I am in the process of building myself an empire fleet you can actually play with. Now I only need to find humans that also play. I feel like I have miscalculated this a bit...
Try asking at the game shop you got the fleet at. They're probably willing to run events which encourage people to buy expensive models. If you got them online, then um...I dunno. Look for a local game shop?
Scott to family..................." Hey guys, guess what ?, I'm taking us all out for dinner tonight ! " Scotts wife....................... " Did you do something to the dinner table again ? " Scott .................................."Ermmmmm" Scotts wife ......................." Three courses 5-stars " Scott ................................." Oh Kay "
Harrison So why not just do away with the fighters? In the films, at least, the only time a fighter does any damage whatsoever to a capital ship was when it crashed into the (already weakened) bridge of the Executor. Of course, that's not counting the Death Stars, but they had massive, stupid weaknesses that would never exist if it actually happened.
Scott, have you ever played Star Wars empire at war? It's an old Star Wars RTS and the multiplayer was just brought back online using steam servers instead of gamespy and it has a very active modding community (if you ever take a look at it, check out the mod "Republic at War", which can be found on moddb. It's practically a sequel to the original game).
This game is still alive? I wanted to get into it but I only found out about it when it was already a pretty old game. I thought the multiplayer community would have been long dead by now.
mrsiCkstar The multiplayer and modding community is pretty active, it hasn't even been a full 2 weeks of steam workshop being out and most major mods have already been ported over
I have the benefit of playing in one of the most active Armada groups in the world, with several dozen people playing on a weekly basis. The meta can become stupidly competitive very quickly; more than any game I've ever played, player skill matters. Don't be afraid to travel around to other meta groups, it's one of the best ways to learn new and different playstyles.Good video Scott.
I heard one group running the battle of Scariff with 3 simultaneous games - Armada in space, X-Wing in the atmosphere and Imperial Assault on the ground.
Running a Correlian Campaign with a friend doing this. We have Armada, Xwing, and have modified 40k models a bit for ground combat. We play it every weekend and we only finished the 4th encounter this afternoon.
The beauty of a medium like this table top thing is that they actually have the latitude to grab designs from the more obscure areas of the expanded universe. So it's theoretically possible we could see ships that aren't necessarily loyal to one side or the other (Slave One, the Hounds Tooth... whatever IG-88 flies) and even ships that were designed specifically for the game. On a related note... thanks Scott... Now I have to explain to my wife where several hundred dollars disappeared to and why I suddenly have tons of miniature ship statues around the house...
The models look temptingly gorgeous... they even have the MC30c and Assault Frigate Mark II from Empire at War! Great video, Scott, and curse you for making me want to get into another expensive Star Wars-based hobby. I'm spending enough on Lego as is.
Glad to see this game's base is expanding. I'd never even heard of the game until my roommate exposed me to it. I got super lucky finding a guy who fell out of the game selling his collection for a respectable discount. It is worth it to pick a faction and stick to that. Saves some serious cash that way.
Thank you for an entertaining and knowledgable review of this game. It's cool to see so many Imperial vessels from the West End Games RPG of the 80's, man that was great. The price comparison with 40K is interesting, I think you will probably here this quite a lot in the comments but the Games Workshop offering is a more expensive to get a decent army for, potentially very much more so (although you can create fun skirmish forces for less if you want to play a different sort of game). It will be interesting to see how the upcoming Legion game fares, that resurrects the concept of a Star Wars table top infantry wargame that we last saw officially with the Miniature Battles game, also by WEG.
Seeing X-wing and this Armada game makes me wish that Wizkids would update the Star Wars Pocketmodel TCG. It's a game from the mid to late 2000s that gives you styrene models to build of starships and ground vehicles along with some cards, a set of rules and mini 6 sided die. They had all kinds of booster packs and even a few tins. You can only buy them online now. Stores stopped carrying them around 2009-10 I think.
I did the squadron marking on my alphabet wings. Made it a lot easier when sorting out the furball. "This TIE fires at red squadron" is so much nicer than pointing and trying to sort it out every time.
I love this game. I bought a core set and a couple of expansions but have about a dozen ships on the way. I've jumped in all the way and just sinking in deeper. It expensive but oh so good!
Star Wars Armada is a great game. 3 friends and I try to play on 2 tables every week. Glad you enjoy it as well. I still need to get a decent list with the Interdictor xD
That impresive fleet needs some Super Star Destroyers.... And Venators... and Dreadnaughts... and, well, is a very long list. If I start it I will never end it. Thanks for the mentions around the comment section!
