Played a fun game of 300 point epic sans the huge ships. My brother fielded a 4-pack of brobots (ugh) and 4x Vipers (Guri, Xizor, a 2 thugs).

I had 3 A-Wings, 1 U-Wing (Bodhi), 3x T-70s and 3x T-65s, all loaded with 1 missile or torp each.

A-Wings had a nice alpha strike with prockets, killing Guri and IG-A, bit I was eventually whittled down. Lost 2 X-Wings in prime firing position before they could fire adv protons to brobots. Garvin didn't do as much Focus passing as I had hoped.

Gonna rework the list (lots of sub-optimal choices), but the learning experience was worth it.

Yay Epic!!

For epic especially I like to use Heff Tober with Bishkek and Zeb too bump him straight into enemy formations and send their ships scattering like punched glass. I'm glad you included Xwings but rather than missiles using integrated astromech is my flavour of choice. Best of luck ^^

Fixed and replayed this 299 pt fleet:

Garven Dreis + Plasma Torps + GC

4x Green Sqdn + Prockets + VI + GC

Bohdi Rook + Enh Scopes + Zeb + Nien Numb + Pivot Wing + AP Lasers

3x Red Sqdn X-Wing + Plasma Torps + GC

2x Red Sqdn Vet X-Wing + APT + PTL + GC

My brother brought 2x Decimators, 4x Bombers and Lambda with Vader.

I clustered my As and Xs near Bodhi across from one of the Decis. The T-70s were across from the rest of his fleet. My T-65s and As raced in to engage the lone Deci and dropped it in 2 rounds with Plasma torps followed by lasers from the Xs. My T-70 refused to engage and moved towards the bulk of my fleet. One got too close and was blasted by a torp from a bomber.

The Xs and As passed through the debris of the 1st Deci and plowed into Vader's Lambda. In the cluster, the TIE bombers dropped to well-placed bombs, splashing most of my fighters with damage. Chasing the last T-70, the Deci and Bombers moved off to my starboard. The Lambda laid into both my As, and Vader crushed one of them out of existence. The T-65s exacted swift revenge.

The next turn nearly all of my stafighters banked to starboard. The T-70 was able to launch the APT on the Deci, without the benefit of a Focus from PTL. Hot dice landed 2 crits, 2 hits, and a blank that GCed to the final hit. The T-65s finished him off. Still too close, the T-65s were hit with another bombing run. Bodhi, who has been horribly out of position the whole game, finally manages to block a TIE bomber, and with Zeb on board, lets him have it. The crit is Major Hull Breach, allowing a T-65 to land 3 hits that all become crits the next round. With one TIE bomber left, it's over.

It was a good night of XWM for me. My dice were pretty hot, and I only ran over 1 asteroid. I bumped Garven to uselessness--he passed one Focus token all night. Sadly my brother forgot many of his special abilities, since he was playing a new build.

And, yes, Darth Meanie played Rebels. I'm sorry father, the light is so strong. I will do better next time. . .

BANGERS AND BOOMERS

Missiles and Torpedoes v. 2.0

299 points

PILOTS

Green Squadron Pilot (23) x 4
A-Wing (19), Proton Rockets (3), Veteran Instincts (1), Guidance Chips (0)

Bodhi Rook (30)
U-Wing (25), Enhanced Scopes (1), "Zeb" Orrelios (1), Nien Nunb (1), Pivot Wing (0), Anti-Pursuit Lasers (2)

Garven Dreis (29)
X-Wing (26), Plasma Torpedoes (3), Guidance Chips (0)

Red Squadron Veteran (35) x 2
T-70 X-Wing (26), Advanced Proton Torpedoes (6), Push the Limit (3), Guidance Chips (0)

Red Squadron Pilot (26) x 3
X-Wing (23), Plasma Torpedoes (3), Guidance Chips (0)

http://xwing-builder.co.uk/view/679143/bangers-and-boomers (open)