I actually just got back from FFG and won with Howlrunner with swarm tactics, Backstabber, Nightbeast, and 4 academies. There was a huge turnout, and overwhelmingly rebels were played.There were 4 rounds, in which I was 3/1, before cut to an elimination top 8. In the top 8 there was only one other Imp, with a BH + Gunner and something, Howl, Nightbeast also (!), and 2 academies. Overall I was there about 11 hours and there were definitely a couple times when I was frustrated with myself for knocking stuff around and putting myself on a couple of asteroids. They were all really great games and I hope I was fun to play against too. Thanks to everyone, and the amazing staff at the FFG center! Totally spacing on all the names I got in the middle part of the day. The first two games in the tourney were particularly crazy and hilarious, the third I just got some good rolls against a solid Rebel squad, Red, Rookie, Garven, and Dutch with an Ion I think, and in the fourth I got taken apart by 2B2X I think. In the top 8 my first match was actually against 5 gold squadrons, two of which had ions. The second was the Imperial player, Roxanne, and we flew past each other in some hilarious ways, and the final was against Jim who had a really awesome squad with Kyle, Recon, Moldy Crow, a Red Squadron, a Rookie, and a Blue Squadron B-wing with advanced sensors. In that one in particular there were some hard swings with the dice. I think I really benefited a lot from people taking 4-skill pilots to outbid Rookies and Blues, which changed nothing about how they interacted with my squad. Now I need some sleep.

March 15th at Empire Games in Mesa, AZ: 20 players total

1st:

Krassis w/Recon Specialist and HLC

Captain Jonus w/Seismic Charges and Swarm Tactics

Omicron Group Pilot w/HLC

2nd:

Garvin

Dutch w/R5-K6

Dagger Squadron x2

3rd:

Chewbacca w/Gunner + Engine Upgrade

Lando w/Gunner + Engine Upgrade

4th:

Triple Firesprays

Brookhurst Hobbies is in! I came in at 3rd.

Winner - Imperial (4-0)

Howrunner + Veteran Instincts + Stealth Device (22)

6 Obsidian Squadron Pilots (13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 = 78)

Runner Up - Imperial (4-0)

Darth Vader + Unknown

Soontir Fel + Unknown

Turr Phennir + Unknown

3rd - Rebel (3-1) (me)

Biggs (25)

Dagger Squadron Pilot + Advanced Sensors (27)

Dagger Squadron Pilot + Advanced Sensors (27)

Rookie Pilot (21)

4th - Imperial (3-1) (Dallas Parker, placed 2nd at worlds) (I beat him with my luck!)

Howlrunner + Push The Limit + Stealth Device (24)

Dark Curse (16)

5 Academy Pilot Ties (12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 60)

We played 4 rounds with 18 people (2 didn't play last round) no cut off and strength of schedule to break the ties.

I had a hard schedule myself playing people in this order...

Beat #8 or 7 not sure

Beat #5

Beat #4

Lost #1

so I had the highest schedule out of everyone at 60 (don't know what that mean but the winner had 45)

You did great Joe, I'm Larry, the 4-0 Imperial Aces that got 2nd place.

You guys can read more about the tournament here on my gaming blog:

http://lkhero.blogspot.com/2014/03/x-wing-store-championship-results.html

I won the store championship @ Gameology, Montclair, CA. March 15: 13 players (10 Rebels, 3 Imperials)

1st:

Chewbacca + Expert Handling + Gunner

Garven

Biggs

2nd:

Rookie X-wing

Prototype A-Wings x2

Blue Squadron B-Wings x2

3rd:

Vader + Concussion Missiles + Engine Upgrade

Soontir Fel + PTL + Stealth

Night Beast + Stealth

Academy Tie

4th

Biggs

Dagger Squadron B-Wings + Adv. Sensors x2

Rookie X-Wing

4 rounds of Swiss then cut to Top 4. Games started at Noon and Final table ended at 8 pm.

That FFG tournament was nuts! I had time to lose two games there, go to another tournament, win it (albeit with a MUCH lower turnout), go on a date for dinner and drinks, and get home and they were just finishing up!

Brookhurst Hobbies is in! I came in at 3rd.

