Bah... I got distracted with an accident on 94 (well, not really... it just took an extra hour to get home, and by then I was starving) and forgot to call last night. Can I call the store today and have them put me on or wait till next week for you to be back in the store?

I got you signed up in the second spot right after Johdo who was kind enough to give me your first name.

Thanks guys!

Off topic, anyone up for some last minute practice tomorrow evening at where ever the standard wednesday night location is?

For those that care, there are 2 Rebel Transports at the B & N on Orchard Lake near 14 Mile.

Thanks guys!

Off topic, anyone up for some last minute practice tomorrow evening at where ever the standard wednesday night location is?

I could play tomorrow evening if nobody else is available.

We have apparently gotten 10 in, with special orders counting for 8, so we should have 2 left for stock. While they last...

Thanks guys!

Off topic, anyone up for some last minute practice tomorrow evening at where ever the standard wednesday night location is?

I could play tomorrow evening if nobody else is available.

Cool... I see GOB is listed as the tentative Wednesday place, I can go there, but it's not particularly on the way anywhere. Any place in particular you want to play at?

Thanks guys!

Off topic, anyone up for some last minute practice tomorrow evening at where ever the standard wednesday night location is?

I could play tomorrow evening if nobody else is available.

Cool... I see GOB is listed as the tentative Wednesday place, I can go there, but it's not particularly on the way anywhere. Any place in particular you want to play at?

GOB is the closest place to where I live so that's where I like to play when I can. I can also get to Eternal Games in Warren pretty easily.

Fair enough. I'll see you there around 5? I can probably only get a game or two in before I have to jet.

If anyone is less lazy than me, and when we get a bit closer to the event, would anyone be willing to post a comprehensive list of the Imdaar Alpha events in the area. I know I've seen some scattered posts, and some stores probably haven't decided...just curious if anyone has it written down somewhere and would post it here

Much appreciated. I am lazy, and busy!

Saturday May 31st

RIW Hobbies, Livonia, Mi @ 12pm

Gamers Gauntlet, Clinton, Mi @ 12pm (games start at 1)

Flat Land Games, Wixom, Mi @ 12pm

Sunday June 1st

Shenanigans, Taylor, Mi @ 12pm

Undecided - Fun4All Games, Ypsilanti... though it's looking like Sunday. There are others throughout the rest of MI, but those are the ones by me.

Good game last night mlb. Sorry we couldn't get in more than one. Though I still recommend you don't attempt to use a very expensive Wedge as a decoy.

Saturday May 31st

RIW Hobbies, Livonia, Mi @ 12pm

Gamers Gauntlet, Clinton, Mi @ 12pm (games start at 1)

Flat Land Games, Wixom, Mi @ 12pm

Sunday June 1st

Shenanigans, Taylor, Mi @ 12pm

Undecided - Fun4All Games, Ypsilanti... though it's looking like Sunday. There are others throughout the rest of MI, but those are the ones by me.

Went into F4A last night to pick up my transport, they have 3 left on the shelves there. Also talked to James, he said it's looking like the sunday for assault.

Going to attempt to make it to RIW tonight before I work, will there be people up there for me to make the trip?

I wish i could say i will be there, but i just don't see it happening. Hopefully soon. We are starting to get into a routine with the baby so...

Not to mention i'm going to need to get in some practice before Regionals...

I'll be there, scrounging for every game I can get.

Going to attempt to make it to RIW tonight before I work, will there be people up there for me to make the trip?

I'm in a difficult situation as my girlfriend just got in town and works 3 days a week until 7pm, and she uses my car to get to work and back. So on Thursdays when she's working, I have no car; on Thursdays when she's not working, she expects me to be home. Needless to say, I don't expect to be making it out to RIW in the next couple of weeks. Things will probably go back to normal once she's been here a while and gets tired of seeing me .

On a semi-related note, does anyone know when the interstate is supposed to re-open? Last time it took me 45 minutes to get out there from Ann Arbor, and 1.5 hrs round trip is a little much for an evening of gaming.

