Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27029853-20170703223814/@comment-454133-20171217020856

I played triple wookies today (same as above, Wullffwarro and 2 liberators, all with Predator + Breach Specialist + Tactician). I did quite well, losing a ship in 2 games, and no ships on my final game. But one of the games was against a Harpoon Miranda + Kanan, and that thing wrecked me. I didn't roll great damage, he rolled amazing, and I lost two of my ships too quickly. Killing the Ghost was a pyrrhic victory. After that it was a long, slow, painful chase trying to get damage onto a fleeing Miranda with only one wookie, and a lot of you will know that's a lost cause. I needed another 3 damage to finish her near the end and just couldn't land it. She finally put the last shots into me and I lost 50 - 100. The wookies were nursing very tender behinds after that...

In contrast, the 4th round was a repeat of the fleet I fought in the final match of IMC (but this time flown by a different player), RAC with kylo crew and engine upgrade, and Quickdraw with Quickdraw stuff. I completely destroyed it. The auzitucks with breach specialist completely shut down one of its main features that's so strong against other fleets (kylo giving blinded pilot), and then the stress made sure RAC never took an action again. But that's not all... his dice were ice cold and mine were finally on fire for the first time that day, and the result was a brutal, total takedown. I felt sorry about it; that was a savage thrashing he didn't have coming. Sometimes random dice just pick a victim. :/

I took 2nd place, and didn't get anything but tokens and a duplicate card. That's too bad... the 3 painted ships (1 for first place and 2 for raffle) were gorgeous. And yet it was a productive day -- I got practice in with wookies against various fleets, I met a fleet that can cause serious consternation to wookies and I have something to plan for, and I had fun (save for getting a bit salty about Miranda taking so long to finish me). Regionals are on their way... hopefully I'm prepared.