Fantasy Flight Preview The Deadly Slave I For X-Wing
January 24, 2013 by brennon
If you're looking to expand your fleet in the X-Wing Miniatures Game then how about Fantasy Flight's sneak peek at the way Slave I plays. Check out the model below...
Now that is a fine looking piece of pre-painted miniature. It's not often you get to say that but Fantasy Flight really do pull out all the stops when it comes to their games.
You can fly this around on your board as either a standard ship, or maybe you fancy adding Boba Fett into the mix and letting the deadly bounty hunter loose?
Will this be arriving at your starport soon?
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Full details of this ship, and the rest of the next wave of ships, is already available. The entire contents of the box, all card text and new rules included, has been online for over a month. Links to these resources are found in the forum thread below. http://www.beastsofwar.com/groups/news-rumors/forum/topic/full-2nd-wave-of-x-wing-spoilers/ I have a Firespray at home after taking second in one of the local Kessel Run events. The Firespray is okay. It’s really not that great a ship to be honest. It has some interesting offensive capabilities, but it’s far easier to kill than the Millenium Falcon so it’s kind of… Read more »
Like your reviews @mpopke I’ll be re-reading them when i get into the game proper.
Thanks. I think the biggest thing about the Firespray is that at the 100pt level it’s just dead weight in a list. It really relies on synergy with other units. You either need a lot more fast and disposable units to herd your opponent (TIE Fighters), or some fast moving elite units to outflank your opponent (TIE Interceptors) or support units to help give you more capabilities (Darth’s TIE Advanced with Swarm Tactics or Squad Leader). At the 100pt level it’s hard to squeeze all of that in your list along with the 40–50pt Firespray. Whereas the Falcon is basically… Read more »
I dont play the game but would buy this any way…. I F–K SH-T UP LIKE BOBBA FETT!
Boba Fett, Boba Fett! Where!?!
Sexy offering from the lads at Fantasy Flight. Sure to be one gracing my desk in the near future.