The Armada Podcast: Recent Episodes
Kelorn, Foxomega44, julietwhisky
A weekly discussion of the Star Wars: Armada tabletop miniatures game with your hosts Kelorn, FoxOmega44, and JulietWhiskey.
Armchairjedi is both Fode and Beed, and he's joined by the 2025 Vassal World Cup Champion, Angry Ewok! We learn about the man behind the legend, find out what makes his fleet tick, and talk about the future. And speaking of the future, stay tuned for a special announcement at the end! This is the final episode of season 3 of the Fode and Beed Show. On behalf of LargePackage and Machi, thank you all for listening. We truly appreciate it. Fly safe, and we hope to see you all next year, for the Vassal World Cup 2026!
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Join ArmchairJedi, Machi, and LargePackage as we talk VWC Top 4, Worlds, and peer into the future of competitive play.
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Mack is away enjoying some well earned R&R, so we're joined by a guest Beed: friend of the podcast and VWC2022 winner Sam! We chat about the dominance of the Civil War factions in the VWC and try to peg the score needed to make the Finals. On the 2nd Chance side we see some strong Rebel fleets and some new CIS tools coming into their own. Did the 1.6 changes make for an extra-fishy Worlds meta? Plus Sam shares his pre-tourney breakfast routine!
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It's the very 4th episode! May it be with you! We check in on the VWC Swiss and 2nd-chance tournaments. Then we look forward to Worlds, talk about our first times, and how much practice you should have (Warning: getting as much practice as Machi can lead to blindness)
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Beed and the Fodes talk the VWC Swiss, the cool new lists in the 2nd Chance tourney, and take your questions! Is the new meta no meta at all? Tune in to find out!
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Fode and Beed (and Beed) talk about the VWC, the October Update, LVO, the October Update, and what to call the October Update, before digging into all the changes and opportunities in the Octember Update
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Armchair Jedi and Kelorn sit down to parse through AMG's erratta/points change/update to the game that was released this week. As we go category by category, we give our thoughts on what will be impactful and lightly speculate on what's to come of these changes. Stay tuned for further analysis as we find out what the consequences of these changes will be over the coming months!
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The Fode and Beed show returns for the 2025 Vassal World Cup! We say goodbye to one host, and welcome 2 new voices to the show. Will data and facts prevail, or will they be buried under big parcel of nonsense? Join us to find out!
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The podcast crew is all back together! We promptly get off topic before pulling ourselves back together to discuss this year's NOVA open and Truthi's win with Ackbar. We wrap up with insane ideas from Armchair about how to help the Separatists.
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Fox and Kelorn discuss our expectations of the upcoming AMG announcement as well as the results of the recent tournaments. Ending with yet another truly outrageous food discussion.
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The podcast is back! Summer has been difficult for the hosts, but we're ready to jump back into the Armada action. Arcwelder, winner of LSO 2024, joins us to discuss the first Grand Tournament post AMG's Armada shutdown. With a balanced top 8, lots of positivity, and more than 30 players, LSO 2024 is declared a success!
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It's group therapy time as we struggle with grief, anger, and sadness over the end of 'development' of Armada by AMG. We shit on everyone as the poo is flung all over the place.
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Armchair and Fox get together for a short episode reacting to the news of the day, Armada officially ending 'development' of Armada and Xwing. Tune back in next week as we continue to explore the ramifications of the Armada community being left adrift.
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ArmchairJedi and Kelorn are back to talk about takeaways from the first Grand Tournament of the season at the UK Games Expo as well as a prolonged discussion on Fortressing in the game.
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ArmchairJedi takes the helm as he walks Fox and Kelorn through their games at Texas Open. After narrowly avoiding a Bridgerton hottake, we talk about IPA. That can't be controversial, can it?
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Armchairjedi and Kelorn get together tonight to discuss AMG's revival of Armada Worlds, an analysis of their broken public relations, and some expectations for just how this new World's format will work.
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The podcast crew gets together for a second episode this week to react to the announcement of AMG's new Grand Tournaments.
