It was a great campaign. I couldn’t beat Guillaman but was still fun!
@casualdadgames8 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! You'll get him next time ;)
@casualdadgames9 күн бұрын
Here's my actual playthrough of the entire campaign: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gciff8hqr76tmKc.htmlsi=3Q6rwkwTCupj0xmo
@casualdadgames9 күн бұрын
Here's the introduction video that was just the concept and lore plus the actual spreadsheet of the decks: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsl2iq5k3q7SlWg.htmlsi=P3o20n1TSJhxdEYt
@Modello4010 күн бұрын
Yeah not a fan of it. Just more cards than a deck can take, and as said before, maxxed decks don’t make for “fun campaign”
@casualdadgames10 күн бұрын
I get it - so the formula for ALL of these campaigns is there's a cap on the number of bodyguards and a points target you have to hit. So while I had a lot of fun curating this, there were some things I HAD to do. I'll be doing a video tonight running through these with only cards in the current card pool!
@PrometheusV10 күн бұрын
Yeah no, i lost all interest when i encountered a COMPLETE TITAN build in round 4...i just stopped playing, didnt even used up my strikes. I thought a 5th anniversary would be fun and newbie friendly. This is a cruel joke, no matter how lore friendly.
@Modello4010 күн бұрын
@@casualdadgames they’re just not fun. Classic thinking of more and maxxed is what makes a campaign fun. Same awful reasoning behind those weather anomaly campaigns. Oh look, acheran deck where where they gets smashed to bits annnnd not die, but fire back at maxxed level …joy of joys. Oh look, creed decks that have maxxed precision shot and get to re do it 3 times at, yep, you guessed it, maxxed. There’s no thought whatsoever in creating these decks. Oh look, morven vahl and her fear shield decks, how original.
@brendenconolly716110 күн бұрын
Dark Imperium was my first box set so holds a special place in my heart! Looks like a fun campaign-looking forward to it!
@casualdadgames10 күн бұрын
Aww YEAH! It's an amazing starter set :D
@Eggyman194510 күн бұрын
You mind if i make a edit of you i love your stuff dude
@casualdadgames10 күн бұрын
Sure! And holler if there's anything you'd like to see!
@shintobean11 күн бұрын
You put a lot of thought into these! It's cool to see levels designed with the lore in mind. Should be an epic challenge!
@casualdadgames11 күн бұрын
Your Lion and Vahl decks were some of the toughest, not seeing either of them *should* make it a little smoother to get through - but I am concerned about that Trajann
@casualdadgames11 күн бұрын
I had a lot of fun with this :D Especially that it was THIS lore moment - goodness, what a treat!
@JesseHallett11 күн бұрын
I'm looking forward to playing your campaign!
@JesseHallett11 күн бұрын
I guess I've got today to get up to speed on this game
@casualdadgames11 күн бұрын
I mean. It's a 5x Rewards WEEK, if you're going to pick it up there's no better time XD
@JesseHallett12 күн бұрын
I think you can use Impossible Girl as co-commander to get black cards in the Doctor Who deck.
@casualdadgames12 күн бұрын
Yes... But then you lose all Red cards, which is a third of the deck XD Clara is awesome, but nothing gives you Black AND Red.
@JesseHallett12 күн бұрын
@@casualdadgames Oh dang, that does sound undesirable
@casualdadgames12 күн бұрын
There's enough Cascade and such you could try just letting it roll, but yikes if you get both Black cards stuck in your hand :/
@kudosbudo14 күн бұрын
its a shame shipping sucks for infinite arenas stuff. too expensive for the eu/uk
@casualdadgames14 күн бұрын
Does it? I wasn't aware of that. I wonder if any shops would be willing to get a larger batch to distribute in the UK?
@Admirable_Thrawn14 күн бұрын
Thank you for the updates, love your videos!
@casualdadgames14 күн бұрын
That's great to hear :D And there's plenty more to come!
@Admirable_Thrawn14 күн бұрын
@casualdadgames really looking forward to Epic play and Huge ships coming back, and excited for you to get the chance to possibly try them out, they were a TON of fun!
@VictorKolbe15 күн бұрын
I also like having modes other than simply "just dogfighting". So in that sense, I appreciate the direction they were heading in 2.5 My main personal issue with the squad building (aside from the generic-pilot hate (huge bummer)) is that the load-out logic means you should always max out your upgrades, and I feel like (at least at the non-competitive level that I play with my friends) this unnecessarily leads to complexity creep (whilst somehow still being more restrictive) Also: I'm a brand new (I know, weird timing) player and I'm loving your channel! Keep it up! Thanks for your hard comments on community friendliness and respect. Those are so so important. There's no place for rudeness in our hobby anymore.
