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Today has seen lots of threads talking about different ways to play X-wing beyond 100/6. This podcast is Part 2 in a series that talks about the missions that came with the CR-90 kit. Great fun! Explore the game beyond 100/6. Ever want to use your epic ships for more than just a source for a great tournament card? This is it!!!!

We also do an extended background section, complete with sound effects and great details. It's like a mini radio drama! Listen to at least the dramatic telling of the background fluff and see if that can't spark an interest in playing a mission.

EDIT: Crickey! I forgot to put the Shuttle Tydirium in the title!!!

Thank you, another great episode indeed!!

I am very surprised at the amount of folks I have spoken with lately that have never used their EPIC ships even once. Different strokes and all but they are soooooooo beautiful on the table. Plus, they make many ship and cards really fun to play with (and the only time I seem to be able to use Leia also).

Keep up the good work. Yub yub, Commander.

Sorry to be 25 episodes late in responding - I truly enjoy the show and this was an excellent episode. You hooked me on Hotac and I'm digging the CR-90 missions episodes. Nice work on the dramatized mission intros, as well. Thanks for the hard work. It is greatly appreciated!

Chris

One question: would any of the cr-90 missions lend themselves to the Hotac system? Could they be tweaked as such in your opinion? Would love to get more thoughts on generally improving the missions after you guys discuss them.

Just figured out the podcast function on my phone and subscribed. Tempted to try out some of the missions included with the epic ships. Just interested mainly in getting them on the table more often, to be honest. I love epic play, and yes, a large amount of players have bought these things and NEVER put them on a table.

One question: would any of the cr-90 missions lend themselves to the Hotac system? Could they be tweaked as such in your opinion? Would love to get more thoughts on generally improving the missions after you guys discuss them.

I'm finding the HotAC AI surprisingly adaptable to missions. Cleaning up my Death Star run for a second pass using the AI and actually spending time to write everything down this time! I'm willing to give the official missions a go - just need time and players. Maybe I can kill two birds with one stone and do the epic missions through co-op HotAC AI.

One question: would any of the cr-90 missions lend themselves to the Hotac system? Could they be tweaked as such in your opinion? Would love to get more thoughts on generally improving the missions after you guys discuss them.

I'm sure that the HotAC system could be tweaked to run the CR90 missions. It would just take some play testing to see how it goes. Man, I barely have enough time to do the missions when we record once a week! I don't have time to do HotAC play testing! I task that one out to you. Let us know how it goes and if it works out alright.

Just figured out the podcast function on my phone and subscribed. Tempted to try out some of the missions included with the epic ships. Just interested mainly in getting them on the table more often, to be honest. I love epic play, and yes, a large amount of players have bought these things and NEVER put them on a table.

Awesome! Glad you are going to give us a listen. We agree about a lot of things on the forums, so I hope you enjoy the podcast, too. Let me know what you think!

OOoh, HotAC AI point when dealing with capital ships... The AI already swerves to avoid bumping an epic ship since it's potential damage... but you may want to look at the space in front of the corvette... Y'know, the crush zone. Insert a special AI notation for scenario purposes... Things to try!

Awesome! Glad you are going to give us a listen. We agree about a lot of things on the forums, so I hope you enjoy the podcast, too. Let me know what you think!

I've listened to a couple, but it's a bit more of a thought process to remember it otherwise...

Heychad et. al

Been meaning to drop you guys a line. Kudos. Ditto. You guys get it.

I especially wanted to mention the production quality. From the Han heavy opening to J-Bot narrating the mission lead ins, I love the production value you guys are putting into the podcast. I figure you owe the X-wing community at least 175 more episodes.

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I'm loving the dramatic mission intros.

I'm loving the dramatic mission intros.

So are we! I think it's something we'll continue doing, if not find a way to expand it. We've already started writing original material for these intros - the official Mission 2A intro is about 3 sentences long (probably because of space issues in the mission rules page), so we read an original intro for 2A.