X-Wing 2.

5 Quick Reference PERFORMING AN ATTACK

1. Declare Target
SETUP Gather Forces, Determine Player Order (same as ROAD explained below), Measure Range, Choose Weapon, Declare Defender, Pay Costs
Place Obstacles and Scenario Tokens (alternating, starting with the first player),
Place Forces (in ascending order of initiative, use player order as tie-breaker). 2. Attack Dice
a. Roll Attack Dice RANGE BONUS
THE GAME ROUND b. Defender Modifies Attack Dice
At range 1, attacker adds one A .
1. Planning Phase: Each player secretly plans their ships’ maneuvers by
assigning them facedown dials.
c. Attacker Modifies Attack Dice
3. Defense Dice
At range 3, defender adds one D .

2. Determine Player Order (Random Order After Dials): Each a. Roll Defense Dice At range 0 (touching), can attack with
player rolls 3 B. The player with the most c, then f, then d is the b. Attacker Modifies Defense Dice primary weapon, but attacker cannot
add dice (in particular, no range
first player for the remainder of the round when tie-breaking initiative. c. Defender Modifies Defense Dice bonus die), and the attack range is
3. System Phase: In ascending order of initiative, each ship that has 4. Neutralize Results always 0. Attacker’s dice can only be
modified by the defender. Defender’s
an effect that says it can be used during the System Phase resolves a. e Results Cancel d Results dice cannot be reduced, modified, or
those abilities. You may perform at most one drop, launch, or decloak. b. e Results Cancel c Results cancelled by enemies.
4. Activation Phase: In ascending order of initiative, each ship c. Determine Whether Attack Hits
reveals its dial, executes its maneuver, and may perform one action. 5. Deal Damage Range bonus does not
5. Engagement Phase: In descending order of initiative, each ship apply to weapons with
a. Defender Suffers d Damage the small ordnance icon:
may perform one attack. b. Defender Suffers c Damage
6. End Phase: Remove circular tokens. Recover recurring charges. 6. Aftermath
Remove negative recurring charges.
a. Resolve “After Defending” Abilities
b. Resolve “After Attacking” Abilities
ACTIONS c. Possibly Perform Bonus Attack
Barrel Roll: Move sideways with [1 8] template. May shift OBSTACLES Obstructed Attack:
forward/backward. Medium/large ships place long template edge. When attacking through any obstacle, defender adds one C.
Boost: Move forward with [1 7], [1 8], or [1 9] template. Moving through or overlapping: While at range 0:
Calculate: Gain 1 calculate token.

Ending maneuver overlapping any obstacle:

Asteroid: Suffer one d, roll one B: On d or cannot attack
c, suffer anotherd.
Cloak: Gain 1 cloak token.
Blaze: Roll one A: On dorc, suffer one
Coordinate: A friendly at range 1–2 performs an action. d; on f, gain one stress token.
Skip Perform Action step.

Skip Perform Action step.

Evade: Gain 1 evade token.
Debris Cloud: Gain stress token, roll one A: suffer cannot attack
Focus: Gain 1 focus token. anydorc.

Lock: Acquire a lock on an object at range 0–3. Electro-Chaff Break all locks on and from your ship, cannot aquire
Cloud: gain one jam token. Roll one B: on locks or be locked
Jam: A ship at range 1 (or 1-2 inside }) gains 1 jam token. dorc, gain one stress token.

Reinforce: Gain 1 fore or aft reinforce token. Gas Cloud: Break all locks on and from your ship, cannot attack &
gain one strain token. Roll one B: on cannot aquire locks
Reload: Recover 1 g on a P, M, or B. Gain 1 disarm token. d, gain 1 ion token; on c, gain 3 or be locked
ion tokens.
Rotate: Rotate your turret arc indicator.
Loose Cargo & Gain one strain token. Roll one A:
SLAM: Execute a maneuver with same speed. Gain 1 disarm token. Spare Parts: ondor c, gain one stress token.

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 Ê During attack, spend 1 or more to change a f to d.
Ç
Calculate
Reminder that a c damage card effect applies.

Marker
Critical
During defense, spend 1 or more to change a f to e.

Å During Modify Defense Dice, spend 1 or more to change

Ñ Flip to cancel d or cresults. Certain effects can recover

Shield
Evade

a blank or f result to an e result. shields, flipping them again.

Ä During Modify Attack Dice, spend to change all f to d.