@casualdadgames15 күн бұрын
Oh hey! Welcome aboard! You're spot-on on the upgrade bloat. In 1.0 and 2.0, I was often frustrated that almost no upgrades were "worth" the points over more bodies, so you only saw the same handful of upgrades (sometimes spammed). In the new system, I see a much wider variety of cards and slots being used than ever before, and that's been refreshing for me personally as a long-time player. Buuuut, yeah, that's a whole new kind of problem. 2.5's bloat could be solved by slashing Loadout across the board, but that could skew balance and we're back to upgrade scarcity and little variety. 1.0/2.0's problem could be solved by adding some form of LV system. Or, we could get really weird and add a 40k-style Force Organization Chart or Faction limitation system that would add some different kind of lever to give granularity, customization, AND variety. Personally I really like what 312 has been doing by pipping Generics so even if they're cheaper, they're less spammable (although you can still do it with multiple chasses). We'll just have to see what happens :D
@RuralCastle51316 күн бұрын
Love the content!
@Squirl51319 күн бұрын
"Something given has no value." AMG was given the highly successful game of x-wing by asmodee after asmodee purchased FFG. The current state of the game is wholly AMG's fault.
@casualdadgames19 күн бұрын
My understanding is that sales-wise, X-wing never recovered from the transition to 2.0. AMG took some smart business steps to address that (some less so, especially on the community engagement side) ...but they were tasked with rebooting a production of a physical production in the middle of a catastrophic failure of global manufacturing and shipping, one that still hasn't recovered. Lay blame, sure. But it's dishonest to claim the entire state of the game is AMG's fault. Especially since 2.0 was a redesign to fix FFG's issues in the first edition in the first place.
@Squirl51319 күн бұрын
@@casualdadgames you're calling me dishonest after making that video? Wow.
@casualdadgames18 күн бұрын
Dishonest isn't the word I meant to use, you're obviously entitled to your opinions, and I'm sure you're a person of integrity (seriously). BUT, the statement that X-wing was "highly successful" at the end of 2020 is outright false. So is the quote. And the statement that the state of the game is "wholly" AMG's fault immediately after saying it was Asmodee who chose to give it to them contradicts itself.
@Squirl51318 күн бұрын
@casualdadgames you start off interactions with insults. I have no reason to take you seriously.
@beetlecats19 күн бұрын
Congratss on your campaign!! Can’t wait to play it ❤
@casualdadgames19 күн бұрын
Thank you! I also recorded a breakdown of the campaign, coming on the 9th :D
@gauthierspaggiari155519 күн бұрын
Congrats on your custom campaign!!!!
@casualdadgames19 күн бұрын
Thank you! I'm super excited 😊
@TheLastPhoen1x23 күн бұрын
Force mechanic was meh, it was focus but only 1 dice instead of all. Original 1.0 was peak, you had all the needed info on cards and the game was self-contained. It was also less clutter, with dropping bomb or shooting a rocket you didn't have additional tokens and was told to "discard the card", and ppl just flipped it face down. Eloquent. It was a better designed game overall, before powercreep messed it up. For casual play I would pick 1.0 still.
@casualdadgames23 күн бұрын
The best thing about Force is it's a mechanic to balance out Pilot Abilities. Making it a limited resource for, say, Vader to get his double Actions or use it on Force Upgrades. I agree I loved 1.0, at the time. But would struggle to go back now. The biggest thing I remember is those 360 turrets. And the hole-punched Pilot cards for ships that had slots errata'd away XD
@TheLastPhoen1x23 күн бұрын
@@casualdadgames Not sure what they were thinking by loading Jumpmaster with all those slots originally, but I would rather they THINK then print the card than just offload responsibility on the players buy not printing info on cards and make them use online builders that hey can retroactively change. Turrets weren't really a problem, other than TLT, I like them 360 much more than mobile arc both thematically and from ease of gameplay perspective.
@fredbecerra160823 күн бұрын
OMICRON CLASS ATTACK SHUTTLE!!!
@casualdadgames23 күн бұрын
OH! MY BAD!
@gwin271923 күн бұрын
So will anyone be able to go up and play? or do we have to qualify?
