Greetings fellow aces,

Fresh meat reporting in. Having looked at X Wing being played at both game stores near me, and stood watching a game to see how it played out. . . I have jumped into the flightsuit, and purchased:

X-wing 'new' Starter set

Most Wanted expansion

2x G1A heavy fighters

StarViper expansion

Safe to say I have been recruited by the Black Suns, and will be representing Scum an Villany for now.

Tomorrow will be my first match. There is a regional tournament, and they are also running a new players table. So tonight I am punching out tokens, assembling dials, reading instructions, and hiding the receipt from the wife.

Not sure how I'll do, but I hope to not embarrass myself when I roll up to KublaCon in May.

Welcome aboard new recruit. Ive been here since wave1. i started as a rebel pilot before defecting to imperials in a Lambda Shuttle. Then I was recruited by Dark Sun as a bounty hunter by Boba Fett himself.

Ive seen tournament action with scum firesprays and Y-Wings with twin laser turrets. Now I am a Jumpmaster pilot, its the best of the new scum ships as its durable and carries ordnance that is now stronger than ever with guidance chips, deadeye and plasma torpedoes. My current squad of choice teams up two scouts with two headhunters.

Id be surprised if you didnt see multiple jumpamaster squads at the tournament you are entering. They are very good. 3 scouts or 2 scouts with your choice of support ship(s) is very strong.

Imperial aces are feared by some but not me. I equip all my ships with a scum only illicit upgrade called Feedback Array. Now the imperial aces fear me.

Thanks for the welcome,

So first game is in the books. Finished 4th of 8 in the tournament, so overall I am pretty pleased with myself. Even managed to claim a prize for participating.

Here was my list accomplished with Battlescribe Pro, and pointers from some of the guys in attendance:

Starviper- Guri with Predator, Autothrusters, Sensor Jammer, and Virago title

G1A- Zuckuss with Dengar and Veteran instincts

G1A- Ruthless with firecontrol, and outlaw tech

99 points

First match was against Rebels: Chewie in a YT-1300, and Lothar Rebels in a Ghost.

I tried to dangle Guri out front to draw fire as she was harder to hit, but botched the maneuver and had the 2 G1A's a bit far out, and didn't have range to add their firepower. Result was a draw when time expired. I lost Guri, and Zuckuss was at 1/2 health. Killed the Ghost, and had the YT down to 3 hull,

Intense game, and well played by my opponent who congratulated me on my play.

Second match was against Scum. Karn(sp?) in a Firespray, Some guy in a HWK-290 that kept stealing my tokens, and 2 z-95's with pilot skill 1's

I positioned split and crossed my forces at around range 3-4 in from my edge, then turned my left heading force hard right, and focused hard on his Firespray which due to asteroids on the field split his force. He countered by burning down Zuckuss. I focused down a Z-95 to remove the return fire. As time wound down, I got the HWK-290, and he with the last Z-95 killed Guri. He ended with one Z-95, and me with the Freelancer G1A

3rd fight had me nervous. Imperial Decimator, and Firespray. I had seen the Decimator unboxing vid on Youtube when I considered getting it for my own forces, but had gone Scum instead, but I remembered the pilot on his card was the one that likes to bump. So I made an effort to stay outta his front. I got the Firespray, and 1/2 credit on the Decimator. I lost both G1A's

Last fight was against Scum. IG-88b, and Karn in a Firespray. Having experience against Firesprays, I focused on him, and Turn 2 we had the showdown. Zuckuss, and the Firespray were gone so now 2 on 1 Big mistake, IG-88 is brutal! An my opponent was good. I did manage to get him down to 1 hull., but I lost all 3 ships. Tense game, and well played by him.

All in all, a great experience, and I enjoyed the second looks, and comments about my list being unique, or non norm/standard. Not sure how competitive winner capable it is, but I can't wait to go again to get more experience with it.

great report, u did well in ur first tourney. i like ur list. Zuckus is badass, iv seen him used with veteran instincts, FCS and title. 5 dice at close range with target lock to back it up is scary good. i think he is one of the strongest pilots in wave8.

Wow, incredible effort! Well done.