So Wave 6 has officially been pushed to 2015.

It looks like FFG is averaging about 2 waves per year with some bonus waves.

During the In-flight reports, FFG already stated that they have the next 2 years of releases planned out and the next 12-18 months pretty much locked down.

Here are the releases since the launch in 2012:

2012 (3 releases)

• Starter Set
• Wave 1
• Dice Pack

2013 (2 releases)

• Wave 2
• Wave 3

2014 (6 releases)

• Imperial Aces
• Huge Ships
• Wave 4
• Rebel Aces
• Wave 5

What does 2015 have in store? 3 waves? 4 waves? 6 waves? How many special releases? More dice bags? Will the star field tile map back a roaring come back? What are your predictions? And what will be in those waves?

Here shortcuts to everyone who made a complete predictions for the year:

patox 2015 updated predictions

MajorJuggler 2015 predictions

Edit: Removed Wave 6 from 2014 releases

Meta prediction: Outriders with Heavy Laser Cannons, being chased around by the Scum of the galaxy!

Product prediction: lots of stuff that I will be spending money on! I think we will see, in approximate order:

• Imperial Huge ships
• Imperial [something] expansion, with TIE-Advanced and hopefully TIE Bomber love. (TIE Advanced love could possibly be coming with Imperial Huge Ships?)
• Wave 7
• Some other random product or expansion that we haven't thought about yet
• Wave 8

I think we may end up seeing campaign or setting supplements, and/or Duel/Grudge packs.

Prediction: FFG gets all of our money.

I would like the Duel pack, like a Y wing vs Bomber pack. That would also include some boosts for both ships.

Well, I do not see wave 6 by year's end, so I'd guess Wave 6 will be in the 2015 run.

Best Guesees would include:

Wave 6: Scum and Villainy

Imperial Epic Ships

Imperial Aces 2: To include the TIE Advance fixes and maybe the Bomber

Wave 7: 2-2-2 format, two new ships per faction

Rebel Aces 2: Y-Wings and HWK-290s

Scum Aces: Similar to 'Most Wanted' to adds more cross faction ships

GenCon Announcement: Second Edition! Which will include a new damage deck to include upgrades that have been added since the core set was created, point tweaks, rule tweaks, and a new Core Set.

I'm just having fun with most of these...

My prediction.

Imperial huge ships (one will also contain at least 1 Tie Fighter)

An Advanced & Bomber Aces pack.

Waves 7 & 8, containing 2 scum, 1 rebel, 1 imperial.

I would also like to see new pilots for the rebel Ywings and Z95s but I don't know how they would package it since it seems unlikely to see more models.

Wasn't Wave 6 already announced for release by the end of 2014?

If it was I missed it. I was not aware that it had been given an official release time frame yet

I think the Imperial huge ship will come out, but it will be packaged alone due to its size (betting on bigger than Tantive). I also expect some Rebels stuff in wave 7, likely to include Ghost, The Phantom, an Imperial ship from Rebels, and a scum ship like Hound's Tooth or something similar.

I don't know what else.

Let's get back to some predictions!

During the In-flight reports, FFG already stated that they have the next 2 years of releases planned out and the next 12-18 months pretty much locked down.

We've seen an explosion every year in new releases:

2012 (3 releases)

• Starter Set
• Wave 1
• Dice Pack

2013 (2 releases)

• Wave 2
• Wave 3

2014 (6 releases)

• Imperial Aces
• Huge Ships
• Wave 4
• Rebel Aces
• Wave 5
• Wave 6

What does 2015 have in store? 3 waves? 4 waves? 6 waves? How many special releases? More dice bags? Will the star field tile map back a roaring come back? What are your predictions? And what will be in those waves?

Side note: this schedule makes a lot more sense if FFG expected the Epic ships and Imperial Aces in Q4 2013 rather than Q1ish 2014.

If I were speculating about next year, which I'm definitely not doing, I'd expect to see about four major releases. That would logically include a couple of regular waves, plus whatever fix has us "keeping the faith" re: TIE Advanced. And I'd also like to imagine we'll see Imperial Huge stuff hit the table sooner rather than later.

I'm not sure how much will be released, but I predict that the every release for the year will be 100% spoiled by June.

