X-Wing Store Championships - event 2

Today I was Judging the second and final of this year's Store Championships in Plymouth, held at Dark Star and in association with G.I. Games. It's the third Store Championships held at Dark Star.

With 11 players, the recommended number of Rounds is 4 with no Top Cut. I decided to add a Top Two to add a Final to the event, as the atmosphere when everyone is watching is really good. The two players that made the cut agreed to a 75-minute timer, as they didn't think they would need more time, (they were right).

There were no interesting Judge calls, this late in the game everyone knows what they are doing, especially amongst the Marauders.

We only had one Scum list, a different player to the Antics event. There are dedicated Scum players in Plymouth, they have just had availability issues this summer.

In a reversal of the last event, we had six Rebel lists, with the most popular ship being the Gold Squadron Y-Wing. Got a diverse range of lists though, even the Y-Wings had different turrets, trying different sneaky tricks.

Four of the lists were Imperial, with Quickdraw appearing in three of them. This will be the last we see of that ship in these lists, as the TIE/SF transfers to the First Order faction in Second Edition.

After 4 rounds and a Top Two cut, our winner was.....

Pete Yarwood

"Quickdraw" (TIE/SF Fighter)

• Expertise
• Fire-Control System
• Advanced Optics
• Lightweight Frame
• Special Ops Training

 "Backdraft"

• Expertise
• Fire-Control System
• Advanced Optics
• Lightweight Frame
• Special Ops Training

Nu Squadron Pilot

• Harpoon Missiles
• Long-Range Scanners
• Os-1 Arsenal Loadout

This was a well-deserved victory, as Pete went undefeated for the day, including beating Matt Coles in the Swiss and the Final. This also gave the DarkStar Marauders their fourth Store Champion for the close of First Edition;

• Jon Vicary (at Mad for Miniatures)
• Matt Vicary (at Antics)
• Matt Coles (at Kirton)
• Pete Yarwood (at Dark Star/G.I. Games)

This year the team has really come together, travelling to more events as a group and giving both moral support and gaming advice. It's been a pleasure both to watch and be a part of.

Next up is Second Edition. People are already getting excited and building lists, as everything has been spoiled and FFG have released the point values. New ships have also been announced and new Factions are coming later. it's gonna be great to see where the game goes from here and to see the DarkStar Marauders perform better than ever.