X-wing Saturday

A lazy Saturday afternoon and the boys wanted a game of X-wing.
So they had one.
Skywalker's X-wing and Y-wing versus Vader and a Tie over the shifting sands of Tatooine

Didn't manage to get to a finish as we had to go out, but a fun hour or so was had by all

 The Rebels spot the approaching Imperials

 The Tie fighter breaks left...

 ...with Vader close behind

 Luke gets on the tail of the Tie

The Sith lord tries to vapourise the Y-wing

 

The Tie and Luke close on one another.

Star Wars X-Wing on New Year's Eve

So with Mrs Tom's Toy Soldiers catching up on her Phd, the boys and I, at a loose end on NYE, set up for a game of X-Wing.
Smallest boy took a Y-Wing and and X-Wing with Luke in, while son and heir had a pair of TIEs and I took the TIE Advanced.

After much low quality maneuvering, Luke and the Y-wing blasted apart one if the TIEs, but the remaining Imperials managed to corner and eventually blow apart the slow moving warhorse.
With eldest boy running for cover I went headlong toward Mr Skywalker expecting that I'd crash and burn and maintain harmony in the household for another evening, but it didn't quite work out like that. The Force was weak with the small boy and all shots missed, whereas I managed to put the three damage I needed on the hero of the Alliance and re-write the history of the galaxy far, far away...
However, credit where its due, the youngest took his defeat in good part and all's well as night descends.
A cracking good little game is X-Wing - I must get it out with the kids more often.

 The forces of evil mass over the sands of Tatooine

 The Alliance ships scatter as the TIEs approach

 Luke flies by the TIE Advanced

 The Y-Wing approaches its nemesis

Luke fires...and misses...

Two post on one day (and two games in less than 24 hours!) brings 2013 to a close.

Happy New Year to everyone who visits here - I hope you've enjoyed my ramblings this last twelve months.

Thanks for taking the time to drop by, I hope next year is a good one for you and yours.

Expect more of the same in 2014.

Star Wars X-Wing

No-one in my family ever buys me toy soldier or gaming things for my birthday or Christmas.
They do however often mither that I am "difficult to buy for" to which my response is usually, "well if you'd just buy me things I like or want it would be much easier for all concerned".
As a result of this ongoing farrago I have take to occasionally buying presents for myself and wrapping them up and inserting them under the tree labelled To Tom, much love Tom xxx. This amuses both me and the offspring and irritates the present Mrs Tom's Toy Soldiers.

This Christmas to celebrate my return to gainful employ I splashed out on The Star Wars X-Wing game from Fantasy Flight. With Mrs TTS and son and heir visiting the frozen north I was able to get the box out and play the basic fast-play version of the game with smallest child.

Here are a few pictures:

 

Verdict. The fast-play version actually proved to be a little dull and not that fast. It took ages to get much damage on either fighter and small boy's attention was definitely wandering by the end.
However looking at the full rules seems to give much greater depth and demands to it, so I'm looking forward (maybe tomorrow) to a game with Luke Skywalker and some photon torpedoes and the like which should make for a better result.
Also the models are jolly lovely. And it is impossible to play without humming the Star Wars theme tune and making lazer noises.