Ò Flip to spend for various effects. When [`] present, recover
Focus

Charge
During Modify Defense Dice, spend to change all f to e. one charge (per card) during End Phase by flipping it again.

Ü When attacker is in full arc (~ or ¡) matching the token,

Ô During attack, spend 1 or more to change a f to d.
Reinforce

Charge
Force
before taking two or more damage, add one e. During defense, spend 1 or more to change a f to e.

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Recover at most one charge per ship during End Phase.
Jamming ship chooses one green token or target lock to
MANEUVERS
Jam

discard. If none present, jam token remains until one is. K-Turn

2
Ö
Koiogran Turn: Use 8 template,

op
placing front ship guides. 2

Lo
Disarm

S-
Cannot attack while disarmed.
1 1

D Segnor’s Loop: Use 7 template,

à
After 1–3 tokens (based on ship size), roll one fewer . placing front ship guides.
Tractor

T-Roll
Tractoring ship may force a r or straight b using [1 8]. :
: Tallon Roll: Use 4 template,

p
Cannot cause the ship to move through or overlap an obstacle.

sli
de
rotate 90° into turn and align

Si
7
If moved by opponent, may gain a stress token to rotate 90˚. hashmark to left, middle, or right of

å C template like a barrel roll.

Roll two more . Cannot attack. Spend during System
Cloak

Sideslip: Move sideways with a 4,7,9, or 6 template: place on

Phase to r or straight b. Small ships use [2 8] template.
right side of the ship for 47, left for 96, other end in the ship’s ~.

ã B
Target Lock

2 During Modify Attack Dice, spend to reroll any number of . OVERLAPPING / BUMPING
Ending a movement overlapping another ship: Move back until just touching.

É
Enemy ship: If not stressed, may perform a focus or calculate action as a red
Cannot perform actions. Attempt red maneuver: white [2 8]
A
Stress

action (gain stress token). Then skip the Perform Action step.
instead. Remove one stress token after a blue maneuver. Friendly ship: Roll one : On d or c, suffer one d. Then skip the

^ Roll one fewer D , then remove one strain token. After

Perform Action step.
In Example 1, Ship A is performing a 3 forward, but
Strain

C cannot complete it because it overlaps ship C, an

executing a blue maneuver, remove one strain token. B enemy. It moves back along its maneuver, but
A
A
cannot fit while touching C because a friendly ship,
B is in the way, so it moves back until it is touching
% Roll one fewer , then remove one deplete token. After
Deplete

B, but suffers the effects of overlapping an enemy

executing a blue maneuver, remove one deplete token. Example 1 ship while being at range 0 of ship B.

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In Example 2, Ship A is performing a 2 forward,
Ship is ionized when it has 1 (S), 2 (M), or 3 (L) ion tokens, but cannot complete it would overlap both ships
C

then: Cannot acquire or maintain locks. Activate as usual, but: B (a friendly) and C (an enemy). It moves back
A
Ion

