A stealth-painted Soontir Fel has been added to our gallery of awesome interceptors. Click here to check them out!
UPDATE – More pics added to Kyle’s Mods and Repaints
Month: July 2015
New FAQ – Becoming an Ace
It looks like FFG dropped another FAQ on us last week. While we haven’t had a chance to dig into it fully, the biggest change has already been highlighted – Tactician is now considered “Limited” meaning you can only run one version of this card on any given ship.
As more details are found, we’ll post updates below:
-Tactician is now “Limited”
-Ships can no longer boost or barrel roll off the edge and get destroyed. If a ship attempts either maneuver, they may select a different action or different direction for their action
-Official FFG Tournaments must run 75-minute rounds
League Announcements – Week of 7/27
Good morning X-wing Players!
Monday’s here at last and that means another night of X-wing madness at Mayhem Comics. As always, we’ll be there at 6pm to start the fun, so if your in town come on down!
And don’t forget, this weekend is the Fel’s Free-For-All Invitational at Rodman Comics! It’s shaping up to be a crazy awesome tournament put on by local X-winger Kyle Doerhoff and has some pretty spectacular prize support. You can find details on the event on our website and on the event’s facebook page (links below):
Fel’s Free-For-All Invitational – Website Link
Fel’s Free-For-All Invitational – Facebook Page
In an effort to drive interest in the game locally, we’d love it if you could take pictures of some of your games and send them to desmoinesareaxwing@gmail.com so we can post them to the website.
Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you there 🙂
Good luck and Fly Casual!
Fel’s Free-For-All Invitiational this Weekend – Saturday 8/1 at Rodman Comics-
Hello X-wing Players!
We’re running a special tournament this Saturday August 1st starting at 1p at Rodman Comics in Ankeny, Iowa. The Fel’s Free-For-All invitational will be run as follows:
-Each player will bring a single ship worth no more than 35 points (including upgrades).
-Each table will play four 30 minute rounds with four players participating at each table.
-Players will then attempt to destroy every other ship on the field. Each kill made by a ship adds 1 point to that player’s MOV. Player’s only gain points if their shot kill’s an enemy ship, so an opponent is free to swoop in and deal that last point of damage for a full point 🙂
-Any player that intentionally fly’s off the map will forfeit all points earned for the round. Any player that forces an enemy ship off the map due to blocking/ion’s/stress will receive 1 point to their MOV, with no penalty to the affect player
-After four rounds, the four players with the highest MOV with then compete against each other until only one player’s ship remains. That player is then crowned winner and will have first choice of prize support, like the Golden Interceptor pictured below:
You can more pictures of prize support in our gallery. Check it out!
You can find some pre-tournament discussion as well as additional details about the tournament on the Facebook page.
Good luck, fly casual, and we hope to see you there!
League Events – Week of 7/27
This Week in Des Moines:
League Night – Mayhem Comics – Monday 7/20 at 6pm
Fel’s Free for all Invitational – Rodman Comics – Saturday 8/1 at 1pm
Upcoming Events:
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Wave VII Imperials – A Doug Kinney Strategy Guide
Doug’s new article just went live on the Fantasty Flight Games site. Check it out!
Kyle’s Mods and Repaints – July 2015
Local X-winger Kyle was gracious enough to showcase some of his awesome mods and repaints for the glory of the Imperial Navy. Here’s a sample of his work below:
You can find the rest in the Gallery.
Thanks Kyle!
League Announcements – Week of 7/20
Good morning X-wing Players!
Monday’s here at last and that means another night of X-wing madness at Mayhem Comics. As always, we’ll be there at 6pm to start the fun, so if your in town come on down!
Over the weekend, we hosted a store tournament with the Spring kit and had a great turnout, with 9 players making it to the event. As is standard with the Des Moines meta, we saw a wide variety of lists, ranging from Sean Esser’s solid rebel swarm, to Doug’s bizarre Yorr, Tetran Cowell, Tie Defender madness. The tournament ran for 3 rounds, with a cut to top 4, finishing up right around 7pm.
You can find some pictures from the event in the gallery on the new website. In an effort to drive interest in the game locally, we’d love it if you could take pictures of some of your games and send them to desmoinesareaxwing@gmail.com so we can post them to the website.
Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you there 🙂
Good luck and Fly Casual!
League Events – Week of 7/20
This Week in Des Moines:
League Night – Mayhem Comics – Monday 7/20 at 6pm
League Day – Rodman Comics – Saturday 7/25 at 1pm
Chicago Regional – Pastimes Comics & Games – Saturday 7/25 at 10am (registration starts at 10am; $15 entry fee)
Upcoming Events:
Fel’s Free for all Invitational – Rodman Comics – Saturday 8/1 at 1pm
100 Point Tournament this Weekend – Saturday July 18th at Mayhem Comics
Hello X-wing Players!
We’re running a tournament this Saturday July 18th starting at 12p at Mayhem Comics in Des Moines, Iowa. It’s a $5 entry fee to pay for the kit and prize support and we’ll be setting up at 11am so get there before 12p to make sure you’re ready to start.
It’s a standard 100 point tournament, with 75 minute rounds and 15 minutes in between each round. We’ll be running 3-4 rounds depending on the number of players with a cut to top 4 at the end.
You can find some pre-tournament discussion as well as details about our league nights on our Facebook page as well as the homepage. We know it’s short notice but if you’ve got a few hours and are in town, stop on by!
Good luck, fly casual, and we hope to see you there!
Des Moines Area X-wing 