I tried X-Wing but didn't get into it so I sold off my starter sets. The ships were too big I thought and there was way too much luck in the dice rolling. I prefer Armada for the size & detail of the ships and the amount of strategy involved in playing the game. Super fun!
I guess our youtube overlords thought I'd like this as I've been watching a lot of Squadrons videos recently.... And it was right. Gotta love tabletop gaming. An elegant pastime, from a more civilized age.
Geez, a little rich for my blood. This would make one heck of a video game. The upgrade cards and whatnot would match up perfectly with typical VG upgrade systems, you wouldn't need to fiddle around with straightedges to see where firing arcs end, and you don't need to pay through the nose for new models! Though that last part might put a damper on the idea once investors caught wind...
Rebels really should have had Gladiator and Victory class Star Destroyers, as Lothal was the exact type of system that such older ships would have been assigned too.
As for expense the starter is expensive but if you keep up with waves as they come out I find it very reasonable. New players can build lists online and just buy what they need. Lists are generally limited to 400 points a side so often 3-5 ships, depending on how you build it, will make a full list. I have played much more expensive games.
Late to the game here, if you'll forgive the pun. I started playing Armada about a year ago and have since acquired the entire range, including the Super Star Destroyer. It's also by far my favourite game. Should you ever be near south Wales, let me know, we can break out the red, blue and blacks.
No it is not. SITS 2.0 is a lot simpler and has the benefit of a lot of existing lore being based on the Honor Harrington Universe by David Weber. Squadron Strike is like a more streamlined AVT as well
I would like to see dreadnaughts, the old pre clone wars ships still used by the empire. They are also a smaller capital ship than the victory I & II, being 600m (victory II is 900m) and of course less wide. Known to be very hard to destroy, they are however slow and originally could not carry fighters. I dislike any smaller ships having the distinctive arrow shape too, the victory class for example just looks poor with its flaps. The other little star destroyers makes the real one less impressive. I do like the interdictor cruiser though, of course. Though not much use in the game really I should think, being a tactical weapon.
You should check out Star Wars Rebellion (board game also made by Fantasy Flight) and it's recently released expansion Rise of the Empire as it's literally the original trilogy thrown into a blender. Rise of the Empire adds Rogue one and some better combat mechanics into the game/blender as well.
Everyone needs a core set: amzn.to/2xWTY9r But core set on its own is weak, if you're playing it in a family situation like me pick up a few expansions to add more stuff on each side Rogues and Villains is good because it adds tje Millenium Falcon, Slave 1 and more amzn.to/2gUvo5l And then just get some extra ships for both sides amzn.to/2xm3Yfn I kinda put together a buyers guide here: ua-cam.com/video/S3rfyzLHLfU/v-deo.html but it got corrupted....
Gets expensive when stores start running out of the expansions. Seen a Y-Wing being sold on amazon for about £100+. I've wanted a K-Wing for a while now but the price has been creeping up to about £30 and will probably increase
Yeah, for a long time the Fighter squadrons were out of stock and over the odds. Y-Wings are on the Boat, K-Wings at the printers. www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/upcoming/
Scott Manley Which faction do you prefer? Quite like scum at the moment. Still want to get my head around formation flying so I can fly Tie swarms effectively.
Are you going to record a full play of this or X-Wing ? Or maybe stream ? Or maybe just invite me to play this on Tabletop Simulator with you and Amy Shira ?
Looked att that very impressive collection and thought 'wow, that has cost a pretty penny' - then on closer inspection realizing that I have more ships and squadrons....... quite a bit more actually...... Probably enough for two players to have good collections, if truth is to be told. And yet, I never feel it is too much :) Also, I have been playing this since Day 1 and the collection has grown slowly over time so there has not been any big economic hit. I would recommend this game to all Star Wars fans, and to all gamers really..... and their mothers.... It's that good!
You emphasize that this is expensive, so I would have liked to know more about the physical quality of the pieces. Materials used and such. Now, I might just have missed that because I didn't have time to watch the entire video, so pardon in advance if I missed it. For instance, I imagine that the dials on the model bases will get used quite a bit, but they seem to be made out of cardboard. I'm guessing that it will degrade quite rapidly. If I were to buy this game, that would be something important to consider.
