Can't find an answer to this question.

Playing the other day with my brother and had this situation come up:

Wedge with R2D2 moved on to an asteroid. Roled and took damage. His back half was off the asteroid but his front half was sitting in the middle of the asteroid so the next round the maneuver template will overlap the asteroid as he moves off, meaning he roles for damage again, according to the faq. But he also performs a green maneuver which means he recovers a shield with R2D2. So which happens first: Role for damage, or recover shield.

In this game it could have made the difference because Wedge was down to one hull with his guns bearing down on my last ship, and he shoots first. So if he recovers a shield and then takes damage he still has his 1 hull left. If he takes damage before recoverng the shield, he is out of the game.

I appreciate any help.

Thanks

We hashed this one out on BGG a while back. The wording is very strange, and following the timing gets pretty deep, but my belief (and I think the general consensus) is that R2-D2 gets to go before the asteroid damage.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1000794/r2-d2-and-obstacles

Card text tends to get priority in all incidents, so I would hazard a guess that you resolve card text effects before game effects, because in some instances may make rulebook effects vanish altogether.

I can't think of any incident where card text doesn't trump game effects in resolving them. That's kind of the purpose.

Card text tends to get priority in all incidents, so I would hazard a guess that you resolve card text effects before game effects, because in some instances may make rulebook effects vanish altogether.

I can't think of any incident where card text doesn't trump game effects in resolving them. That's kind of the purpose.

Card text beats base rules when they confict, but they don't automatically take precedence in timing disputes. For instance, spending a focus token is a base rule, while activating Han's ability is card text. But both have the same timing, and are resolved accordingly (i.e. player's choice).

This one's covered in the new FAQ for X-Wing that just came out.

For those to lazy to search, this is the relevant update to the FAQ: