Iowa City Epic Tournament – Sunday 8/23 at Geek City in Coralville

Hello X-wing Players!

In celebration of the release of the Imperial Raider, our friends at Geek City in Coralville, IA are putting on an epic tournament. The tournament will follow standard Fantasy Flight Games rules for Epic play, with the following exception – each player must bring at least 3 Epic Points worth of ships. As a friendly reminder, the Raider and the CR-90 are each worth 3 Epic points, while the GR-75 is worth 2 Epic points. This is to ensure each list will have at least one epic ship in play 🙂

Registration for the tournament will open at 11am, with an entry fee of $5. As a “thank you” for participating, Geek City will be giving 100% of the entry fees back to the players in the form of store credit, so the more people who can make it, the more prizes we’ll have to win!

If you need a reminder of how Epic Tournaments differ from regular tournaments, check out all the details on the X-wing Main Page, under the “Support” header. The tournament should an absolute blast and we look forward to seeing you there.

For those who won’t want to make the drive alone, we’ll be discussing carpools at league night over the next two weeks. You can follow us on this page, in-store, or at our Facebook Page.

Good luck and Fly Casual!

League Events – Week of 8/3

This Week in Des Moines:

League Night – Mayhem Comics – Monday 8/3 at 6pm

League Day – Rodman Comics – Saturday 8/8 at 1pm

Upcoming Events:

Iowa City Epic Tournament – Geek City – Sunday 8/23 at 11:30am

New Ship Announcements!

Man, you’re out for a few days and Fantasy Flight just goes ahead and drops a whole boatload of goodies on you! Looks like we got our first look at Wave 8 as well as the second epic imperial ship, the Gozanti or “Imperial Assault Carrier”.

Wave 8 Official Announcement

Imperial Assault Carrier Announcement

Both releases look just insane, with our first dip into the Rebels TV series, as well as some very deep dives into Star Wars Legends. While the G-1A is an….interesting design, the Jumpmaster 5000 looks simply fantastic.

Of course, the real excitement is the second epic ship and a commitment to the “deploy” mechanic introduced in Wave 7. 100 point games will likely see minor adjustments to ships entering late, but in Epic format getting your fleet in the right position is so key that this will likely be a big game-changer.

As we find out more, we’ll keep you posted and we’d love to hear your thoughts either here or at our Facebook page.

Good hunting and fly casual!