Both Gold Squadron and Fly Better are committed to making this a smooth and enjoyable online event. We understand that these are difficult times, and in the spirit of hopefulness, Gold Squadron and Fly Better will each donate $1 per Jank Tank Open participant to the charity of the winner’s choice. To those who are savvy enough to master their jank, other great prizes can be won as well. Please read the descriptions of the various tabs on this site so you are familiar with where to find various information.

Hello and welcome everyone to the first ever Jank Tank Open, kicking off on April 3rd! As a collaboration between both the Fly Better and Gold Squadron Podcasts, this online Extended X-Wing event is a single elimination tournament run on the Vassal platform. However, all players participating in the Jank Tank Open will be using randomly generated squad lists from Yet Another Squad Builder instead of building their own from scratch. Players will choose one of 2 randomized squads assigned to them to play in the tournament. The only permitted changes to the squad are one upgrade that may be removed, and one upgrade that may be added.

Tournament Summary

The Jank Tank Open is a single elimination Online X-Wing tournament utilizing the X-Wing 2nd Edition Vassal Module. Participating players will be assigned 1 randomly generated list for two factions: one chosen during sign up and the other randomly. Lists are created using the random squadron generator on Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0 (https://raithos.github.io/).The format for this tournament is Extended to create a varied pool of choices for the randomizer. Once you get your squad options you may remove a single upgrade, and/or add a single upgrade. You will then choose one of your two squads to use for the event. When playing your games, player order is randomly decided at the start of the game via a die roll. A bid will not help you.

Players are expected to be familiar with the rules of X-Wing Second Edition. This is a Casual level event. Resources are available here:

Tournament Timeline

Tuesday March 24th: Registration Opens

Thursday April 2nd: Registration Ends

Friday April 3rd: Tournament Bracket Posted to TTT

Monday April 13th: Round 1 Results Due

Monday April 20th: Round 2 Results Due

Rounds will continue to be Due on Mondays until there is a Winner

Playing your games

Once registration has closed, two google sheets will be sent to all players. One contains all the players, their lists, vassal handles, and discord handles. This is for coordination with your opponent. The second contains everyone’s Round 1 Matchups, when they play (Use a UTC converter for the time), and whether the game has completed. Be sure to fill this out as you coordinate your time and complete your games.

Games are played to a total of 12 rounds.

Before your game begins please start a Vassal Log file. This can be done using these instructions:

In order to save a log of a game, you must start the recording of the log before the game starts. This is done with the File Menu/Begin logfile. When you're ready to end it, go to File Menu/End Logfile.

Player order is determined randomly. This can be done by one player rolling a die. If the result is hit/crit then they are the first player. They do not get to choose.

If a rules dispute occurs that cannot be resolved, roll for it. After the game, email MynockListCritiques@gmail.com with the rules question so a clarification can be made if necessary! This is a lighthearted tournament designed to be fun. By FFG standards this would be Casual Tier. Be flexible.

When your game has completed, BOTH PLAYERS need to record their results in Tabletop.to.

In the Fly Better Discord you can upload your Vassal Log in the #vassal-log-upload text channel using the following naming convention: ROUND#_TABLE# (Ex. ROUND1_TABLE12)

If your opponent does not show up or is unresponsive to emails/communication attempts, please email MynockListCritiques@gmail.com. If players do not complete their match on time, and we have not been made aware of any issues, a winner will be randomly selected. A player may voluntarily concede a game if they run into scheduling conflicts, however we implore you to make time to play your matches.

Prizes