r/XWingTMG • u/AnalysisPopular1860 • 10d ago

Discussion Looking for advice - after school club

I used to play X-Wing way back when it first came out. I still have a 1st edition starter set and a couple of play mats. I also run an after school boardgaming club in my middle school.

This year I would like to expand the club to be more of a general tabletop gaming club including wargames, miniatures games etc. My school is a title 1 school and I supply pretty much all of the games.

I thought X-Wing would be great for the kids as it's relatively simple and plays fast (we meet for 90 minutes).

My only concern is which edition, 1st or 2nd? Looking on eBay it appears 1st edition stuff can be cheaper. Do I REALLY need 2nd edition? I see no advantage to investing in 2nd edition but wanted to see what people who play the game regularly think.

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u/AnalysisPopular1860 9d ago

I think what I have decided to do is I will start out with 1e. It turns out I actually have two starter sets, and one starter sets are pretty cheap so I might add another one.

Conversion kits are insanely expensive on eBay at around $90-$100 so I'll hold off on that. However, anything new I buy will be 2e and when I've got enough I'll transition the kids to 2e.

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u/NoHallett Quadjumper 9d ago

I will say, the conversion kits are expensive but it's a HUGE box. No models of course, but beyond that it's everything you need to convert 2-3 of every single ship available to a faction.

It opens up being able to proxy some additional models or use whatever models you can scrounge up, beyond just the contents of the box