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This episode we have our interview with the brand new world champion, Peter! He gives us the rundown of how his championship Starhawk list was born. After that, Armchair and Fox rejoin to give the rundown of our impressions of Peter's win as well as a recap of the Top4/Top8. We close with a super juicy Tim Curry Hottake.
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This week the guys talk about the massive Worlds Day 1 field, how it relates to the LCQ and seasons stats, along with a few player anecdotes from Kelorn and judge anecdotes from Fox. Armchair digs deep in his stat spreadsheets and printouts to repeatedly find answers to questions Kelorn and Fox could have asked him about earlier. Plus, a special breakfast discussion.
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Andrew Preyer, the winner of the 2024 Last Chance Qualifier at Worlds joins the show to give us the run down on what the LCQ was like. Armchair has the stats to help us understand what happened and what archetypes did well in the LCQ. We wrap up with an invite to Worlds winner Peter as well as some truly terrible food takes from Kelorn.
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Hopeful Rebel players have been building their fleets all year in preparation for the ultimate test, WORLDS, which is just one week away. KELORN and ARMCHAIRJEDI evaluate the stolen plans to predict their outcomes!
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raely42, ArmchairJedi and VWC champion Arcwelder get together to talk about the last game of the event and then go through Arcwelder's path to victory!
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Fox and Armchair discuss the trends of Imperial lists over the season and what we expect to see at Worlds. While Kelorn is a scrub and off on some silly hunting trip.
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raely42, ArmchairJedi and returning guest Stewbucket shoot-the-shit with absolutely no plan for a solid second-to-last episode! We talked about the finals fleets, and things we'd do differently next year in both the organization of the event and the podcast!
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raely42, ArmchairJedi and King of Jank Mr. Louis Andre himself talk about jank and dark horses. All 3 are sick, but all 3 give a good podcast go anyway. Armchair finishes off with his lovely recap of the last 2 weeks of the event!
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Armchair is back this week as we do a deep dive into the giant leap forward CIS took post Rapid Reinforcements 2 Errata, and what we expect to see from CIS going forward.
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Fox and Kelorn are back after our hiatus, rearing and ready to go for the Upcoming worlds. Fox starts us out with a bombshell announcement before we dig into how GAR has done over the past year. Pre-errata versus post-errata, GAR had some of the biggest changes in playstyle. Then we round out the episode with our predictions for what GAR fleets will show up at Worlds and our normal hot take nonsense.
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raely42, ArmchairJedi, and m3rcier talk about that objective data for the survey ya'll submitted! What gets played and what gets flipped, and what you can prep for (by the numbers).
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raely42, ArmchairJedi and Machi talk about bids, 1st vs 2nd player, strategies around these things. We get deep into AmrchairJedi psychology only for him to ignore the question, then finish off with a recap of week 1 of the Swiss.
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ArmchairJedi plays both Fode and Beed tonight as raely42 takes a ski trip to Hoth. mmusterer navs in to talk about speed 2 ships and how they've faired in this year's turbulent meta and in the VWC itself. In our Swiss recap we suggest that the shame may have passed, like a fleeting shadow, and we miss a golden opportunity to use the hype horn...
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raely42, ArmchairJedi and guest TheRedScourge talk about squad build patterns in the event and then do a recap of week 3.
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raely42, ArmchairJedi wheel FoxOmega44 out of his retirement home to talk about the faction and commander spread in the VWC 2024 compared to last year, and discuss what it means for the health of the game. ArmchairJedi gives a recap of week 2 of the VWC.
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raely42, ArmchairJedi and Stewbucket discuss Stews rise to power, a few things they noticed changed in fleet stats from last year, and a recap of week one of the event.
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raely42 and ArmchairJedi talk about some small format changes to the podcast and what they’re both looking forward to in this year's event.
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Mulitple Texas tournament winner and Texas Series Champion, Drew Hunnicut (aka TxHunnibadger) joins us as we talk about the recent squadless heavy ship meta that's been dominant in the Texas tournaments this fall. Add in our usual Hot take shenanigans and this is a spicy end to our 2023 podcasts.
