Now THAT is a Tie Swarm!

More precision flying from the HotAC AI. These guys are really gunning for the YT we are trying to protect!

NoPaint < PrePaint < RePaint?

So, not exactly a paint job per say, just a repaint over the basic HWK-290 model for X-Wing.

Pew Pew Pew!

So after my X-Wing intro game a few weeks ago, I put together a 100 point Scum list which I finally got to try out this evening. On their first outing things went well, with plenty of ion tokens handed out to my opponent although forgetting to perform actions cost me a Scyk. Never the less they worked pretty well together. In my second game - a 2 vs 2 - my list performed well initially, but some bad maneuvering on my part meant that most of my ships were on fire and moments away from exploding before we ran out of time.

I will revisit the upgrade cards used by my ships, particularly the Hawk, to see if I can find a combination that makes them more survivable.. or more likely to hit and damage the enemy as either would have put me in better stead had the game continued.

Warband Woes

So four games played and four games lost. I really thought I was going to turn it around this time as a lucky crossbow shot early in the game wounded a ghoul and it riccoched into the nearby vampire, causing him a wound as well. My swordsman henchman charged into combat and finished the vampire off and in an alternate dimension the game was a fantastic success. In reality, my attempt to contain the undead horde on two fronts stalled them for a few rounds but while my warband repeatedly failed to hit or wound for the rest of the game, my opponent fared better and soon over 50% of my Middenheimers were out of action. Naturally I failed the bottle test (again) and it was game over for me. To add insult to injury, one of my young bloods actually died so now I need to replace him. Bother.

On the plus side I also played my first game of X-wing tonight and finally the rules clicked. I look forward to fielding my Scum and Villany ships next week after the next - inevitable - Mordheim defeat.