The fantasy flight games forums are a good place to post, if you want to find players in your area. community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/402-star-wars-armada/ Also, most of the players I've met would be happy to let a new player try out the game, and can provide balanced fleets to get started with.
Yep - I've looked at it in the past: ua-cam.com/video/vziIgAtD66s/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ouC6-T6wilI/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/8EjTgQREcwk/v-deo.html
I once made a zero cost Magic the Gathering deck by writing the names of the cards on a deck of free playing cards from a casino. Maybe a similar solution could work for fans of this game.
you sure its more popular than 40k? on a tournament near me which hosts several different games, x wing got 8 players(and it had 17 empty spots.) whilst 40k got 36 and 9th age got something like 20 and sigmar round 20 aswell. I wish it was more popular though its alot cheaper and it doesn't require work building and painting models which is expensive aswell. also the models are really cool aswell.
The 'Most Popular' statement is based on distributer reports showing that it's making more money than 40Kicv2.com/articles/markets/view/38061/top-5-non-collectible-miniature-games-spring-2017
Me personally I don't feel that it's that expensive. Yes an ISD costs me $85AUD BUT it also takes up usually half of my list so in the grand scheme of things it's not that bad not expensive.
I saw the video title and thought "I remember that game!", and then I realized it said Star Wars and not Star Trek.
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You could have kitted out two kids football teams in Africa. The Scotts and the Manleys might be doing well in the league. Learning to work as a team, dealing with victory and loss.
given Warhammer prices i guess the low price is a reason for Xwings pupularity.... Pretty simple the world, when you think about it.... And as for expansions... has someone said "Pay2Win DLC" or "microtransactions"?
I am a nerd and my friends are nerds but I know nobody who owns a tabletop wargame. I wanted to try it but with each of these games the starting price is damn high. I am a Halo fan, but getting a decent fleet for that is literally more expensive than getting an xbox one with Halo that I can use for other things as well. Even I did it I would have to get my friends crazy enough as well. That is just such a barrier to entry.
I purchased the vast majority of my ships either used or at Barnes and Nobel. They're slowly getting out of Armada so scour the clearance bins and you can find a lot at 50% off.
You can find a lot of the ships on Amazon for a pretty significant discount compared to what the FFG wants for it on their official website. Problem is it tends to go both ways, as you can find people price gouging on the fighter packs, especially the first released set of fighter expansions.
I dunno, these days two 40k armies could easily cost more (depending on how much flexibility you want/need) and you still need to assemble and paint them
Meanwhile Battlefleet Gothic is for all intents and purposes dead. The videogame adaptation is pretty fun, and I'd love to get into the tabletop if it's ever re-released (at reasonable prices).
Graphics in this game look soo sick!!!
It's immersive to a level I've never seen in video games!
But how much RAM will my table need to run it? I fear its limited to simple processes such as food.
I am in the process of building myself an empire fleet you can actually play with. Now I only need to find humans that also play. I feel like I have miscalculated this a bit...
I helped build my own humans to play against, I called them Skye & Orion.
I'll eventually be teaching my genetic half clone how to play, she is unfortunately only 8 so I still have a bit of time.
Ahahahahaha....what are kids for if not to help you enjoy tabletop games. should get them hooked on some DND while your at it
For young kids I suggest Imperial Assault - much easier for kids to play.
Try asking at the game shop you got the fleet at. They're probably willing to run events which encourage people to buy expensive models.
If you got them online, then um...I dunno. Look for a local game shop?
Scott to family..................." Hey guys, guess what ?, I'm taking us all out for dinner tonight ! "
Scotts wife....................... " Did you do something to the dinner table again ? "
Scott .................................."Ermmmmm"
Scotts wife ......................." Three courses 5-stars "
Scott ................................." Oh Kay "
And now I like this channel even more. It's so cool that you play Armada. It's one of my favorite games.
the inconsistency in scale buggers me
As an astronomer I have no problem with logarithmic scales in the name of usability.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone did a game based upon the ruleset.
I mean, you'd either have massive and expensive Star Destroyers or fighters the sizes of grains of sand.
Harrison So why not just do away with the fighters? In the films, at least, the only time a fighter does any damage whatsoever to a capital ship was when it crashed into the (already weakened) bridge of the Executor. Of course, that's not counting the Death Stars, but they had massive, stupid weaknesses that would never exist if it actually happened.
sherpaXD, you know that "bugger me" doesn't mean the same thing as "bug me," right?
