So last weekend (december 13) I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to compete in an X-wing tournament at a mini-comic con at a local community collage had a a great time and was impress with my build that I brought,

Anyway my build:

Commander Kenkirk-55 (A.k.A. Captain kirk)

lone wolf-2

recon spec.-3

isard-4

moff jerjerod-2

Kath Scarlet-45

Engine upgrade-4

vet instincts-1

seismic charge-2

So it was a 3 round tournament and i think that there was 8 players so it was pretty small

on the first round I got the "luck" of playing the person that has won all 3 of the tournaments I have played in before

He brought a Chewy leebo build dont recall the upgrades except the outrider hlc (of course) on leebo

Anyway I was nervous and we would soon test my skill as a x-wing player and squadbuilder,

after the first couple of turns my ships (which had started in the same corner facing 90 degrees apart) had a nice pincher going and kath was able to boost into range 1 of leebo avoiding the shot, I positioned Kirk well so that he was only taking shots through obstacles so he could use agility until his ability kicked in and he managed to cancel several shots but, My opponent was focusing on kath who had boosted past and out of range in a hit and run tactic to minimize damage and was circling for another ass with both of the yts turning toward her leaving kirk on the opposite side by himself.

I was able to jet kath past again with minimal damage and brought kirk back into the fight and soon had leebo down to a 1 hull time for the kill but, he was able to retreat to the corner and after a clutch dodge was out of range so i brought kath around, who still had a solid 4 hull left and superior pilot skill, to finish him but as luck would have chewy was able to get into range 1 and unloaded for a whooping 4 HITS! no worries i could still evade and get kath out of this, or not according to the 2 black green dice laughing as kath went down in a fiery wreak.

Change of plans I brought kirk around and began advancing on the wounded leebo chewy pursued me and the next 2 rounds we exchanged fire doing equal damage, which was fine by me since i still had 8 hull left, and then leebo was cornered and one final shot and he was gone. Now it was just kirk and the wookie, i fled to range three where my double focused lone wolf green dice completely controlled the game and easily finished off chewy with a remaining 5 hull

I had done it i beat who i considered to be the most challenging opponent at the event, and still had 55 points of my squad left on to game 2

Now this game was against the squad that really worried me,

2X blue sqaudren b-wings+ion cannon+tactician

and an outer rim fringer with outrider ion cannon

The control list

This game started out just weird with kath getting ioned and stressed and getting eaten up really quickly by a couple of range 1 attacks from the b-wing, not before a combined 9 damage was done against the opposing ships including 1 from the bomb , now it was just kirk, soon i was able to bring down the outrider while only being ioned once and then i thought i had this game but both b-wings got me in there sights and i was stuck double stressed and ioned more than anyone could possible desire, soon i was on an asteroid and could not fire, i was also getting close to the edge, one more time being ionized and i m out of the game despite my 8 remaining hull, luck turned in my favor his b-wing was too close and could not set up a shot for the next round meaning that there would be only 1 ion, not enough to prevent my big ship from turning then i was able to kill that b-wing at range 1, it was down to me and 1 b, my 6 hull verses his combined 8 hit points he pursued and in the end since i was double stresses and unable to clear it without receiving another and therefore was unable to gain evades o focuses he finished kirk and still had 3 hull remaining

so disappointed at the lose of a 1st place chance i continued 1-1 on to the 3rd and final round

Now this opponent i fully expected to beat, he brought 2 blue sqauds with hlc and Wedge with engine upgrade and an r2 unit

once again i used kath as my sacrificial lamb charging the b-wings with hit and run attacks and soon she went down again, with some smooth flying i was able to avoid much damage on kirk from the b-wings and took one out then was able to one shot wedge with a point blank shot including a direct hit for a total of 5 damage, then the last be wing was a piece of cake to kill as i followed it a round at range 1 and was easily able to destroy it another solid win

this brought my record to tied for 2nd along with my first and second opponents but due to the margian of victory rule i came to third place with a margin of 390 my second opponent (that beat me) came to 4th with 345 and my first opponent (that i defeated) who went on to have 2 perfect games placed second with a margin of victory of 445 (which was higher then the first place winner who only had 400 but a perfect 3-0 record)

Over all i had a good time and was impressed with my squad, i probably could have flown kath better but i still was competitive and had fun,

Thanks to anyone that was actually patient enough to read my poor writing skills.