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Armada: Getting into the game

Just bought in and I'm super excited.Too late boys, no turning back.  I already ordered almost all the ships from Amazon and Miniatures Market and I've bought into the game 100%.  I've been such a huge...

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Armada: Tricks and combos

Wave 2 opened up a whole new can of worms!I did a lot of research for Star Wars Armada in the last couple of days and there's just tons of cool tricks and combos that I discovered.  Some of these might...

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Armada: Ackbar Control

Akbar's Whaling Fleet.I don't care what you guys call it, but I'm going to call it Ackbar Control.  You will see what I mean soon enough.  Before I discuss the list in full detail, I just wanted to say...

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Armada: List building introspective

But why male models?Over the last couple of days, I've been building lists like crazy.  I've been toying around with hundreds and hundreds of possible Rebel and Imperial lists and I've been having a...

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Armada: Another look at squadrons

Rogues and Villains looking pretty good now.By now, I'm pretty convinced that the situation for squadrons is all or nothing with a few notable exceptions.  If you look at my previous article, you'll...

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Armada: Comparing the MC80 variants

What a beautiful ship we have here.Over the last couple of days, I've been thinking about the two MC80 variants in greater detail.  While a lot of people might look at the two and immediately think...

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Armada: Screed power list

Together, we will rule the galaxy.When it comes down to playing Imperials, I think you absolutely have to field at least one Imperial Star Destroyer.  That thing is absolutely beastly compared to...

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Armada: Double ISD and Home One

Show them the power of the dark side.Hey guys.  Just a quick post on how double ISD-IIs can be a crazy list to fight against.  Like most of you folks know, I'm already super for players taking the...

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Armada: Exploring the Wave2 meta

This is some stunning artwork.What kind of lists do you guys think see join the party once Wave2 hits?  The think the most obvious answer to this is to look at what players are currently playing in...

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Armada: Getting value from your upgrades

You think that SSD didn't have a gameplan?One of the most difficult skills for a player to develop over the course of their career is the ability to min-max.  Thankfully, I've played competitive RTS,...

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Armada: Analyzing list progression

Really getting down into it.When it comes down to finalizing your list to be used for tournaments, there's going to be plenty of revisions.  If you look back to my first post on Armada, you'll see a...

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Armada: Intiative and objectives

What objectives work best for your fleet?One of the less common things players talk about in Armada are the objectives.  More specifically, the objectives that they take with their fleet to compliment...

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Armada: Independence and squadrons

Google images never disappoints.Just throwing this out there as I've been thinking about trying this out in the near future, but do you guys think a two ship build with Rebels can work at 400 points?...

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Armada: Ackbar Control vs. Vader ISD, double VSD

This is what Vassal looks like for Armada!So I played a game last night on Vassal where I took a screenshot of the end result using paint, but forgot to save it and my computer decided to restart by...

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Armada: Raymus Antilles vs. Intel Officer

I will come back more powerful than ever.I'm going to get down right into it and say it:  Raymus Antilles might be one of the best bridge officers in the entire game.  He costs 7 points and he has...

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Armada: Admiral Ozzel doing work

Apparently, getting choked to death only makes you stronger.I just got my ass handed to me by Admiral Ozzel and man, did I face off against some craziness.  The list I took was pretty standard, running...

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Armada: Rogue Squadrons

Firesprays are out of control in Wave2 Armada.With Wave2 just around the corner, there's going to be a good amount of players running the new Rogue and Villians squadrons with their ships.  The best...

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Armada: The Wave 2 meta and squadrons

Changing it up big time.Ever since I started playing Vassal, the word metagame has largely been dropped form my vocabulary.  When you're playing from players from all over the world that have their own...

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Armada: Screed or Ozzel?

The only thing that sucks about this is that I need 3 APTs..I'm at a point that I'm unsure whether or not I want to take Screed over Ozzel in a competitive event.  Both of the lists I want to run with...

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Armada: Another look at double ISD

Looks good.  Is good.I think I'm convinced by now that double ISD-II is going to be a real thing.  I think out of all the admirals out there that can make the list work, Motti does the best job.  For...

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