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X Wing Mininature game

Lantern · 2012-07-20T09:29:33Z

“Proceed with the countdown. All groups assume attack coordinates.” –Admiral Ackbar, Star Wars: Return of the JediThe countdown has begun. Star Wars: X-Wing™ is on its way…Squadrons of pilots head to their fighters. As the Rebel Alliance puts its faith in the young men and women piloting its X-wings into battle, the Galactic Empire launches its fleet, and hundreds of TIE fighters fly in formation around the larger capital starships. Huddled in their cockpits, TIE pilots scan the expanses of space for any threat to Galactic rule. Confrontation is imminent.Now, as we wait eagerly for its upcoming release, we’ll take a look at the game through a series of previews on how the design team brought X-Wing to life. In future previews, we’ll see how players can customize their own fleets, we’ll look at the different pilots and upgrades available in the Core Set and the first four expansion packs, and we’ll learn more about the process of designing the game’s detailed miniatures. Today, we’ll kick off our X-Wing previews with a look at the game’s dramatic dogfights!Deploy the FleetWhether you’re commanding an entire fleet or the starfighters from a single Core Set, X-Wing keeps you focused on the action with its intuitive and cinematic gameplay. X-wings and TIE fighters blast through space, maneuvering to lock their sights on an enemy, or taking evasive action to dart away from lasers and proton torpedos.As X-wings and TIE fighters engage, players guide their fighters through a quick series of three main phases: Planning, Maneuver, and Combat.Planning PhaseEach starfighter in X-Wing has its own maneuver dial that lists each of the different possible maneuvers it can perform. Meanwhile, each maneuver consists of three elements: bearing, speed, and difficulty.The maneuver dial’s arrow indicates the bearing. Starfighters can dart through space along as many as six different bearings.Click on the list of bearings for a larger version.The number on the maneuver dial indicates the starfighter’s maneuver speed. The higher the speed, the farther the fighter will travel during its activation phase.The TIE fighter is capable of a 5-speed forward maneuver that the X-wing can’t match.When you start playing, you’ll find that X-wings and TIE fighters maneuver differently, and don’t share all the same combinations of speeds and bearings. Part of the game experience is learning how to take advantage of each ship’s unique set of possible maneuvers. The final component of a maneuver is its difficulty, which is indicated by the arrow’s color. A standard maneuver is white, an easy maneuver is green, and a difficult maneuver is red.Difficult maneuvers may allow your pilots to slip out of their enemies’ firing range, or catch an unsuspecting enemy squarely in their point-blank firing range. However, these tricky maneuvers also stress your fighters, and a pilot whose fighter suffers stress can’t take actions during the activation phase. (You can read more about pilot actions in the section on the activation phase, below.)In the planning phase, the players select one maneuver for each of their starfighters, turning the maneuver dial until the selected maneuver is revealed in the dial’s window. The dials are then turned facedown until they are revealed during the activation phase.Activation PhaseAfter players have planned their maneuvers for the turn, they activate their starfighters in order corresponding to their pilots’ ascending level of skill. The Imperial player first activates his TIE fighter piloted by the skill 3 Obsidian Squadron Pilot. Next, the Rebel player moves Biggs Darklighter along his predetermined maneuver track. Finally, as the pilot with the highest skill, Mauler Mithel performs his maneuver last.Starting with the pilot with the lowest skill, each starfighter’s maneuver dial is revealed, and its owner moves the starfighter along the corresponding maneuver track.Once the ship has completed its movement, its pilot can take an action. Each pilot’s card indicates a specific set of actions he can perform. Some starfighters are capable of sharp turns that allow them to evade incoming fire. Some can take their enemies by surprise by performing dramatic barrel rolls. Some have targeting arrays that allow them to acquire a target lock on an enemy fighter. Most pilots are capable of focusing on the combat, improving their reactions and boosting either their attack or defense rolls, and some of the most skillful pilots can select upgrades that allow them even further options for their actions.A lone TIE fighter performs a sharp right turn at 3 speed.Combat PhaseStarfighters set their movement, fly along their courses, and take their actions. Then, in the Combat Phase, weapons blast back and forth. Pilots try to blast through their enemies’ hulls, even as they attempt to elude incoming fire. Glancing hits may lower a fighter’s shields or cause structural damage, and direct hits may cause even further complications, stunning pilots, ...

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Lantern

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Mocht ik overgaan tot de aanschaf van de Core set (original) dan neem ik wel een extra scheepje 🙂 en jullie raden het al welke dat zou zijn:

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Topic starter Posted : 21/12/2016 12:53 pm

Lantern

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Ik sta aan de vooravond om de miniture game te bestellen (original core set) en ik zoek nog een wingman of tegenstander ! Wie o Wie ?

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Topic starter Posted : 26/12/2016 10:38 pm

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Ik sta aan de vooravond om de miniture game te bestellen (original core set) en ik zoek nog een wingman of tegenstander ! Wie o Wie ?

Ja, ik. Ja ik ;D
Ik heb de Core Set (Force Awakens) al maar ik kan dan wel wat meer Imperial ships van de original versie aanschaffen.

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Posted : 27/12/2016 4:19 pm

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Mmmm dat zet de zaken op scherp hoor ik al !

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Topic starter Posted : 27/12/2016 4:46 pm

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Ik geloof dat ik weer op het winkelmandje moet gaan drukken: 😛

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Topic starter Posted : 27/12/2016 5:29 pm

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Handige X Wing Squad Builder website -> CLICKY

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Topic starter Posted : 12/01/2017 3:17 pm

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