Thursday 2 June 2016

X-wing mini tourney pre Double Trouble

By now, some of you may have read the from the gang blog post that talks about me running an X-wing hunger games event the night before double trouble. It'll be free to enter, and everything you need will be provided. I may have to cap the numbers but we'll see! Hopefully it will cater as an intro event but also a nice way to experience new forms of playing X-wing, beyond the competitive scene. There may be a prize for the winner, thou it depends on numbers how that will iron out!
 
Without giving the game away too much, a Hunger Games style event copies some of the battle royal feel of the films and books. You, in your single spaceship will go toe to toe with others in similar small plastic spaceships. In the centre of the battlefield there will be a cornucopia where you can grab upgrades to attach to your X-wing, tie fighter or y-wing. These updates will be random and may be something you couldn't normally put on your ship type. For example, a mangler cannon on an x wing or some torpedoes on a tie fighter.  Ships will be deployed around the edge of the board, facing inwards. The winner will be the last man/woman standing. 
 
I'm hoping that the event will allow those who haven't played before to learn the ropes and also test themselves in a swirling cross fire of events. I think the unfocused nature of it will help people get a taste for the game. They can just take things slowly whilst others destroy each other, but they can also dive straight into the thick of the action. For the experienced player it offers a chance to prove their mettle in a new form of space combat. No practised formation flying here!

So, if you're around the night before and would like to get involved, let me know! I know that some of us from Leicester will be there, along with some of the usual suspects (Mike, Dave, henni?). Comment on this post or email me at: lightningmuppet(at)hotmail.com

EDIT- provisionally putting the start time down as 7.30, but this does depend on when people are available! 

8 comments:

  1. Ze three Germanz vill be participating. :-)
    Shall we bring our ships or do you have enough ships? Personally I've been 2 Y-Wing and 2 B-Wing. My brother has a bunch of X-Wings, Tie-Fighters and other ships.

    Looking forward to it!

    Cheers,
    Henni

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    1. Hey henni :)

      You're flying aren't you? I don't want to tax the amount you're bringing! Although he doesn't know it, I'm planning to ask Ian if we can pool ships :)

      3 of you is great! What time will you be getting in, are you flying to Manchester? Where are you staying this time?

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    2. Hey Luke,
      we're giving Lufthansa another chance... Therefore we can bring some reasonable luggage. Besides, X-Wing ships ain't that big or heavy. ;-)
      Our cards / rules are in German though. But the numbers are all the same, so it shouldn’t be a big issue. Any ships you’d specifically need / absolutely don’t need for your “Hunger games”?

      Departure in Frankfurt is at 10:05am, arrival in Manchester at 10:50am. So we’ll be at Stockport around midday. Most likely we’ll be relaxing a bit at the hotel and then head over to the NWGC at the afternoon. We’re staying at the Premier Inn, as always. Managed to get two rooms there somehow. :-P

      What about you?
      Going by car?
      About when do you plan to arrive?
      Also where are you staying?
      And final question: Have you ever tried Star Trek: Attack Wing? Slight differences to X-Wing, but I actually like it better.

      Cheers,
      Henni

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    3. Hey henni!

      Ok, well if it's not to much trouble then yeah if you could bring ure rebel stuff between you that would be cool. We will just be using the non unquie pilots. Don't worry about it being German, it'll be fine :)

      I'm coming by car from Leicester, and will probly be aiming to get there a similar time, maybe 2? I know Mike gets in at 3. We are at the Britannia hotel, so a bit further away but it has a pool! I might even get there early so I can swim! Potentially enough time for a good double trouble and maybe a couple of rounds of X-wing. It depends how many ppl we get!

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  2. I'm up for it! Hoping to get a 40k game in too, so this will be perfect.

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    1. Count me in for a round of W40k. :-)
      Want to have a DT style match or rather a regular game?

      Cheers,
      Henni

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    2. I'd also be up for a double trouble practice game, be good to have played 3 games this year before the tourney!

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