Now, I've played the odd fantasy and Sci-Fi game before and, as a kid I even had a few miniatures for Dungeons and Dragons, but I've never bought anything I'd call a 'gaming collection'. In March 2014, Peter brought his X Wing game over and we had a blast with it. I really liked this game. I thought it was ideal as an end of session, early main game finish, time filler. I promised myself I'd buy it, then promptly forgot the promise.
Over the New Year I went to see the new Star Wars film (3D) on the local Imax screen and very good fun it was too! Yesterday, I was loading my Christmas Amazon gift vouchers into my account thinking about books I might buy then........ wait a tooting minute, X-Wing! I did a quick Amazon search and sure enough, there it was. I filled my boots and now have a small collection of space ships.
I've bought two starter sets so that I have two sets of game aids, rules, etc. This should help speed up play.
It was also a very good way to get six ships cheaply. This set is currently £23.20 on Amazon.
Finally, to fight on, I bought one of these. It's a battle mat called Star Birth. I got it from a company called Something Geeky. Even with £6.00 P&P it is significantly cheaper from these guys than it is on Amazon. I bought a 6 x 4 one.
I can't wait for everything to arrive and, damn it, it all comes painted and ready to go!
8 comments:
You have succumbed to the Dark side, welcome, I love this game and already have too many ships
Saw the movie in IMAX 3-D as well yesterday, and all of the family enjoyed it thoroughly. Haven't gotten into X-wing, but almost everyone seems top enjoy it. I have over 100 starships already form the Old Superior Starfleet Wars/Galactic Knights range, so no need for more ships here!
I to have joined the dark side and am awaiting arrival of the core rules and a few extra T fighter types
Cheers, Ross
It is a lot of fun. You won't regret the purchase, even if the ships aren't up to your very impressive painting standards. You can never have too many TIE fighters!
Excellent!! If you like X-Wing I'd say you'll also enjoy Armada ... which is very different gameplay but still very cool. As someone who also dabbles in the dark side I recommend checking it out once you've had X-Wing for a bit. Enjoy the new goodies :-)
It's a great game, one of those simple to learn years to master type of games. Our group prefer the campaign / scenario format instead of the points route but either way many people enjoy it. Won't be long before you own at least one if every ship !
Regards Ken
http://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.co.uk
Awesome! Just be aware that these are just your INITIAL purchases
Its a slippery (and fun!) slope to lots more I can promise you :-)
That's the way, jump in with both feet. I'll also recommend Armada as well. Both are fun games to play.
Cheers
Derek
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