Relic of a [Soon-to-Be] Bygone Era

The foreknowledge of the upcoming banlist, and thus the future elimination of Supernatural Reflexes by extension, is bittersweet. It’s an impossible card to balance, as it’s either overcosted (as in the case of most force users) or implemented as an elusive fortress/unshakeable damage machine (as in the case of Kylo and his Autothrusters). And even

Buscando Héroes Partida 1: La Degradación del Comandante Intrépido

I know that I’ve mentioned how I’m not particularly down with tournaments occurring over a month or more as opposed to a day or two. It’s not just the fact that I enjoy a good tournament day and stringing all the games together, but match coordination outside a set tournament day can constitute its own

Malicious Intent

There’s a lot to recently unpack within the First Order both figuratively and literally. As for costs, Epsilon Cadets went up 1 point, which limits certain options and eliminates the possibility of FOCHO. Rivas is back up to 28 points. Seinar-Jaemus Engineers (the I1 Silencer “Jim”s) went up to 50, likewise eliminating the archetype of

Incognito Ren

As aforementioned in this blog, I had my reasons for faking the duration of my break from X-Wing, continuing under a temporary nom de plume. The TL;DR of it was related to insecurities related to expectations to perform–especially as I was in a rut in pickup games until I took that small break and then

ThE hUnTeR hAs BeCoMe ThE hUnTeReD

I’m not theming this post, even if it’s becoming more of a thing as of recent to do so within the X-Wing blogsphere. I don’t consider myself a hipster, especially since the X-Wing Hipster who inspired most X-Wing bloggers himself was the earliest themer of posts and my shoehorning of theme would be less frequent

Spartans Never Die; They Go Missing in Action

I technically didn’t lie when I said I went on a break from online X-Wing play. I merely lied when I spoke about it as if it were longer than I had let on. I was initially planning to break from the game for at least a month outside of in-person play, but one week

It’s Been 17 Months…

Even though my local gaming store, Epic Loot, didn’t stop events until March of 2020 and reopened them in early July 2021, from February 2020 to late July 2021, I hadn’t played there. Previously, I’d play in its weekend events if I were free for some X-Wing and not adventuring to a Store Championship or

Sensor Bois?

Well, this post came out far later than it should have. The finishing up of it was delayed by some things going on. I didn’t want to push it out before Jedha and I didn’t want to dampen the mood by all the First Order making cut there and then I really didn’t want to

All Hail our Supreme Leader!

Wait, why am I writing about someone else’s success? Because it’s something to celebrate! Not only has First Order uncharacteristically made a show of force at the Jedha Qualifier, with literally half of the 18 First Order lists making the cut, but Kylo Ren extraordinaire Andrew Durham had won the event! Not only is this

Déjà vu

Earlier this month, ChewieNuggets, formerly self-styled on FFG’s forums and previously referred to in this blog as Darth Darxide; his nephew, Chris; Pyoinator; and myself all carpooled for an in-person out-of-town X-Wing tournament. The last time we all did such a thing was when I started this blog, well over a year ago. The strangeness