We don't KNOW, but it would seem that there are six TIEs and three X-Wings. That was the layout shown in the board setup @ Gencon, and you'd assume they'd want to put their best foot forward. Someone else, don't recall who, said that's what he'd heard the layout was as well.

I hope we can get it for a little cheaper! good ol' Noble Knight would be a good place to start, and I'd love to start giving them some business again after the demise of... well, everything I enjoyed buying.

IG-58 said:

I would hope that there would be that many ships, and that additional ships would be inexpensive.  I can imagine some epic battles on your dining room table!

Yes, I sense some fun ahead, Vaughn.

Dog Solitude said:

Additional planes for Wings of War seem to be $12.95. Each. Then we probably have to tack on an extra dollar for King George. Plus, I see that many of those planes are out of stock... which means the good ol' 'collecting frenzy' may still be something of a concern.

Game-wise, I wonder how necessary the whole 'altitude' mechanic is going to be in this game. I don't really fancy having to change the height of all my fighters' sticks all the time. That's just a minor quibble, though... still excited.

Be interesting to see if there will be some sort of competive side to the game,by that i mean things like a championship,cuz you know some fans will want that sort of thing.

trappedslider said:

FFG has a pretty big event center, so I wouldn't be surprised if they held some sort of event there.

jhaelen said:

Thanks!

I wasn't too thrilled by Wings of War, but this appeals to me. I can't wait to hear more info about it. I'm sure, though, there will be much grumbling when the number of ships released in the base box is revealed. Everything is expensive these days and it's just getting worse.

The game sure looks pretty. I think I'll go buy that starfield fabric right now...

sepayne7l said:

I may do the same... if those extremely attractive gaming mats they're using are the same as the Wings of War ones, they'll be $39.95 each! 

So is the game NOT in fact coming with some kind of playing surface? Do we know this with reasonable certainty?

 Nope, it's just pure speculation at this point. It would be nice of 'em (and not too expensive) to toss in a simple fold-out poster map, though. I hope they do... gaming is all about the immersion for me, and a bunch of X-wings flying around over a flat, wooden surface just doesn't cut it. 

I'm gonna go try and see if Wings of War comes with a poster map...

[EDIT: It doesn't look like it. 'Course, this is a different game - who knows what they're gonna do...]

[EDIT #2: There's a new video up! Turns out, you get one X-wing and two TIEs in the box...]

I. J. Thompson said:

I was afraid of that. 

 It definitely lines up rather neatly with the '$12.95 per ship' model.

I'm sure I'll convince myself to get the intro game, but I'm gonna have to think long and hard about whether or not to get too involved in this...

Aieeee!!

Yah, me too. Likely on both counts.

 I've got some floor tiles that I might look into painting.  Maybe I can make them look like star fields.  Would be a lot cheaper, and easy to lay them out into a big star field.