Winner - Imperial (4-0)

Howrunner + Veteran Instincts + Stealth Device (22)

6 Obsidian Squadron Pilots (13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 = 78)

Runner Up - Imperial (4-0)

Darth Vader + Unknown

Soontir Fel + Unknown

Turr Phennir + Unknown

3rd - Rebel (3-1) (me)

Biggs (25)

Dagger Squadron Pilot + Advanced Sensors (27)

Dagger Squadron Pilot + Advanced Sensors (27)

Rookie Pilot (21)

4th - Imperial (3-1) (Dallas Parker, placed 2nd at worlds) (I beat him with my luck!)

Howlrunner + Push The Limit + Stealth Device (24)

Dark Curse (16)

5 Academy Pilot Ties (12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 60)

We played 4 rounds with 18 people (2 didn't play last round) no cut off and strength of schedule to break the ties.

I had a hard schedule myself playing people in this order...

Beat #8 or 7 not sure

Beat #5

Beat #4

Lost #1

so I had the highest schedule out of everyone at 60 (don't know what that mean but the winner had 45)

You did great Joel, I'm Larry, the 4-0 Imperial Aces that got 2nd place.

You guys can read more about the tournament here on my gaming blog:

http://lkhero.blogspot.com/2014/03/x-wing-store-championship-results.html

Thanks but my name is Joe.

Sorry, Joe, long day..

Gamescape - San Francisco, CA March 15th

18 players, 4 rounds, Rebel/Empire ratio was pretty even

Winner

Howlrunner

Dark Curse

Black Squadron Pilot - Draw Their Fire

Academy Pilot x 5

Great shop, excellently run event, awesome people. Good times, Battle Report forthcoming.

Sorry, Joe, long day..

Hey i zipped through your atricle and I won't be there tmrw but i'll be there most sundays if you want a match.

Sorry, Joe, long day..

Hey i zipped through your atricle and I won't be there tmrw but i'll be there most sundays if you want a match.

Haha, yeah I don't usually play minis outside of Tuesday nights (we have a gaming club at work). If I get the chance to have another weekend off, I'll come knockin'!

Here is the Store Championship result for Trilogy Games in Calgary Alberta Canada March 15th

Winner: Cameron Webber

Rebels

Dutch Vander + Ion Cannon Turret

Blue Squadron Pilot + Heavy Laser Cannon

Rookie + R2 Astromech

Rookie

That FFG tournament was nuts! I had time to lose two games there, go to another tournament, win it (albeit with a MUCH lower turnout), go on a date for dinner and drinks, and get home and they were just finishing up!

Congrats! There were so many incredibly good players I felt really embarrassed when I made a couple of blunders. My first time at a big event like this and it felt intense. Swarm resilience, a couple of rounds in which the dice exchanged ships, and people buying in to those 4PS pilots really helped me a lot. And that I didn't run into a single Biggs. Definitely think others were more skilled and I was a bit lucky. I wonder what would have happened if some more people had stuck around for the whole thing.

March 15th - Comics and Gaming - Culpeper, VA

11 players

Rebel scum took 1st in the form of Tony Bowman's Blue Squadron B/Adv Sensors x4

The winner for the Covenant Store was empire with:

Vader, SD, Elusiveness, and Concussion

Soontir, PTL, SD

Turr, VI, SD

Gamescape - San Francisco, CA March 15th

18 players, 4 rounds, Rebel/Empire ratio was pretty even

Winner

Howlrunner

Dark Curse

Black Squadron Pilot - Draw Their Fire

Academy Pilot x 5

Great shop, excellently run event, awesome people. Good times, Battle Report forthcoming.

Did you mean Academy Pilot x 4?

That list looks 1 ship too many. 109pts vs 97pts.

Gamescape - San Francisco, CA March 15th

18 players, 4 rounds, Rebel/Empire ratio was pretty even

Winner

Howlrunner

Dark Curse

Black Squadron Pilot - Draw Their Fire

Academy Pilot x 5

Great shop, excellently run event, awesome people. Good times, Battle Report forthcoming.

Did you mean Academy Pilot x 4?

