The Beard and I had a game of X-Wing yesterday, in which for the first time ever, he managed to destroy my Y-Wing!
It was quite spectacular too! The R2-D2 equipped Y-Wing had already taken two points of damage, but when the Beard managed to manoeuvre a TIE fighter directly behind it at range band one there was only one target it was going to go for. It was also the only target, but that's semantics! All three dice landed as critical hits and the Y-Wing went on to fail on its single dodge die. The first crit blew away the single point of shield it had left, leaving the two remaining crits to deal a whopping four points of damage, taking it's total to six. As the Y-Wing only has a hull rating of five, we felt it sufficient to say it exploded into a burning inferno of death and destruction!
I lost the game but don't mind the slightest as it has proven that Y-Wing can be beaten - the Beard had been complaining that it's overpowered. I am inclined to agree, but who knows, the TIE interceptor might change that when we get one!
The irony is that we had just finished a 10 min conversation, of Y-wing bashing, also included was what is required to kill one. I stated death star, at full operational capacity (insert evil cackle). Who knew that all it took was spawny dice. Nice photo,by the way, I wish I had snapped one as gd as that.
ReplyDeletehmmmmm so we know know the Tie Interceptor isnt the match for the Y wing or all your other new toys coming, the rebel scum seem to have better equipment by far, which is weird considering that in the films, they always seem to be asking round for a 50p to put in the meter. O wait maybe thats why they spent it all on futuristic space ships, even the mighty Empire cant buy or afford.
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