Many of us Love X-Wing but it’s mostly played one way, 100 point dog fights and rarely is your squad building skill tested like your piloting is. So when looking for a new and exciting way to play the game we decided to combine the concept of drafting and Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game.
We did this tournament last year and it was a huge success I couldn’t tell you the number of positive comments I received and if you were at our Regionals you know what kind of events I run.
If you’re unfamiliar with drafting it’s the process which players build a squad from a pool of different pilots. In this format every single pilot will be represented as a single copy and players have to build their squad on the fly. How does this work? Well all the ships for this format will be provided (these ships are on loan you don't keep them) but you do need your own tokens, templates, dice, damage deck, and upgrade cards for this event.
So I welcome you to join us for our X-Wing Galaxy draft format and below is the rules for the draft feel free to post any questions you might have or join our Facebook group to get the last updates on the event and prizes. This event already has 30+ people registered so if you're interested I wouldn't hesitate to register!
Sunday June 5th @ Pastimes Comics and Games
Online Registration only
Roll Call- 10:00-10:45 a.m.
Start- 11:00 a.m.
Entry- $20 capped at 48 players
Format- Limited 4 Swiss Rounds
Prizes- Store Credit Payed out by record. Paul La Rue Gold additional prizes dependent on the number of participants.
Squadron Exclusive Trandoshan Slaver Pilot
Star Wars X-Wing Draft Format
X-Wing Draft is a limited format where each player will draft pilots in order to construct their squad instead of bringing a preconstructed 100 point list.
1. Players may pick any ship regardless of faction to comprise their squad.
2. The first round of the draft will have a random pick order assigned to everyone.
3. Starting with the first player in the draft everyone will have 1 min to draft any pilot that is available.
4. Once a pilot has been drafted to a player’s squad no other player may draft that pilot so for the purposes of this format every pilot is basically unique. For example if a player selected an Academy pilot that ship and card will be removed from the table and no other player may select that pilot.
5. Each round after the first round the pick order will be based on the total squad points each player drafted in previous rounds.
6. The player with the lowest number of squad points will draft first and may draft as many ships as necessary so they are no longer the lowest squad total. If point totals are tied. Whoever has fewer ships picks. If still tied whoever has had the most recent pick gets to pick
7. Rounds of pilot selection will continue this way until all players feel they have drafted enough points to make a squad under 100 points. Players may stop drafting whenever they choose. If you only want to draft 2 ships and use a bunch of upgrades that is your option. You must play every ship you draft though.
8. Once the draft is completed players may add any number of upgrades from their collection to the ships they drafted. All upgrades must still follow any ship or faction requirements and your squad must be 100 points or less.