That list looks 1 ship too many. 109pts vs 97pts.

Yep, he meant 4 academy pilots. I ran into them in round 4. His dice were hot, at least against me.

2nd place was a BlueBacca list

3rd place was Turr Phennir and 4 alphas

4th place was mine, with Turr, Mithel, Howlrunner and 3 academies

March 15th Planet Chaos in Fort Atkinson, WI.

Low turnout of just 6 players (conflicts for a lot of people).

1st place was Jake Pichelmeyer with 3 Dagger Squadrons each equipped w/ HLC and FCS.

5 Rebel lists and just 1 Imperial player.

I won the store championship at Sci-Fi City in Orlando this afternoon with 2 Blue Squadrons with Ion Cannons and Fire Control Systems and 2 Gold Squadrons with Ion Cannot Turrets. 14 players total, leaning heavily towards Rebels.

Pastimes Comics and Games 3/16/14 Niles IL

Imperial

Soontir Fell + PTL + Stealth

Howlrunner

Mauler Mithel

Dark Curse

Back Stabber

GatePlay, Hilmar CA, 3/15/14, 10 players

Took first, (4-0) with:

BH+Recon

Saber+PtLx2

Backstabber

I actually just got back from FFG and won with Howlrunner with swarm tactics, Backstabber, Nightbeast, and 4 academies. There was a huge turnout, and overwhelmingly rebels were played.There were 4 rounds, in which I was 3/1, before cut to an elimination top 8. In the top 8 there was only one other Imp, with a BH + Gunner and something, Howl, Nightbeast also (!), and 2 academies. Overall I was there about 11 hours and there were definitely a couple times when I was frustrated with myself for knocking stuff around and putting myself on a couple of asteroids. They were all really great games and I hope I was fun to play against too. Thanks to everyone, and the amazing staff at the FFG center! Totally spacing on all the names I got in the middle part of the day. The first two games in the tourney were particularly crazy and hilarious, the third I just got some good rolls against a solid Rebel squad, Red, Rookie, Garven, and Dutch with an Ion I think, and in the fourth I got taken apart by 2B2X I think. In the top 8 my first match was actually against 5 gold squadrons, two of which had ions. The second was the Imperial player, Roxanne, and we flew past each other in some hilarious ways, and the final was against Jim who had a really awesome squad with Kyle, Recon, Moldy Crow, a Red Squadron, a Rookie, and a Blue Squadron B-wing with advanced sensors. In that one in particular there were some hard swings with the dice. I think I really benefited a lot from people taking 4-skill pilots to outbid Rookies and Blues, which changed nothing about how they interacted with my squad. Now I need some sleep.

Congratulations on taking first place at the FFG event! I was the guy running 5 Y-wings in the tournament, and while my list matched up well against all the rebel squads, your list (and your excellent flying) destroyed me. Very well played. It was my first time at an event that big with and serious competition, so I was really happy to make it to the top 8. My two losses came to the people who took 1st and 2nd at the event, so I am very pleased with my trusty Y-wings! Congrats again; I hope to play against you again sometime!

Same, that was a really fun game and I was glad to fly against such a unique squad! With one or two more ships in range on the first shooting turn I think it would have gone very differently. I really wanted to get to the ones with turrets early but you denied me that chance until the end and used them to lock down Backstabber and some others nicely. Hope we get to play again!

Lynnwood Store Championship at "Round the Table" 3/16 - 10 players

I just won using:

Rookie Pilot x2

Gold Squadron x2

Blue Squadron

Naked Y-wings FTW!

Lynnwood Store Championship at "Round the Table" 3/16 - 10 players

I just won using:

Rookie Pilot x2

Gold Squadron x2

Blue Squadron

Naked Y-wings FTW!

I went 0-3 in the same tourney. It was my first tourney, and I hopefully learned some good lessons about "Not flying Wedge straight into range 1 of five ships" and "check the difference between left turns and right turns" to put to work on Thursday.

Lynnwood Store Championship at "Round the Table" 3/16 - 10 players

How was the venue? I was in the store the first weekend it was open looking for some X-Wing play while visiting up there, and offered the owner some suggestions for table area, etc. for the tournement.