I have 3, but I've replaced almost everything in the set.. new tokens, templates, asteroids... So everything but the ships, & cards are sitting in a box.
4 ties and a Firespray is more or less where I started.
If you don't mind using printed out cards (as you won't have the real cards for Howlrunner and Recon Specialist) I would go for something simple like
Got my first two games in with my girlfriend!
It was pretty fun, though occasionally a bit eventless...
Obviously, it's due to our inexperience, since our second game was much more fun than our first game. It seems that I need lots of practice maneuvering, but I also found that no one really got off any real damage; most dice rolls just ended up cancelling the other out entirely. In the second game my X-wing took out a TIE about 4 or 5 rounds in, and we were just taking pot-shots at eachother for the rest of the game, until an unlucky collision and a bit of good sport allowed my girlfriend to take me out.
We said how it would clearly be much more fun with more ships, and more going on, but the starter set is only the tip of the iceberg right?!
Edited by CaptainBoxmanIn x-wing, experience with maneuvering helps you out more than you know. The key is anticipating where you think your opponent will move and maneuver your firing arc to cover that area. With more ships it is easier to cover more of the locations a ship could move to. Also if a ship is in more than one firing arc it tends to get whittled down pretty quickly.
This game has a lot of depth to it with infinite squad configurations and builds. You are just at the tip of the iceberg.
Enjoy the discovering.
Edited by SergovanI have to admit I now have 5 core sets, mainly as it's the cheapest, and at the moment, only way to get TIE fighters!
I no longer have 3 starter sets. Sold part of one to a friend, kept the X-wing and a Tie, he got the rest for $5 and a volcanic vault to complete the skylanders collection... so I only have 2.5 sets. (plus a dice pack)