Players can construct their own squads to explore creative combinations of abilities and to suit their personal play styles. Whether playing casually or in an officially sanctioned X-Wing tournament, squad building is an exciting activity that players engage in before they start a game of X-Wing'. Each player builds a squad by choosing ships and whose total squad point cost does not exceed the total agreed upon by the players during the "Gather Forces" step of setup. Each Ship card and card has a squad point cost printed in the lower-right corner of the card.