@casualdadgames23 күн бұрын
The exact wording of what was said "Players who wish to take on this challenge and claim the title of World Open Champion will first need to earn their spot in the World Open Finals by making the top cut in one of two World Open Championship Qualifying Heats." That sounds to me like anyone can enter the first few days of Worlds (what was the LCQ?) and then the finals cuts will be "Worlds" There's still room for clarification though
@kensavage765724 күн бұрын
I'll never play 1.0 again, 2.0 was too much of an improvement to go back there. I don't want to play 2.0 as it finished. The bid system just got stupid - if you weren't winning the bid, you were probably losing the game. 2.5 is good, but 20 points makes for stupid list building. To start, it should be 200 points with everything costing 10 times as much. Then ships can be tweaked a lot better. ROAD has just improved the game so much, for me, that I don't want to play without it. So, I would play 2.0 - but only if they bring in some 2.5 rules. I will play 2.5, but hope to see some improvements in points.
@GI-JOEs26 күн бұрын
Great video. Love the x-wing community and glad it's still thriving. Am a 1.0 player and don't plan to change. Have fun guys. 👍
@casualdadgames26 күн бұрын
No judgement there - I've been fortunate to have a play group that's moved with editions with me, but I can definitely see scenarios where I would have stuck with 1.0
@GI-JOEs27 күн бұрын
Awesome video. I love 1.0 and i refuse to pay more money for 2.0. I rather enjoy the game with what got me started and what my friends and i enjoy.
@YouTubeGuyAllTheTime27 күн бұрын
The ship at 5:25 seconds is the inquisitor's transport ship. It is in the Obi-Wan TV series.
@casualdadgames27 күн бұрын
Ah! Thank you!
@camwardart27 күн бұрын
I think some of those designs are amazing, xwing and armada! I can understand people wanting a more “official” product when it comes to playing competitive games, but I really like making new content for friendly/casual/homebrew play, and I think when you have a whole dedicated community working on it you can get even better results than what some companies release as the “official” product. So I’m all for this and excited to try out some of the new stuff/maybe order some.
@casualdadgames27 күн бұрын
Same! I hope it's thoroughly thought out and tested, I've seen a lot of homebrew proposals that are problematic for all kinds of reasons, but there's certainly room for some new content
@bobafett224328 күн бұрын
I need a source to print legit looking cards for Armada and X-Wing. Easiest way.
@casualdadgames27 күн бұрын
Infinite Arenas has printed cards for sale, and Jim Bob is actively expanding what he's able to print!
@kudosbudo28 күн бұрын
oh theres quite a few ships id like to see. also more varients, like more stolen imp ships for rebels, more scum ships. ans imps have quite a few still unused tie varients
@casualdadgames27 күн бұрын
When Battle over Endor was released, I was seriously hoping it was how they would bring back the Lambda (not that they would ever do that, but still)
@snethss28 күн бұрын
Newly designed ships is absolutely the wrong thing for them to be doing.
@casualdadgames27 күн бұрын
For the moment and immediate future - sure. But slowly, over time, it could be a really good thing for the game
@domip331828 күн бұрын
Im really looking forward to a 3d printed Tie Advanced/Avenger with the correct scale for X-Wing
@casualdadgames28 күн бұрын
Interesting - has anyone said they're working on that?
@samproximax1790Ай бұрын
nice content, im a new fan. love this
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
Aw, that's great to hear! Welcome!
@jdub-replicantАй бұрын
I like the 1.0 recap but I would argue that FFG did not provide much in the way of digital management of collections or for list building, while I appreciate there were web/app based list builders and theorycrafting podcasters like gold squadron etc, looking at the game now there were a whole lot of synergies that existed that possibly went undiscovered and/or a lack of imagination for tourney players. Coupled with the fact that FFG should never have made cards required for tourneys, if someone owned the ships then ffg should have offered a printout list option for tourneys. The cards are a complete mess. Keep the card art but make it digitally printable. I still believe that jumpmasters were beatable but not by a pair of aces. I don’t think power creep should be the default reason when I think there was just too many cards to manage to properly list build. This game became very nuanced with rules. There were plenty of opportunities to spice up tourney play. I was very sad to see 2.0 implementation essentially alienate 1.0 players. A real missed opportunity for FFG.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
A lot to unpack there, but I'm fairly sure I agree on all points. I also remember FFG's... Attempt, at an official list builder app (where they should have just licensed the existing ones). We're at the most stable/accessible a digital toolbox that the game has ever seen, but it is a bummer the printed points were never properly balanced in the first place :/ It's funny too, I was just in a Discord conversation the past two days out the meta, balance, and how the statistics are both important and somewhere between incomplete and worthless because of how few actual numbers we have vs. the number of variables, but that they're some of the best information we have to determine game balance
@brendenconolly7161Ай бұрын
Great video. She is badly broken
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
CLARIFICATION direct from Nick at 312 Squadron- "Hey all, Nick from 312 here! Here to stop some misinformation from spreading. I am the communications person for the XWA. We launched our community points BEFORE the XWA was formed. Yes it has been updated since then, but we have gone out of our way to make it clear this is not a glimpse into XWA plans, OR affiliated in any way with the Alliance efforts. We have gone out of our way to disclaim this in all content related to these points. Once beta testing is available from the XWA, we will be promoting them and archiving these (if people really want to see them, they can). Thank you for looking at these and reviewing them, from a creator standpoint, I do appreciate that! Just keep in mind our intention was to just give people in our community something semi-robust to test and **have fun with!** "
@NickelCityXwingАй бұрын
My name is Greg Kash, I am on the XWA Points Team. I just want to make it clear that these 312 points are in no way affiliated with the XWA Points. Nick did these points before the XWA really even got started. He did them for fun and his stream and it's a cool thing to do in a stagnant time of the game, but they do not have a bearing on the direction the XWA is going with points.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
Thank you - I just copied over a direct quote from the Reddit thread as well, apologies for the confusion!
