I gotta give a shout out to Tarn + R7 Astro. Best 25 points you can spend on a X-Wing.

Except when your opponent asks you to reroll two hits and you reroll two crits. Happened to an opponent of mine once, he was not happy.

OK, so I've finished cards for all the ships I own. Come Christmas I should be adding cards for the YT-1300, Lambda shuttle and Firespray. But I can't see myself collecting any of the ships released after that.

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So. It is likely that no-one else will want to approach the game in this particular way; I am new to the game and just wanted things to be a bit more pick-up-and-play for my wife and I.

However, if anyone likes this idea, and is interested in printable-resolution versions of these cards or the templates to build their own, just drop me a reply or a PM and I'll make them available.

I can appreciate the problem and i think FFG could do a better job guiding player's post starter.

Other ideas that may help

Use a squad builder program or website, put your cards in a binder. fly popular lists from the internet.