We picked this game up for my wife’s birthday. We’ve had some success with other Gamewright games and this one proved par for the course. Production- A- The cards are reasonably sturdy. They’re smooth and glossy without being too slick. It comes with custom dice and the box has slots Read more…
Now available for X-Wing is the first card-only expansion pack. This aspect is one of the opportunities to come out of 2.0 that I was most interested in. Not that they couldn’t have done this in 1.0 but for whatever reason, doing 2.0 allowed them to decide to make it Read more…
General Thoughts/FAQ Update General across the board drop in points. Lots of generics got cheaper. Tractor Beam Changes: After the opponents moves you via tractor tokens, you can take a stress to rotate your ship 90 degrees. Huge tractor nerf. Gas Cloud: Now you roll a dice and on a Read more…
I’ve generally been lukewarm on the way the Star Wars system treated Force Powers. For most things in the game you can try anything you want. You’ll probably fail if you’re not skilled in it or it’s a ridiculously stupid idea. But you could try it. Not so with Force Read more…
So here we are. 2020. The final Star Wars movie in the Skywalker legacy has come and gone. The Avengers have vanquished Thanos. X-Wing and Armada haven’t announced any new ships recently. FFG Star Wars books are into the reeds of compendium source books, potentially signally a sunsetting of the Read more…
We picked this game up for my son last Christmas. It’s got penguins, everyone loves penguins, and the description made it sound more like a deck building game in the vein of Sentinels of the Multiverse but less complex. Technically, that is true though it feels very different to what Read more…
We talked a bit recently about the re-introduction of Huge ships to X-wing. But this wasn’t the only big thing added to X-wing with the release of Epic. We also got epic scenarios and wings. We’ll cover the scenarios another time, so today we’re going to focus on Wings. There Read more…
For the longest time, the idea of painting a miniature scared me. Fine detail work has never been my forte. I lack patience and fine motor control. I know much of that can improve with practice. But most things I attempt that require careful detail just leaves me feeling frustrated. Read more…
Huge ships are back! And with a X-wing 2.0 makeover. I’ve gotten a few games in with them so far and can say that they are a VAST improvement over the 1.0 version. Far less clunky. They feel like a natural growth over Large ships rather than something completely different. Read more…
In the last…decade…no, it’s been longer than that…damn I’m getting old…since I discovered modern gaming I’ve generally looked back on the childhood classics with disdain. I detest Monopoly with a passion. Candy Land is pointless. Life, while amusing in Star Wars form, isn’t much better since it’s almost pure randomness. Read more…