X-Wing - Dice and Cardboard

The Cantina: The Battle of Yavin

Our local group played a few rounds of the new Battle of Yavin scenario pack this week so I thought I'd offer my thoughts on the experience! TL;DR, it's a LOT of good, clean fun and I think every X-Wing player should try it at least once. I ended

Cantina

The Cantina: Accelerate to Attack Speed!

Well, we got a points change! Or...maybe a points adjustment is more accurate. We'll need time to see what, if any, impact the minor adjustments and addition of the Battle of Yavin Scenario Pack content will have, but blogs are for blazing hot takes, so here come a few

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The Cantina: Themed Squads (Sequel Trilogy Era)

It's no secret that one of my my favorite parts of Star Wars: X-Wing is Stars Wars. And X-Wings! I'm excited to see the thematic, just-for-fun elements of this game brought to the fore with the upcoming Battle Packs from AMG. True, building a list based on characters, ships, and

Academy

The Academy: Target Priority

We'll take a quick break this week from the thematic squad series for some gameplay tips and tricks. I often hesitate to write these tactics articles because I am, in the grand scheme, not a successful competitive player. I wonder, "who am I to tell people how to play X-Wing?

Cantina

The Cantina: Themed Squads (Original Trilogy Era)

It's no secret that one of my my favorite parts of Star Wars: X-Wing is Stars Wars. And X-Wings! I'm excited to see the thematic, just-for-fun elements of this game brought to the fore with the upcoming Battle Packs from AMG. True, building a list based on characters, ships, and

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The Cantina: Themed Squads (Prequel Era)

It's no secret that one of my my favorite parts of Star Wars: X-Wing is Stars Wars. And X-Wings! I'm excited to see the thematic, just-for-fun elements of this game brought to the fore with the upcoming Battle Packs from AMG. Before we get some more "official" options for cinematic

Hangar, Scum

The Hangar: M3-A “Scyk” Interceptor

Welcome to The Hangar, pilot! In this series we talk about starfighters, freighters, shuttles, racers, bombers, gunships, and everything else in between. This is the chance to look "under the hood," as it were, and explore what makes our favorite ships great. Sorry I missed last week! A busy work

Briefing Room, Scum

The Briefing Room: Gamut Key

Welcome to the Dice and Cardboard Briefing Room, pilot! In this series I'll write about a pilot or upgrade that I've been experimenting with or enjoying. The subject of this week's article is a fixture of Scum and Villainy. It's Gamut Key! Gamut has always been a popular choice in

Cantina, Resistance, First Order

The Cantina: They Fly Now!

X-Wing is cool. X-Wing is fun. Some of us just like getting together with our friends and a few beverages to play a round with house rules, others know no greater thrill than making the cut at a major tournament. It’s worth celebrating how many different ways we enjoy

Hangar, Republic

The Hangar: Delta-7 Aethersprite

Welcome to The Hangar, pilot! In this series we talk about starfighters, freighters, shuttles, racers, bombers, gunships, and everything else in between. This is the chance to look "under the hood," as it were, and explore what makes our favorite ships great. This week's subject in The Hangar and our

Briefing Room, Resistance

The Briefing Room: L’ulo L’ampar

Welcome to the Dice and Cardboard Briefing Room, pilot! In this series I'll write about a pilot or upgrade that I've been experimenting with or enjoying. Even occasional readers of this blog will likely have picked up on the fact that L'ulo L'ampar is a top 10 Star Wars character

Academy

The Academy: Strain and Deplete

Welcome to The Academy, Cadet! This series will cover the basics you need to mix it up with the Rebel scum/loathsome Resistance/Imperial bucketheads/First Order thugs/spineless bounty hunters/dirty clankers/Jedi filth. Learn your fundamentals well and you just might not end up floating out in the

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The Cantina: Lone Star Open Recap 2022

This past weekend I played in my second tournament and my biggest one yet! I had a great time hanging out with my friends from Apollo Squadron in Houston who I haven't seen since I moved away last month and played 8 games of X-Wing over two days, which is

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The Cantina: What a Week!

Another busy week with a lot of work, some travel, and an attempt at tournament prep (details below) means I'll be posting some ramblings again instead of adding to a series as I had planned. Atomic Mass Games Ministravaganza Roundup Las weekend X-Wing's developers held their annual streaming festival with

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The Cantina: ABUXY

X-Wing is cool. X-Wing is fun. Some of us just like getting together with our friends and a few beverages to play a round with house rules, others know no greater thrill than making the cut at a major tournament. It’s worth celebrating how many different ways we enjoy

Academy

The Academy: Stress

Welcome to The Academy, Cadet! This series will cover the basics you need to mix it up with the Rebel scum/loathsome Resistance/Imperial bucketheads/First Order thugs/spineless bounty hunters/dirty clankers/Jedi filth. Learn your fundamentals well and you just might not end up floating out in the

Hangar, Rebels

The Hangar: T-65 X-Wing

Welcome to The Hangar, pilot! In this series we talk about starfighters, freighters, shuttles, racers, bombers, gunships, and everything else in between. This is the chance to look "under the hood," as it were, and explore what makes our favorite ships great. Overview The Incom Corporation's T-65 X-Wing is a

Briefing Room, Rebels

The Briefing Room: Evaan Verlaine

Welcome to the Dice and Cardboard Briefing Room, pilot! In this series I'll write about a pilot or upgrade that I've been experimenting with or enjoying. Okay, I'm going to be honest. Evaan Verlaine has not been in very many of my lists. Evaan had a brief moment in the

Hangar, Empire

The Hangar: TIE/ln Starfighter

Welcome to The Hangar, pilot! In this series we talk about starfighters, freighters, shuttles, racers, bombers, gunships, and everything else in between. This is the chance to look "under the hood," as it were, and explore what makes our favorite ships great. "For every TIE fighter you shoot down, a

Academy

The Academy: Jam

Welcome to The Academy, Cadet! This series will cover the basics you need to mix it up with the Rebel scum/loathsome Resistance/Imperial bucketheads/First Order thugs/spineless bounty hunters/dirty clankers/Jedi filth. Learn your fundamentals well and you just might not end up floating out in the

Briefing Room, First Order

The Briefing Room: Agent Terex

Welcome to the Dice and Cardboard Briefing Room, pilot! In this series I'll write about a pilot or upgrade that I've been experimenting with or enjoying. SPOILER ALERT! This article will include spoilers from the Marvel Poe Dameron Comics. I highly recommend that you read the series, it's great! As

Cantina

The Cantina: I’ve Always Wanted to Fly One of These Things!

Points change time!

Hangar, Scum

The Hangar: Scum and Villainy

Welcome to The Hangar, pilot! In this series we talk about starfighters, freighters, shuttles, racers, bombers, gunships, and everything else in between. This is the chance to look "under the hood," as it were, and explore what makes our favorite ships great. The first round of posts in this section

Cantina, Rebels, Resistance

The Cantina: X-Wings are Good

X-Wing is cool. X-Wing is fun. Some of us just like getting together with our friends and a few beverages to play a round with house rules, others know no greater thrill than making the cut at a major tournament. It’s worth celebrating how many different ways we enjoy

Briefing Room, Resistance

The Briefing Room: C’ai Threnalli

Welcome to the Dice and Cardboard Briefing Room, pilot! In this series I'll write about a pilot or upgrade that I've been experimenting with or enjoying. C'ai Threnalli at the moment is a popular choice in Resistance listbuilding, costing 4 points at time of writing in the versatile T-70 X-Wing