Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game

Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
Publication information
Game	Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
Publisher	Fantasy Flight Games
Publication date	August 17, 2012

The Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game is a tactical ship-to-ship combat game released by Fantasy Flight Games. Two players—or two teams of players—are able to control starships, such as Rebel X-wings and Imperial TIE fighters, and pit them against each other in fast-paced space combat. The game features detailed and painted miniatures and recreates Star Wars space combat in several scenarios included in the release. Players are able to select their crew and plan their maneuvers before play in order to develop strategies to complete their missions. Initially announced with an early 2012 release date, the Core Set and the first wave of expansion packs premiered at the Gen Con gaming convention on August 17, 2012.

The remade, standalone second edition was launched in September 2018.

The game is not to be confused with the capital ship miniatures combat games Starship Battles or FFG's product Star Wars: Armada.

Publisher's summary

X-Wing is a tactical ship-to-ship combat game in which players take control of powerful Rebel X-wings and nimble Imperial TIE fighters, facing them against each other in fast-paced space combat. Featuring stunningly detailed and painted miniatures, X-Wing recreates exciting Star Wars space combat throughout its several included scenarios. Select your crew, plan your maneuvers, and complete your mission!

Rules

X-wing cover art.

Basic Rules

Each type of ship in X-Wing has a unique piloting dial. Players select a speed and maneuver each turn, concealing their choices from other players. beginning with the lowest skilled pilot, each player reveals what they secretly set on the dial to the other players and executes the maneuver. Official play involves one of the provided scenarios, a range of customization options, varied maneuvers, and possible combat outcomes. Some aspects of play are determined through random generation, with a roll of dice and by drawing cards from a shuffled deck.

Mission scenarios

Advanced rules scenarios were also included in the initial release—the Core Set—as well as the in five of the subsequent releases, the Millennium Falcon, Slave I, the Lambda-class Shuttle, the Imperial Aces, the Rebel Aces, the YT-2400 Freighter, and the VT-49 Decimator Expansion Packs. Other packs include campaigns, which are series of interconnected missions.

• Mission 1: Political Escort (Core Set)
• Mission 2: Asteroid Run (Core Set)
• Mission 3: Dark Whispers (Core Set)
• Mission 4: Den of Thieves (Millennium Falcon Expansion Pack)
• Mission 5: Preystalker (Slave I Expansion Pack)
• Mission 6: Undeniable Assets (Lambda-class Expansion Pack)
• Mission 7: Cutting the Cord (Imperial Aces Expansion Pack)
• Mission 8: Rendezvous (Rebel Transport Expansion Pack)
• Mission 9: Jump to Subspace (Rebel Aces Expansion Pack)
• Mission 10: Get In, Get Out (YT-2400 Freighter Expansion Pack)
• Mission 11: Interdiction (VT-49 Decimator Expansion Pack)
• Mission 12: Bounty Hunt (IG-2000 Expansion Pack)
• Mission 13: Pursuit (Imperial Raider Expansion Pack)
• Mission 14: Hunting the Hunter (Hound's Tooth Expansion Pack)
• Mission F1: Ambush (The Force Awakens Core Set)
• Mission F2: Raid (The Force Awakens Core Set)
• Mission F3: Rescue (The Force Awakens Core Set)
• Campaigns:
  • The Evacuation of Hoth (Rebel Transport Expansion Pack)
  • Point of No Return (Tantive IV Expansion Pack)
  • The Will of the Empire (Imperial Raider Expansion Pack)
  • Imperial Crackdown (Imperial Assault Carrier Expansion Pack)

Products

Core Sets

• Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game Core Set (SWX01) (September 14, 2012)
• The Force Awakens Core Set (SWX36) (September 4, 2015)

Expansion Packs

Wave I

• X-Wing Expansion Pack (SWX02) (September 14, 2012)
• TIE Fighter Expansion Pack (SWX03) (September 14, 2012)
• Y-Wing Expansion Pack (SWX04) (September 14, 2012)
• TIE Advanced Expansion Pack (SWX05) (September 14, 2012)

Wave II

• Millennium Falcon Expansion Pack (SWX06) (February 28, 2013)
• Slave I Expansion Pack (SWX07) (February 28, 2013)
• A-Wing Expansion Pack (SWX08) (February 28, 2013)
• TIE Interceptor Expansion Pack (SWX09) (February 28, 2013)

Wave III

• HWK-290 Expansion Pack (SWX12) (September 13, 2013)
• Lambda-class Shuttle Expansion Pack (SWX13) (September 13, 2013)
• B-Wing Expansion Pack (SWX14) (September 13, 2013)
• TIE Bomber Expansion Pack (SWX15) (September 13, 2013)

Wave IV

• Z-95 Headhunter Expansion Pack (SWX16) (June 26, 2014)
• TIE Defender Expansion Pack (SWX17) (June 26, 2014)
• E-Wing Expansion Pack (SWX18) (June 26, 2014)
• TIE Phantom Expansion Pack (SWX19) (June 26, 2014)

Wave V

• YT-2400 Freighter Expansion Pack (SWX23) (November 26, 2014)
• VT-49 Decimator Expansion Pack (SWX24) (November 26, 2014)

Wave VI

• StarViper Expansion Pack (SWX25) (February 26, 2015)
• M3-A Interceptor Expansion Pack (SWX26) (February 26, 2015)
• IG-2000 Expansion Pack (SWX27) (February 26, 2015)
• Most Wanted Expansion Pack (SWX28) (February 26, 2015)

