The Online Armada Community

Look, someone broke my precious antennae!

Armada is a tabletop game, but as with all hobbies there is an online community. While you may actually never meet any of these other people, you share a common interest, and may be interested in sharing ideas or discussing the hobby. Or play a game with them, using one of the online platforms.

Here is a list of the online arenas I'm aware of.

Armada Wiki

The Armada wiki is very comprehensive and quick to update. As with all wikis YOU can contribute if something is missing or could use some more info.

FFG Armada forum

This is the most obvious one: the FFG forum. As of wave 7 it's quite active, with lots of post each day. There are subforum for battle reports, fleet building, rules discussions (stay away from this one unless you like hurting yourself) etc.

Join the FFG forum.

Armada Discord sever

Discord is a platform that is known to many gamers. It's a platform both for text chat across various channels, but also used for voice. There has been a marked upswing in activity here. Many of the same people that post on the forum, not not exclusively so. It has a very relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Apart from logging into the Vassal lobby, the Discord lfg channel is the best place to find opponents for online play.

The voice channels are used primarily for online play.

Join our Discord server.

Facebook group

There is a Facebook group promoting online (Vassal) play. It's not terribly active, but it has quite a few members. I'm probably the most prolific poster. Discord is a better option if you're looking for opponents.

Join our Facebook group.

Online play: Vassal

Vassal is my go-to application for on-line play. It runs on any computer, is easy to use, and widely used by players across the globe. This is where I learned to play Armada for real.

You find all kinds here. From World Champions to scrubs just trying to learnt he basics. From highly competitive builds that win Worlds and Nationals and Regions, to people experimenting with exotic builds and little-used upgrades. Crazy stuff like Konstantine and YV-666s. So it's considered good form to ask about skill level and if its a casual match or not.

Bird's view of the battlefield. Perfect for honing your skills.

Sometimes people log on just to chat and dick around. Watching other people play their games is also quite popular.

Die Rebel scum, DIE! Why Vader is the BEST admiral...

Get the Vassal application.

Get the Armada module.

Online play: TTS

Since I don't TTS myself I'm just briefly going to mention it: it one of the 2 platforms where you can play Armada online. You have to buy TTS for around 20 dollars, then you can add the Armada expansion and play that for free.

We sure look good in 3D.

Get TTS on Steam.

Blogs

There are a number of blogs out there covering SW: Armada, but most of them seem defunct at this point. I would recommend (based on regular new content and quality) only two:

Steel Squadron/Steel Command is the oldest Armada blog that's still alive AFAIK. The founder is BiggsIRL, known on the forum for his annual Vassal World Cups (and being a very nice guy - in the traditional UK English meaning of the phrase). He has both shmitty and Truthiness on board now, both of whom are well known on the forums and used to run their own separate blogs.

Cannot Get Your Ship Out is a relative newcomer, starting up in January 2017. Run by geek19 and snipafist, both active on the FFG forum and Discord. Despite being just a year old, this blog has a TON of quality content. You really should check it out.

Archive of Ossus is run by our favorite opinionated Brit, ginakpo, with some notable guest speakers. It has a quality over quantity approach.

Vlogs

Crabbok's YouTube channel doesn't do pure Armada, but its worth mentioning. He does some battle reports and other Armada content. In conjunction with wave 7 FFG actually sent him the expansions ahead of time, allowing him to do some unboxing spoilers. Great stuff.

Master of the Fleet has a series of more instructive clips that try to teach new players how to fly different ships, and maybe teach old dogs some new tricks.

Green Knight's YouTube channel is MY channel. It's AWESOME. The best channel. OK, maybe not, but it does have the only Vassal video tutorials in existence. That's gotta be worth something? 

The Durandal Initiative is a steady provider of very nice Armada battle reports. Their slogan is "Lifelong friends bicker like old wives over plastic spaceships and dice", but you know what? They actually know how to play. Check them out!

Podcasts

There are a number of podcasts out there. Most of them seem defunct. Also, most are too... wordy for me. It's too little game and too much of a bunch of guys sitting around a table farting and cracking jokes.

Fire When Ready by Armada Jim is the only one I'd recommend. It's short and to the point, and generally well informed. He even edits (shocker) his episodes before posting them.