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Fox and Kelorn host a roundtable discussion where we rank all of the Commanders in Armada 1 through 38 with Truthiness, Ta5erface, and Outbound Flight. Get your pitchforks and torches ready as we shit on your favorite commander for fun and laughs!
Ranking Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-FC6d05L_Kou-UUikstqUtlcWM1sCkuM2XJArJUvMfs/edit#gid=0
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Fox and Armchair tackle an indepth look at Defensive Retrofits sandwiched by delicious food talk about Thanskgiving and just how delicious is Turkey anyway?
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The first round of post errata tournaments have been played and we look at the 100 lists we have data for. After that, we continue last week's discussion about objectives and do a deeper dive into what objectives to take with certain fleet archetypes. We wrap up with some truly appalling wikihow hottakes from Fox.
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Come and join the podcast crew as we talk about what objectives are, how to choose an objective for your fleet, and how to play your opponent's objectives. After that, we quickly choose the best card for each slot and give some hot steak takes.
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UnskilledFirstOfficer joins us to talk about his remarkable Pre-errata win at SLO with Seperatists flying a General Grevious fleet. After that, we talk about some new fleet ideas for each Faction that incorporates the newly errata'd cards!
GAR with ArmchairJedi (Maturin ghost-writing):
Name: With a little help from my friends Faction: republic Commander: Anakin Skywalker
Assault: Opening Salvo
Defense: Contested Outpost
Navigation: Doomed Station
Acclamator II (71) • Anakin Skywalker (31) • Electronic Countermeasures (7) • External Racks (4) = 113 Points
Acclamator II (71) • Electronic Countermeasures (7) • External Racks (4) • Implacable (4) = 86 Points
Pelta Transport Frigate (45) • Munitions Resupply (3) • TB-73 (5) = 53 Points
Consular Charger c70 (45) • Quad Battery Turrets (5) = 50 Points
Consular Armed Cruiser (37) • Radiant VII (1) • Parts Resupply (3) = 41 Points
Squadrons: • "Axe" (17) • "Kickback" (16) • 2 x V-19 Torrent Squadron (24) = 57 Points
Total Points: 400
Empire (FoxOmega):
Assault: Most Wanted
Defense: Asteroid Tactics
Navigation: Infested Fields
Gladiator II (62) • Governor Pryce (7) • Ordnance Experts (4) • External Racks (4) • Demolisher (10) = 87 Points
ISD Cymoon 1 Refit (112) • General Romodi (28) • Minister Tua (2) • Intensify Firepower! (6) • Veteran Gunners (5) • Linked Turbolaser Towers (7) • Spinal Armament (9) • Electronic Countermeasures (7) = 176 Points
Gozanti Assault Carriers (28) • Darth Vader (1) • Comms Net (2) = 31 Points
Gozanti Assault Carriers (28) • Munitions Resupply (3) = 31 Points
Squadrons: • Vult Skerris (18) • Ciena Ree (17) • Hondo Ohnaka (24) • Valen Rudor (13) = 72 Points
Total Points: 397
Rebels (Kelorn):
Assault: Rift Assault
Defense: Abandoned Mining Facility
Navigation: Infested Fields
GR-75 Medium Transports (18) • Ezra Bridger (3) • Slicer Tools (7) • Bright Hope (2) = 30 Points
Assault Frigate Mk2 A (81) • Walex Blissex (5) • Caitken and Shollan (6) • Electronic Countermeasures (7) • Slaved Turrets (6) = 105 Points
CR90 Corvette A (44) • General Draven (28) • Ahsoka Tano (2) • Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7) • Jaina's Light (2) = 83 Points
CR90 Corvette B (39) • Captain Rex (5) • Dodonna's Pride (6) = 50 Points
Squadrons: • Lando Calrissian (23) • Shara Bey (17) • 4 x YT-2400 (64) • Fenn Rau (24) = 128 Points
Total Points: 396
CIS (UnskilledFirstOfficer):
Assault: Ion Storm
Defense: Abandoned Mining Facility
Navigation: Infested Fields
Recusant Support Destroyer (90) • Count Dooku (30) • T-Series Tactical Droid (4) • Flight Controllers (6) • Expanded Hangar Bay (5) • Boosted Comms (4) • Linked Turbolaser Towers (7) • Nova Defiant (4) = 150 Points
