the game it came down to if I could kill his last two ties (1 had 1 Hull and 1 had 2 Hull), I was able to point all my headhunters at them, including at range 1, but not a single shot got through, including 3 natural evades to save one of them.
Lost 30-49

Overall a good day, and a lot of fun
Won some nice goodies, but the FFG dice bags do seem really low quality but the cloak tokens look really good.

The Final was between the players I played in round 3 and 6 and the duel Decimators winning the whole thing.
The biggest surprise for me, was that there wasn't many Scum lists around, a lot of Soontirs and Phantoms and not many turrets!
So looking at that, I am quite happy with my results, as the swarm really struggles vs ships like Phantoms and Soontirs!

Till next time :)