@kudosbudoАй бұрын
none of the five conversion kits i got came with damage decks. plus you cant find them now. in the uk they are rare.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
Really?! No! Try Infinite Arenas - if they don't have one yet, I expect they will soon
@casualdadgames18 күн бұрын
Professional printed Damage Decks, up for preorder! infinitearenas.com/shop/
@CAMSLAYER137 күн бұрын
I saw some decently cheap ones on ebay, I also live in the uk
@bobobofettАй бұрын
Maui points next?
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
I'm sure I can dig one up, but I don't suppose you have a link handy for his latest?
@kudosbudoАй бұрын
Will the team be tackling huge ships in the future? Cos theres nothing on AMGS website about them that i can find. They seem to be 2.0 only. Would like to see them.
@bobobofettАй бұрын
There is talk about it, yeah
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
I can't say 100% but the impression I've gotten is the XWA plans to support ALL of the formats of X-wing, including Epic. I didn't check if Maui or 312 Squadron already has a draft for them...
@casualdadgames18 күн бұрын
Nick, the XWA spokesperson, confirmed not too long ago that Paul Heaver (Rules lead) is actively working with community members on current rules updates for Epic - including Huge Ships <3
@DaBabblingBrookeАй бұрын
I knew it! I knew I wasn't the only person who played Rebel Assault II! I'll have to give that MST3K code a try sometime xD Such a shame we never got these upgrades, I personally loved FFG leaning into the obscure ships from the LucasArts games + expanded universe.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
It was the funniest thing *in the world* when I was like, 8? I can't vouch for it now, but it's some serious nostalgia!
@snethssАй бұрын
This game seemed like it was only about making broken cards with every update.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
They've been adding one (two, once) new Warlord per month, and most of them sit smack in the middle of the competitive stack. Vahl is the first outlier since Cawl, and I'm still not totally sure she's OP. Plus, there are easy ways to dial her down if necessary
@Firefox_EnjoyerАй бұрын
I really enjoyed this video and showing all the abilities potentials and different match ups of vahl. She seems fun to play and fits the sisters very well but I am not sure if she is a good addition currently. Her ability feels like leaving things up to chance way too much. I feel like Ahriman got it right with the bolt of change.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
It's definitely a work in progress - I actually talked to Harry who designed her rule (and updated Ahriman too) and if Vahl becomes a problem, there are several levers to pull to keep her fun and potent but not over the top. I personally find her a little overtuned right now, but will defer to her overall win rate (especially in PvP) if I'm overreacting!
@Firefox_EnjoyerАй бұрын
@@casualdadgames it's really nice they have plans to do something if she gets out of control.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
Absolutely, I think Cawl was both an outlier and a big lesson in designing the SCs. Everyone since has had a really good balance of %'s and trigger criteria that can be pushed up or down independently to get everyone just right for long-term balance
@Firefox_EnjoyerАй бұрын
@@casualdadgames for the neglected brother of 40k mobile games this game's devs are putting insane amount of work and research into making it good.
@logiclustАй бұрын
Thanks for the vid. Fun stuff!
@agentstack3449Ай бұрын
Where is this survey?
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeK5a5rIk4UwhWlNTqvqRBV1Wco9g1P7YsQ09vJx6DHetBpBA/viewform It was in the video description!
@jamisondebolt5590Ай бұрын
Commenting before watching the video - but yo, first edition is where it's at.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
If you say so XD I had some truly great times in 1.0, but realized how bad I actually had it after seeing the other side(s)!