Hardcell Transport (47) • TI-99 (4) • Hondo Ohnaka (2) • Projection Experts (6) • Bomber Command Center (8) = 67 Points
Gozanti Cruisers (27) • Asajj Ventress (4) = 31 Points
Gozanti Cruisers (27) = 27 Points
Squadrons: • General Grievous (22) • Wat Tambor (18) • DIS-T81 (17) • 3 x Vulture Droid Fighter Squadron (24) • 4 x Hyena Droid Bomber Squadron (44) = 125 Points
Total Points: 400
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Card Problems (Dennis), the new Rules Forum guru, joins us to discuss the new changes to Armada from Waves 8, 9, and Rapid Reinforcements 2. Followed by a truly incredibly disgusting lasagna story you won't believe.
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This week Shyvalry joins us to champion why Anakin isn't acceptable in the game and needs to be modified. He shares his journey to winning the Indianapolis Store Championship with an overwhelming Anakin victory. Come give us a listen as the Great Debate continues!
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Armchair invites Paul PT106 on the show to discuss his win at Golden State Games. Not content with that, they talk about the Store Championship double header at Warzone in Houston and another store championship in Quebec.
GSG Data Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DnIVFJsJ9JNrf5y6_KwSmipXixTf6W01JRqh9YDv-VA/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Kelorn and Armchair are at it again as we look at two tournaments from last weekend, the Spanish World Open Qualifier and a Store Championship in Poland. Anakin watch is back on as we look at two very different tournaments and styles.
Spanish WOQ Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CZCp9iiF3xRakC5SVIvxC2bbTs2I7-KjUiVJEHh82rw/edit#gid=50722909
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This week on Anakin watch... no wait that's not our show.
For real, this week we have Nick Litrenta on to talk about his NOVA Open 2023 win, along with all of the interesting tournament tidbits. The meta has really started to shift and NOVA's strong Imperial tradition really shines.
NOVA Open Top 16 T4: https://t4.tools/e/2023_NOVA_Open_WOQ_Finals
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We give an update on what happened to not have an episode last week, a slew of upcoming tournament announcements, and a shout out to a new podcast to start the show. Then we dive into where Anakin is at in the current state of Armada, what's good, what's good against him, and how to play him. Finally, Ta5erface talks to us about his win at the Salt Lake Open... with a Plo Koon fleet of all things.
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Get to know the podcast hosts as we celebrate our 50th episode with some fun questions from our listeners!
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Rasproteus joins the podcast crew as we troll the depths of our Coconut Milk knowledge and navigate our way from Deployment to how to play in Tournaments. As always, we end with Hot-take 30 with even more bonus soundboard action!
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This week we try out a new format with the Winner of LSO, Jordan. Before we dive into the LSO Tournament, we discuss our thoughts on Deployment 101. After the Tournament talk, we help out a listener with a limited pool of ships to choose from, before finishing strong with Hot Take 30!
Jordan, FoxOmega, and Kelorn give big shoutout to our wives for allowing us to get away for a weekend of nerdy tabletop gaming in Dallas!
LSO Day One T4: https://t4.tools/e/LSO2023D1
LSO Day Two T4: https://t4.tools/e/LSO2023D2
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Armchair and Kelorn are on vacation, so FoxOmega chairs a discussion with Xantos and Truthiness about their perspectives on the Basic Elements that make up the game of Armada.
