Thanks for the great read, and congrats on your performance at Worlds.

Yeah, all of the Top 16 players got a set. I saw Aaron's at league night this week and they looked nice. They say something like "2013 X-Wing National Championship" on them. But there are several different places to go to get your own. AP as mentioned above. Team Covenant - http://teamcovenant.com/store/star-wars-x-wing-2/covenant-templates.html and Litko - http://www.litko.net/categories/Shop-By-Compatible-Game-System/Star-Wars-X-Wing/ - who lets you put custom text on their stuff.

I don't know... I can't post pictures of what makes my SO awesome. Family forum and all... Seriously tho, tell her we all think she did a great job on those.

For me, its simply the fact that I refuse to take a Firespray w/out using mines. They're just too useful for their points.

Just giving this a bump to see if anyone new is watching. A few of us are going to get together for some casual games on Tues the 26th. 7:00pm in Bellevue @ The Game Shoppe. Stop by if you're interested.

No. I'm sure the new SW movies will give them plenty of ships to work with.

I noticed that Target is restocking the core sets again, if you want to pick one up there.

Definitely love the shuttle. Great job on the impact marks.

Seismic Charges - don't leave home without them.

Hey, I recognize those stealth X-Wings!

What is the TC site?

I started getting a few details about that from assorted texts and emails after making my previous post. That's a pretty amazing thing that happened right there. I think I'm gonna have to buy Dustin a beer or three the next time I see him.

Well they did it! Just not in the order that I expected. Jim, Dustin, and Aaron made top 16, with Jim going 5-0. Way to go guys! And my main fear came true right off the bat when Dustin and Evan had to play each other in the first round.

Dammit, that was my plan too! Well at least no matter which one of us pervails in the finals, we can look forward to starting our new league in prison. (MN doesn't have the death penalty for mass murder! ) Don't forget to consider children under 10 who've never actually been made to play by the full rules! It wouldn't make for good Interwebs bragging if I kept it realistic, now would it? A post like that would only get a couple people replying with something like "uh, OK. Good luck." I think that Aaron and Evan from our group have extremely good shots at making the cut. Dustin would be my choice for the 3rd guy to make it. Jim is a wild card depending on what he flies. I thought that predicting 4 guys making the cut might be a little over the top though.

I'm going to go on the record now, before the tournament starts on Friday, as saying that I think at least 3 players from the Omaha (Bellevue), NE league will make top 16. (Provided that the pairings aren't whack and they have to play each other in the prelims.) Any other groups out there want to make predictions on how their players will fare?

If I don't use the card box for X-Wing, I'll use it for the LCG or some other game. Its just too cool looking! I wish that they showed one of them open though. The description says its for ship cards, upgrade cards, and tokens. So does it have several compartments in it, sized for each of those items, or is it just a standard box w/2 rows made to store normal sized cards and your upgrades and tokens will lay around lose inside?

I have an idea of what I'd like to do with my dice, but I can't say it in public.

Yes, definitely a good support move on FFG's part.

I'd say yes. In the games where I've faced a shuttle, the only time its been a factor at all is when they've had HLC and were used as combat ships. The ability to get into long range, then do the red 0 really helps them.

I don't know. Having 3 Focus tokens on Chewie could be pretty useful. You could use one for your Attack and the rest for defense. True, you many not always use all 3 of them, but blocking a few extra hits on Chewie turns him into an even bigger tank.

Orange

I might be able to make that.

I've got a friend in SF who's looking at getting into it. He's out of town this week but I'll send him an email about your post.

Can't wait! Also can't decide which squadron to fly!