Star Wars X-Wing 2.0 Announced

Fantasy Flight Games have announced the next evolution of the Star Wars X-Wing, which brings in the Second Edition, which is a game of daring space combat for two players! The new edition sees a new core set released which comes with three fully assembled and pre-painted ships, and all the cards, movement tools, tokens, and dice that you need for the second edition.

The X-Wing Second Edition will be released early at Gen Con 2018, which takes place in Indianapolis in early August. It will have a wide release on September 13th, 2018.

Check out the trailer below:

Here are the details:

• With X-Wing Second Edition, gameplay has been refined across the board, implementing minor tweaks and changes to improve the game’s flow, clean up interactions, and refocus the game on the physical act of flying starships.

• 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. For more information about the Force and how it plays out in your games of X-Wing, just keep reading!

• Faction identities have been strengthened in X-Wing Second Edition, giving each faction more unique tactics and strategies. Flying a squadron of Scum and Villainy starships should feel very different from flying an Imperial squadron, and with the game’s second edition, those differences are more present than ever before. What’s more, the First Order and Resistance have been reformed into their own distinct factions, separate from the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire, with their own themes, strengths, and weaknesses.

• An official X-Wing squad builder app / website will be implemented, bringing a new level of dynamic play to Organized Play and casual games alike. This X-Wing squad builder gives players an easy way to assemble their squadrons and manage their collection, and it also allows the Organized Play team to explore dozens of new possibilities with alternate formats for the game. The point cost of ships and upgrades and the upgrade slots available to ships can be adjusted for the course of a single event, a tournament series, or an entire season of the game. Ultimately, the X-Wing squad builder app creates dynamic and constantly evolving Organized Play unlike anything that was possible before.

X-Wing 2.0 will also launch with a new wave of content, which include accessories and expansion ships, plus conversion kits for each faction to bring models and cards from the original game into the new game.

Here is a closer look at the first wave of addition items:

The conversion kits are priced at $49.99 each, with the ships priced from $19.99 each, with Slave 1 costing $29.99.  They’ve also reduced the amount of plastic used in the new packaging.

With this announcement, Fantasy Flight Games have revealed that the next two X-Wing releases, the TIE Reaper and Saw’s Renegades, will also come with additional items so they work with 1.0 and 2.0 editions.

What do you think of X-Wing 2.0?