World open Qualifiers: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/star-wars-transmissions/amg-star-wars-world-open-qualifier-schedule-20232024-season?fbclid=IwAR25S7bhPR8mYDgIAhrosUEOpLXEl4vnH9WFmsfVo657JcQqqkr0u__dNNw
Qualifier Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en∣=1x1Jfkd9JxNacNFf52BBWGU79wSDvo2k≪=57.04592983206127%2C-97.44275028276928&z=4&fbclid=IwAR0y6jp69XofgEyEzGgSFFf0uqrsfnap2j6LEOvziYK4d-DCUhNDr_fuaaQ
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This week, Armada Matt from Slicer.tools comes on to discuss the results of his "State of Armada" Survey. From the methodology rooted in developer surveys to the reasons people dislike things in Armada, this episode has it all. Including some ghastly banana flavor hot-takes.
Survey Results: https://slicer.tools/survey/2023/results/
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This week we cover the Stampede City Open with special guest Simon (Capt Awesomer) who won with a dirty dirty Onager Interdictor fleet! Canadian meta shenanigans ensue as we dig through the results and look forward to a salad-filled Armada Summer.
SCO T4: https://t4.tools/e/StampedeCityOpen2023
SCO Finals T4: https://t4.tools/e/StampedeCityOpen2023Finals
SCO Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IvIKVFevb8r-wJLYNBrI4T7jR09o03H3Rh6b4q_Y3kk/edit?usp=drivesdk
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FOXOMEGA IS BACK EVERYONE. This week we chat about what rose to the top at UKGE and Black Admiral's win with a nasty modified Sloane/Moralo fleet. As usual the hot-takes are spicy and Kelorn has a horrifically bad food take.
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UKGE Armchair Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AuzExzHMw2dXjnHx4TyMSkqIqyTxJhoM3pUTtu1NqKQ/edit?usp=sharing
UKGE T4 Top 8 T4: https://t4.tools/events/e7b77545-a547-4a04-b3f4-76de22313d49
Frizzzzzm (Ian) joins us this week to discuss his win at the Texas Open in San Antonio on May 20th. Anakin made his presence known, but we discuss his impact on the meta and where we think he'll end up. We give some shout-outs to upcoming events and get to the nitty-gritty Hot-takes!
TXO: https://t4.tools/e/txo
SCO Player Pack: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CR3p8d93Uwq56XfGK45H1AuHgeW6HS00
AMG OP Kit Preview: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/star-wars-transmissions/first-look-armada-world-open-qualifier-prizes
This week, RossBagel joins us to tell us about the Armada RPG that he invented and is playable with the ships we have, based on the Star Wars role playing game books! Join us to learn about this fun, narrative based, alternative way to play!
RossBagels Youtube with instructions on the RPG: https://youtu.be/bLtfPd-cUpw
Armada Matt's State of Armada Survey: https://slicer.tools/survey
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Brikhause, the winner of the Richmond Open stops by to discuss the first bigger tournament after Rapid Reinforcements 2 released as the crew pauses for a moment to reflect on mental health month. Finally... are grits food?
Richmond Open T4: https://t4.tools/events/3bef543f-ffb1-42de-a9b9-d5bc245642a1
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May the Fourth be with you! Joining us on this special episode is YouTube rock star and all-around great guy Crabbok. We delve into his thoughts on the game and the community and talk a little about RR2's impact on the future of Armada. Are Ackbar Nebulons as OP as everyone thinks? And is seltzer just loud water?
Crabbok sings the Horse Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVsiE1cg2E
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Jason Dedrick joins us again as we delve into how MSU did at Worlds and what the effects of Rapid Reinforcements 2 will be on the MSU Archetype. Commanderkin, Draven, and Fenn all promise to have an effect, but what will it be? Oh and what do YOU put in your Cheerios?
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You remember what we thought was coming in Rapid Reinforcements 2 a couple episodes ago? Yeah, we weren't exactly the closest on that. But hey, RR2 is here, it's exciting, and Fox and Kelorn will take you through their thoughts as we dig deep into every card that's been released. With a little avocado toast on the side.
