X-Wing

X-Wing Miniatures Game News, Reviews, Editorials & Unboxings.

Star Wars: X-Wing is a miniature war game designed by Jay Little and produced by Fantasy Flight Games that was released at Gen Con during August 17, 2012. It transferred to control of Atomic Mass Games in Nevember, 2020.

It features tactical ship-to-ship dogfighting between various types of starfighters set in the Star Wars universe. The game is reknown for being easy to learn and quick to play taking anywhere between 15 and 60 minutes from first set-up to battle's end. Each round both players give all their ships movement orders without knowing what their opponent is doing before resolving these orders while trying to shoot down enemy craft. On May 1, 2018, FFG announced X-Wing Second Edition, which was released in September 2018.

The game is famous for it's high quality pre-painted starfighter miniatures, which made the game very popular with new players, and eased it's initial explosive growth. After years of slow production after the COVID pandemic, and citing a variety of business difficulties, Atomic Mass Games formally announced the discontinuation of X-Wing's production on June 13, 2024.

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