Play report 1:

wannabe mexican's squad:

51 Durge, Jedi Hunter
43 Asajj Ventress, Separatist Assassin
54 EG-05 Jedi Hunter Droid x2
17 IG-86 Assassin Droid
14 Captain Mar Tuuk
9 Battle Droid Officer
9 Mouse Droid x3
3 Rodian Brute

Lobotnik's squad:

71 Lord Vader
51 Imperial Sentinel
14 Imperial Officer
39 Kel Dor Bounty Hunter x3
8 Muun Tactics Broker
5 Bespin Guard
12 Rodian Brute x4

Ok, mexican can comment on his tactic, but mine was fairly simple. I wanted to use Lord Vader because I just won him on eBay and think he is cool (sound strategy I know ;)) and the Sentinel got advantageous and an extra attack from the Officer. I wanted to run the Kel Dors in close once I had out-activated my opponent then start exploding them with the MTB.

I won the roll for set up so Mexican went first. He put Ventress on the front line so I based her with a Kel Dor in set up and blew him up at the first init roll. I then went in and swiped away with Vader killing her in my first activation. A good start but I had already made my first mistake. The Hunter Droids took out Vader along with help from a few other pieces and by the end of the first round Vader was gone and I did not have much damage output left. This was the main lesson I learned in my first Tile Wars game. The damage output of the other squad was immense compared to mine.

I managed to kill the Hunter Droids but the Sentinel died also. Scrubs died pretty quickly all throughout and in the last round I was facing Durge, IG-86 and Mar Tuuk with an MTB and Imp Officer. Also Mexican had a few Mousies left.

I was constantly out maneuvered by Mexican who kept his stuff blocked by the 3 mice very effectively. It was a tactic that really killed my squad.

Despite that I really enjoyed the game, short and fun, lots of killing - isn't that what Star Wars is all about?

Oops, forgot Ventress lasted that long. Think I used a Kel Dor and combined fire to take her out after the second phase.

Round 2 of our Summer bonanza:

My squad:

82 Darth Bane
23 Jarael
46 Sith Lord x2
22 Sith Apprentice
18 Twi'lek Black Sun Vigo
6 Mouse Droid x2
3 Rodian Brute

And wannabe mexican's squad:

55 General Obi-Wan Kenobi
49 Anakin Skywalker, Champion of Nelvaan
31 Dengar, Hired Killer
24 Roron Corobb
11 ARF Trooper
11 Wookiee Scoundrel
9 R2-D2, Astromech Droid
9 Rodian Brute x3

I ended up going first. First activation I moved in Bane on Gowk and scored 100 damage. The wannabe towed Roron into the middle of the rest of my guys and put 30 damage on basically everyone but only TBSV and a Sith Lord got activated. I was hardly able to put any damage on Roron that round despite moving Jarael onto him and the Sith Apprentice. Gowk didn't get to play, I used a Sith Lord to LA on him and he died hard. Then the Sith Lord was near Anakin who scored a few hits. The other Sith Lord went at Anakin and Force Lighteninged his butt, which was then finished off by Bane. One of my Sith Lords went down by the hand of Dengar. TBSV also died but we can't remember who. Maybe by the Wookie Scoundrel, maybe a Brute. Wookie Scoundrel landed a few cunning attacks which were tough to swallow. Jarael also died at the hands of Dengar but Bane and a few minions survived to enjoy the victory. It was a short game, maybe 5 rounds but the pieces fell fast so the rounds didn't take long at all.

A lot of fun that one.

We will try. We don't have much space right now in our room so it is the best format for us. And I like the different options for squads, it is possible to get a lot more firepower in there because of the small arena. My brother gets back in a few days so we should have some more games this week.

Unfortunately GenCon is too far away for us. I wish they had something like that in England but we just don't have enough players. I am looking forward to the play reports from GenCon though. When my brother returns I will set him to work creating squads. I have made about 10 or so since he left lol. It is a good way to test out a lot of the pieces I have never played with also. The games are so short we can fit a lot of them in.

Love the format. Will keep you all updated :)

Carnage? Haha...might be an understatement.
I played a quick Tile Wars online with...umm...forget who...might have been Joruus...and it was over in like 2 rounds. I believe it was the fastest game I have ever played. It is definitely fun though!

Nice strategy! haha iv done that millions of times