Hello everyone, I have a new tournament style that I'd like to propose to my gaming club when I get home. It'll be a while, so I anticipate the Raider will be out.

Basically the rules boil down to everyone getting to pick three squads from the lists below. One has to be a "20" pt list, one a "40" pt list, and one a "60" pt list. Many of these are a point or two over, just to try to balance the power. They do not have to be from the same faction; in fact, it is highly unlikely all three squads will come from the same faction.

After choosing their three squads, there is open play for 3 hours. Any number of games can be played in this time, and will be played in the following format:

1. Players will wager one or more of their squads in the battle. This is intended to have the players agree on what each other will fly.

2. Players must use the squads they wager in the battle.

3. Games do not have a time limit.

4. The winner gets to "claim" the losing players' squad.

Once the open play time has expired, players then decide on what their 100 pt squad is going to be. Every unused squad can then be "traded in" to give them a point towards initiative. Players that cannot create a 100 pt squad can choose from the squads that were traded in to complete their squad. Squads must all be from the same faction.

This tournament is three rounds of swiss pairings, using normal rules for margin of victory.

Here are the squads players will have to choose from. Some might seem a little strange, but one of the main goals of this is to break people from the lists they might otherwise default to.

Rebels

20 pt List 1
A-Wing: Green Squadron Pilot - Adrenaline Rush, Outmaneuver, A-Wing Test Pilot, Chardaan Refit

20 pt List 2
Z-95: Airen Cracken - Determination

20 pt List 3
X-Wing: Red Squadron Pilot

20 pt List 4
B-Wing: Blue Squadron Pilot

40 pt List 1
Y-Wing: “Dutch” Vander - Proton Torpedoes, Bomb Loadout, Proton Bombs, Ion Cannon Turret, R3-A2, Shield Upgrade, BTL-A4 Y-Wing

40 pt List 2
B-Wing: Keyan Farlander - Push the Limit, Sensor Jammer, Shield Upgrade

40 pt List 3
E-Wing: Corran Horn - Marksmanship, Fire Control System

40 pt List 4
HWK-290: Jan Ors - Adrenaline Rush, Blaster Turret, Recon Specialist, Moldy Crow, Shield Upgrade

60 pt List 1
X-Wing: Biggs Darklighter - R4-D6
X-Wing: Luke Skywalker - Expert Handling, R2-D2

60 pt List 2
YT-1300: Han Solo - Expert Handling, Chewbacca, Navigator, Millennium Falcon, Engine Upgrade

60 pt List 3
YT-2400: Dash Rendar - Push the Limit, Concussion Missiles, Heavy Laser Cannon, Kyle Katarn, Outrider, Anti-Pursuit Lasers

60 pt List 4
E-Wing: Etahn A’baht - Calculation, Advanced Sensors
Z-95 Headhunter: Bandit Squadron Pilot
Z-95 Headhunter: Bandit Squadron Pilot

Imperials

20 pt List 1
TIE Bomber: Scimitar Squadron Pilot - Flechette Torpedoes, Seismic Charges, Munitions Failsafe

20 pt List 2
TIE Fighter: “Howlrunner” - Swarm Tactics

20 pt List 3
TIE Interceptor: Avenger Squadron Pilot - Autothrusters

20 pt List 4
TIE Advanced: Storm Squadron Pilot - TIE/x1, Accuracy Corrector

40 pt List 1
TIE Advanced: Darth Vader - Ruthlessness, Proton Rockets, TIE/x1, Advanced Targeting Computer, Engine Upgrade

40 pt List 2
TIE Phantom: “Whisper” - Advanced Sensors, Intelligence Agent, Advanced Cloaking Device

40 pt List 3
Lambda-Class Shuttle: Colonel Jendon - Fire-Control System, Gunner, Tactician, ST-321, Engine Upgrade

40 pt List 4
TIE Fighter: Academy Pilot
TIE Fighter: Academy Pilot
TIE Fighter: “Backstabber”

60 pt List 1
TIE Defender: Delta Squadron Pilot - Ion Cannon
TIE Defender: Delta Squadron Pilot - Ion Cannon