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This week we do a deep dive on where the CIS faction is at, how it did in Worlds, and what might need to change to see improvement. Resident discord troll and top CIS finisher at Adepticon, Xantos, joins us to mercilessly troll Fox and the rest of the podcast while we roast the CIS faction.
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Our guest this week, Nick Larson (aka Unskilled First Officer), joins us to discuss the breakdown of factions and commanders as we progressed through the three days of the World Championships. After that, we discuss the state of the Republic Faction and bombard him with Hot Take 30.
Worlds Day 1: https://t4.tools/events/107ef5e2-51a1-40e5-a7a3-40a43a8cbf4c
Worlds Day 2: https://t4.tools/events/79f9a6db-afcf-482b-b3cc-5cbbc36e9f84
Worlds Day 3: https://t4.tools/events/3599f350-41d6-453f-bc6b-86dbe81a535d
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Join us as we talk about the World Championships up to the exciting finale between our guest, James McCartney, and previous guest Jason Hughley. We'll re-tread James' steps over the course of Adepticon up to the moment he realized that he was the winner. After that, we tackle the serious discussion of what is the best flavor of Chips (crisps).
Worlds Day 1: https://t4.tools/events/107ef5e2-51a1-40e5-a7a3-40a43a8cbf4c
Worlds Day 2: https://t4.tools/events/79f9a6db-afcf-482b-b3cc-5cbbc36e9f84
Worlds Day 3: https://t4.tools/events/3599f350-41d6-453f-bc6b-86dbe81a535d
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This week we have coverage of the World Championships at Adepticon, starting with the Winner of the Last Chance Qualifier, Colin Looney (aka Outbound Flight) and his journey through the World Championships. What does it take to win at Armada? What is the mindset of a winner? What do you do when things go wrong? And what is the worst condiment?
Answer all of these and more as we wade through the Last Chance Qualifier, the perils of MSU at Worlds, and the exciting announcements about the future of the game we love.
Last Chance Qualifier: https://t4.tools/events/4680669f-2be9-4cb7-99ea-d2410021783d
Worlds Day 1: https://t4.tools/events/107ef5e2-51a1-40e5-a7a3-40a43a8cbf4c
Worlds Day 2: https://t4.tools/events/79f9a6db-afcf-482b-b3cc-5cbbc36e9f84
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Are you going to Worlds? Are you in the Last Chance Qualifier? Or are you ready to watch the absolute insanity of the games coming next week? Fear not, the Podcast has your back with what you need to know, what to expect, and what you need to get to move on from each stage. Not content with that, Fox makes sure to give us important information about the structural integrity of Burgers and we learn about the importance of milk in cereal.
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Creative Director Will Shick ignited controversy this week stemming from a few comments in an interview with Crabbok regarding Shatterpoint over the future of Armada and the possibility of a Rapid Reinforcements 2. The podcast, meanwhile, has it's own bombshell announcement regarding our future as well as our thoughts on Will's comments.
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ArmchairJedi joins us again as we recap the swiss rounds of the Vassal World Cup, talk about what's been climbing to the top of swiss, and our predictions for the exciting finale of the the Vassal World Cup. Along the way our customary derailments result in mass chaos of topics and shenanigans.
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Daniel stayed up with us until the wee hours of the morning to bring you stellar Polish Master coverage on the Armada Podcast. Come listen as one of the best players gives us his thoughts on tournaments, list building, and tank lists!
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Geek19's Worlds T-shirt order form: https://cannotgetyourshipout.blogspot.com/2023/02/worlds-shirts-update.html?m=0
Polish Masters Day 1: https://t4.tools/events/f81cef7b-3f7b-4034-8465-651bf77f11a3
Polish Masters Top 8: https://t4.tools/events/54e9fa5c-82f2-4600-8d2f-7f405f0bbaae
This week we take a full episode to answer your questions and roast your hot-takes over the Armada Podcast Fire. A big thanks to everyone who submitted questions and we promise to do this again soon!
