X-Wings: MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

Just cracked open this starter level X-Wings game (only about ten years after everybody else around me had played it and raved about it). So I invited some old school friends around for some drinks and crisps and "had a ball" introducing them to "playing with toy (space) soldiers". Despite my best efforts the Rebel Scum won (no prises for guessing I was a TIE Fighter pilot) quite convincingly in fact, despite my intense cribbing of the rules (see below for some head-to-head lazer action):

The X-Wing YouTube video tutorials kicked things off nicely:
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The key moment of the night came down to my TIE strike on the last remaining (battered) X-Wing with no shields remaining and only two hull points. I rolled good and he rolled poor dodging so I had two critical hits (see below, evil laughter "Ha, ha, I have you now"):

Except I manage to draw two critical hits that "cause no damage" but restrict his moves. I then soon disappeared in a blinding flash of light .... oh dear!

In short TIE Fighters need shields (kinda like a Japanese Zero fighter, fast and slinky but prone to exploding), X-Wings are like P-47 Thunderbolts and Y-Wings are like IL-2 Flying Tanks (much respect for that Trench Run on the Death Star boys). Looking forward to the next game, naturally I need more up-gunned 'baddy' models ;)

Note to self: Advanced TIE Fighter (see Darth Vader's) is equipped with Shields! A must have Xmas present for Santa's list

Star Wars X-Wing Xmas Gift

One of the coolest things I got from Santa was a Resistance X-Wing (see below):

Although it was clip-together it was technically in my eyes still a model as it came from Revell, bless them. Ahem, with the added bonus of "sound affects" (while the batteries last)

:)

X-Wings: The Coolest of the Cool ('Red 2' and 'Red 5')

So I got myself another X-Wing fighter and finally put it together. I can now field 'Red 2' and 'Red 5' twin section (see below):

This is (yet) another Revell purchase from their "pocket money" series, but rather than pay full price (which seemed an awful lot of pocket money) I waited for a Hobbycraft sale last year. I'll be doing the same in January 2015 for other items, including perhaps another X-Wing, in the series.

Note: I never have seen a normal TIE fighter yet (although I do possess a model of Darth Vader's advanced fighter). The intention is to get three X-Wings (I need 'Red 3') and Darth's plus two TIE's for the 'Trench Battle' scene [shades of "633 Squadron"] as shown in the original Star Wars. May have to pay some attention to candidate rules soon!

The Revell Star Wars Collection (to date)

The X-Wing with Luke and R2 (see below), now where has that Death Star got to? 

"The FORCE is strong with this one!"

Aw, Dad (see below)!!!!! Now don't go spoiling all my fun (again). Don't you remember how it was when you were a young Jedi exploring the galaxy in your StarFighter?

Yes son, I sure do!

Lovely models. They snap together nicely and I had 'many little excited extra hands and eyes' helping me make them :)

For some reason my children think these models are not really Daddy's ... the 'force' may be strong with them but this old Sith still knows a trick or two, like "it is bedtime" and "homework time"(queue theme Darth Vader's theme music)!

"Use the Force" or alternatively "Just Press the Big Red Fire Button"

Well there you are, innocently doing some Xmas shopping and then you see 'something' that is 'just so you, as you are just a great big kid' ... and you know you just cannot resist ... hmm, Revell .. Star Wars .. X-Wing Rebel Fighter .. and I am just somewhere else. "This is Red Two, I am entering the trench now, targeting computers locked on" .. and in the middle of a busy shop, packed with Xmas punters you find yourself making corny sound effects .. move quickly to the checkout with purchase and exit (see below)!

Red Two

You Tube Link to the "Death Star Trench Attack"

The only thing is .. warning entering "Nerd mode" .. that I don't think one is enough (two would be a good fighter pairing, after all you need a good wing-man) and Revell also do a lovely Republic "Clone Trooper" Drop-Ship, but I think you need four of those for a decent formation!