40k is stupid expensive to get into. but once you've walked through that door....
Scott, have you ever played Star Wars empire at war? It's an old Star Wars RTS and the multiplayer was just brought back online using steam servers instead of gamespy and it has a very active modding community (if you ever take a look at it, check out the mod "Republic at War", which can be found on moddb. It's practically a sequel to the original game).
This game is still alive? I wanted to get into it but I only found out about it when it was already a pretty old game. I thought the multiplayer community would have been long dead by now.
mrsiCkstar The multiplayer and modding community is pretty active, it hasn't even been a full 2 weeks of steam workshop being out and most major mods have already been ported over
That's great. I'll check it out. Thanks!
The Empire at War Remake mod is also quite good. And now most of those are available straight off the steam workshop
Also check out the channel TheXPGamers, they often feature Mods for EaW with a quite large community
That moment when you wonder how old Skye is because when you started waching the the channel she was really Young and now she looks older than me
Aleef Ávila I think you mean Skye, Orion is his son ;)
yeah girls age like crazy in early puberty. I have a sister around that age
Ibakon Ferba yeah that was a stupid miskate. I've edited it out.
Aleef Ávila Mistakes happen to all of us :)
I only started watching last year, and already she looks so much older.
I have the benefit of playing in one of the most active Armada groups in the world, with several dozen people playing on a weekly basis. The meta can become stupidly competitive very quickly; more than any game I've ever played, player skill matters. Don't be afraid to travel around to other meta groups, it's one of the best ways to learn new and different playstyles.Good video Scott.
Would love to watch a live stream of you playing this.
Poor Skye must play nerdy games with her father again!
Has anyone tried a game of Armada where you pause and play a game of X-Wing every time squad tokens bump?
I heard one group running the battle of Scariff with 3 simultaneous games - Armada in space, X-Wing in the atmosphere and Imperial Assault on the ground.
Running a Correlian Campaign with a friend doing this. We have Armada, Xwing, and have modified 40k models a bit for ground combat. We play it every weekend and we only finished the 4th encounter this afternoon.
tabletop simulator has this on the steam workshop so it would be possible
@@scottmanley Now THAT's next level!!
The beauty of a medium like this table top thing is that they actually have the latitude to grab designs from the more obscure areas of the expanded universe. So it's theoretically possible we could see ships that aren't necessarily loyal to one side or the other (Slave One, the Hounds Tooth... whatever IG-88 flies) and even ships that were designed specifically for the game. On a related note... thanks Scott... Now I have to explain to my wife where several hundred dollars disappeared to and why I suddenly have tons of miniature ship statues around the house...
The models look temptingly gorgeous... they even have the MC30c and Assault Frigate Mark II from Empire at War!
Great video, Scott, and curse you for making me want to get into another expensive Star Wars-based hobby. I'm spending enough on Lego as is.
Glad to see this game's base is expanding. I'd never even heard of the game until my roommate exposed me to it. I got super lucky finding a guy who fell out of the game selling his collection for a respectable discount.
It is worth it to pick a faction and stick to that. Saves some serious cash that way.
Thank you for an entertaining and knowledgable review of this game. It's cool to see so many Imperial vessels from the West End Games RPG of the 80's, man that was great.
The price comparison with 40K is interesting, I think you will probably here this quite a lot in the comments but the Games Workshop offering is a more expensive to get a decent army for, potentially very much more so (although you can create fun skirmish forces for less if you want to play a different sort of game).
It will be interesting to see how the upcoming Legion game fares, that resurrects the concept of a Star Wars table top infantry wargame that we last saw officially with the Miniature Battles game, also by WEG.
Seeing X-wing and this Armada game makes me wish that Wizkids would update the Star Wars Pocketmodel TCG. It's a game from the mid to late 2000s that gives you styrene models to build of starships and ground vehicles along with some cards, a set of rules and mini 6 sided die. They had all kinds of booster packs and even a few tins. You can only buy them online now. Stores stopped carrying them around 2009-10 I think.
I did the squadron marking on my alphabet wings. Made it a lot easier when sorting out the furball. "This TIE fires at red squadron" is so much nicer than pointing and trying to sort it out every time.
I love this game. I bought a core set and a couple of expansions but have about a dozen ships on the way. I've jumped in all the way and just sinking in deeper. It expensive but oh so good!
I'd love to see you play either unedited or edited :D looks complicated and fun!
