From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeleteLook, I wrote these rules because the main goal of big-name minis games seems to be to get you to buy boosters and accessories. Then when that runs dry to do a second edition and do it all over again. I barely have time to write anything, so there’s never going to be another product for this let alone a second edition.
Yeah it's pretty transparent. I was going to say that the game just came out but apparently it came out in 2012. FFG gonna FFG, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI mean, most of the changes to it seem okay, it’s just that the conversion kits should be cheap. I don’t know, my only experience playing it is with a few booster ships and the core set. Trying to play it at a tournament is absolutely an exercise in frustration, though.
ReplyDeleteThis seems lame as well.
The Force is a crucial part of the Star Wars galaxy that has historically played a smaller role in the game of X-Wing. With the release of X-Wing Second Edition, we have the chance to implement the Force as an important part of the game, affecting how you fly your ships and the choices that you make in the heat of battle.
So I’m guessing using the Force lets you roll an extra die or reroll a result or something.
ReplyDeleteI think it might have their own powers now. Still, they should have just given pilots their own powers instead of it being a separate thing.
ReplyDeleteAre the rule books expensive? I assume they make money selling minis, right?
ReplyDeleteThe rules come with the starters.
ReplyDeleteCasey G. God damn it, FFG.
ReplyDeleteUuuggggh stupid FFG
ReplyDeleteThe nerd rage has been amazing to watch on this one.
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