After watching the TC video for there Kessel Run event, I thought I would post about the Kessel Run I went to.  The event that I went to was at Dice Age Games.  It was a good size store with lots of space to play games.  I think there was around 16 to 20 people at the event, which was great, as my local group has been around 4 to 6 people.  I went with a 3 ship rebel build.  Here’s my list that I took


Pilot: Wedge Antilles
X-Wing (29)
Upgrades:

  • Determination (1)
  • Proton Torpedoes (4)
  • R2 Astromech (1)

Pilot: Horton Salm
Y-Wing (25)
Upgrades:

  • Proton Torpedoes (4)
  • Ion Cannon Turret (5)
  • R5 Astromech (1)

Pilot: Rookie Pilot 1

X-Wing (21)
Upgrades:

  • Proton Torpedoes (4)
  • R2-D2 (4)
Total Squad Points: 99
Most of the people that came to the event played Rebels, which surprised me a bit.  At this point I hand’t played a mirror match, so I wasn’t sure how things were going to go.  When both sides have a lot of fire power and low defense, ships die quickly.

Round 1

It’s been a while sense the event, so I don’t remember my opponents name, but I think my first opponents name was James.  He was a really nice guy and he played very well.  He was running a 4 ship Imperial build with Wedge, Dutch and 2 rookies.  In the opening as we moved forward toward each other, he had some colisions so Dutch wasn’t able to get and give an extra target lock.  This really helped me out.  My Wedge shot at his Dutch and I took down all of his shields and gave him the injured pilot crit which makes Dutch lose his ability.  That was a big hit deal for me.  Horton and the Rookie took out 1 of his Rookie Pilots, but he took out my Wedge.  After some tricky maneuvers on my part I was able to take out his other Rookie with my Rookie Pilot, and Horton got a finishing shot on Dutch.  On the Next round His Wedge was near the edge of the board with no shot, and I was able to get a Ion hit on him with Horton.  Next turn he moved off the board.  Full win for me.

Round 2:

I can’t remember the name of the person I played in the second round but he was a very nice guy.  He played a 4 ship rebel build with 2 X-Wings and 2 Y-Wings.  He had Wedge and Dutch and I think Rookies of the other two.  This match started off really bad for me.  He took out my Wedge on our first attack, and then Horton on the next attack.  I had taken out his rookie X-wing.  I thought I was dead at this point.  Then a miracle happened.  His rookie Y-Wing flew off the board, and I took out Dutch with my Rookie.  Now it was my Rookie against his Wedge, but I had a Proton Torpedo and R2-D2.  I was able to do a K-Turn and be out of his firing arch.  I shot up his shields some.  Next turn I moved forward and fixed my shields back to full and put a target lock on him.  He did a K-turn.  He shot off one of my shields, but I finished him with my PT.  Woot, another Full win.

Round 3

I remember the name of my oppoent this round because his name is Scott.  Kind of made it easy for me to remember.  In this round I was able to play against one of the 2 Imperial players at the event.  I was very happy about this.  I enjoy the game more when I’m shooting down Tie Fighters.  This game went my way from the beginning.  In my first attack I took out his Howlrunner, and an Academy Pilot.  Darth rolled blanks on his attack, and Maarek Stele missed with his Cluster Missiles.  After that Horton got behind Maarek, and Ioned him to death, while my Wedge and Rookie hounded Darth.  I was able to catch Darth on a K-Turn when he wasn’t able to do actions.  I got 2 good shots off on him for the Kill.

At this point I have 3 full wins along with Ben who also had 3 full wins.  We were allowed to pick which side we wanted, and as a Rebel guy I had to go with the Lando and the A-Wings.  I thought the Imperial side was better, but I wanted to stick to the good guys.

My dice tray really helped me out.

 

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