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Polish Masters: https://fb.me/e/2cbiL1Qoa
The vassal world cup updates are thin on the ground this week as we pivot to the two day extravaganza at the Las Vegas Open worlds qualifier. The winner, Skycake, joins us to give us the good news about his lord and savior Mar Tuuk with an epic Oscar winning speech. The question, though, is what do we expect at worlds in March?
Texas Series Schedule: https://texasopen.wixsite.com/texasopen/our-events
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Things get spicy as Icedbecker joins us to talk SSDs, the Vassal World Cup swiss phase, Mar Tuk, and Giant Hairy Australian Spiders. Fox pulls out a unicorn as Kelorn's arachnophobia goes on full blast and Whiskey can't stop giggling.
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ArmchairJedi joins us this week as we discuss the most recent spat of Vassal World Cup games as well as analyze important fact driven narratives like how medium's are performing and the right way to put the toliet paper on the roll.
Link to ArmchairJedi's spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9RDvszifDz_UVMsaV_SfoEYTKvyRJT7-EqHv87oAJk/edit?usp=sharing
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Biggs drops by to talk about cooking... and a little bit of Aramada as we dive into the results from Week 1 of the Vassal World Cup as well as talk about ArmchairJedi's amazing spreadsheet with the meta stats from the full pod phase field!
Link to ArmchairJedi's spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9RDvszifDz_UVMsaV_SfoEYTKvyRJT7-EqHv87oAJk/edit?usp=sharing
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The crew is back to ring in the new year with coverage of the Vassal World Cup Pod Phase. Join us as we talk about how the VWC works and some pods and lists we're keeping an eye on!
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Geek19 joins us as we talk about our Caster team's adventure's in the Ohnaka's Celebrity Deathmatch with frivolous abandon. We round out the episode with some absolutely horrific Dr Pepper hottakes.
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Outbound flight joins us as we talk about his win at the Utah Open, along with our various and varied Armada Podcast shenanigans. Topped off by some crazy breakfast food opinions.
Utah Open info: https://t4.tools/events/27c71846-5eec-42b7-b6fd-8186f8a177d2
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Our thanksgiving episode includes CPT Tightpants himself, joining us once again to bust his nuggets on the wild European meta from the Polish Worlds Qualifier. A big shout out to Realveers who gave us a lot of background information from this tournament.
We also talk about the Last chance qualifier and how thankful we are to be a part of the Armada Community.
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Kelorn and Whiskey are back as Patrick, winner of Golden State Games, joins us to discuss the two day tournament in the Bay Area!
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FoxOmega is joined by our guest Jason Dedrick to discuss MSU style fleets. We dive into fleetbuilding concepts, the why behind this style, and decide once and for all: how to properly take care of leaves in your lawn.
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Ta5erface joins us as we discuss our commander rankings for the Clone wars factions and pickle juice is NOT refreshing.
GAR:
1 - Tarkin
2 - Yularen
3 - Luminara
4 - Bail
5 - Plo
6 - Obi Wan
CIS:
1 - Kraken
2 - Dooku
3 - Mar Tuuk
4 - Grievous
5 - TF-1726
6 - Trench
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Jaypalmany joins us as we break down his win at the Texas Series Open Championship and how the meta appears to be evolving once again.
See the lists and ladder here: https://tabletop.to/warzone-houston-armada-day-2-txo-series-champ
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Fox and Kelorn hang out with Shyvalry as we rank the Imperial and Rebel commanders before having a knockdown drag out fight about the proper way to roast Marshmallows.
Aggregate Rankings:
Imperials:
Sloane
Ozzel
Romodi
JJ
Thrawn
Motti
Screed
Piett
Vader
Tarkin
Tagge
Palp
Konstantine
Rebels:
Agate
Cracken
Rieekan
Ackbar
Raddus
Garm
Sato
Leia
Dodonna
Mothma
Madine
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Geek19 from the cannot get your ship out blog and the unamed armada podcast stops by to chat about how to build lists and unpopular commanders in various factions.
