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Star Wars: X-Wing Miniature Game Gets A Second Edition
Fantasy Flight's mega-popular X-Wing tabletop game has been announced to get a reboot with a new edition of the game available later this year.
After watching how players took to the game, Fantasy Flight has announced the second edition with a number of changes and tweaks "improving the game’s flow and refocusing on the physical act of flying starships." This means changes on red actions that include stress, linked actions on ship cards, upgrades with charges, repairing damage, and, of course, the Force.
Additionally, cosmetic changes will also come to a lot of the ships as they get rereleased in the game's second edition, including being able to adjust the S-foils on the X-Wings to go into attack and flight positions.
"Alongside the second edition we are thrilled to announce the official X-Wing squad-builder app," Fantasy Flight says, "ushering in an era of dynamic play for both Organized Play and casual games. With the app, players can easily assemble squadrons and manage their collections. Point costs for ships and upgrades and upgrade slots available to ships can be adjusted for the course of a single event, a tournament season, or an entire season of the game."
The core set, a wave of expansions, and conversion kits for players to bring their first edition sets to the new edition are all planned to release in Q3 this year.
Our Take
The X-Wing game is really quite popular and Fantasy Flight must be really happy with its success. Hopefully the second edition is every bit as successful for them.
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