along its movement template until it is touching

Execute Ion Maneuver (blue [1 789]) with the same direction as ship C, but since it overlapped both, it would
shown on the dial ([5] results in [1 8]), dial is not considered to B suffer the effects of overlapping a friendly ship
(the worse effect), but be at range 0 of Ship C,
have been revealed; only f allowed; remove all ion tokens. Example 2 meaning it cannot modify an attack against it.
Bombs & Mines
Blazer Bomb: (Device, Bomb) At the end of the
A
Activation Phase, this device detonates. When this device
detonates, each ship & remote at range 0-1 rolls 1 .
Each ship/remote suffers 1 damage for each d/c result.
After this device detonates, place a Blaze obstacle with a
fuse on it by aligning the blaze’s guides to the device’s tabs.
Blaze: (Obstacle) During the End Phase, remove each
Blaze with no fuse markers, then remove one fuse
marker from each Blaze.
Bomblet: (Device, Bomb) At the end of the
Activation Phase, this device detonates. When this
device detonates, each ship and remote at range
0–1 rolls 2 attack dice. Each ship or remote suffers
1 d damage for each d/c result
Cluster Mine: (Device, Mine) After a ship overlaps or moves
through any individual Cluster Mine, it detonates. Other Cluster
Mines in the set that were not overlapped or moved through do
not detonate. When each of these devices
detonates, that ship rolls 2 attack
dice. That ship then suffers 1 d/c
damage for each matching result.
Concussion Bomb: (Device, Bomb) At the end of
the Activation Phase, this device detonates. When
this device detonates, each ship & remote at range
0–1 is dealt 1 facedown damage card. Then, each
ship at range 0–1 must expose 1 damage card
unless it chooses to gain 1 strain token.
Conner Net: (Device, Mine) After a ship
overlaps or moves through this device, it
detonates. When this device detonates, the
ship suffers 1 d damage and gains 3 ion
tokens.
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Electro-Proton Bomb: (Device, Bomb) At the end of Activation,
this device detonates. When this device detonates, each ship
and remote at range 0–2 rolls
4 attack dice. Each ship loses 1 shield for each
blank result, gains 1 ion token for each f/d
result, and gains 1 disarm token for each c result. Each
remote at range 0–1 loses 1 shield for each blank result
and suffers 1 damage for each f/d result.
Ion Bomb: (Device, Bomb) At the end of activation,
this device detonates. When this device detonates,
each ship at range 0–1 gains 3 ion tokens, and each
remote at range 0–1 suffers 1 d damage.
Proton Bomb: (Device, Bomb) At the end of the
Activation Phase, this device detonates. When this
device detonates, each ship and remote at range
0–1 suffers 1cdamage.
Proximity Mine: (Device, Mine) After a ship
overlaps or moves through this device, it detonates.
When this device detonates, that ship rolls 2 attack
dice. That ship then suffers 1 d damage plus 1 d/c
damage for each matching result.
Seismic Charge: (Device, Bomb) At the end of the
Activation Phase, this device detonates. When this
device detonates, choose 1 obstacle at range 0–1.
Each ship and remote at range 0–1 of the obstacle
suffers 1 d damage. Then remove that obstacle.
Thermal Detonator: (Device, Bomb) At the end of
the Activation Phase, this device detonates. When
this device detonates, each ship & remote at range
0–1 rolls 1 attack die. Each ship gains 1 strain token
for each f result, and each ship & remote suffers 1
d/c damage for each matching result.
Remotes
Dark Eye Probe Droid Types: Device, Remote

Buzz Droid Swarm Types: Device, Remote

0 1
System, Activation, and End Phase: No effect.
Engagement Phase: When you engage, each enemy ship at range
0 of the buzz droid swarm suffers 1 c damage.
Other Rules: After an enemy ship overlaps
or moves through a buzz droid swarm, the
swarm’s controlling player relocates it by
aligning the tab to that ship’s front or rear
guides (this ship is at range 0 of the swarm).
The swarm cannot be aligned to a set of the
ship’s guides if doing so would cause it to
overlap an object. If the swarm cannot be
placed at a chosen set of guides, its controlling
player must align it to the other set of the
ship’s guides.
If it cannot be aligned to the
other set, the swarm and the
enemy ship that overlapped or
moved through it each suffer
1d damage.
Sensor Buoy Types: Device, Remote
0 3 1
1
System Phase: The DRK-1 probe droid’s controlling player may choose a [27], [28], or [29]
template and any set of the DRK-1’s guides. The player then relocates the remote, placing the
DRK-1 at the other end of the template. It can be placed overlapping an object this way.
If the DRK-1 overlaps a ship, use the position marker to denote the ship’s position, then place
the ship on top of the remote.
Activation, Engagement, and End Phase: No effect.
Other Rules: While a ship locks an object or jams an enemy ship, it may measure range
from a friendly DRK-1 probe droid.
After an enemy ship executes a maneuver that causes it to overlap a DRK-1 probe droid, the
ship’s controller rolls 1 A. On a f result, the DRK-1 probe droid suffers 1 d damage.
Commando Team Types: Device, Remote.
g
2
2 1–2 2 2 2
When this device is dropped, it can be placed by sliding either its front or rear guides into the
opposite end of the template.
System Phase: No effect.
Activation Phase: At the start of this phase, the commando team's controlling player may
choose a [14], [28], or [16] template and place it in the commando team's front guides. The player
then relocates the remote forward, placing the commando team's rear guides at the other end of the
template. The commando team can be placed overlapping an object in this way. If multiple players have

0
commando teams, player order is used to determine the sequence (similar to ships).

