Northern Gaming network's Wookies on X-Wing battle reports from their store championship reach round three.
Showing posts with label Tie Advanced. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tie Advanced. Show all posts
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Star Wars X-Wing - TIE Advanced Unboxing and Review
TIE Advanced expansion unboxing from Charles Shumar. Charles has had a war gaming channel for quite some time but now it seems he has taken to X-Wing, uploaded a series of unboxings of the core set and wave one expansions.
Friday, 13 March 2015
X-Wing Madness Round 10: Tie Advanced!
We continue with Crabbok as he plays against himself with the elite TIE Advanced
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
ORS: Episode XX - X-Wing Battle Report - Tabletop game #1
After six months of publishing battle reports from vassal log files the Outer Rim Smugglers finally take the plunge into physical battle reports.
Here we see them adapt their onscreen interface to be used with a physical game using a fully top down camera angle and the squad indicators on the left and right margins.
They also substituted the lack of the dice roll window from vassal with their own dice roll animation and laser animations to help indicate attacks for the viewer.
as far as the video is concerned the only problem is the playfield used had some kind of a nebula or blackhole painted in the middle which creates a lot of noise and makes it harder to make out details in the play area.
The other downside is that the hosts themselves have become used to much shorter videos made from vassal logs where the pauses while players make a decision have been eliminated. In this case there are several moments that they are waiting for the game to progress and find them selves with little to say. hopefully with more videos of this kind under their belt they will start to find ways to fill the gaps and pauses to help keep viewer interest.
Here we see them adapt their onscreen interface to be used with a physical game using a fully top down camera angle and the squad indicators on the left and right margins.
They also substituted the lack of the dice roll window from vassal with their own dice roll animation and laser animations to help indicate attacks for the viewer.
as far as the video is concerned the only problem is the playfield used had some kind of a nebula or blackhole painted in the middle which creates a lot of noise and makes it harder to make out details in the play area.
The other downside is that the hosts themselves have become used to much shorter videos made from vassal logs where the pauses while players make a decision have been eliminated. In this case there are several moments that they are waiting for the game to progress and find them selves with little to say. hopefully with more videos of this kind under their belt they will start to find ways to fill the gaps and pauses to help keep viewer interest.
Monday, 23 February 2015
Kavil,Renthal,Godalhi - Most Wanted Expansion | Thrawn's Field Test 2015...
For those who didn't already know Thrawn produces some of the most professional X-Wing videos on YouTube, and he does so with very little fancy special effects.
If this is the first you've heard of them then be sure to use the tag on this post to find more of their content or go to their channel page on YouTube.
You might feel put off by the German language but please stick through it and you'll see that if you're familiar with the visual language of X-Wing that you'll be able to follow along with no effort whatsoever.
Thrawn's Battle reports are all previews of announce but unreleased content for the game and in this video they feature the imminent scum and villainy and the upcoming TIE Advanced X1 title.
If this is the first you've heard of them then be sure to use the tag on this post to find more of their content or go to their channel page on YouTube.
You might feel put off by the German language but please stick through it and you'll see that if you're familiar with the visual language of X-Wing that you'll be able to follow along with no effort whatsoever.
Thrawn's Battle reports are all previews of announce but unreleased content for the game and in this video they feature the imminent scum and villainy and the upcoming TIE Advanced X1 title.
Friday, 20 February 2015
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
X-Wing Store Championship Round 1 Vader Swarm vs Triple Large
The Wookiees on X-Wing from Northern Gaming bring us the first in a series of videos of a local store championship.
Video quality suffers from a heavily damaged play surface and glaring overhead lights.
However the commentary helps capture viewer interest.
Video quality suffers from a heavily damaged play surface and glaring overhead lights.
However the commentary helps capture viewer interest.
Sunday, 1 February 2015
X Wing
Don't expect much of this video. Particularly amateur in its approach and cuts off part way through turn two.
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Commander Alozen - Imperial Raider Expansion | Thrawn's Field Test 2015 ...
