Announcement: Players who signed up for the 3++ X-Wing Tournament are now invited to move their registration to the X-Wing Galactic Cup.

Team Covenant will be running a new event called the Galactic Cup which allows players to be placed in divisions to play people from corresponding timezones. After discussing the way it will be running over a very similar period of time using the same game and software as the tournament we were planning on 3++ I have decided to roll it in to the XGC as the Australian/Pacific division. It wouldn’t be realistic for most players to be in both events, so rather than poach each others players it seemed a far better idea to simply join in with the larger event and give locals a taste of the USA and European metagame.

While the format of the event is extremely similar and people should still be facing players from their own time zones as much as possible, there is one key change – players are invited to submit and use two rather than just one list. For more information go here X-Wing Galactic Cup but there will also be a more detailed post on 3++ about this soon.

The old post continues below:

The tournament will be played online, using Vassal software

This has just been updated with even more upgrades – get the latest version 5.0.5 here http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Star_Wars:_X-Wing_Miniatures_Game

This has just been updated with even more upgrades – get the latest version 5.0.5 here http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Star_Wars:_X-Wing_Miniatures_Game The event is tailored towards players from Australia and West Pacific time zones (GMT +7 to GMT +10). That doesn’t mean that players from other regions can’t join in, but they would need to be realistic about their availability to play games with people from those time zones. If in doubt post your time zone and availability below and I’ll send you a list of likely match times with your time zones marked so you can see if it’s realistic.

That doesn’t mean that players from other regions can’t join in, but they would need to be realistic about their availability to play games with people from those time zones. If in doubt post your time zone and availability below and I’ll send you a list of likely match times with your time zones marked so you can see if it’s realistic. P layers will be paired up and given a week period to organise and play their game. The deadline for completing the first game will be Midnight GMT Sunday 20th April . Note the date was changed to allow new players a little more time to get their vassal test game and lists ready.



Note the date was changed to allow new players a little more time to get their vassal test game and lists ready. This is not a knock-out tournament; players get to play the full event.

Lists will be submitted to and compiled by a the completely impartial Kirby (thanks Kirby! this way I can join in and play!)

(thanks Kirby! this way I can join in and play!) The first round pairings will be assigned by Kirby, and will be completely random (no imperial vs rebel weighting).

The following rounds will be swiss-seeded.

Lists need to be 100pts or lower.

Imperial Aces are legal for this event

3++ X-Wing Tournament Contestants

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Player,Name,Faction,Region,Score

1,The Theorist,Unknown,USA,N/A

2,Imagined Realms,Empire,Victoria,N/A

3,JosephWoodworth,Unknown,Japan,N/a

4,Malignant,Unknown,W Australia,N/A

5,Blueicearcher ,Unknown,GMT+8,N/A

6,Ravncat,Unknown,Unknown,N/A

7,Iain3,Rebels,NS Wales,N/A

8,Matt-Shadowlord,Unknown,W Australia,N/A

9,Stryker,Unknown,Victoria,N/A

10,Doobleg,Unknown,W Australia ,N/A

11,Morgan,Unknown,Unknown ,N/A

12,Innocent,Unknown,W Australia ,N/A

13, , , ,N/A

14, , , ,N/A

15, , , ,N/A

16, , , ,N/A

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Information needed from players:

Your name

Your 100pt list

Your Region and Time Zone (eg USA GMT -8)

A contact email address players can use to arrange game times with you (this will usually be the email address from which you email Kirby)

Send this information to kirbys40kblog@gmail.com

Lists will be kept confidential until they are all simultaneously released, but that doesn’t mean players can’t post their own lists before hand or even ask for advice. http://www.3plusplus.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=69

Link to download Fantasy Flight X-Wing Tournament Rules

Tip: For those newer players who can find the Vassal’s odd approach to having floating windows for each part of the game a bit clunky, I would advise you to just put them pretty much exactly as shown below and leave them like that rather than flipping forward an backward from one to the next.