I finally got another mat and can now play with a 6x3 play area. I've purchased a number of expansions, and am struggling to figure out what upgrades are "must include" for the various ships. For example, TRC seems to be a "must include" for the Corvettes. ECM seems like a must include for any ship with brace. What other upgrades are considered "must includes" for the following expansions that I now have? I won't be playing competitively, if that matters. VSD ISD GSD Arq. cruiser Raider mc30 mc80 AFM2 NebB CR90

I ended up going to Lowes and getting a $22 piece of Pine Plywood that was 15/32" thick. Cut it to 6.5'x4'. I think it's going to work great after some minor sanding Probably weighs 1/3 of the MDF I was looking at.

Went to Home Depot. The MDF looked great, was priced great, but was way too heavy. I wouldn't be surprised if a 4'x8'x1/2" sheet of MDF weighed almost 100lbs. They had birch plywood, which looked great, felt great, but was too expensive. Gonna check out Lowe's and see what they have.

In the words of a famous Sith Dark Lord, You underestimate the power of the Dark Side.

Good call. The 4' edges won't overhang much, and the 6' edges will overhang by 1' on either side of my table.

To clarify, you are referring to pine plywood sheets correct? Is 1/4" thickness sufficient?

I saw that on Home Depot's website. Pine sheets don't have any splinter issues?

Oh wow. Custom Skiprays and XG-1 Assault Gunboats! Looks like I'm gonna need to save some money for even more expansions

Noted! Thanks!

Pffft. Yet they find time to come up with a lame new Rebel ship...

I haven't heard of anyone complaining about proxying cards for use at home. Definitely can't do that at a tournament, since the players, and more likely the TO, will not allow it. I think KDY has proxy templates you can find. I did it yesterday and copy/paste it to word, but not sure on the website. What's KDY? Any other helpful websites I should know about?

Yes. Unless you want to face off again 20 lancers all Rogue bombers. New to Armada... Are there lancer-class frigates in Armada yet? Sure would be fun to shoot some Rebel squadron-scum with a bunch of quad canons

Good call. HD has it for $21 (4x8 1/2" thick). Much cheaper than buying a gaming table! Now I'll spend that money I saved on more expansions!

The MC30 was the first expansion I ordered. It looks like a beast. I also ordered the GSD, AFMII, another corvette, Rebel fighters, and R&V. I plan on getting an ISDII and Imp Fighters soon. Has anyone uploaded copies of Armada upgrade cards to the internet so that they can be printed off; or would that go against FFG licensing? I'm not playing at tournaments, so I wouldn't mind proxying cards.

Oh, on first read-through I thought it was a damage card. I like taking shield off a whole lot more Another question, I was looking through a list of available upgrade cards, and one of them said something like "crit - deal a face damage card". Does "deal damage" mean that the card is dealt immediately and doesn't have a chance to be defended? If I worded this bad, I'll try to go find the upgrade card. I think it was a weapons upgrade. Yes, it deals one face up damage card immediately, entirely separate from normal damage resolution. The only ways to defend against it currently are by removing the die that procced it with scatter/evade/Admonition. That's the one! I just ordered a Gladiator; I'm guessing it can put this upgrade to good use. With this particular upgrade, what is the order for damage resolution? Is the crit immediately dealt if it isn't canceled by evade/scatter/admonition; then the remaining points of damage are resolved normally?

Doing my weekly check-in to see if we have a gunboat yet. Guess I'll check again on Christmas. Forget Santa, I just want a gunboat from FFG already.

Oh, on first read-through I thought it was a damage card. I like taking shield off a whole lot more Another question, I was looking through a list of available upgrade cards, and one of them said something like "crit - deal a face damage card". Does "deal damage" mean that the card is dealt immediately and doesn't have a chance to be defended? If I worded this bad, I'll try to go find the upgrade card. I think it was a weapons upgrade.

Genius! What is MDF, and where do I buy it?

My dining room table works for X-Wing, but won't fit 2 mats for Armada. Where can I buy a table that's less than $100, at least 6'x3' and preferably foldable and plastic? All the tables I'm seeing at Wal-Mart and Costco look like they're 30" wide. Thanks!

Oh wow, that's big. I've only played a couple minor skirmishes so far, but getting two clicks on the first yaw value sure would help keep the big Imps from getting off the board.

For those who missed the recent Raider sales on amazon, the price is down to $54.85 today. I'm almost tempted to buy the ship and sell off Palp on eBay for ~$30. That makes for a $25 epic ship

Who's Moff Jerjerrod, what does he do, and how do I get him? I just ordered an MC-30. This thing looks like a beast! Has anyone done an all MC-30 build at a tournament and done well? Also, are tournaments 300 or 400 points?

Oh, well that's helpful. I was getting mad that I couldn't target squadrons that were just outside distance 1. So ships still use the range ruler, not the distance side, even when attacking squadrons. Are there any ships/non-squadrons that can roll more than one die against squadrons. I think in lore there was a Lancer class frigate that was loaded with quad canons. Anything like that in Armada? Yep. Plenty. In fact, weven with the Starter Box, you should be able to see that the Nebulon-B Escort (But not the Support) Frigate has 2 Blue Die to use against Squadrons. Oops, I haven't looked at the other ship cards yet... EDIT: From core set, VSD 1&2 only get 1 die, and Neb-B-Frigate Escort gets 2nd blue die.

Oh, well that's helpful. I was getting mad that I couldn't target squadrons that were just outside distance 1. So ships still use the range ruler, not the distance side, even when attacking squadrons. Are there any ships/non-squadrons that can roll more than one die against squadrons. I think in lore there was a Lancer class frigate that was loaded with quad canons. Anything like that in Armada?

Thanks Drasnighta! To clarify #3. Can I pull out the range ruler to measure distance, put it away, and then fiddle around with the maneuver template? Would it be an "illegal" move to leave the range ruler on the mat while I maneuver? Another question, is intentionally ramming another ship ok? I can foresee ramming being a viable strategy sometimes. My first game I had a VSD in position to ram a frigate, so I went for it.