Unlike perhaps older and wiser heads I thought this might be good news as the focus on more figures might be in the works.
I have been following the switch of license to create figures from Fantasy Flight to Atomic Mass games with interest. Whether you’re looking for an alternative to X-Wing or are a newcomer to miniatures, it’s certainly more than enough to get a massive starship battle started on your gaming table.Ĭurious what Armada plays like? We got our hands on it at Gen Con.I have only recently got into the Star Wars licensed games in the last few months. While still a hefty price tag, that includes three painted capital ships, ten unpainted squadrons, and over 130 cards and tokens. Star Wars: Armada‘s core set is expected to launch early 2015 for $99.95. On top of that, pilots like Luke Skywalker provide special abilities to squadrons, such as the ability to ignore shields on capital ships. Not only can an unchecked squadron destroy a capital ship, they follow their own movement rules and can react quickly on the battlefield. Issuing a command at exactly the right time will be critical to success, making or breaking the entire fleet.įighter squadrons shouldn’t be ignored, however. That means orders issued to Star Destroyers can take two or more rounds before making an available action, and a lot could happen in the interim. For example, while larger capital ships are very powerful, it takes time for them to react to commands. Every vessel has unique traits, attacks, defenses, and even firing arcs that need to be accounted for, and players will need to successfully balance them all to achieve victory.Įven the very act of issuing commands can be a tense, strategic activity. Tactical control is provided for both the large capital ships and individual fighter squadrons, co-coordinating not just weapons fire but also engineering activity across each ship. In Star Wars: Armada, each player is the fleet admiral for the Imperial Navy or Rebel Alliance. In other words, yes, you can finally use a Star Destroyer to crush those pesky Rebels once and for all. Adopting a similar tactical combat style as X-Wing, Armada core set includes both Rebel and Imperial fleets, including fighters and capital ships. Thankfully the company has announced yet another miniatures title that may address both of these problems called Star Wars: Armada. Star Wars: Armada will send miniature Imperial and Rebel fleets into a battle for tabletop dominance.įantasy Flight’s X-Wing Miniatures Game is an absolute blast to play, but it has two minor problems: Individual ships are very expensive, and its definition of miniature has become increasingly lax.
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