@jamisondebolt5590Ай бұрын
@casualdadgames I dunno, man. It just felt like they watered the game down so much for 2e. Took a lot of the fun out, for my playgroup. I never played 2.5
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
They dialed down the power level for sure. And man did Large ships take a ding. The biggest thing I go back to is turrets. Sure, it makes narrative sense for turrets to be able to hit anywhere anytime, but in-game it's an insane advantage. Then that led to Autothrusters, which led to turrets getting TLT, then to offset turrets AND Autothrusters they started bringing fixed-arc Ordinance up with Harpoon Missiles... Not that that was the entire experience of playing in 1.0, not everyone ran any of that, but I'm over the moon to have not seen, say, Miranda since 1.0. Really I'm just glad there are multiple ways to play, and for the most part enough players to play them, for everyone to get what they want!
@jamisondebolt5590Ай бұрын
@casualdadgames yeah the auto-take turrets/thrusters combo if you could got stale for sure, I can't deny all of that.
@Firefox_EnjoyerАй бұрын
I know it's 2 months old but this video was still fun! Kinda bad that I didn't benefit much from the deckbuilding because I am at 4k trophies but the matches and explanations for the cards were enjoyable!
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
@@Firefox_Enjoyer 4k trophies... With Guilliman?!
@Firefox_EnjoyerАй бұрын
@@casualdadgames I used the code WHITEDWARF to get him. I wish there was any other way haha
@USALibertarianАй бұрын
Aged like Rise of Skywalker.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
Ha! Not gonna argue against that XD I stand by the observations, maybe even the assumptions - but I was obviously flat wrong about the predictions ;)
@USALibertarianАй бұрын
@@casualdadgames Licensed games is another thing I'll never invest in again. I'm running out of options.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
Try Aerodome by I believe Wade Pichet (sp?) one of the original X-wing designers. And then Encounters: Shattered Wastes by Ryan Farmer of FlyBetter Podcast!
@wscrivnerАй бұрын
Thanks for the XWA update. Small correction - X-Wing was introduced at Gencon in August 2012 and was available to the public shortly after I believe. So almost 14 (oops, I mean 12!) years old! 🎉 [edited for bad math]
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
@@wscrivner ah dangit, thank you for the date correction!
@wscrivnerАй бұрын
Haha - did I mention I'm terrible at math?! X-Wing is almost *12* years old, not 14! 🤦♂️
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
@@wscrivner ha! Well I feel better ;)
@crastestpixles5972Ай бұрын
I also voted for the Resistance Aces. I loved Resistance, I think some people coulden't see past Kaz and Neeku, having the main character being the comic relief character may have stopped some people from seeing just how well the story and other character were developed. I actually liked that Kaz really was a great pilot just sucked at everything else, it nice to have a main character that isn't great at everything.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
@@crastestpixles5972 Oh yeah, there were really great characters in the show, and even Kaz and Neeku really grew on me. But MAN they were annoying too, especially in the beginning XD I don't know if I mentioned in this video, I really want the crazy pirate ship in a model. Ideally in X-wing, but if the scale pushes it to Huge or even Epic scale... That might finally get me into those formats!
@crastestpixles5972Ай бұрын
@@casualdadgames Kaz and Neeku grew on me too, there kind of annoying like paring C3P0 and Jar Jar Binks lol The Galleon is a cool pirate ship, I think it differently would have to be a huge ship. I didn't realize until now that Kragan Gorr's shuttle is a scavenged Imperial Lambda-class T-4a shuttle. Both of those could be cross faction Scum / Resistnace ships. Also I'd love to have a Synara San pilot or crew card too.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
@@crastestpixles5972 oh, it IS. I kept thinking it was a Scum version of the Bad Batch shuttle, but it's a Lambda. Incidentally so are the wings on the Galleon - but it's also built out of a bunch of AT-AT and other various parts. Wild. Synara could be such a cool card. Maybe flippable, maybe a Resistance and Scum version, there's a lot to play with there.
@crastestpixles5972Ай бұрын
@@casualdadgames I didn't realie it was made from AT-ATs so could be playable in Legion too...
@omegadevil5659Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I’m really digging the Outrider. Looks really good for a small model.
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
@@omegadevil5659 Absolutely! As I get more boxes I'll do some more of this too. This is a ship I never had in 1.0 before and was pretty excited to get. It really looks great in person/on the table!
@tempest3394Ай бұрын
He's such a fun warlord! I agree! But he does need a bit more of a buff
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
@@tempest3394 Agreed! I have a blast playing with him, but he definitely is underpowered. I wouldn't really know where to start fixing him though
@NUkropinaАй бұрын
Thank you! I was super disappointed thinking we weren't going to get these ships! My next casual fly game will be in for a surprise!
@casualdadgamesАй бұрын
@@NUkropina oh yeah! I'm excited that we have some form of the gunboats - I'm pumped to fly the Phantoms :D