They are saying October for the interstate, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

Going to attempt to make it to RIW tonight before I work, will there be people up there for me to make the trip?

I will be up there tonight, closer to 7pm...will try to get there sooner if I can.

They are saying October for the interstate, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

Wow! I think I underestimated the scope of that project. I just assumed that they were patching up the damage caused this past winter. October sounds like they're tearing everything up and starting anew.

They are saying October for the interstate, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

Wow! I think I underestimated the scope of that project. I just assumed that they were patching up the damage caused this past winter. October sounds like they're tearing everything up and starting anew.

Yeah, full reconstruction. Here is the link to their web page about it: http://www.96fix.com/

Good game last night mlb. Sorry we couldn't get in more than one. Though I still recommend you don't attempt to use a very expensive Wedge as a decoy.

Thanks again for the game. Wedge was really only supposed to be a decoy for the opening assault, but once you used Hobbie and all those stress options on him I couldn't get him back in the fight with any k-turns or PTLs. Next time I'll let Wedge shoot first.

Good games tonight guys.

Good games tonight guys.

Yeah, good games! Had a fun time!

Khyros - If you have not found it yet, here is the link to your Galactic Cup Tourney Division: http://teamcovenant.com/klutz/2014/04/30/belkada-division-x-wing-galactic-cup/

Good Luck in both that and the Regional Tourney!

Yeah, I registered in there this morning and posted my availability. Thanks for bringing that to my attention last night, I was waiting for some sort of post here saying "hey, everyone look over here" or something.

Looking over the squads, here's my initial reaction:

Klutz will likely go with his Kath+Interceptors against me. Otherwise he knows I'm going to be shooting all my ships before him. And really, they don't both me too much. If I take my XYAB list, I'll be at a PS disadvantage the entire game, as well as outflown. As such, I think i'll go with the Roark Wedge list... If I can take out one of the interceptors in the few round, I should be good the rest of the way, gunner is mostly wasted on X wings, though the lack of token (because he's using EH) would mean that it at least gives him a chance to do damage.

Meanwhile, I'll probably use the XYAB against radarman. I have the PS advantage the entire time, so I might as well not give myself a weak link. I seem to be getting lots of practice vs Buzzsaw + HR Swarmlet, so I'm not too concerned about that one, and the bombers don't bother me either. The B wing can get out of the way with the BR almost every time, as can the A. And the Y should just be running circles and not really in the thick of it (and can also prevent the dropping of a charge), so the X is the only one I have to be concerned about. Otherwise there's a BH with an HLC, easy enough to take care of.

Charlie has variants of HSF, but without gunner, so I'm not worried at all about either build. Action denying takes Han out of the game basically, and then the others are easy enough to pick off. I could go either way against his builds... if I go the Wedge route, I'll hopefully do enough damage to his escorts that the PS2 doesn't really matter (since i'll be going against PS9 Han in the endgame)... And if I go the XYAB route, again, PS doesn't really matter because now I'm higher/equal than his escorts.

Lunchbox has some interesting squads... The Biggs+Blues is going to be painful, especially the opening salvo, but that means that he has to run them all in formation and I can flank him easily. Which means post the opening salvo, I should have the better positioning, and similar fire power. I think against this I would go with the XYAB so I can get that flanking with the B and A. His other squad, Chewy and the Blues is a more generic list. Either squad should work well against it, but I'm thinking the Wedge squad would work better. Ehh, maybe not. We'll see.

Rinehart's Lando squad is very action happy, but it's easy to ruin. Garven is easily taken out, and then Lando is easy to pseudo predict (even with Nien) because he wants to stay R1 of the Red. So killing Garven and blocking Lando means that the Red gets to stack TL+F, and no one else has actions. I can live with that. And then he's flying a Garven, Red, Red, Dagger w/ AdvS... Nothing too scary there. Garven is easy enough to kill, as is everything. It'll be interesting to see how he'll run his Dagger - as a flanker or in the squad with Garven?

That appears to be quite the vassal tournament. if only free time was in my schedule... *sigh*

Looking forward to the Battle Reports Khyros! Like the "pre-game" analysis!