I attended and played in FFG’s Star Wars 40th Anniversary ‘Wave 1 Only’ Tourney and must say I had a BLAST!! Thought about flying a TIE swarm, but figured there would be a ton of them, and this was my chance to fly one of my favorite characters – Wedge! So went with this 99 pt Rebel list-
Wedge Antilles — X-Wing Swarm Tactics Proton Torpedoes R2-D2
Garven Dreis — X-Wing R2 Astromech
"Dutch" Vander — Y-Wing Ion Cannon Turret Proton Torpedoes R2 Astromech
Lots of TIE fighter swarms- was funny to see some tables with 14 TIEs in a big cluster!
Apologize I do not remember names, but had a great time playing with each opponent!
First game I played a very experienced player flying Vader, another Advanced & 3 TIEs. I took a bad angle early & put the y-wing in harms way - it went down fast to multiple missle shots –xwings held their own & I managed to take out 2 of them & had the other 3 down to 1-2 pts damage each before I lost.
Next game was against Imperials again, Vader, Marek, & 3 TIEs. He came straight in from his left and I came at an angle from my left-center. My combo worked out perfectly, with extremely hot dice! Dutch TLd Vader, passed another TL to Wedge. Garven focused, Wedge Swarm tactic’d him to PS 9 for first shot & one shot a TIE. Wedge & Dutch Torp'd Vader into oblivion. Next turn Wedge one shot another TIE, Dutch ionized another & Garven finished it off. Marek put up a fight and took out shields on Garven, but got pinched and knocked out by a hot Wedge.
Game 3 was vs. almost an identical list, with Vader setting up in the center and the swarm to his right. All asteroids ended up closer to his side, I lined up to right of my center, and tried to race to asteroids ASAP – which worked- his academy TIES out front unfortunately BOTH clipped rocks, and both dice and direct hits were very cruel- this whole match I could not believe how awful dice were for him & hot they stayed for me – Dutch Torp'd Vader, Wedge torp'd Howlrunner, and hot R1 shots made quick work of the rest. I think I lost 1 shield total… dice were just not even fair!
Last game I was very excited to fly against another rebel! Flew against 2 ywings w ion, Garven & a rookie xwing. We both setup in our respective far left corner, with a cluster of rocks in the center. He slow rolled straight in before making the turn, while I immediately took the angle – was a grand meeting in the middle of the asteroid field, where I got very bold going 3 v 4. I should have split up & flanked, but at this point it was late at night so was more fun to have a full joust in the center of the board Dutch & Wedge torp’d the rookie X, and he came out of it alive! Garven pinged a few shields from a Ywing, and from there the dice failed me. Wedge went down immediately to a four attack barrage. Next turn Garvens bumped, while his Y’s were able to ionize both my ships. His Garven finished mine off the next turn, while Dutch & his Y traded ions… unfortunately Dutch was doomed to the edge of the board now looming in front of him, where he ended up a few turns later…
Really was a ton of fun with the wave 1 meta, everyone had to actually fly their ships and not just rely on turrets/ scum tricks etc. My combo idea played out perfectly, for two games at least - Dutch handed out TLs, Garven passed off his focus after being swarmed up to a 9 by Wedge - and Wedge's ability is nasty - if only his T-65 could get a boost and/or another modification!!
Got a special 40 th anniversary card so that was kinda neat. Really nice group of players, everyone really friendly! Hope to do more of these types of special tourneys in the future.