![]() It comes with three models, an X-Wing and two TIE Fighters, cards to kit out those models with the appropriate pilots and gear, and all the dice and rules you’ll need to start playing. This is a frankly ludicrous number of models – more than an average game of X-Wing will actually allow you to use – and in all honesty, instead of diving in head first like a madman as I did, if you’re intrigued by X-Wing your best bet is to start with the “Core” Set. Last weekend, I tried X-Wing for the first time. Especially X-Wing, when a new ship can cost you anywhere from around $20 for a basic ship like an A-Wing or a TIE Bomber, to up $50 for some of the bigger models like the Millennium Falcon or an Imperial Shuttle, all of which are pre-painted and look so good you might just end up buying some just to display. ![]() Because, perhaps wisely, I knew that the minute I actually tried the game I would not be able to resist getting into it, and tabletop games can be a very expensive hobby. And yet, I’ve spent the past five years avoiding one of the best miniatures games around centred specifically around them.įantasy Flight Games launched X-Wing in 2012 – loosely based around the mechanics of its 20th Century dogfight game Wings of War – and despite the fact it should be a match made in tabletop heaven for me, I’ve resisted even so much as looking in the direction of a shelf of models ever since. It’s probably also clear at this point that I love X-Wings an awful lot. It’s a hobby that’s since given way to other pursuits, but will always be in my heart. Growing up, I cut my tabletop teeth on miniatures games. ![]()
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