Future of Armada and this blog

This blog is no longer active. Haven't been for a while.

Armada is pretty much dead at this point. It's still played, even Organized Play, and it's still getting some kind of support from AMG, but it's not a living, thriving game anymore. More like a zombie horse that keeps getting kicked.

Nothing new, really, just a variation by degree. I mean, after wave 7, how long did we wait for the SSD? Very long. And then we got the lamentable wave 8. And finally, after even more waiting, we got two new factions, which was great... except they are only half complete factions!

But AMG's support for the game has been WORSE than FFG's. FFG actually made new expansions. AMG doesn't. They've given us some half-baked "events" and a couple new print-out cards. And I don't see this changing any time soon, if ever. So the game is until proven otherwise, dead.

I'll keep playing the game locally, sector fleet battles, campaigns, and the occasional 400-pointer, but I don't see any point in running this blog anymore.

I'd love to be proven wrong btw...

Wave 10 Article: Heart of the Swarm (Separatists)

 

This article looks at the two teased Separatist expansions: Invivisble Hand (Providence-class) and Recusant-class. Both are meaty large-base ships with the Providences being the bigger of the two classes.

We have one FFG article plus some additional info "leaked" on Asmodee's product pages:

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/1/25/heart-of-the-swarm/

https://store.us.asmodee.com/catalogue/sw-armada-invisible-hand_3370/

https://store.us.asmodee.com/catalogue/sw-armada-recusant-class-destroyer_3371/

Both miniatures look great. The Recusant is a bit weird-looking but in a cool way. I'm going to need 2 of each, I think. Yeah, 3 Venators and 2 of each of these babies.

Wave 10 Article: Republic Reinforcements (Republic)

 

Yesterday we got some news about wave 10. Not just one teaser article but two!

Please note that this is the 2nd version of this article. Just minutes after posting another player over at the Discord pointed out that Asmodee had some additional spoilers for us on their product pages. A lot of my predictions were spot on but who cares when we have more accurate info? 😅

I'm going to take a look at each faction in turn. First up is the GAR - the Grand Army (no Navy in there?) of the Republic.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/1/25/republic-reinforcements/

https://store.us.asmodee.com/catalogue/sw-armada-venator-class-star-destroyer_3369/

https://store.us.asmodee.com/catalogue/sw-armada-pelta-class-frigate_3368/

Two new ships. The large-base Venator and the small-base Pelta. Both are good-looking models but let us be honest: we're here for the Venator. That's a ship that is going to sell really well. Expect it to be out of stock a lot 😛 It's worth mentioning that the Pelta is a new sculpt. Looks like the "wings" are closed.