Wave VII

• Hound's Tooth Expansion Pack (SWX31) (September 2, 2015)
• Kihraxz Fighter Expansion Pack (SWX32) (September 2, 2015)
• K-wing Expansion Pack (SWX33) (September 2, 2015)
• TIE Punisher Expansion Pack (SWX34) (September 2, 2015)

Wave VIII

• T-70 X-wing Expansion Pack (SWX37) (December 17, 2015)
• TIE/fo Fighter Expansion Pack (SWX38) (December 17, 2015)
• Ghost Expansion Pack (SWX39) (March 17, 2016)
• Inquisitor's TIE Expansion Pack (SWX40) (March 17, 2016)
• Mist Hunter Expansion Pack (SWX41) (March 17, 2016)
• Punishing One Expansion Pack (SWX42) (March 17, 2016)

Wave IX

• ARC-170 Expansion Pack (SWX53) (October 1, 2016)
• Special Forces TIE Expansion Pack (SWX54) (October 1, 2016)
• Protectorate Starfighter Expansion Pack (SWX55) (October 1, 2016)
• Shadow Caster Expansion Pack (SWX56) (October 1, 2016)

Wave X

• Sabine's TIE Fighter Expansion Pack (SWX59) (February 2, 2017)
• Upsilon-class Shuttle Expansion Pack (SWX60) (February 2, 2017)
• Quadjumper Expansion Pack (SWX61) (February 2, 2017)
• U-wing Expansion Pack (SWX62) (February 2, 2017)
• TIE Striker Expansion Pack (SWX63) (February 2, 2017)

Wave XI

• Auzituck Gunship Expansion Pack (SWX64) (July 13, 2017)
• Scurrg H-6 Bomber Expansion Pack (SWX65) (July 13, 2017)
• TIE Aggressor Expansion Pack (SWX66) (July 13, 2017)

Wave XII

• Alpha-class Star Wing Expansion Pack (SWX69) (December 8, 2017)
• M12-L Kimogila Fighter Expansion Pack (SWX70) (December 8, 2017)
• Phantom II Expansion Pack (SWX72) (December 8, 2017)

Wave XIII

• Resistance Bomber Expansion Pack (SWX67) (December 8, 2017)
• TIE Silencer Expansion Pack (SWX68) (December 8, 2017)

Wave XIV

• Saw's Renegades Expansion Pack (SWX74) (June 21, 2018)
• TIE Reaper Expansion Pack (SWX75) (June 21, 2018)

Epic

• Rebel Transport Expansion Pack (SWX11) (April 30, 2014)
• Tantive IV Expansion Pack (SWX22) (May 22, 2014)
• Imperial Raider Expansion Pack (SWX30) (August 13, 2015)
• Imperial Assault Carrier Expansion Pack (SWX35) (December 23, 2015)
• C-ROC Cruiser Expansion Pack (SWX58) (June 8, 2017)

Aces

• Imperial Aces Expansion Pack (SWX21) (March 17, 2014)
• Rebel Aces Expansion Pack (SWX29) (September 25, 2014)
• Imperial Veterans Expansion Pack (SWX52) (June 30, 2016)
• Heroes of the Resistance Expansion Pack (SWX57) (October 27, 2016)
• Guns for Hire Expansion Pack (SWX73) (October 26, 2017)

Accessories

Fantasy Flight Games has also released various accessories to enhance game play in the Star Wars Miniatures game.

Dice Packs

Physical and virtual dice packs were release for distribution to provide additional dice for use in the game. This accessory includes an additional set of six custom eight-sided dice, three red attack dice and three green defense dice, allowing both players to have a full set of dice each instead of sharing the dice from the Core Set..

Dice Apps

A virtual comprehensive application of the Dice Pack for iOS and Android devices was developed and distributed in app stores specifically allowing players to select and roll custom dice in the X-Wing™ Miniatures Game, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, and in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, but even includes an assortment of seven types of polyhedral dice for all other gaming needs. Features of the app include an option to allow players to save their most commonly used configurations as "presets," eight iconic backgrounds and six distinct sound packs from the Star Wars universe, and an intuitive radial menu and interactive help guide..

Starfield Game Tile Kit

A vivid backdrop for use as a playing surface for X-Wing games, the Starfield Game Tile Kit allows players to build custom environments using any combination of twelve one-square-foot double-sided matte-finished card stock tiles mounted on 2.5mm fiber board for durability. Tiles display several vivid Star Wars–themed images—including starfield, Alderaan, asteroid field, and Death Star tiles—that can by combined together in many different configurations to produce a wide array of Star Wars-themed scenes. The kit includes rules to allow players to go beyond cooperation in pre-game construction and provide the added element of competitively setting up the battlefield.

Continuity

Although the game itself is spelled "X-Wing" (with an upper-case W), all references to the in-universe ship are spelled "X-wing" (with a lower-case W), as it is spelled in other media.

In order to make the ship models correctly proportioned and detailed, Lucasfilm provided Fantasy Flight Games with exact dimensional data and access to information about the models from the original trilogy.

Sources

• "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 160
• "10 Star Wars Greatest Tabletop Games" — Star Wars Insider 165

External links

• X-Wing Miniatures Game on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
• The Kessel Run Preview Event for X-Wing (TM) on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
• Order Your Summer 2015 Tournament Kits on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
• We're Going in Full Throttle on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
• Red Leader Standing By on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
• Timing Your Attack on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)

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