X-Wing Jedi Academy:

• I thought it would be interesting to post a specific semi random matchup and discuss some game decisions in detail.
• If the discussion is productive maybe we can do a series of these matchup breakdowns as a community on a regular basis.
• Yes BB8 Poe is sub-optimal Poe and yes Jake Farrell should probably be Fenn Rau and yes Wedge should probably be PS11.
• Let all of that go for a moment and consider the questions below with the given lists and presented board state.
• Here are the two lists I selected for the first session of X-Wing Jedi Academy.

Rebel Aces vs Assaj/Ketsu

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Topic #1: Place Forces

• For simplicty...lets assume the rocks are put in a generic fashion in 2/2 corners.
• Ship placement here depends in large part on what the Assaj/Ketsu player decides to do.
• Lets say he sets up in the top left corner like this.
• How would you set up Poe, Wedge, and Jake in reply given the board state?
• Describe it or screenshot the image below and highlight where you would place the 3 rebel ships.

Topic #2: Round 1 Identify the Danger Zone & Choose Your Speed & Direction

• Ok lets say the Rebel player doesn't give the ship placement to much thought same as the rock placement
• The Rebel just generically puts 1 ship in each corner and Wedge in the middle.
• What would be the preferred location for the first round of combat for the Scum vs Rebel Player?
• Take a screenshot and circle in Red where the Rebel player "wants" the Scum player to go and vice versa.
• Given the board state what Speed & Direction would you consider for the Rebel Ships for Round 1 of movement?

Topic #3: Round 2 Re-Identify the Danger Zone, Commit, and Setup Round 3

• Assume that the Rebel Player wanted to gather more info.
• They 1 Forward with Poe and focus for advanced optics. 1 Forward with Wedge and FAA BR Left.
• Jake Three Hard Turns Left Boosts and BR Left to get some distances from that line of rocks
• What options does the Scum player have here?
• What options does the Rebel player have here?
• How can either player setup an advantage for the 3rd Round of Movement?
• Remember Jake has Proton Rockets

Topic #4: Enter the Danger Zone

• Alright so Ketsu and Assaj do a 5 forward keeping their mobile Arcs to the side. Assaj Evades, Ketsu takes a Focus.
• Jake does a 5 forward green boosts for a focus and range 1 on Assaj and pushes for the evade
• Poe does a 2 Bank Right and Target Locks Assaj
• Wedge Does a 1 Forward and takes a Target Lock
• Does Assaj pop Countermeasures and Glitterstim here?
• Assume Assaj strips the stress from Jake and Jake survives.
• What options does the Scum player have here?
• What options does the Rebel player have here?
• How can either player setup an advantage for the 4th Round of Movement?

Topic #5: Who "Won" the First 3 Rounds Here?

• Lets pretend the game ended here.
• Who has the advantage?
• Was a critical mistake already made this early in the game?
• How much of the first 3 rounds was actually dictated by the simple rock placement?

Thats it for now, Happy Friday!

Thank you for doing this, it is practical and helpful.

As the Rebel player I would say, "I have a bad feeling about this."

1) Setup far right corner.

2) I don't know. I would never setup that way.

3) I don't know.

4) Asajj does pop Stims but only because Jake has Prockets. Save countermeasures, she is guaranteed to stop 2 damage from Jake without even rolling dice. The other shots are going to be range three anyways. In the next round Asajj looks to be drawing a lot of fire so save the full-blown timewalk for then.

5) Scum has the advantage because the Rebel list is inferior and because they setup bad.