I am hoping we DON'T get 6 releases next year, in all honesty. I expect that Imperial Assault and Armada will take up some of the release pressure for X-Wing and we get back to a more stable 4 releases (one per quarter). What I would like to see:

Imperial epics (maybe with a TIE/Adv fix the way that the transport included X-Wing updates)

Waves 7 and 8, probably a total of about 4 Scum, 2 Rebel, 2 Imperial

Another Aces type release, if only for the additional options to present to ships (Advanced, Bomber, maybe Shuttle, maybe moving on to Wave IV ships, E-Wing and Defender likeliest to have updates first)

The biggest wild cards are whether or not new factions becomes a thing and/or if we start seeing Episode VII ships start to come out circa December.

I am hoping for a few more epic ship myself. Why not another rebel big boy and 2-3 imps as well. While we are at it, how bout a huge scum or two?

Why not another rebel big boy and 2-3 imps as well.

Because they're big, detailed models that are very complex in terms of game mechanics, which means there's a Huge (pun absolutely intended) amount of work involved at every level--design, modeling, manufacturing, and playtesting.

Prediction: FFG gets all of our money.

That's not a prediction. It is a given.

About a prediction, they will change the 2-2 ship releases they used to have, for a 1-1-1.

I am hoping for a few more epic ship myself. Why not another rebel big boy and 2-3 imps as well. While we are at it, how bout a huge scum or two?

They're big, and honestly, epic isn't that popular. I would guess that sales generally bear this out. The game is well balanced for competitive play at 100 points, but I have found Epic to be more in the fun/cinematic realm. It generally just turns crazy, so it's great for a beer and pretzels type evening, not something when I want to get a competitive rush.

That being said, having a selection will be nice for Imps and Scum to at least have that option (and cater to those that prefer larger games as well as those who prefer the 100 pt dogfight), but I think they are trying to have Armada scratch the itch of larger scale battles instead of pouring everything into epic.

2015 will have the "Tycho Ace" Pack, featuring 1 of every ship Tycho flew in the books (and a Tycho pilot card/cardboard for each of them).

1) X-Wing

2) Z-95

3) Y-Wing

4) B-Wing

5) Oh, what the hell. Have another A-Wing

But that's not all! The Tycho pack will also include the following ships, re-purposed for Rebel use, and flown exclusively by the stress master, Tycho:

1) Lambda

2) Decimator

3) Tie Fighter

4) Tie Defender

Imperial Aces were definitely planned for 2013. Based on what they said at last Gencon, the Huge ships were definitely planned for this year.

As a reasonable expectation, I expect a "big" box expansion, ala Most Wanted, for the Imperials. An Advanced and 2 Fighters sounds about right, with additional pilots and upgrades for other Imperial ships (Bombers and Defeners???).

I think Scum will be delayed until Q1 2015. It's looking unlikely that Wave 5 will be out in time for Worlds, let alone in Q3, so I would say that it is delayed for a November/December release with Scum in January or February.

I'm hopeful for an Imperial and Scum Huge at some point in 2015. I don't think they need two, unless the 2nd is more akin to a scenario piece like the Rebel Transport. Really hope the Hounds Tooth is the Scum huge, and possibly comes with Bossk's Z-95. Imperial Huge I don't even care about, I just want them to get something.

I think/hope we will see the Ghost from Rebels in the post Scum Wave. Ever since I first saw concept art for it I couldn't help but want one in X-Wing.

I'd like to see more $39.95 three ship packs. Repaint rebel X-Wing, Y-Wing, E-Wing and give us 2-3 new pilots for each, 2 named and one generic would be tops. Tie Advanced, Defender, and Bomber for the same.

Really hope the Hounds Tooth is the Scum huge...

Why do so many people think the Hound's Tooth would have to be Huge? Wookieepedia says it's "just" 62m, and even that's potentially inaccurate.

I'm hoping for Scums (lots of them) and a Defender update. The rest, meh.

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I'm surprised people seem to think there's a need for the Defender to be patched. I've got no issues with it whatsoever.

I would like to see a huge imperial ship with some tie advanced pilots included.

Really hope the Hounds Tooth is the Scum huge...

Why do so many people think the Hound's Tooth would have to be Huge? Wookieepedia says it's "just" 62m, and even that's potentially inaccurate.

At 62m it is 1.5 times as big as the Decimator, which is our largest ship on a single base to date. I don't see that getting released as a "Large" ship without shrinking it. I also hate the Star Jewel/Minstrel Class, so my hope could also be accurately described as "not the Hutt Yacht."