Bounty Epic

By Ccwebb, in X-Wing Epic Play

Finally got the Hounds Tooth and the bounty hunter lineup from ESB came to mind. Granted, I feel that epic should use a huge ship, but I would like to try this out.

Thoughts:

Epic Bounty (300)

•IG88-B (46) -
Push The Limit (3), Fire Control System (2), Ion Cannon (3), IG-2000 (0), Autothrusters (2)

•IG88-A (46) -
Push The Limit (3), Fire Control System (2), Ion Cannon (3), IG-2000 (0), Autothrusters (2)

•Boba Fett (48) -
Expert Handling (2), •"Gonk" (2), Glitterstim (2), •Slave I (0), •Experimental Interface (3)

•Dengar (53) -
Expertise (4), K4 Security Droid (3), Burnout SLAM (1), •Punishing One (12)

•Zuckuss (35) - G-1A Starfighter
Veteran Instincts (1), Accuracy Corrector (3), •4-LOM (1), Black Market Slicer Tools (1), •Mist Hunter (0), Tractor Beam (1)

•Bossk (53) - YV-666
Rage (1), "Mangler" Cannon (4), •IG-88D (1), Inspiring Recruit (1), K4 Security Droid (3), Burnout SLAM (1), •Hound's Tooth (6), Maneuvering Fins (1)

Black Sun Soldier (19) - Z-95 Headhunter
Harpoon Missiles (4), Dead Man's Switch (2), Guidance Chips (0)

NO Disintegrations!

Nice. The IG88s are very effective, otherwise I'd strip a lot of upgrades off the other ships to get more ships on the table, if you have can.

I've played against a similar list and only the IGs were effective. Used a Gozanti to run Boba over and killed Dengar and then each of the other bounty hunters in one turn each as 8 Interceptors ripped them apart. The pair of IGs still nearly won him the game!

Edited by Gilarius
7 hours ago, Gilarius said:

Nice. The IG88s are very effective, otherwise I'd strip a lot of upgrades off the other ships to get more ships on the table, if you have can.

I've played against a similar list and only the IGs were effective. Used a Gozanti to run Boba over and killed Dengar and then each of the other bounty hunters in one turn each as 8 Interceptors ripped them apart. The pair of IGs still nearly won him the game!

To build on this maybe use generic ships with their crew versions?

Boba crew in epic can neuter epics, dengar crew is ace, (maybe keep bossk as pilot)

Otherwise yeah sometimes less is more (less upgrades more ships)

16 hours ago, Ccwebb said:

Finally got the Hounds Tooth and the bounty hunter lineup from ESB came to mind. Granted, I feel that epic should use a huge ship, but I would like to try this out.

Thoughts:

Epic Bounty (300)

•IG88-B (46) -
Push The Limit (3), Fire Control System (2), Ion Cannon (3), IG-2000 (0), Autothrusters (2)

•IG88-A (46) -
Push The Limit (3), Fire Control System (2), Ion Cannon (3), IG-2000 (0), Autothrusters (2)

•Boba Fett (48) -
Expert Handling (2), •"Gonk" (2), Glitterstim (2), •Slave I (0), •Experimental Interface (3)

•Dengar (53) -
Expertise (4), K4 Security Droid (3), Burnout SLAM (1), •Punishing One (12)

•Zuckuss (35) - G-1A Starfighter
Veteran Instincts (1), Accuracy Corrector (3), •4-LOM (1), Black Market Slicer Tools (1), •Mist Hunter (0), Tractor Beam (1)

•Bossk (53) - YV-666
Rage (1), "Mangler" Cannon (4), •IG-88D (1), Inspiring Recruit (1), K4 Security Droid (3), Burnout SLAM (1), •Hound's Tooth (6), Maneuvering Fins (1)

Black Sun Soldier (19) - Z-95 Headhunter
Harpoon Missiles (4), Dead Man's Switch (2), Guidance Chips (0)

For a fun, thematic Epic match this is awesome. Competitively, probably not.

So if you are playing a match with a friend where you are both tryng to do a theme from the movies this would be so much fun. Go for it!

Some good advice here. The idea isn’t to max out each ship, I learned that lesson a while back, nor is it to be perfectly thematic. It’s thematic to start with, meaning the bounty line up is the only must, other than that the idea is to have each ship almost independent. Like most bounty hunters, they don’t need each other but will team up.

I’ll look the list over to see where I can downgrade to a generic but have the names bounty hunter as crew.

Edited by Ccwebb
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