Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 Red Castle Games' 2019 Armada Prime Championship is today! I'm going to be live blogging the event with pics and fleet lists (as best I can), so come back for updates throughout the day. First up, let's start with our custom-made trophy. FFG didn't include a trophy in this year's OP kit so we made our own! And as is our tradition at Red Castle for special events, we've got an Armada cake for that second-round sugar hit! Lastly, we have our prize table! I've added some other goodies to the kit, plus we have a special "Anakin" prize for last place, a prize for best painted fleet and best costume. In addition, we're raffling off $200 in store credit throughout the day so someone may be going with with a new Starhawk or Onager! 6 CommanderDave, Irate Pooka, Maturin and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 @Karneck was kind enough to donate even more prizes to our event, including a promo damage deck and a double-sided spot gloss ISD-II/H1MC80! 1 Maturin reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 Here's our list of Commanders. Piett is the most popular, followed by Garm and Dodonna. It's good to see such venerable Rebel commanders are still being taken in large numbers. We've also got some fun outliers in Leia (my favorite), Mothma, Madine and Sato. All in all, a great mix of commanders! REBELS (16) Admiral Ackbar x2 Admiral Raddus x3 Commander Sato x1 Garm bel Iblis x3 General Dodonna x3 General Madine x1 General Rieekan x1 Leia Organa x1 Mon Mothma x1 IMPERIALS (10) Admiral Motti x2 Admiral Piett x4 Admiral Screed x1 Admiral Sloane x1 Admiral Thrawn x1 Moff Jerjerrod x1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madaghmire 7,281 Posted February 8, 2020 Wow Garm has the same representation as Raddus, can no longer be considered janky. Shmitty in shambles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Jabbawookie 5,702 Posted February 8, 2020 36 minutes ago, Red Castle Games said: Red Castle Games' 2019 Armada Prime Championship is today! I'm going to be live blogging the event with pics and fleet lists (as best I can), so come back for updates throughout the day. First up, let's start with our custom-made trophy. FFG didn't include a trophy in this year's OP kit so we made our own! And as is our tradition at Red Castle for special events, we've got an Armada cake for that second-round sugar hit! Lastly, we have our prize table! I've added some other goodies to the kit, plus we have a special "Anakin" prize for last place, a prize for best painted fleet and best costume. In addition, we're raffling off $200 in store credit throughout the day so someone may be going with with a new Starhawk or Onager! Holy cow. Next time I make the drive down there, this is most impressive. Hope the event is a blast for all participants! 1 1 Red Castle Games and Irate Pooka reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, The Jabbawookie said: Holy cow. Next time I make the drive down there, this is most impressive. Hope the event is a blast for all participants! Thanks! This is my favorite event that we host each year, so I try to go all out in support of the PNW Armada community. It's a sold out show today with 26 players. 2 The Jabbawookie and Irate Pooka reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) ROUND 1 OBJECTIVES Asteroid Tactics x3 Capture the VIP x1 Dangerous Territory x1 Doomed Station x`1 Fighter Ambush x2 Ion Storm x2 Jamming Barrier x1 Rift Ambush x1 Targeting Beacons x1 Edited February 8, 2020 by Red Castle Games Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 BIDS Our highest bid is 372 for a Piett SSD list. Our second highest bid is 383 for an Admiral Screed Raider fleet. We have 7 players with no bid, and a total of 9 players with bids between 395-399. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
duck_bird 925 Posted February 8, 2020 GO WHOEVER'S PLAYING MADINE! 1 1 Formynder4 and Irate Pooka reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maturin 1,587 Posted February 8, 2020 Go Sato! Crit ‘em up!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 Pics of Madine's fleet in action vs Ackbar playing Ion Storm: 1 Bertie Wooster reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Leia vs Piett in a Rift Ambush. Edited February 8, 2020 by Red Castle Games Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 Mothma vs Raddus playing Doomed Station. 1 The Jabbawookie reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 A few more pics from round 1. Red Castle's play space: @Karneck's mascot: Contemplating a turn-2 Profundity Raddus drop: Tricked-out Triangle! 3 ralphbod, Maturin and Irate Pooka reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madaghmire 7,281 Posted February 8, 2020 Id love to know where the piett player found that token holding thing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Madaghmire said: Id love to know where the piett player found that token holding thing He purchased it on Etsy from a vendor called Dangerous Designs. 2 AdmiralOldOwlz and Madaghmire reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 TURN 1 RECAP We had x4 10-1s with a Dodonna MC75 Norra bomber swarm, Piett SSD Ravager, Garm Liberty/Pelta combo and Piett ISD/VSD fleet taking top honors. Raddus, Piett, Garm and Dodonna round out the top 8. Most of the scores were big wins, with just x4 7-4s and a single 6-5. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 TURN 2 OBJECTIVES Abandoned Mining Facility Asteroid Tactics Contested Outpost x2 Doomed Station x2 Hyperspace Assault Infested Fields Opening Salvo Salvage Run x2 Superior Positions Targeting Beacons Love seeing a pair of Salvage Runs in there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 Garm vs Raddus (second player) in a Salvage Run mission: The space junk... Making the run! The Liberty has yet to appear, but Raddus' MC-75 goes to work. 1 ralphbod reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 8, 2020 We have a pair of SSD Ravager fleets at the tournament today. One is helmed by Jerjerrod, the other Piett. Jerjerood vs Madine Piett vs Dodonna at Table 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Another Salvage Run game, this time between Admiral Screed and General Rieekan. A turn-2 brawl! Demolisher goes down. Admonition makes a run for it but flies off the board! The Rebels win the day, but just barely! It's a 6-5 victory. Edited February 9, 2020 by Red Castle Games 1 Maturin reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 9, 2020 TURN 2 RECAP We had x3 10-1s and x3 9-2s. The Dodonna MC75 Norra bomber swarm leads the pack with 20 points, followed by another Dodonna MC80/Pelta bomber list at 18, and then a pair of Garm bel Iblis lists with 17 points each. The 2 Garm lists are very similar. One has a Liberty, Pelta, Yavaris and CR90A with Jan and Biggs, while the other has an MC-75, Yavaris, Jan, Biggs and Scurrgs. This round was much closer with a total of x5 6-5s, one of which was separated by only 8 points (267-259). For round 3 it's Dodonna vs Dodonna and Garm vs Garm! 1 AdmiralOldOwlz reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 9, 2020 TURN 3 OBJECTIVES Asteroid Tactics Contested Outpost x2 Hyperspace Assault Infested Fields Most Wanted Opening Salvo Rift Ambush Solar Corona Superior Positions x2 Surprise Attack Targeting Beacons Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Madine vs Sloane playing Abandoned Mining Facility. They ran out of objective tokens for scoring and had to use a destiny token from RitR! Edited February 9, 2020 by Red Castle Games 2 1 webv, Maturin and ralphbod reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Castle Games 265 Posted February 9, 2020 Top table for round 3: Dodonna vs Dodonna playing Fighter Ambush Table 2 for round 3: Garm vs Garm playing Superior Positions Piett ISD/Interdictor vs Sloane Quasar Fire/Gladiator playing Rift Ambush. Piett used Grav Shift Reroute and Admiral Titus to really put Sloane's fleet in a tough spot on turn 1. 2 Irate Pooka and Ophion reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
