1. Using your Quadjumper to tractor an ace ship for a seriously clutch play

2. Getting Fenn Rau into range 1 AND remembering that you equiped him with fearless

3. Just flying 4-LOM and Palob in general...

4. The thrill of using a list that has several copies of barrage rockets in it

5. When you have to explain to an opponent that he is using an illegal combo or upgrade

6. Taking your homebrew list to a tournament

7. Waiting (without grace) for FFG to points adjust a much loved and often played list of yours to death

The legend continues…

8. The first time you fly (or fly against) a Scum Han build and you realize that the 2 dice primary is rather deceptive.

9. When your friend asks you “OK, but what’s you plan against swarm lists?”

10. When your squad of humble generics takes on an arc-dodging Ace lists and ends up taking it the EFF out (AKA the 2019 Toronto System open meta).

11. When you lure Poe into a kill box and then end up throwing FIVE blanks in six dice (everyone had a focus, too).

12. When you are flying HORRIBLY, but your magical red dice just bail you out (opposite of 11.)

13. When you are eliminated from making the cut early in a big tournament, but then stick with it, do your best, and end up clawing your way into the top 32.

Deploying my TIE fighter squad:

2 minutes ago, Magnus Grendel said:

Deploying my TIE fighter squad:

That scene basically defines the empire

Me trying to use Adaptive Ailerons

When you notice a passerby looking repeatedly from the board state to your opponents bomb( that they clearly forgot they have equipped ).

"Homebrew" and "Adaptive Ailerons" , Best Laugh In weeks! 🤣

Thank you!

1 hour ago, Sasajak said:

Me trying to use Adaptive Ailerons

Me using a list that is all ailerons

when the Striker has Seismics and will hit yourself and you drop it anyway

When yesterday’s Tripsilon nerf means the only Empire Hyperspace list you like, triple named striker and Reaper, is now playable again

When you realize that the four Y’s with Leia carrier are more maneuverable than your Vader Maarek list

When you all but solo your opponents list using Soontir Fel after losing the rest of your list for a few shields off Redline

drink of choice while playing: Deschutes Black Butte Porter. My FLGS has good beer choices.

Anytime someone mentions a Legends character I've never heard of

At the end of the planning phase, when both you and your opponent believe that Echo is trapped and doomed, you suddenly find an impossible end position, where she will be out of arc and shooting at R1.

What it's like to fight against five RZ-2s:

When you get mid-place in a store tournament and go up to get your prize from what's left.

Playing X-Wing at home with friends.

When you pull off the perfect K-Turn.

Reminder: a White Star is about 3 times the length of a CR-90.

6 hours ago, millertime059 said:

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drink of choice while playing: Deschutes Black Butte Porter. My FLGS has good beer choices.

I lerves BBP, and my FLGS has a solid menu of regular bottles, seasonal bottles, and a few taps; but a dark beer just feels “Star Wars” to me.

And now because I am ill as heck, I am rewatching Fury Road. Thank you.

My perceived interaction with the obstacle in my path while setting my dial:

The the interaction with that obstacle that then ensues:

When someone runs a net/meta list at a tournament without any practice with it.

When you misjudge your banks near asteroids...

2 hours ago, theBitterFig said:

When you pull off the perfect K-Turn.

Reminder: a White Star is about 3 times the length of a CR-90.

Bonus points for the B5 gif!!!

How I feel chasing down an ace....

and how I feel after realizing my mistake...

41 minutes ago, feltipern1 said:

Bonus points for the B5 gif!!!

Alas, couldn't find a Starfury one which looked right.

Premise for a Starfury in X-Wing:

2/3/4/0 statline. Focus/Evade/Boost/Barrel Roll. Dial with all basic 1s and 2s (blue straight and bank), white 3 banks and straight, 4-straight. Red 4 K, Red 2 S-Loop, Red 1 Reverse straight.

Configuration:

Forward Thrusters: After you fully execute a K Turn, S-Loop, or Reverse, flip this card.

Reverse Thrusters: Treat your Reverse maneuvers as blue. After you Perform a Boost or Barrel Roll action or execute a maneuver other than a Reverse maneuver, flip this card.

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When you get off-topic:

When you perform a maneuver that you think has |———| much room from an obstacle, but really has || much room

2 hours ago, theBitterFig said:

Premise  for a Starfury in X-Wing:

2/3/4/0  statline. Focus/Evade/Boost/Barrel Roll. Dial with all basic 1s and 2s (blue straight and bank), white 3 banks and straight, 4-straight. Red 4 K, Red 2 S-Loop, Red 1 Reverse straight.   

Hmm. Drop advanced maneuvers, config and Boost action and you've just about have what I've been theory crafting them as. I see them being able to rotate after fully executing a maneuver by treating the maneuver as one difficulty harder. Ditto with after a Barrel Roll. Yours catches their ability to "drift" which mine misses.

Best thread ever!

When you spend a week theorycrafting your list using input from here and tournaments, and then play it against a friend on your dining table and murder them.