two matches were played, both 100pts
match1. (my 5 ship swarm vs his Lando & Friends)
howlrunner/swarm + soontir/swarm + turr/veteren instincts + 2 adcaemy pilot
versus
Lando/Nien Nim + garven + dutch/ion cannon turret
… he setsup to fly down my left flank, i punch up the middle trying to keep howlrunner at range 1 of everything else (hothie style setup… sortof). he gets his synergy rolling passing focus tokens a free target locks out like crazy. i focus fire hard on his x-wing and my swarm takes it out about round two. i suffer a little damage to my academy ties, losing one early, lando picks off the damaged one. I concentrate on his y-wing and take it out but lose soontir. howlrunner and turr now both wounded chase down lando and harry him towards the edge of the board… he turns … but slightly too late flying off the board. was going to be a coin flip if hed made that turn.
match2. (my vader, BH + howlrunner vs his Lando & new friends)
vader/assault missiles/engine upgrade/swarm + howlrunner/squad leader + Bounty Hunter/seismic charge/assault missiles
versus
Lando/Title/gunner? + biggs/r2f2 + rookie x-wing
… i setup howlrunner next to BH in centre and vader off to the right. my plan is to move in a get some missiles away early. i realise that biggs HAS to be the target but im hoping for some splash damage on his other ships. he sets up falcon in between rookie + biggs. i get my missiles away, target locked&focused attacks, both aimed at biggs. 1st one fizzles, he evades a weak attack roll (two hits i think), 2nd missile its taking out both shields and a shield from Lando too (thats more like it). after a few rounds of cat and mouse i get enough hits in one biggs to take him out. focused attacks from both BH + vader (with target locks) do the trick. Heres where my problems start. vader gets isolated from the battle and lands on an asteroid (if he had of k-turned things would have worked for me). my BH is earning its pay masterfully unleashing focus fire from its rear firing arc while plodding along towards the far right side of the board. Vader makes it back into the fray and gets in 3 hits on the falcon. i make a crucial error at this time and elect to stress vader and attack at close range instead of playing defensively and running to gain a better position. this error costs be badly as lando unleashes 4 damage at close range into my shieldless Vader… ****. BH does manage to take out the X-wing rookie but i lose Howlrunner in the bargain. Its now head to head. Bounty Hunter (6 hull) versus his heavily damaged Falcon (3 hull). Its very close. His evade is working superbly and i just cant get in the final damage i need. Low pilot skill at this stage is not goo. I drop a seismic chage and get in another hit. Two more to go. HIs 360 firing arc is just too good and i try a risky move that lands me on an asteroid. He shoots and destroys me winning a very close game.
Great games Tim. really enjoyed them.