Finally getting to open and try out my Wave 3 Ships from GenCon.

The B-wing stands upright similar to the (Slave-1) ship. Just using one peg will not be enough for the B-wing to stand on its base. The B-wing will require 2 pegs to stand on its base.

So for those of us that have been using 1-peg only on the ships, this will be the first ship that requires the use of both pegs. Also due to this it makes storing the ship a bit harder, as the B-wing is not as friendly with the elbow joint attachment for the peg to base.

Could you take a pick of the disable Imperial transports from the Lambda pack. I want to know what they are.

Could you also confirm that there's only one advanced sensor card in the shuttle, assuming you picked up one of those? Thanks!

I only picked up 1 B-wing and 1 Tie Bomber at GenCon, when they said you could only order 2. I took it literally as 2 items not 2 of each (which is what they meant).

All the rest of my Wave-3 ships are on pre-order. I just don't see myself flying more than 1 Lambda shuttle or 2 HWK ships else I would have grabbed those as well from the FFG booth/complex at GenCon.

These guys did a nice review at Team Covenant from Gen Con

A little question on the B wings, how hard would it be for a competant modeler to reposition the peg, so it's not straight up?

I'm assuming there's some kind of plastic cement holding the elbow joint to the ship. Not sure how strong the repositioned joint would be, when installing the pegs.

Does the B-wing rotate on the peg? can you put it sideways, or must it be vertical

I imagine even if you can put it sideways, that would create serious problems on the gaming table.

It would be nice to put it sideways (like 90% of the pics of a b wing), but Kestrel makes a fair point that a side on b wing could be as annoying as colliding a Tie Fighter with a Falcon!

It would be nice to put it sideways (like 90% of the pics of a b wing), but Kestrel makes a fair point that a side on b wing could be as annoying as colliding a Tie Fighter with a Falcon!

I imagine even if you can put it sideways, that would create serious problems on the gaming table.

I think you are both just plain wrong,

In artwork they may more often be depicted off angle but not in the movies.

But on the other hand, it doesn't have to disrupt anything if you just add a third peg.

BTW, it may seem odd because of the thread title,

so I should mention 2 pegs is standard with us.

I only picked up 1 B-wing and 1 Tie Bomber at GenCon, when they said you could only order 2. I took it literally as 2 items not 2 of each (which is what they meant).

All the rest of my Wave-3 ships are on pre-order. I just don't see myself flying more than 1 Lambda shuttle or 2 HWK ships else I would have grabbed those as well from the FFG booth/complex at GenCon.

Luckily they still had plenty of stock into Sunday. They sold out of Interceptors, but not the wave 3 stuff (or at least hadn't sold out when I stuck my head in around noon on Sunday).

The only real problem I see is if you opponent plays the Falcon they have to be able to add pegs till their ship doesn't over lap and touch will be like 4 or 5 pegs high, now if you have 2 falcons on the table add another so you are higher than the first that's 11 pegs on 1 table so 5 large ships worth of pegs...

The only real problem I see is if you opponent plays the Falcon they have to be able to add pegs till their ship doesn't over lap and touch will be like 4 or 5 pegs high, now if you have 2 falcons on the table add another so you are higher than the first that's 11 pegs on 1 table so 5 large ships worth of pegs...

...or you could just remove the model temporarily like the BRB instructs you to.

BRB???

I thought the new tourney rules said you couldn't play without ships/models?

At the Gen Con nationals they were very strict with the you have to have the ships on the bases at all times I had to let a guy borrow a couple of large pegs as the one reps was going to ding him on it. Seemed a little petti but they want their game to be presented/shown in all its glory rather than just a base.

BRB???

I thought the new tourney rules said you couldn't play without ships/models?

You are correct, my mistake. the new tourney rules say you have to adjust the pegs. Which is stupid IMO since the BRB (Base Rule Book) instructs you to simply remove one of the offending models temporarily in the case of a model collision, since the bases are all that really matter in terms of gameplay.

That's pretty funny that they're still selling out of interceptors even ahead of the new ships! With the video I guess I was just hoping that they weren't showing doubles in that shuttle video, just trying to display what's on the card not the quantities.

I had a mount peg for a tie fighter that was'nt glued on when I got it. If the B-Wing peg is similar, there is only one direction it fits into the ship.

That's pretty funny that they're still selling out of interceptors even ahead of the new ships! With the video I guess I was just hoping that they weren't showing doubles in that shuttle video, just trying to display what's on the card not the quantities.

ive only been playing for about a month, i have 1 interceptor and it gets taosted quick, falcon ruins my day, are they that good and im using them wrong?

i have ordered 3 more just cause they are the coolest looking tie, so any tips?

Falcons have really low agility and can only target one model.. So keep out on the outside with your interceptors, and then wait for the right time for all your ships to pounce the YT-1300 at the same time.

The Falcon is the single biggest threat to Interceptors. I'd say don't take them if you can avoid it, but if you do, stay at Range 3 until you're ready for the final kill, like RM says.

This ruling on having to have models on various numbers of pegs at all times is slightly ridiculous. I find VERY often while moving it's necessary to temporarily remove the peg just so you can pass a movement template through it.

It would be nice to put it sideways (like 90% of the pics of a b wing), but Kestrel makes a fair point that a side on b wing could be as annoying as colliding a Tie Fighter with a Falcon!

I imagine even if you can put it sideways, that would create serious problems on the gaming table.

I think you are both just plain wrong,

In artwork they may more often be depicted off angle but not in the movies.

But on the other hand, it doesn't have to disrupt anything if you just add a third peg.

BTW, it may seem odd because of the thread title,

so I should mention 2 pegs is standard with us.

"Just plain wrong" ? You sure don't mince your words! ;-)

With the unique rotating cockpit of a B wing, it is one of the few ships where you can fly at pretty much any rotation around the cockpit and the pilot would still be the "right way" up, so there are a few moments in the movie with them on the side (such as pulling up to avoid the shield still being up), which could still be considered as the "right way up". And I did say in my post that most "pics" of them were sideways, not necessarily their brief appearances in RotJ.

The ships having to remain on their stands in tourneys is a bit of an odd ruling, especially given the range of ship shapes colliding. It sure is amusing to picture using 4-6 pegs to get a falcon up and above the wings of a Tie fighter! What if you don't have that many spare large ship pegs with you? You're in big trouble then

3 pegs on the Falcon seems to do a nice job with wave 1 & 2 ships. FFG also seems to have taken into account the height on larger ships for this very reason. The Tantive IV and the Transport are on much higher bases.

The ships having to remain on their stands in tourneys is a bit of an odd ruling, especially given the range of ship shapes colliding. It sure is amusing to picture using 4-6 pegs to get a falcon up and above the wings of a Tie fighter! What if you don't have that many spare large ship pegs with you? You're in big trouble then

Obviously then you are expected to balance the entire model base and all on top of your beer bottle.. to get it up over the Eyeball... What idiot thought that was a good Tournament ruling, I'm fine withe models must remain on the base unless positioning makes it impossible.