Another excellent quality video from the German Thrawn | X-Wing Miniatures Game - Battle Reports [deutsch/english] channel.
Once again testing the new TIE Advanced upgrades to be released with the Imperial Raider expansion.
We've seen several battle reports in the last month experimenting with the future upgrades but until now most have poorly represented the newly reborn TIE Advanced. In this Video however a Maarek Stele and Commander Alozen team obliterate a 100 point rebel squad with very little help from the Firespray-31 that rounds out their squadron.
Watch the video for the rarely seen application of Maarek Stele's pilot ability and to see an also rare devastating proton rocket attack.
Once again, whilst the majority of the conversation is in German, English viewers can follow the video without any difficulty.
Once again testing the new TIE Advanced upgrades to be released with the Imperial Raider expansion.
We've seen several battle reports in the last month experimenting with the future upgrades but until now most have poorly represented the newly reborn TIE Advanced. In this Video however a Maarek Stele and Commander Alozen team obliterate a 100 point rebel squad with very little help from the Firespray-31 that rounds out their squadron.
Watch the video for the rarely seen application of Maarek Stele's pilot ability and to see an also rare devastating proton rocket attack.
Once again, whilst the majority of the conversation is in German, English viewers can follow the video without any difficulty.
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Episode XIV - X-Wing Battle Report - TCAces Round 2 - Sozin vs Starsli...
Another Vassal report from the Outer rim Smugglers as they bring us a round 2 match from the Team covenant aces event currently taking place.
This game is interesting because it uses a great deal of unreleased content. The autothrusters upgrade makes an appearance on Soontir Fel and no less than 5 TIE Advanced on the playfield featuring both the advanced targeting computer and the accuracy corrector unreleased upgrade cards.
Take a look and see if the newly buffed TIE Advanced get a fair shake of it in this match up.
This game is interesting because it uses a great deal of unreleased content. The autothrusters upgrade makes an appearance on Soontir Fel and no less than 5 TIE Advanced on the playfield featuring both the advanced targeting computer and the accuracy corrector unreleased upgrade cards.
Take a look and see if the newly buffed TIE Advanced get a fair shake of it in this match up.
Sunday, 18 January 2015
X Wing Batrep 11 - The 1st Hunger Games
The Fly Casual channel recorded a specialist scenario game titled the Hunger Games. I had heard of this event being pioneered at the NoVa Open back in november and whilst it sounds interesting ad fun its kind of hard to conceptualise without actually seeing it.
This video gives a good demonstration of how the game is played between six people and explains most of the special rules in play.
The video quality of the playfield is a little subpar and grainy with tokens being specifically difficult to identify.
However the capable commentary covers all the action 100% with amiable hosts.
The game is pretty interesting too but I found myself left with a few questions regarding the special rules. I can't help but feel that the first ever guy to come up with the idea should use that mission control thing to create a more ratified ruleset that can be shared.
This video gives a good demonstration of how the game is played between six people and explains most of the special rules in play.
The video quality of the playfield is a little subpar and grainy with tokens being specifically difficult to identify.
However the capable commentary covers all the action 100% with amiable hosts.
The game is pretty interesting too but I found myself left with a few questions regarding the special rules. I can't help but feel that the first ever guy to come up with the idea should use that mission control thing to create a more ratified ruleset that can be shared.
Thursday, 15 January 2015
X-Wing GNK Round 2 - 3x Phantom vs Phantom/Interceptor/Vader
In this channel focus series I will be publishing all the videos found on a specific channel to help complete the blog as a directory for all YouTube content. video analysis will not be necessary as the most recent video by the publisher has already been analysed.
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
X-Wing Video 2
In this channel focus series I will be publishing all the videos found on a specific channel to help complete the blog as a directory for all YouTube content. video analysis will not be necessary as the most recent video by the publisher has already been analysed.
Sunday, 11 January 2015
X-wing Thursday - Mike vs John
Warning video contains frequent use of explicit language.
