(cross-post from BGG)

Hi All-

Just got finished playing in my first X-Wing Tournament (which I won!) at Games and Gizmos in Redmond, WA (next to Seattle). There were 12 players, and wave 3 ships made up prizes for the top 4. I thought I would tell you all about the squad lists that were used.

Here is my first-place list...3-0
24 pts - Captain Jonus + Squad Leader
27 pts - Gamma Squadron + Cluster Missiles + Homing Missiles
25 pts - Scimitar Squadron + Cluster Missiles + Assault Missiles
24 pts - Scimitar Squadron + Cluster Missiles + Proton Torpedos


Second place (2-1)
30 pts - Luke Skywalker + Squad Leader
26 pts - Garven Dreis
23 pts - Roark + Blaster Turret
21 pts - Rookie Pilot
(there was actually another player who also went 2-1 with this exact same list, though it lost on tie-breaks so it didn't place)

Third place (2-1)
23 pts - Howlrunner+Swarm Tactics+Stealth Device
19 pts - Mauler Mithel+Squad Leader
15 pts - Black Squadron Pilot+Draw Their Fire
31 pts - Scimitar Squadron+Advanced Proton Torp+Assault Missiles+Cluster Missiles
12 pts - Academy Pilot

Fourth place (2-1)
35 pts - Wedge+Squad Leader+Proton Torp
32 pts - Luke Skywalker+Proton Torp
33 pts - Biggs+R2D2+Proton Torp

There were NO players who ran Lambdas, and I *think* only 2 lists that made use of B-wings but they did not place. Overall, there were only 4 players who played Empire, and 8 who played as rebels. There were also two Falcon+X+X lists, one of which (Lando+Gold Squadron+Rookie) also finished 2-1 but did not place. Overall, it was a good tournament and fun was had by all even though we had to share the store with a lot of Magic players playing a Theros pre-release tourney.

thanks nick, gr8 to see some wave3 tournament results finally. Congrats on ur 1st place finish. Go Jonus! ur list runs plenty of secondary weapons... im guessing u kept jonus at range 3 and out of the heat of combat... how did ur clusters go for u?

Actually, rather than trying to keep jonus at 3 I just ran him at the back of a tight offset squadron formation. It's very difficult to keep him further back than that because he needs to be within range 1 to buff the other pilots. Furthermore, 6 hulls is difficult to chew through, and the first two games I won without losing any ships at all (he was my only death during the championship game).

And Cluster Missiles+Jonus are amazing! Since you attack twice, you also get to re-roll with Jonus twice!