Poznań, Poland

May 18, 2014

Centrum Gier "Cube"

Attendance: 16

Final cut: Top 4 after 5 rounds of Swiss

5th place: Roak Garnet (Ion,RecSpec, Moldy Crow)

Thanks! Question on the #5 list: do you know what the other ships there were?

Wow, I knew i forgot something - I've already edited the list

Wow, I knew i forgot something - I've already edited the list

No worries, thanks for the quick reply.

Kaburi Sants from Barcelona Spain emailed me and got me the list of ALL the squads! I am waiting to hear from them about what the Top 16 looked like. They had 48 people, and a cut to Top 16.

• Winner: Howlrunner + Swarm Tactics; Backstabber; 3x Black Sq. Pilot + Veteran Instincts; Alpha Sq. Pilot

Here's links:

@MajorJuggler
Sure! The Regional in Austria will be in "Salzburg" - an old & beautiful town near the german border (birthplace of Mozart btw) the date for that event is the 14th June.

BTW- here are the other dates for the German Regionals:

*Regional Nord/North - 31.05 Hamburg, Dragonworld/Magierspiele

*Regional Ost/East - 21.06 Berlin, Funtainment

*Regional Mitte/Center - 28.06 Frankfurt, JK Entertainment

*Regional Süd/South - 12.07 Nürnberg, Ultra Comix

@MajorJuggler it's been work-crazy days so no time to write a proper bat-rep of Kaburi's regional.

This was me

http://xwing-builder.co.uk/view/75497/regional-bcn-15

This was my friend

http://xwing-builder.co.uk/view/75577/regional-bcn-45

we were both top 16 and lose against Han builds. I faced a double falcon with hot rolls both ways (green and red)...not kidding, Soontir was one shooted @ R3 with asteroid

@MajorJuggler

Sure! The Regional in Austria will be in "Salzburg" - an old & beautiful town near the german border (birthplace of Mozart btw) the date for that event is the 14th June.

BTW- here are the other dates for the German Regionals:

*Regional Nord/North - 31.05 Hamburg, Dragonworld/Magierspiele

*Regional Ost/East - 21.06 Berlin, Funtainment

*Regional Mitte/Center - 28.06 Frankfurt, JK Entertainment

*Regional Süd/South - 12.07 Nürnberg, Ultra Comix

Salzburg, I remember that city from the Thurns and Taxis game! Hopefully my wife and I will get the opportunity to travel there some day. Do you know the venue name in Salzburg?

Update: polmoneys provided this awesome link to the Kaburi's Regional.

http://www.rojocinco.es/2014/05/listas-y-fotos-regional-barcelona.html

I'll pull in the Top 16 into this thread soon.

Update: polmoneys provided this awesome link to the Kaburi's Regional.

http://www.rojocinco.es/2014/05/listas-y-fotos-regional-barcelona.html

I'll pull in the Top 16 into this thread soon.

In case it's not clear, you can click on the avatars to the right to get a link to the list on the builder itself, which should save you some translation time.

Yeah I saw that after a little poking around. The avatars are awesome.

Wow I'm really surprised at the third place for Poland. Two ship rebel and it's not dual falcon.

And the runner-up at the Barcelona Regional ran a 7 TIE swarm WITHOUT Howlrunner. What is the world, er, Galaxy, coming to?

And the runner-up at the Barcelona Regional ran a 7 TIE swarm WITHOUT Howlrunner. What is the world, er, Galaxy, coming to?

I played against him (won 100-40) in the morning games. His words after me asking the elefant on the room (where is Howl) where 'I don't believe in her' and 'what happens when she is gone?'.

He had fancy formation flying but Vader was on my side.

I have the results for the Beanie Games Regional in the UK. I actually have all 23 squads, but I wanted to share the winning squad right now....

4x Omicron Group Pilot + Anti-Pursuit Lasers + Fire Control System

Yes that's right, our first winner using Shuttles uses FOUR of them, and they aren't Doom Vader or Buzzsaws! Sable would still be proud. I don't think this squad has a name yet. We should ask the winner, Dave Licence, what he would like to call this squad.

Edit: "Space Cow Swarm" it is!

Space Cow Swarm was the original nickname for it

Shuttle swarm is the power! Took some beating most of the day was spent hearing phrases like "I really don't want to play against that!" and "how much damage do I have to do!?!"

Space Cow Swarm was the original nickname for it

Original, but second best behind 'Shuttlecocks'

So here are the details for the Regional that was stampeded by the Space Cow Swarm:

... and here are the details for the Barcelona Regionals.