This video opens up with a disclaimer noting that it is a test video and that explicit language is used.
Image quality is grainy as if the video has been upscaled, although a well lit play area makes it easy to identify ships. Judging from the watermark in the corner the video seems to have been shot edited and uploaded from a mobile device. Although being an imperial vs imperial game and with no other way to tell the ships apart there are times were if you look away for a moment you'd be hard pressed to tell which interceptor is which. Some markers or something would be a good idea to help distinguish each team.
Due to the video quality dice rolls are hard to make out, although the players call out the majority of the results, having the players roll dice on the table half closest to the camera can make a huge improvement to this.
In the case of this vid there is no commentary just the conversation between the two players, as such there are lengthy periods of silence. Add to this the microphone doesn't have much range and so at normal conversation levels the voices are too low, so you turn the volume up, and then when something happens and the players erupt into shouting, which forces you to turn the volume down again. You will probably find yourself fluttering the volume up and down for the entire video.
Lastly the lists are never discussed in the video or included in the description.
Being as how it is a test video it looks like they are hoping to do a lot better in the future.
This video opens up with a disclaimer noting that it is a test video and that explicit language is used.
Image quality is grainy as if the video has been upscaled, although a well lit play area makes it easy to identify ships. Judging from the watermark in the corner the video seems to have been shot edited and uploaded from a mobile device. Although being an imperial vs imperial game and with no other way to tell the ships apart there are times were if you look away for a moment you'd be hard pressed to tell which interceptor is which. Some markers or something would be a good idea to help distinguish each team.
Due to the video quality dice rolls are hard to make out, although the players call out the majority of the results, having the players roll dice on the table half closest to the camera can make a huge improvement to this.
In the case of this vid there is no commentary just the conversation between the two players, as such there are lengthy periods of silence. Add to this the microphone doesn't have much range and so at normal conversation levels the voices are too low, so you turn the volume up, and then when something happens and the players erupt into shouting, which forces you to turn the volume down again. You will probably find yourself fluttering the volume up and down for the entire video.
Lastly the lists are never discussed in the video or included in the description.
Being as how it is a test video it looks like they are hoping to do a lot better in the future.
Score: 6/10
Saturday, 10 January 2015
TIE Advanced X1 - Imperial Raider Expansion | Thrawn's Field Test 2015| #1
German language Battle report field testing the newly revealed Tie advanced upgrade cards. Commentary is all in german but they have included the lists played in the description by way of a link to the (Yet Another) X-Wing Miniatures Squad Builder. Activiation phases are sped up slightly (no too much as everything as it is still easy to follow) which helps condense the video down nicely. The use of coloured target lock/ID tokens makes to a lot clearer for the viewer to trace which ship loses shields or takes damage etc. The number ID tokens can be very hard to make out even in HD video, so these colored tokens are an excellent choice.
The far edge of the play table is a bit dark and could be helped by a second light source in the room, however for this game most of the action is in the middle to near edge of the play field so is not too bad. The players also make an effort to keep the dice rolls within the middle near edge of the play field so dice results are clearly visible.
The german is not too obtrusive so international viewers can follow along comfortably, and they even use english vernacular for most technical terms (hit, range), so memorising the german for one to five will give you all the help you need. critical damage cards are shown on screen in english making this video even more accesible for the international audience.
This video is an excellent example of homemade x-wing content and it is obvious that the publishers have put a lot of thought into their presentation.
The far edge of the play table is a bit dark and could be helped by a second light source in the room, however for this game most of the action is in the middle to near edge of the play field so is not too bad. The players also make an effort to keep the dice rolls within the middle near edge of the play field so dice results are clearly visible.
The german is not too obtrusive so international viewers can follow along comfortably, and they even use english vernacular for most technical terms (hit, range), so memorising the german for one to five will give you all the help you need. critical damage cards are shown on screen in english making this video even more accesible for the international audience.
This video is an excellent example of homemade x-wing content and it is obvious that the publishers have put a lot of thought into their presentation.
Score: 8.5/10
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