The downside is that many of their ships and expansions have suffered power creep, and are not packaged with fully up-to-date upgrades. GCW factions have the largest ship and squadron rosters due to years of development, and feature a range of specialised ships that can fulfil any fleet archetype. Star Wars: Armada launched with the iconic factions of the Galactic Civil War (GCW) portrayed in Episodes IV through VI. Keep your eyes out for more comprehensive Faction Focus articles on Armada as well. If you’re unsure, I’ll summarise them below. Your collection will spend most of its life not being actively played and if it brings you joy to display, you’ve already made it. As with other games, if you have a stark favourite faction, it’s a good idea to just go with them. There are also plenty of generic upgrades and a few multi-faction upgrades to shake things up. Your faction determines the roster of ships, commanders and faction-specific upgrades that you have on hand. Star Wars: Armada features four factions.

Game Factions – “Peace without justice is flawed, hollow at its core.” This article will focus on getting a basic fleet organised, and aim for the goal of hitting the 400 point mark. The good news is, friendly Armada players are quite accommodating toward new players and will often be happy to play an unofficial, smaller game or lend out their ships to bulk out your fleet. Unlike Legion, whose Skirmish rules are freely available and are intended to be an entry point, Armada lacks an official entry point other than the 400 point standard format. Things get a little complicated when you learn that the rules for Task Force are only officially available through the Rebellion in the Rim campaign expansion. There’s also the unofficial Golden Rule format, which is played at any points level, on any surface, with any rules as long as everyone agrees to it. In ascending order of size, they are Task Force (200), Standard (400) and Sector Fleet (600+). Like most wargames, Armada can be played in several official formats with different rules and game sizes. Where to begin? Game Formats – “You call this a diplomatic solution?” And you, you want to join the annals of famous fleet commanders in the Star Wars universe. Face-to-face gaming is a reality again, shipping is slowly picking up and the people demand bread and games once more. This article is about starting Star Wars: Armada as a new player in the year 2022.

Pre-painted capital ships ships with little squadrons.

In case you missed it, the short version is: In a previous article, I explained what Star Wars: Armada is all about. Are you fond of Star Wars? Does the thought of commanding capital ships and their supportive squadrons appeal to you? Do you have an officer’s outlook and think that tromping around in the mud is beneath you? If you answered yes to two of those questions, then Star Wars: Armada might be your thing.

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