Played my second game ever today, running Rebels against a friend's Imperial list. I was limited by ships I had available (starter set, x-wing blister, YT-1300), so set about making a list with that.

I ended up with:
Luke Skywalker

Red Squadron pilot

Lando Calrissian w/ assault missiles

Facing off against:
Lambda shuttle w/ rebel captive and anti-pursuit lasers
3x Obsidian pilots

1x Carnor Jax

I don't remember what other upgrades the Imp player took unfortunately. After the first turn, it looked like this, Luke on the far left, Lando in the middle, and the Red Squadron pilot on the right:

Over the course of the game, I was able to get some lucky hits in and ended up with the win! At the end, it looked a bit like this:

I'm loving this game, it's refreshingly easy and non-expensive, coming from a long time 40K player (started during the Rogue Trader days).

Congrats on the win. I like running the falcon with a couple xwings. It's got decent health, attack, and maneuverability. How was Lando's ability for you in that game? It seems like you kept your ships a bit separate from each other. I've only ever used Lando in a 2v2 game so it was easier to get a target for his ability.

Also, Wedge, a rookie pilot, and Han w/marksmanship could be a decent list using only what you have so far. Wedge is one of my favorite pilots; high PS, really good ability, and being in a decent ship makes him pretty good in my opinion.

Honestly I forgot to use Lando's ability the few times he was actually close enough to my X-wings. Didn't seem like it would be game changing though, with only having a target lock / focus to choose from for the fighters.

And by easy earlier, I meant small rule book, not overly complicated type easy.

Just a heads up since you mentioned that this is your 2nd game ever, having a target lock and a focus is practically guaranteed to get you hits/crits on all or most of your attack dice. It's a ridiculously potent offensive combination, great for getting through the tie fighter's 3 green dice with a focus. Congrats in the win!

Totally digging the list man, like they were flying out of the trench after Luke destroyed the death star! Anywho, silly nerd rant +done+ the list is really cool. I am a 'still-kinda-playing-but-not-really' 40k player too. I didn't start that early though, been playing about 12 years. Sold off my tau to get into x-wing. Best choice I ever made.

How did you find destroying the shuttle? I haven't ever flown against one, so I'm just curious. Definitely jealous of your falcon too, I only have 2 x-wings, an e-wing and a HWK for rebs so far. WAAAY more imperial stuff lol Enjoying phantoms

Glad you got the win! Any other games lined up soon? Let us know how they go too, I love reading battle reports.

The shuttle wasn't difficult overall, just the rebel captive made it a bit frustrating. It was a pretty basic shuttle though, with no real offensive capability.

Sweet deal man, I just tried a list with wedge, garven and corran and it was pretty awesome. Corran needed an engine upgrade though, I just gave him PTL. Boost is epic paired with barrel roll.

Grats on the win!

Another good list using what you have so far is

Han Solo w/ Luke, Chewy, and the Falcon Title

2 Rookie Pilots

And welcome to the game from another ex-40K'er.