Star Wars - X Wing

I managed to turn up late for the club the other day and took over a pair of Rebel Starfighters, an X& Y Wing. They were in a rather awkward configuration so I decided to sort myself out into a fighting element. Until I find out better I intend to treat X Wing as an air combat game.

A pair of Imperial Starfighters turned in on me.

Always turn into the attack and always use both planes in an element to  support each other.

I was disappointed to do very little damage on the lead Imperial but  pulled out and away to give myself space to set up another attack.

The Imperial Flight Leader turned in for another attack on my X Wing.

The X Wing fired Photon Torpedoes and the Imperial blew up. The second Tie turned away from me.

My XWing followed him through the turn and pumped lasers into the Tie's unprotected rear: bang.

And that was it as far as my contribution to the scenario went.

This is the second game of Star Wars I have played. My thoughts on the game are as follows:

X Wing is an airgame based on Wings of War.

Fantasy Flight have added lots of Special Effect Cards to try to turn it into one of those collectible card game - type designs like Malifaux, where choosing killer units is much more important than the wargame element. Fortunately FF have failed and X Wing is still a manoeuvre game because the fighters mostly just fire forwards.

So all the usual airgame tactics apply:
Fight in element formations not individual planes
Manoeuvre into your opponents rear and stay there
Be patient and manoeuvre to set up a favourable attack
Follow through when committed to an attack
Get in, fire at the closest range possible, and get out to set up another attack