• Winner: Howlrunner + Swarm Tactics; Backstabber; 3x Black Sq. Pilot + Veteran Instincts; Alpha Sq. Pilot
• 2nd place: Backstabber; 4x Academy Pilot; 2x Alpha Sq. Pilot
• Top 4: Han Solo + Gunner + Marksmanship; Chewbacca + Draw Their Fire + Recon Specialist
• Top 4: Han Solo + Push the Limit + Nien Nunb + Gunner + Engine Upgrade + Millennium Falcon; Wedge + Push the Limit + R2-D2 + Engine Upgrade
• Top 8: Bounty Hunter + Recon Specialist + Seismic Charges; Bounty Hunter + Seismic Charges; Royal guard Pilot + Push the Limit
• Top 8: Biggs; 2x Dagger Sq. Pilot + Fire Control System; Tarn Mison
• Top 8: Luke + Swarm Tactics + R2-D2; 3x Blue Sq. Pilot
• Top 8: Biggs + R2-F2; Dutch + R5; Dagger Sq. Pilot + Advanced Sensors; Rookie Pilot
• Top 16: Luke + Swarm Tactics + R2-D2; 2x Rookie Pilot; Gold Sq. Pilot + Ion Cannon Turret
• Top 16: Howlrunner + Swarm Tactics; 2x Alpha Sq. Pilot; 2x Black Sq. Pilot + Swarm Tactics; Academy Pilot
• Top 16: Soontir Fel + Push the Limit; Backstabber; Dark Curse; Obsidian Sq. Pilot; Omicron Group Pilot + Vader
• Top 16: Biggs; Wedge + Swarm Tactics; Rookie Pilot; Blue Sq. Pilot
• Top 16: Howlrunner + Swarm Tactics; Royal Guard Pilot; Dark Curse; 2x Black Sq. Pilot + Veteran Instincts; Academy Pilot
• Top 16: Chewbacca; Ibtisam + Elusiveness + Sensor Jammer; Gold Sq. Pilot + Ion Cannon Turret + R2
• Top 16: Chewbacca + Veteran Instincts + Gunner + Recon Specialist; 2x Blue Sq. Pilot + Fire Control System
• Top 16: Soontir Fel + Push the Limit + Stealth Device + Targeting Computer; Howlrunner + Swarm Tactics + Stealth Device; Backstabber; 2x Obsidian Sq. Pilot

Brest, France
May 18, 2014
Croc Jeux
Attendance: 24
Final Cut: Top 4

Winner: Lando + Gunner + Nien Nunb + EH ; Chewie + VI + Gunner
2nd place: 3x Dagger Sq. pilot ; ORS
Top 4: Chewie + VI + Navigator ; 2x Dagger Sq. pilot + AS
Top 4: 2x Rookie pilot ; 2x Blue Sq. pilot + HLC
Top 8: OPG + Engine upg. ; Turr + VI + SD ; Boba + Gunner + Adrenaline rush
Top 8: 3x BH
Top 8: BH + Gunner + Seismic charges ; OPG + Vader ; 2x Scimitar Sq. pilot + Seismic charges
Top 8: Scimitar Sq. pilot + Proton bombs ; Howlrunner + SD ; 3x Academy pilot

Great, thanks! I got an email from Epic Loot Games, for the Centerville, OH Regional. He filled me in with the last Top 8 squad. It was a Rebel 3 ship build with Wes, Ibitsam, and an A-wing!

Good job! Makes for a lot of interesting reading. Good luck to all the nationals players.

Such a big difference from Store Championships. Tie Swarms and Duel YTs are a mainstay in the Top 16.

Yea the lack of variety is kinda dull. Almost every rebel build that doesn't have a falcon has biggs. Lots of tie swarms. And so on. Hopefully with wave 4 and rebel aces we'll finally see a wide variety of builds.

So here are the details for the Regional that was stampeded by the Space Cow Swarm:

I see what you did there...!

Such a big difference from Store Championships. Tie Swarms and Duel YTs are a mainstay in the Top 16.

Yea the lack of variety is kinda dull. Almost every rebel build that doesn't have a falcon has biggs. Lots of tie swarms. And so on. Hopefully with wave 4 and rebel aces we'll finally see a wide variety of builds.

Well, I haven't run the statistics yet to compare the weighted average numbers here compared to the Store Championship. I think one thing that is different here is increased use of TIE Interceptors, and not just the named pilots. We are seeing quite a few Alpha Squadron Pilots being mixed into Imperial Swarms, especially in a couple of winning lists. The Imperial Aces expansion pack may be driving people's general interest in TIE Interceptors, and they may also be seen as a counter to the extremely prevalent B-wings.

I just emailed the four Venues that will be holding Regional Events this weekend. Two of them should have extremely large turnout. Madrid is expected to have 100 (or 120+ if they can hold that many), and I'm sure Kublacon will be a huge turnout as well. Hopefully we can get most of the lists that are in the Top Third numerically, so if you are attending then please consider helping out this effort!

Good luck to everyone flying this weekend, and Fly Casual.

Salzburg, I remember that city from the Thurns and Taxis game! Hopefully my wife and I will get the opportunity to travel there some day. Do you know the venue name in Salzburg?

Hehe - i definitely advise such a vacation! I visited the town with my GF before and it was a real beautiful trip! I appreciate a ride with the town carriage - it's a little bit expensive and a lot of asian couples like to travel/use it for their european marriage trips but it's definitely a lot of fun.

You should visit the "Hohensalzberg fortress" and also castle Hellbrun with it's famous water games!

But back to topic - the name of the Salzburg venue is "P3 Comix"!