Fantasy Flight's build quality game on point as always.
Star Wars Armada is a great game. 3 friends and I try to play on 2 tables every week. Glad you enjoy it as well. I still need to get a decent list with the Interdictor xD
I kind of want a "Floor Gaming" version of this with the larger units. Something to be played in small gym kind of spaces.
1:36
I was *just* thinking of the Moldy Crow, too bad it's considered a support fighter. Maybe the Raven's Claw could be added...
That impresive fleet needs some Super Star Destroyers.... And Venators... and Dreadnaughts... and, well, is a very long list. If I start it I will never end it.
Thanks for the mentions around the comment section!
I tried X-Wing but didn't get into it so I sold off my starter sets. The ships were too big I thought and there was way too much luck in the dice rolling. I prefer Armada for the size & detail of the ships and the amount of strategy involved in playing the game. Super fun!
I've got a few ships myself but that is a serious collection there. Crivens.
"This is ridiculous! This is a star destroyer, we're being chased by an X-wing!"
"Sorry, sir, snake eyes again."
"GAH! Gimme those dice!"
Aww, I thought for a second you were playing Star Trek Armada. That game was cool.
4:15 I can feel the pain in your face when telling us how much what you've got on that table costs :D
We played the X-Wing Miniatures Game in the cafeteria and took up a whole long table for my Kessel run in the Millennium Falcon. Chick magnet!!!
Is the light carrier exclusive to the imperials in armada? It was a rebel ship in Star Wars: Rebellion (Supremacy in the UK).
You have a really nice collection there :D Btw, I see you own a few sets that I've done illustrations for :)
I think the Victory Star Destroyer scale is 1/6428. To that scale, planet Earth would be almost 2km/1.24ml in diameter.
Have you tried playing it on TTS? Last I checked there was a somewhat up to date version on there.
Keep spreadin' the good word Scott! Tired of being told to switch to X-Wing.
I guess our youtube overlords thought I'd like this as I've been watching a lot of Squadrons videos recently.... And it was right. Gotta love tabletop gaming. An elegant pastime, from a more civilized age.
Geez, a little rich for my blood.
This would make one heck of a video game. The upgrade cards and whatnot would match up perfectly with typical VG upgrade systems, you wouldn't need to fiddle around with straightedges to see where firing arcs end, and you don't need to pay through the nose for new models! Though that last part might put a damper on the idea once investors caught wind...
I built a whole stock fleet of Star Destroyers in KSP.
Rebels really should have had Gladiator and Victory class Star Destroyers, as Lothal was the exact type of system that such older ships would have been assigned too.
As for expense the starter is expensive but if you keep up with waves as they come out I find it very reasonable. New players can build lists online and just buy what they need. Lists are generally limited to 400 points a side so often 3-5 ships, depending on how you build it, will make a full list. I have played much more expensive games.
Could you imagine trying to get the Executor or Super Star Destroyer in there? Probably dwarf the table
Late to the game here, if you'll forgive the pun. I started playing Armada about a year ago and have since acquired the entire range, including the Super Star Destroyer. It's also by far my favourite game. Should you ever be near south Wales, let me know, we can break out the red, blue and blacks.
I wonder if it is available as a complete bundle at all.
I'd love to come over and play.
Oh god, is that Skye? Damn she grew up...i feel old now, and I wage rim only 2-3 years older then her.
Good overview! I'll use this for people I introduce to the game, I doubt I could do a better job of boiling it down as you did
Since you are now talking about TTGs, can you go over Attack Vector Tactical and Saganami Island Tactical Simulator?
I would love to dive into AVT - it's not a simple game.
No it is not. SITS 2.0 is a lot simpler and has the benefit of a lot of existing lore being based on the Honor Harrington Universe by David Weber. Squadron Strike is like a more streamlined AVT as well
I would like to see dreadnaughts, the old pre clone wars ships still used by the empire. They are also a smaller capital ship than the victory I & II, being 600m (victory II is 900m) and of course less wide. Known to be very hard to destroy, they are however slow and originally could not carry fighters.
I dislike any smaller ships having the distinctive arrow shape too, the victory class for example just looks poor with its flaps. The other little star destroyers makes the real one less impressive. I do like the interdictor cruiser though, of course. Though not much use in the game really I should think, being a tactical weapon.
So Scott, do you go to any local game stores to play or do you mostly just play at home?
