So you can do a traditional Imperial 3 ship wedge with 3 Victory II's and Tarkin and thats it unless Ties only cost 10 points lol. (correction just saw they cost 8 pts, so you can have 1)

Also it looks like the Ackbar slash is gonna be a dicy option With 3 attacks on the broadsides of the Victories but you can push it to 3 red and 1 black if you put enhance armament on it. Thats if you use a Victory I anyway.

Might do a 2 Vic I and 1 Vic II wedge, the Vic II can cover fire while the 2 Vic I's with fighters move in to fight. I wish the Gladiator and the rebel cards had been shown.

Also if I ever fight any of you and you drop Dodonnas Pride or Leia on the table the game is gonna get mean (j/k)

I like this game even more and it reinforces my thought of it being a thinking mans game more than a hack and slash.

IMO The Ackbar Slash would probably be viable using the Assault Frigate Mark IIs if the Imperial formation is set up to allow it but it doesn't really work using Frigates or Corvettes against Victories. For an Ackbar Slash to work your ships need to be able to take the pounding and not be crippled or killed in one exchange and I'm not betting that CR90s or Neb-Bs can take Victory Broadsides to both flanks and survive..

The Ackbar Slash requires that a significant portion of the Imperial line of battle is out of or at least at long range from the point at which you go through their line.

This is an unlikely situation in a standard game of Armada.

It's possible that your own ships obstruct firing on opposing ships, but nothing indicating that they would or wouldn't has been brought up.

It's possible that your own ships obstruct firing on opposing ships, but nothing indicating that they would or wouldn't has been brought up.

I think I remember in one of the Gencon videos it was said that all ships class as an obstruction in Armada.

I am hoping that the effect is cumulative, so that tactics like running screening ships actually become highly viable.

I'm hoping for this as well, it adds an extra means of causing your opponent to trip over himself if you maneuver correctly. I just want to be able to make someone yell "Take evasive action!"

I'm hoping for this as well, it adds an extra means of causing your opponent to trip over himself if you maneuver correctly. I just want to be able to make someone yell "Take evasive action!"

I don't think there's going to be a shortage of people uttering Star Wars quotes in this game!

Every time I regenerate shield,

All Power To Forward deflector!!

IIRC from when I played the GenCon demo, ships block attacks completely.

My Victory II one-shot a CR90 with its front arc, so I think it is safe to say the above speculation about this strategy working better in an Assault Frigate is likely correct.

EDIT: I was using a Victory I, not a Victory II. My attack used black dice, which means it had to be the Victory I.

IIRC from when I played the GenCon demo, ships block attacks completely.

My Victory II one-shot a CR90 with its front arc, so I think it is safe to say the above speculation about this strategy working better in an Assault Frigate is likely correct.

How "Hot" were the dice? Were the CR-90's defense tokens exhausted? Or did you get tons of accuracy?

IIRC from when I played the GenCon demo, ships block attacks completely.

My Victory II one-shot a CR90 with its front arc, so I think it is safe to say the above speculation about this strategy working better in an Assault Frigate is likely correct.

How "Hot" were the dice? Were the CR-90's defense tokens exhausted? Or did you get tons of accuracy?

Oh, I don't think I got any accuracy, or maybe one. It was pretty much all hits or double hits, maybe one blank. I don't remember the exact scenario as far as defensive tokens and such available, but the guy playing the CR90 ran it right up into point blank range of my ship when I had yet to attack. Unleashed from my front arc and just had ridiculous success. The guy running the demo didn't even let the player count the down the shields. He just took the ship off the board.

At that point I had to run back to the event area because the X-Wing nationals qualifier was starting and I was playing (went 0-4!), so I left the demo early, however I watched most of the demo before mine so I got the gist of it. Also watched most of a demo on another day. Armada was one of the highlights of my weekend.

Anyway, while not likely to happen frequently, it is possible for a VSD to one shot a CR90. Think of it like a 4 dice attack in X-Wing one-shotting a TIE Fighter (assuming it has an evade token). It can happen, but it takes luck and won't be the norm.

Correction: I believe I was using a Victory I, not a II. I know I rolled 3 black dice, and I swear I rolled 3 blue to go with it, but pictures and previews tell me it was 3 black and 3 red.

You can overwhelm defences even with no accuracy if you roll enough hits, and a VSD-I can certainly roll those hits at short range. The defence tokens only reduce or spread out damage....if you just hammer enough shots into them, they'll still blow up. It's not EFFICIENT, but it is very Imperial!

Amazing: the CR-90 ran in to short range -- where the pair of Evade counters were useless

Amazing: the CR-90 ran in to short range -- where the pair of Evade counters were useless

Yeah, I don't remember if I understood that, but I knew my ship had black dice and the guy just rushed right up to me. I was grinning like a fool when I attacked.

IIRC from when I played the GenCon demo, ships block attacks completely.

My Victory II one-shot a CR90 with its front arc, so I think it is safe to say the above speculation about this strategy working better in an Assault Frigate is likely correct.

EDIT: I was using a Victory I, not a Victory II. My attack used black dice, which means it had to be the Victory I.

I just re-watched the TC Gencon video and there was an incidence of obstruction and the attacker lost an attack dice. So there is obstruction, but possibly only a single dice it seems (unless it stacks with multiple ships/obstructions)

IIRC from when I played the GenCon demo, ships block attacks completely.

My Victory II one-shot a CR90 with its front arc, so I think it is safe to say the above speculation about this strategy working better in an Assault Frigate is likely correct.

EDIT: I was using a Victory I, not a Victory II. My attack used black dice, which means it had to be the Victory I.

I just re-watched the TC Gencon video and there was an incidence of obstruction and the attacker lost an attack dice. So there is obstruction, but possibly only a single dice it seems (unless it stacks with multiple ships/obstructions)

Actually that sounds right now that I read it. If I'm remembering right the attacker chooses any die to remove.

IIRC from when I played the GenCon demo, ships block attacks completely.

My Victory II one-shot a CR90 with its front arc, so I think it is safe to say the above speculation about this strategy working better in an Assault Frigate is likely correct.

EDIT: I was using a Victory I, not a Victory II. My attack used black dice, which means it had to be the Victory I.

I just re-watched the TC Gencon video and there was an incidence of obstruction and the attacker lost an attack dice. So there is obstruction, but possibly only a single dice it seems (unless it stacks with multiple ships/obstructions)

Actually that sounds right now that I read it. If I'm remembering right the attacker chooses any die to remove.

Attacker chooses any die to remove from the pool before rolling?

IIRC from when I played the GenCon demo, ships block attacks completely.

My Victory II one-shot a CR90 with its front arc, so I think it is safe to say the above speculation about this strategy working better in an Assault Frigate is likely correct.

EDIT: I was using a Victory I, not a Victory II. My attack used black dice, which means it had to be the Victory I.

I just re-watched the TC Gencon video and there was an incidence of obstruction and the attacker lost an attack dice. So there is obstruction, but possibly only a single dice it seems (unless it stacks with multiple ships/obstructions)

Actually that sounds right now that I read it. If I'm remembering right the attacker chooses any die to remove.

Attacker chooses any die to remove from the pool before rolling?

You know what, I have no idea. I'm gonna stop trying to recall this from memory. Haha

I kinda wanna paint "Come at me bro" on the front of a Victory SD