X-Wing

[rym]

That's awesome, Hahma! I think we may have to incorporate that into house-rules for scenarios.

I've seen that other picture, too, but blast my eyesight, I cannot make out any of the wording on any of the cards.

[akden]

I haven't played any X-Wing since the Kessel Run tournament, but after seeing the preorders come up for for the Tantive IV and the Rebel Transport, I'm itching to get back into the game with those. Now I have been forced to put in my preorder.

[mac122]

Tantive IV!

[Porkins]

Yesss! I'm on pre-order!

[Hahma]

[Arch-vile]

Wow, that looks awesome! You get a ton of cards with the ships (as I'd expect from such a hefty price).

[greygnarl]

I'm planning to start an X-Wing collection too. I really like all the Rebel Fighters, but I want to get stuff that will be interesting on the table.

[rym]

My suggestion is perhaps start with an expansion ship from both the Rebels and the Imperials, that way you can get a little diversity on both sides of the battlefield.

I can tell you from experience, though, and I'm sure anyone who plays this game can/will certainly attest to this, but this is Heroscape all over again. What I mean is, when HS first came out and the booster packs were available, and the terrain expansion packs were available, all we did was go buy up all the 'Scape we could (or could afford) because we wanted to field 4 squads of Knights, or 3 Blade Gruts, or whatever. X-Wing will do this to you.

Once you start, you can't stop.

It's a wonderfully great game, and the gameplay is excellent, but the reality is that sooner or later you'll end up wanting all the ships. So going back to the original question as to which expansion(s) to get, get whatever you think you'd enjoy playing because you'll own them all anyway!

[MegaSilver]

Buy two starter sets. You'll need those extra pieces with the games.

You'll want to buy 2 of each of the small ships (1 more each of the ones in that come in the starter set, since they have different cards with them) and one of each of Large Ships.

Good luck.

[elvenwizard9]

Should I really start with two starter boxes? I'll probably buy a second one later, but for someone completely new? I'd be willing to drop around $60-$70 on it to start my collection and fill in the gaps later.

My conundrum:

Buy two starters or one starter, two TIEs and an X-wing? They'd get me the same number of ships each and one is a bit more costly, but I like Wedge Antilles a lot, having read X-wing novels... Any suggestion?

[Hahma]

The extra base set gives you the extra dice and movement templates so that players don't keep having to share them. It's more of a convenience that makes games go faster, not to mention getting the additional X-Wing and 2 Tie Fighters.

But...if that's something you want to get later after you start out with more variety of ships, that's cool too and will work

[elvenwizard9]

Originally Posted by Hahma

The extra base set gives you the extra dice and movement templates so that players don't keep having to share them. It's more of a convenience that makes games go faster, not to mention getting the additional X-Wing and 2 Tie Fighters.

But...if that's something you want to get later after you start out with more variety of ships, that's cool too and will work

Well, I'm too much of a Stackpole fan to pass up Wedge, so I stuck with one starter and three expansions. Now, where is my Corran Horn pilot?