3 2
Sensor buoys are remotes that come in pairs (one red, and one blue,
each with its own remote card), and are placed by the Sensor Buoy
Suite upgrade card. Beyond being remotes and interacting with that
card, they have no additional rules.
If the commando team overlaps a ship, use the position marker to denote the ship’s position, then
place the ship on top of the remote.
Engagement Phase: You cannot attack if there are enemy ships at range 0. Your primary attack
is a range 1–2 ? attack. To perform an attack you must spend 1g. While you perform an attack, you
may change 1 f result to a dresult.
Other Rules: After an enemy ship overlaps a commando team, that ship gains 1 strain token.
After a commando team is placed while being dropped or relocating, if it is placed underneath one or
more enemy ships, those ships each gain 1 strain token.
Standard Play Scenarios

Setup
Setup is nearly identical in all 4 scenarios: P2
1. Place 1 Satellite in the center of the play area
(use a Supply Cache for Salvage Mission)
2. (only if not Chance Engagement)
Place 4 (or 2 for StT) more Satellites/Supply Caches:
alternating, at range 3 of the center satellite/cache, > range 2 of others.
Each player places their first satellite/cache at range 2-4 of their board edge,
the second at range 2-4 of the opponent’s board edge.
Valid locations are shown in red.
3. Place 6 obstacles as usual
Obstacles cannot overlap satellites or supply caches,
> range 1 of other obstacles, > range 2 of each edge of the play area P1

Victory
1. At the end of the End Phase:
- if only one player has ships remaining, they win immediately.
- if one player has ≥ 20 mission points and more than their opponent, the game ends.
2. At the end of the 12th round, the game ends.
3. At the end of the game, if both players have at least one ship remaining, the player with the most mission points wins.

Scenario Features
Satellites and supply caches are scenario features, and cannot be moved, attacked, damaged,
locked, or destroyed unless specified in scenario rules. They do not obstruct attacks.

Scenario Actions
Scenario actions are white actions available to every ship, they can only be performed during
the Perform Action step (not if the ship is granted an action at any other time). Scenario
Actions can only be used starting on the second round.

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Chance Engagement
Setup: 1 satellite
Scoring
1. At the start of the game, earn mission points equal to opponent’s deficit.
2. Starting on the second round, at the start of the End Phase, earn 1 mission point
if you contest the satellite (have one or more ships at range 0-2 of the satellite).
If only one player is contesting the satellite, that player scores
one additional mission point.
3. When a ship is reduced to half its health (combined total hull and shields,
including modifications), the opposing player immediately gains mission points
equal to half the squad point value, rounded down.
4. When a ship is destroyed or removed from the game, the opposing
player earns mission points equal to the remaining squad point value (half rounded
up - or all, if it was not previously reduced to half its health).
Salvage Mission
Setup: 5 supply caches
Scoring
1. At the start of the game, earn mission points equal to opponent’s deficit.
2. Starting on the second round, at the start of the End Phase, earn 1 mission
point for each supply cache on a friendly ship’s card.
3. When a ship is destroyed or removed from the game, the opposing
player earns mission points equal to the squad point value of that ship.
Scenario Action: Tow
(Only use this action starting on the second round.)
Choose a supply cache at range 0-1. Remove the supply cache from the play area and
place it on your ship’s card (max. 1 per ship). Then place one of your player markers
next to the ship to show that it is towing a supply cache. After performing a tow
action, remove any cloak tokens from your ship.
At the end of a ship’s activation, it may choose to jettison its supply cache: The
opposing player places it at range 1 of the ship.
The supply cache is automatically jettisoned if the ship suffers a c damage, is
destroyed, is placed in reserve, or flees.
When a ship is towing a supply cache, it cannot perform r, b, k, or s
actions, or gain cloak tokens.
Assault at the Satellite Array
Setup: 5 satellites
Scoring
1. At the start of the game, earn mission points equal to opponent’s deficit.
2. Starting on the second round, at the start of the End Phase, earn 1 mission point
for each satellite under your control (have more ships at range 0-1,
medium & large ships count as 2 ships)
3. When a ship is destroyed or removed from the game, the opposing
player earns mission points equal to the squad point value of that ship.
Scramble the Transmissions
Setup: 3 satellites
Scoring
1. At the start of the game, earn mission points equal to opponent’s deficit.
2. Starting on the second round, at the start of the End Phase, earn 1 mission point
for each satellite under your control (have a marker on the satellite)
3. When a ship is destroyed or removed from the game, the opposing player
earns mission points equal to the squad point value of that ship.
Scenario Action: Scramble
(Only use this action starting on the second round.)
Choose a satellite at range 0-1 and place one of your player markers on it. If the
chosen satellite has another player’s marker on it, remove it before placing
your own.
While a satellite is marked with a player’s marker, that player controls the satellite.