60 pt List 2
TIE Fighter: Obsidian Squadron Pilot
TIE Fighter: Black Squadron Pilot - Draw Their Fire
TIE Fighter: “Mauler Mithel”
TIE Fighter: “Night Beast”

60 pt List 3
VT-49 Decimator: Rear Admiral Chiraneau - Expose, Mara Jade, Ysanne Isard, Experimental Interface

60 pt List 4
TIE Interceptor: Carnor Jax - Push the Limit, Royal Guard TIE, Hull Upgrade, Stealth Device
TIE Interceptor: Royal Guard Pilot - Push the Limit

Scum and Villainy

20 pt List 1
M3-A Interceptor: Cartel Spacer - “Heavy Scyk” Interceptor, “Mangler” Cannon

20 pt List 2
M3-A Interceptor: Cartel Spacer - “Heavy Scyk” Interceptor, “Mangler” Cannon

20 pt List 3
Z-95 Headhunter: N’Dru Suhlak - Lone Wolf, Dead Man’s Switch

20 pt List 4
M3-A Interceptor: Laetin A’shera - Stealth Device

40 pt List 1
Z-95 Headhunter: Binayre Pilot - Feedback Array
Z-95 Headhunter: Binayre Pilot - Feedback Array
Z-95 Headhunter: Binayre Pilot - Feedback Array

40 pt List 2
Y-Wing: Hired Gun - Autoblaster Turret
Y-Wing: Hired Gun - Autoblaster Turret

40 pt List 3
StarViper: Prince Xizor - Predator, Virago, Flechette Torpedoes, Advanced Sensors, Inertial Dampeners

40 pt List 4
Aggressor: IG-88C - Flechette Cannon, Autothrusters, IG-2000

60 pt List 1
Firespray-31: Boba Fett - Push the Limit, K4 Security Droid, Inertial Dampeners, Engine Upgrade, Homing Missiles, Advanced Proton Torpedoes, Slave I

60 pt List 2
Aggressor: IG-88B - Push the Limit, Fire Control System, Ion Cannon, Heavy Laser Cannon, Proton Bombs, “Hot Shot” Blaster, Autothrusters, IG-2000

60 pt List 3
Firespray-31: Emon Azzameen - “Mangler” Cannon, Navigator, Ion Pulse Missiles, Andrasta, Proximity Mines x3, Experimental Interface

60 pt List 4
Firespray-31: Mandalorian Mercenary - Intimidation
StarViper: Black Sun Vigo - Autothrusters

Any feedback or help balancing squads would be hugely appreciated. I'd like to be able to present it all in one go. Most all of the above I own, which also opens it up to people who don't have models/cards. It's a small club, so I'm comfortable loaning it out.

lol everyone is gonna default to the B-Wing, TIEx1, Outrider, Expose-cimator and Whisper.

If you're gonna limit points, you should actually limit them to the suggested cost or raise each list by 5 points to offer a fair edge in list building.

I also don't like this idea as a tournament style, casual it seems like fun, but for tournament play things seem a little too jumbled for people to optimize their play style, especially in a game of X-Wing where list building is pretty much the basis of competitive play. It sort of reminds of the Draft format in MtG, you can luck out and pull bombs and efficient cards or fail miserably because you're not used to the cards you were dealt. Works for CCGs and stuff, not sure how I feel about it in an open-access game.

I was expecting something like, If you win you get to chop of your opponents head and yell "their can only be one!"

Whoops, forgot to mention in my first post that squads can only be picked once. In other words, only one person in the tournament can fly Whisper. Also, this is definitely meant to be a casual tournament meant to welcome anyone who's interested in X-Wing. One of my goals is to get more people in the club to actually play X-Wing, as there are a number of people who come to play other games. I figure there's no sense hogging all this addiction to myself.

Works if there are enough people and they have the ships you listed with the upgrade cards. I'd prefer to just have a single ship 35 pt limit with everyone on the same board at once. no asteroids.

It's a cool concept -- I'd love to hear how it works out!