Sector 47: A Star Wars Armada Saga

Welcome Back to Me! It's been a hot minute (cough, like 9 months) since I've been able to have the time to sit down and write some things about Armada. Moving across continents and settling into a new job tend to do that. I've still been able to get an occasional Armada game in, either online or in-person! I just haven't had the time to sit down and write about them afterwords. So what better way to get into it again than with the Vassal World Cup! Brought to you by the great folks over at Blissfully Ignoirant Gaming . If you're reading this you're probbaly already aware of the Vassal World cup but for those not in the know, here's a quick sum up. Think World Cup (Soccer/Football) with a POD phase similar to the group phase. You get to play everyone in your POD and the 2 players with the highest scores move on and compete in a Swiss Round tournament, just like a normal Armada tournament. From there it goes to a sudden death/elimination bracket for the top 4i...

     Hello Armada Community! Below is the obligatory Obi-Wan picture welcoming you to any respectable Star Wars blog about anything remotely Star Wars      But now a little about me and why I started this blog.  My name is Eric and my forum name is cadetvw.  I’ve been playing Armada and having way too much fun for almost 3 years now.  However, I'm by no means an expert at this game, judging by my middling performance in most Regionals, but I like to have fun and play something that I enjoy.  So while you are using Thrawn or Raddus to trounce me, I'm over here pushing my Mon Mothma or Leia ships around, going Pew Pew, having fun, and usually surprising someone that wrote off the idea.      Anyway, before I started playing Armada, I had roughly zero experience with any miniatures wargame, other than the terrible Wizards of the Coast Starship Battles.  But I was obviously waiting for a better game to co...