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by Geosphere Biggs' middle name is Meatshield.
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by Grainger I nearly played him the other day to protect my Y-Wing, but decided not to and fielded a rookie pilot. The Imperial player attacked the rookie pilot anyway, thereby giving me Biggs for the...
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by robomarv Yeah the fly above/below-rule meight be out of place when playing against larger or more than 1 capital ship!(thought that my maximum table-size just fits a nebulon-b...) but in this...
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by m1t1c1s Grainger wrote:I nearly played him the other day to protect my Y-Wing, but decided not to and fielded a rookie pilot. The Imperial player attacked the rookie pilot anyway, thereby giving me...
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by gugadin We played with 5 yesterday, it worked really fine!2 rebel x 3 empire -> (Rebel were 4 points less, and they won)For player elimination, when two players are eliminated, simply start a...
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by FiretopMountain Saan wrote:His ability is good in a vacuum.That should come in useful.
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Reply: Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game:: Strategy:: Re: Why is Biggs So Good?
by charlest Give him R2-F2, have him sit close to Wedge and have him always do R2-F2's action of boosting your agility by 1. All the TIEs nearby will have to target Biggs who now has 3 Agility. He...
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by Deadwolf Biggs is good for a couple reasons.1. Allows the ships he is covering to not worry about defense.2. Combined with R2F2, he throws more defense dice. (Also with some positioning he could be...
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by Solodan The most basic strategy is always "FOCUS FIRE - a ship with 1 hull left still fires all its dice"Biggs is the only ship in the game that can counter that strategy.Additionally, often Biggs...
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by delinear jamesmason wrote:I'm frankly baffled by the "anything said must be public" rule. It detracts from the fun of players being able to formulate strategies between them, while at the same time...
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by El_Tonio If someone sprays a ship, let us know hot it goes. I've never done anything like that but would consider it if I knew it would work ok on these minis.
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by brighknight_216 jamesmason wrote:I'm frankly baffled by the "anything said must be public" rule. It detracts from the fun of players being able to formulate strategies between them, while at the...
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by Farkon RogueThirteen wrote:One thing I probably will varnish, though, are any future Maneuver Dials I acquire. I've seen some players note that the wheels' inner and outer face have already started...
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by North_Wolf I have some varnish (bought for painting Battles of Westeros). I have not started flocking my bases for that game yet, so I have not used it.Question is (since I have never seen a figure...
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by cauldronofevil njr5 wrote:What is required to field a ship in this game?You need a card and a dial. Remember that the card is used to place tokens and upgrades on so you should have a seperate one...
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by reitoei cauldronofevil wrote:COMBATWOMBAT wrote:$15 for 6 turrets and 12 turned brass barrels. Email me at swadyko2000ATyahooDOTcom if you are interested. Ill update my website this week with...
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by RogueThirteen Deadwolf wrote:Now, Biggs is great but I disagree with others sentiments that he is required for a competitive squad. Biggs is really only great for surviving the opening pass on turn...
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by cauldronofevil I'm going to try to play my first game this weekend. I'm thinking of leaving out Squad Building, but then how should I divide up the ships (I have about 9 TIE's, 1 TIE Advanced, 6...
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by charlest Are these new players gamers?If so, I'd include squad building and play by the book. Just explain the phases of a turn, tell them some general strategy tips ("Evading with TIEs is great if...
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