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New X-Wing Game Mode - Draft Challenge



Welcome to the Draft Challenge page, here you will learn how to set up this new and exciting game mode to the X-Wing Miniature Game. If you have any constructive feedback, please feel free to address your concerns in the comments.

Set up:

1.       1.)      You and your opponent choose 16 small ship cards. Determine who picks first (flip a coin, roll a dice, rock paper scissors) and take turns choosing the ships (choose wisely). The ships you choose must have the same initiative as its counterpart. The choice then alternates between opponents. For example: I choose a ship first, therefore I choose Tycho Celchu (notice he has a initiative 8). My opponent chooses Carnor Jax as his ship (notice he also has the same initiative as Tycho Celchu) therefore, the pair of ships are completed. Next my opponent chooses "Snap" Wexley (initiative 6) as his pick, therefore I must choose a ship that has the same initiative. Thus I pick "Echo" in order to complete the pair. We continue this process until we have a total of 16 ships (8 pairs).

2.       2.)      Once you have all of the ships chosen, add all of the points up for all 16 ships, then divide by 16, thus finding the average number of points of each ship. Then multiply by 5 in order to determine how many points each list should be after purchasing modifications, EPTs, weapons, crew, etc... For example: The average points for all 16 ship cards turns out to be 27 points. Then I multiply 27 by 5 to get 135 total points to spend. Note that my opponents list and my list cannot exceed 135 points total.

3.       3.)      Now that you have found the maximum number of points your list should be, shuffle and mix the 16 ship cards and randomly discard half of the cards from the pool. You should now have 8 ship cards left. Distribute the 8 cards between you and your opponent. Keep 2 cards and then pick the remaining 2 to pass to your opponent. This makes the game more interesting by causing your opponent to choose some of the ships he wants to go against. For example: In my hand after discarding half of the deck, and distributing the remaining ships evenly between me and my opponent. In my current hand I have these 4 ships: Jake Farrell, "Backdraft", Fenn Rau, and "Night Beast". I can only keep 2 of these ships that are in my hand currently. Therefore, I give Jake Farrell and "Night Beast" to my opponent. My opponent gives me 2 of the cards he did not want. I find out that he hands me Luke Skywalker, and a Royal Guard Pilot. This is the hand that I will be playing for the match: "Backdraft", Fenn Rau, Luke Skywalker, and a Royal Guard Pilot.

4.       4.)      Total the amount of your 4 ships. After you total the points, subtract them from the total points determined in step 2. Then take turns purchasing modifications, weapons, crew, droids etc... (just like you did in step 1 for selecting potential ships) for your ships. You can only take the modifications and cards that are in your collection, no substitutes.  Note, you may not take modifications that your ship does not allow. For example: Jess Parva, T-70 X-wing pilot cannot take an EPT. So she would only be able to take a modification, torpedo, droid, or tech cards.

5.       5.)      Now set up and play the game as per standard X-wing points match rules.



Congratulations, you have completed the set up for the Draft Challenge. Enjoy! <ac_metadata title="X-Wing Draft Challenge Game Mode"> </ac_metadata>