Star Wars : X - Wing Miniatures Game The Star Wars : X - Wing Miniatures Game is a tactical ship - to - ship combat game released by Fantasy Flight Games . Two players — or two teams of players — are able to control starships , such as Rebel X - wings and Imperial TIE fighters , and pit them against each other in fast - paced space combat . The game features detailed and painted miniatures and recreates Star Wars space combat in several scenarios included in the release . Players are able to select their crew and plan their maneuvers before play in order to develop strategies to complete their missions . Initially announced with an early 2012 release date , the Core Set and the first wave of expansion packs premiered at the gaming convention on August 17 , 2012 . Publisher ' s Summary . " X - Wing is a tactical ship - to - ship combat game in which players take control of powerful Rebel X - wings and nimble Imperial TIE fighters , facing them against each other in fast - paced space combat . Featuring stunningly detailed and painted miniatures , X - Wing recreates exciting Star Wars space combat throughout its several included scenarios . Select your crew , plan your maneuvers , and complete your mission ! " Rules . Basic Rules . Each type of ship in X - Wing has a unique piloting dial . Players select a speed and maneuver each turn , concealing their choices from other players . beginning with the lowest skilled pilot , each player reveals what they secretly set on the dial to the other players and executes the maneuver . Official play involves one of the provided scenarios , a range of customization options , varied maneuvers , and possible combat outcomes . Some aspects of play are determined through random generation , with a roll of dice and by drawing cards from a shuffled deck . Mission scenarios . Advanced rules scenarios were also included in the initial release — the " " — as well as the in five of the subsequent releases , the Millennium Falcon , Slave I , the " Lambda " - class " Shuttle " , the " Imperial Aces " , the " Rebel Aces " , the " YT - 2400 Freighter " , and the VT - 49 Decimator " Expansion Packs . Other packs include campaigns , which are series of interconnected missions . Releases . Core Set . The " " a starter set that features three unique missions , each with its own special rules and conditions for victory , cards , and fully assembled and painted starships — one X - wing and two TIE Fighters . Another Core Set , called " The Force Awakens Core Set " , was also announced , and like the first Core Set , will feature fully assembled and painted starships — one X - wing and two TIE Fighters . As the name of the set suggests , it was created to promote the release of . Expansion Packs . Fantasy Flight Games has released several Expansion Packs adding new Pilot Cards and Upgrade Cards for existing ships as well as entirely new ships . All require the Core Set in order to be played . First wave . The first wave of Expansion Packs were released at GenCon 2012 at the same time as the Core Set . Second wave . The second wave of Expansion Packs were officially released on February 28 , 2013 , but participants and organizers of the Kessel Run Preview Event were able to receive them in December 2012 , earlier than the 2013 release date . Third wave . The third wave of Expansion Packs were released on September 13 , 2013 . Fourth Wave . Wave IV of Expansion Packs were announced on February 7 , 2014 . Fifth Wave . Wave V of Expansion Packs were announced on June 13 , 2014 . Sixth Wave . Wave VI of Expansion Packs were announced on August 16 , 2014 . Seventh Wave . The first component of the Wave VII Expansion Packs was announced on April 17 , 2015 . Eighth Wave . The first component of the Wave VIII Expansion Packs was announced on July 31 , 2015 . On September 10 , it was also unveiled that two more ships will be included . Ninth Wave . The ships of the Wave IX Expansion Packs were announced on June 2 , 2016 . Tenth Wave . The ships of the Wave X Expansion Packs were announced on August 5 , 2016 . Two more expansions were on September 2 and include two ships from the then - upcoming film " " . Eleventh Wave . The ships of the Wave XI Expansion Packs were announced on March 15 , 2017 . Twelfth Wave . The ships of the Wave XII Expansion Packs were announced on August 21 , 2017 . Thirteenth Wave . The ships of the Wave XIII Expansion Packs were announced on September 8 , 2017 . The contents of the expansion pack were meant to promote the then - upcoming . Fourteenth Wave . The ships of the Wave XIII Expansion Packs were announced on February 13 , 2018 . Other sets . These sets aren ' t actually part of the main sets , but are considered their own sets . They are primarily split into two sub - sets : Aces , and Epic . Accessories . Fantasy Flight Games has also released various accessories to enhance game play in the Star Wars Miniatures game . Dice Packs . Physical and virtual dice packs were release for distribution to provide additional dice for use in the game . This accessory includes an additional set of six custom eight - sided dice , three red attack dice and three green defense dice , allowing both players to have a full set of dice each instead of sharing the dice from the " Core Set " . . Dice Apps . A virtual comprehensive application of the " Dice Pack " for iOS and Android devices was developed and distributed in app stores specifically allowing players to select and roll custom dice in the " X - Wing™ Miniatures Game " , the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " , and in " " , but even includes an assortment of seven types of polyhedral dice for all other gaming needs . Features of the app include an option to allow players to save their most commonly used configurations as " presets , " eight iconic backgrounds and six distinct sound packs from the Star Wars universe , and an intuitive radial menu and interactive help guide . . Starfield Game Tile Kit . A vivid backdrop for use as a playing surface for X - Wing games , the " Starfield Game Tile Kit " allows players to build custom environments using any combination of twelve one - square - foot double - sided matte - finished card stock tiles mounted on 2 . 5mm fiber board for durability . Tiles display several vivid Star Wars – themed images — including starfield , Alderaan , asteroid field , and Death Star tiles — that can by combined together in many different configurations to produce a wide array of Star Wars - themed scenes . The kit includes rules to allow players to go beyond cooperation in pre - game construction and provide the added element of competitively setting up the battlefield . Behind the scenes . Although the game itself is spelled " X - Wing " ( with an upper - case W ) , all references to the in - universe ship are spelled " X - wing " ( with a lower - case W ) , as it is spelled in other media . In order to make the ship models correctly proportioned and detailed , Lucasfilm provided Fantasy Flight Games with exact dimensional data and access to information about the models from the original trilogy .