Mostly at home with the kids.
You should check out Star Wars Rebellion (board game also made by Fantasy Flight) and it's recently released expansion Rise of the Empire as it's literally the original trilogy thrown into a blender. Rise of the Empire adds Rogue one and some better combat mechanics into the game/blender as well.
I'm still trying to get my head around the star wars rebellion board game
+Connor Johnson it’s great, looking forward to new expansion, changes combat a lot.
Thanks for the video, really enjoyed it. Just being curious, how long takes a "regular" game to finish?
Typically
What would you recommend buying at first? Just the Core set or any recommended expanses to get besides the Core Set?
Everyone needs a core set: amzn.to/2xWTY9r
But core set on its own is weak, if you're playing it in a family situation like me pick up a few expansions to add more stuff on each side
Rogues and Villains is good because it adds tje Millenium Falcon, Slave 1 and more amzn.to/2gUvo5l
And then just get some extra ships for both sides amzn.to/2xm3Yfn
I kinda put together a buyers guide here: ua-cam.com/video/S3rfyzLHLfU/v-deo.html but it got corrupted....
Scott, my cat would get on the table and knock it all over....
Gets expensive when stores start running out of the expansions. Seen a Y-Wing being sold on amazon for about £100+.
I've wanted a K-Wing for a while now but the price has been creeping up to about £30 and will probably increase
Yeah, for a long time the Fighter squadrons were out of stock and over the odds.
Y-Wings are on the Boat, K-Wings at the printers.
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/upcoming/
Scott Manley Which faction do you prefer? Quite like scum at the moment. Still want to get my head around formation flying so I can fly Tie swarms effectively.
I'd love to see this ships in some tabletop action
I thought I saw Hammerheads. Is there an Old Republic expansion?
Nvm, I commented before watching the whole video. I forgot there was a hammerhead in Rogue One, too.
At the very least I would like to have one of those ships on my desk for decoration.
Very cool. I love your unpredictable channel.
This is not anywhere near as expensive as 40k.......
Would have so much love to play SWA with you
Scott, have you ever played Starfire?
you might enjoy this scifi fleet game Saginami Island tactical simulator based on the Honor Harrington novels, think Hornblower in space
If I had not already invested in X-Wing I would be very keen to play this. Budget won't tolerate two mini games unfortunately.
Hey Scott, was this sponsored content, or did you literally buy all these because you like them so much?
I don't ever do sponsored content. I bought it all because I love the game. I wish it were cheaper.
Thanks for the quick reply! Glad you like the game!
16:55 Yeah... But you forgot the Eclipse, that's gonna take the whole house
Could anyone tell me what the miniatures are made of? This has been bothering me for some time as I don't want them to break.
Not sure what kind of plastic they use, but it shows a lot of detail.
But how many do you need to really start playing?
Are you going to record a full play of this or X-Wing ? Or maybe stream ? Or maybe just invite me to play this on Tabletop Simulator with you and Amy Shira ?
If I was to play any board game with Amy it would be 'Liftoff'
Looked att that very impressive collection and thought 'wow, that has cost a pretty penny' - then on closer inspection realizing that I have more ships and squadrons....... quite a bit more actually...... Probably enough for two players to have good collections, if truth is to be told. And yet, I never feel it is too much :) Also, I have been playing this since Day 1 and the collection has grown slowly over time so there has not been any big economic hit. I would recommend this game to all Star Wars fans, and to all gamers really..... and their mothers.... It's that good!
Idk about other people but i for one would love to see you play some. Let me live through you scott.
That moment when you realize that Scott doesn't own a camera tripod lol
Makes me wonder if there was a kid behind the camera of every video
I own several tripods, but for this I wanted the camera to move.
Hey Scott, awesome to see more content regarding boardgames. Have you ever played/do you own Twilight Imperium?
I know of the game, but I could never play it with my family, too much time and investment.
Yes I love everything Star Wars!
But I suck at throwing dice :(
btw what if we made a cool hologram game based on this with dlc which would be way cheaper?
You emphasize that this is expensive, so I would have liked to know more about the physical quality of the pieces. Materials used and such. Now, I might just have missed that because I didn't have time to watch the entire video, so pardon in advance if I missed it.
For instance, I imagine that the dials on the model bases will get used quite a bit, but they seem to be made out of cardboard. I'm guessing that it will degrade quite rapidly. If I were to buy this game, that would be something important to consider.
