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As the title asks, I was wondering whats a good starter group for Rebels and Empire? What would you recomend buying to build up a starter force of each to face eachother?

Edit: Sorry, Forgot to say I meant for X-Wing.

Buy one of both starters. This gives you the new damage deck, 6 of each dice, and spare templates, as well as an assortment of ships. From there, just pick up a little bit of everything, starting with what you like.

I went imperials with Imp Aces and Tie Int. Then Tie expansion. That worked out ok for me.

I got the original starter box so far, And after finding out what the two people in my gaming club that already play (But live far away) plays, I think I'l go for Empire first, And then get Rebels later. As one of them play Scum and Villainy, and one plays Rebels. I do intend to get both Rebels and Empire in the end so I can trick others to play with me ocasionaly though.. xD

So, The Force Awakens starter box, And the Imperial Aces box a good next pair of purchases?

I'd also Add the generic TIE and Interceptor Expansions as well- Both come with one of the best pilots for the ship. Then see if you can talk the Scum player out of some Autothrusters, and you'll have a pretty dangerous Soontir+Howlrunner and a Miniswarm.

Good thing about that for me was that there are a few different combos with 3 tie ints, 3 tie ln, 2 tie fo.

Now I'd add a tie fo expansion for extra options - plus the excellent comms relay and juke upgrades.

That should set you up pretty well to pick a playstyle and decide if you'd rather go tie bomber, defender, phantom etc etc etc...

If you get into X-Wing like the rest of us, you might still say I primary play Imperials, but you end up owning every single ship... lol

For Imperial the Tie Interceptors are pretty solid ships, thats how I started I grabbed the starter imperial aces and rebel aces.

My local FGS owner asked me what I recommended he keep on the shelf for new players. Here's what I suggested.

Recommended Imperial Player Purchases
2 Old Core
1 Tie Fighter Expansion
1 Interceptor
1 Imperial Aces
1 StarViper
1 TIE Advanced
1 Imperial Raider
1 Shuttle

Recommended Rebel Purchases
1 New Core set
1 K-Wing
2 Y-Wing
1 YT-2400
1 YT-1300
1 Tantive IV

Recommended Scum and Villainy Purchases
3 Most Wanted
2 K-Wing
2 Kihraxz Fighter
2 IG-2000