Be conservative with your maneuver choices. If you're not sure you can make it, you probably can't.
If you could give the new guy one piece of advice .. what would it be?
Let the wookie win.
Advice for this forum, not really for X-wing Miniatures playing:
Flame wars not make one great.
Whether you win or lose, ask your opponent if you can swap lists and replay the game. This helps you become a well rounded pilot by learning what makes the other side tic. If Know what your enemy wants to do by putting yourself in his position you can gain valuable intel that can help you succeed. This also helps when you or your buddy are trying to pick apart the local meta by establishing what makes certain squads weak.
Dont BE or put up with DOOSHES. Play for fun and remember you like Star Wars.
Whether you win or lose, ask your opponent if you can swap lists and replay the game. This helps you become a well rounded pilot by learning what makes the other side tic. If Know what your enemy wants to do by putting yourself in his position you can gain valuable intel that can help you succeed. This also helps when you or your buddy are trying to pick apart the local meta by establishing what makes certain squads weak.
I like this. Going to start doing this.
Don't let a game full of bad rolls discourage you. Unfortunately, I have a hard time getting my brother to play anymore since he had a few games with very unfortunate rolls and doesn't like that randomness. As somebody else mentioned, you really don't have control over this; all you can do is maximize your probability of rolling well by using actions and positioning yourself well.
Also, play lists that don't necessarily follow the tournament meta (I have had success with a 3 Y-wing list) and have a ton of fun!
you will become a better player. Just keep playing. Enjoy the ride.
Edited by polmoneysGo for the JUGULAR!
If I could offer you only one piece of advice for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
than my own meandering
experience…I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours. Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own.. Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen…
Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of the women.
Seriously though, one trick I learned early on playing this game, when setting a ship's dial, point the open wedge of the dial in the same direction as the ship is pointing. It'll help keep your ships from flying into things or off the board.
Edited by zathras23It's a game, so have fun.
Miniature Market, sir. They've saved me... at least $200.
Miniature Market, sir. They've saved me... at least $200.
Read The Metal Bikini early and often. Put it on your RSS reader. Read the entire archives. It's a great source for understanding the game.
if you see an expansion pack you don't have.. BUY IT!!!! unless you like scouring ebay and searching around for Y wings..ect... however things have gotten better in that regard, i would rather just get it when the getting is good AND cheap...
Edited by SwedgeCorrection: Buy all the expansions, keep the cards, use the Rebel models as debris/asteroids for your board.
Oh and before you start building your own storage container price how much EVERYTHING is first. then compare it to something from battle foam...I did that and found battle foam to be the cheaper and waaaay better alternative, but do your own cost benefit analysis...
My one piece of advice would be, get more advice. One piece won't cut it.
After that, I would probably give you two pieces.
Two starter boxes are a great investment. You will still want a Tie Figter expansion (for Howlrunner) and the X Wing (for Wedge!) but honestly, two X's and 4 TIEs gives you a great starting point that is easy to play 50 point games. Adding a single expansion to each side could easily get you to 100 points. Also, the extra dice are handy.
Consider storage options! First, I have seen what happened when you slam the breaks and your pieces are all in a cardboard box. It is tragic. Second tokens and cards... there are lots. The boxes they come in are ok for a while, but look into KR, Battlefoam or just a good tackle or hobby box. It will save you a lot of pain down the road.
In my experience there is no such thing as luck
unless your rolling dice
Ok, everyone hit all the best advice. The flying obstacle courses, the looking at storage solutions, the swapping lists, the experimentation, the having fun. There isn't a lot more I can add for truly basic advice.
Well, one bit of advice. Never trust a man that flies more than one shuttle. The Lambda is terribly hard craft to fly well and the first time you fly one you will probably hate it. It's dial is terrible and it will rapidly turn into wasted points. Many players would walk away from the albino space cow after one outing, writing it off.
When you are ready to give it a try (it can be super fun, but it has the highest skill requirement of any ship in the game), read the following:
http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/98438-flight-school-lambda-101/
Don't fly circles around Y wings with A wings, then ask if it was bad sportsmanship.
Don't fly circles around Y wings with A wings, then ask if it was bad sportsmanship.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Don't fly circles around Y wings with A wings, then ask if it was bad sportsmanship.
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