Yeah, there is an aftermarket for high quality plastic (or metal) replacements for some of the cardboard tokens.
I think fantasy flight games does a star trek capital ships game too.
The fantasy flight games forums are a good place to post, if you want to find players in your area. community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/402-star-wars-armada/
Also, most of the players I've met would be happy to let a new player try out the game, and can provide balanced fleets to get started with.
I saw a new game called rogue system it looks good with good orbitil physics and a bit like elite dangerous
Yep - I've looked at it in the past:
ua-cam.com/video/vziIgAtD66s/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/ouC6-T6wilI/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/8EjTgQREcwk/v-deo.html
I once made a zero cost Magic the Gathering deck by writing the names of the cards on a deck of free playing cards from a casino. Maybe a similar solution could work for fans of this game.
god i love this game. You should make more videos about it!
Hilarious watching an adult play with their toys! (Like me!)
Carry on!!
I wonder if there is an Admiral Thrawn card...instant win regardless of circumstance
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/8/25/the-grand-admiral-arrives/
+Frank the NOOB coming in next wave of releases www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/8/25/the-grand-admiral-arrives/
I feel there would be quite the potential for a PC game inspired by those rules.
you sure its more popular than 40k? on a tournament near me which hosts several different games, x wing got 8 players(and it had 17 empty spots.) whilst 40k got 36 and 9th age got something like 20 and sigmar round 20 aswell. I wish it was more popular though its alot cheaper and it doesn't require work building and painting models which is expensive aswell. also the models are really cool aswell.
The 'Most Popular' statement is based on distributer reports showing that it's making more money than 40Kicv2.com/articles/markets/view/38061/top-5-non-collectible-miniature-games-spring-2017
That's also true, X-Wing was sold in stores like Target and Barnes & Noble in the US so it's easy to see how it got into lots of homes.
That makes sense. Where I live its only sold in hobby stores so it wouldn't get much exposure or sales in general compared with Target in the US.
Me personally I don't feel that it's that expensive. Yes an ISD costs me $85AUD BUT it also takes up usually half of my list so in the grand scheme of things it's not that bad not expensive.
I saw the video title and thought "I remember that game!", and then I realized it said Star Wars and not Star Trek.
You could have kitted out two kids football teams in Africa. The Scotts and the Manleys might be doing well in the league. Learning to work as a team, dealing with victory and loss.
id have no qualms about spending on this game, but none of my local games stores have any get togethers for it.
Can the Nebulon-B be used by both sides ?
Sadly not in any official tournament, but what you do in the privacy of your own home is not their business.
Welcome to Armada :)
Someone send this guy a link to forgeworld. See what topshelf 40k looks like now...
given Warhammer prices i guess the low price is a reason for Xwings pupularity.... Pretty simple the world, when you think about it....
And as for expansions... has someone said "Pay2Win DLC" or "microtransactions"?
i dono, Clone Wars era ship battles might be fun! Tho, it would have to be kept separate from the civil war era.
SSD at $200 is a great addition to the fleet
I am a nerd and my friends are nerds but I know nobody who owns a tabletop wargame. I wanted to try it but with each of these games the starting price is damn high. I am a Halo fan, but getting a decent fleet for that is literally more expensive than getting an xbox one with Halo that I can use for other things as well. Even I did it I would have to get my friends crazy enough as well. That is just such a barrier to entry.
If you have a bunch of friends I'd suggest starting with Imperial Assault - it's a single box and plays with up to 5 players.
It needs to be about half its current price. The insane cost coupled with a small player base is a huge turn-off for me.
I confess I bought my Armada Core set for $50 on Amazon, but I never got close to that level of discount on anything else.
I purchased the vast majority of my ships either used or at Barnes and Nobel. They're slowly getting out of Armada so scour the clearance bins and you can find a lot at 50% off.
You can find a lot of the ships on Amazon for a pretty significant discount compared to what the FFG wants for it on their official website. Problem is it tends to go both ways, as you can find people price gouging on the fighter packs, especially the first released set of fighter expansions.
I dunno, these days two 40k armies could easily cost more (depending on how much flexibility you want/need) and you still need to assemble and paint them
Meanwhile Battlefleet Gothic is for all intents and purposes dead. The videogame adaptation is pretty fun, and I'd love to get into the tabletop if it's ever re-released (at reasonable prices).
The game available on tablet is a damn near perfect port of the original table top.