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This week IrishMadcat stops by to give us his impressions of the Italian Worlds Qualifier held in Rome the same weekend as NOVA Open! Tune in for some great analysis and Moralo Eval talk!
Check out IrishMadcat on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfSA46w-3YkhgDzOI3lGQAw
The Italian Worlds Qualifier lists and standings can be found here:
day A (https://www.tabletop.to/sfi-armada-world-open-qualifier-2022-day-1a) and day B (https://www.tabletop.to/sfi-armada-world-open-qualifier-2022-day-1b)
Top 8: https://tabletop.to/nova-open-2022-finals/ladder
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Join us as we talk about Joshua's NOVA Worlds Qualifier win with an interesting and unconvential Romodi Interdictor list!
Check out the NOVA Open lists and Ladder here: https://tabletop.to/nova-open-2022-finals/ladder
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Karneck drops by to talk to us about the upcoming Worlds Qualifiers at the Saint Laurent Open and Golden State Games and chats with us about everything rules in armada!
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John from Ion Radio joins us as we discuss what worked and what didn't in the top 8 at the Gencon Worlds Qualifier!
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See the Day 2 Gencon ladder here: https://tabletop.to/gencon-amg-star-wars-2022-world-open-qualifier-star-wars-armada/ladder
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Ken from Ion Radio joins us to talk about Day one of the Gencon Worlds Qualifier, what the meta was like, and his foray into making content for Armada on Youtube!
See the Day one Ladder and lists here: https://tabletop.to/gencon-amg-star-wars-2022-world-open-qualifier-star-wars-armada/ladder
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Truthiness joins us again as we discuss the Hannover Open World Qualifier from July 31st. Listen in as we break down the Top 8, discuss the European meta, and laugh it up in Hot Take 30!
See the Top 12 lists here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyp3gId3J7mv9OqAZ75BeKQcBi2qanGpW6ZPlxYNvhg/edit?usp=sharing
The Top 12 Cut results can be found here: https://tabletop.to/amg-star-wars-2022-world-open-qualifier-star-wars-armada-top-cut/ladder
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Cylindrical Bobcat from the West Coast Ignition Kings of Swiss stops by to chat about their exciting end to the ITC against Kelorn and Fox from Republic of Texas.
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Ian Ellison, TO of Lone Star Open, joins the podcast crew to talk about the two day LSO event. This Episode we cover Day Two and our conclusions from LSO!
Day two Top 8 Lists: https://tabletop.to/lonestar-open-2022-day-2-top/lists
See the Day Two top table games here: https://youtu.be/CU1fI8mWNZA
Link to the current Armada Tournament Rules: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ce432b1f9d2be000134d8ae/t/623b862ee4f60b17eefccf6a/1648068144009/SWM_Tournament_Regulations.pdf
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Ian Ellison, TO of Lone Star Open, joins the podcast crew to talk about the two day LSO event. This Episode we cover Day one, next episode will cover Day 2 and our conclusions!
Day one Lists: https://tabletop.to/lonestar-open-2022-day-1/lists
See the Day One top table games here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69TMyxkqa6c
Link to the current Armada Tournament Rules: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ce432b1f9d2be000134d8ae/t/623b862ee4f60b17eefccf6a/1648068144009/SWM_Tournament_Regulations.pdf
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This week the Armada Podcast crew talks amongst themselves about how to build competitive fleets and what elements you should think about while designing your fleet and putting it on the table for the first time.
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Truthiness from Blissfully Ignorant Gaming joins us in part 2 of a 2 part series on how to fix what's perceived to be wrong with Armada!
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Truthiness from Blissfully Ignorant Gaming joins us in part 1 of a 2 part series on how to fix what's perceived to be wrong with Armada!
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Jammers joins us from across the pond as we ponder the murky fog of the UK Worlds Qualifiers top 4, grapple with the state of bids in competitive Armada, and discuss the updated Hera.
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The pilot episode is finally here! Join us as we talk to Ben AKA Downsizeit about the Texas Open and the state of the Armada competitive meta!