Bets on the Release Date

By Mikael Hasselstein, in Star Wars: Armada

So, when do you think it's going to show up?

I'm gonna say that it gets on the boat in two weeks, and that it will appear on the shelves during the week of April 6-12

What are you saying?

Let's go with a Mon-Sun week wiggle room. Please don't pick something already claimed . I'm going to try to keep the following list updated, but I will stop if I cease caring.

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Mid to Late March (20th or later). Before April though.

Mid to late March.

Can you guys give me concrete date ranges, with numbers?

Or, rather, I'll interpret.

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Last week in April. Somewhere between the 27th and the 30th

April 20th to Oct 24th.

Yeah I went there :P

I'll take the March 30 - April 5th slot then. I actually think it'll be a bit earlier, but got in too slow :P

March 2nd-8th. I have faith, and who knows, maybe China doubles down on shipping starting march. (I'm more betting on the 8th number than that week.)

April 13 - 20, caus Chinese new year

Sorry everyone, my guess is that if Armada is not on the boat in the next 24 hours we won't see it until May. Check out the chart at the bottom of the page in the link below. From the 1st to the 17th travel is going to become super busy, meaning trucks transporting things will take longer to get to their destinations. The same with the 25th through March 5th.

I stared at the calender hoping to find some way of getting the game sooner, but I just can't see how. I really hope I'm wrong, then you can stop hating me. :(

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/

Sorry everyone, my guess is that if Armada is not on the boat in the next 24 hours we won't see it until May. Check out the chart at the bottom of the page in the link below. From the 1st to the 17th travel is going to become super busy, meaning trucks transporting things will take longer to get to their destinations. The same with the 25th through March 5th.

I stared at the calender hoping to find some way of getting the game sooner, but I just can't see how. I really hope I'm wrong, then you can stop hating me. :(

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/

You are right, and I know it... Plus FFG won't want Imperial Assault and Armada to drop at the same time. My prediction is now May 4th.

Sorry everyone, my guess is that if Armada is not on the boat in the next 24 hours we won't see it until May. Check out the chart at the bottom of the page in the link below. From the 1st to the 17th travel is going to become super busy, meaning trucks transporting things will take longer to get to their destinations. The same with the 25th through March 5th.

I stared at the calender hoping to find some way of getting the game sooner, but I just can't see how. I really hope I'm wrong, then you can stop hating me. :(

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/

You are right, and I know it... Plus FFG won't want Imperial Assault and Armada to drop at the same time. My prediction is now May 4th.

Imperial assault has been out for almost a month now over here, I doubt that's a worry for ffg

Threads like these are a sure sign we need a new article to discuss :P May the 4th would be a great release date but I really don't want to wait that long. My guess/hope would be end of Feb, at least for the core set.

Where is Imperial Assault not out? Genuine question, thats an enormous release date difference. I've already finished a campaign!

I'll take the March 30 to April 5, just because it would make the best birthday present this year

Updates made.

Where is Imperial Assault not out? Genuine question, thats an enormous release date difference. I've already finished a campaign!

Australia :(

Seriously, I have friends who pre-ordered it back in September who still don't have it.

Put me down for March 9-15. My Anniversary falls within that range, and I'm a romantic at heart

Put me down for March 9-15. My Anniversary falls within that range, and I'm a romantic at heart

Done. ;)

Threads like these are a sure sign we need a new article to discuss :P May the 4th would be a great release date but I really don't want to wait that long. My guess/hope would be end of Feb, at least for the core set.

My guess is that FFG want to announce the next wave for all their SW games during their May 4th event, similar to X-Wing last year.

Okay, with the Core hitting The Boat today, let's see where we are?

Unless it's on a speedboat, I don't see anything within the next 6 weeks being viable, so up until March 26 doesn't seem realistic. That takes out about half of ya'll.

I'm still happy with my bet. :P

I agree with Ghost Dancer. Here's why:

In the unboxing video for the German convention, someone translated one of the hosts as saying it was the only box in Germany. That seems silly on the face of it. That suggests someone at the factory in China had to grab just one box and that one box was specially taken by whatever means to Germany. That one box would have come from stacks and stacks of others that were apparently just sitting there.

What would make more sense is that they shipped some time ago and stock is being built up in preperation for local distribution. That one demo box was taken from a warehouse, perhaps outside Germany, perhaps not, and given to them for the con.

Im told thats basically what happened with Imperial Assault.

I could be all wet, but.... Either way, at least it's in motion.

I agree with Ghost Dancer.

Great, I'll put you down for that same week, then.

I absolutely hope you're right about it, but I don't think you are. I'm guessing that the set in the video was one of the first off the printers, that was expedited to FFG/Asmodee/distributors/whomever, in order to build advance buzz for the product. Just putting a number of boxes on the plane is no big thing, and entirely worth it. However, the fabrication of all the boxes takes time, and The Boat is a much cheaper form of shipping.

I'll take the unclaimed slot in April (21st-26th) as I think it will be late April early May before we see it, especially those of us in the UK. Also it is just after payday for me which is handy.

Something that's been mentioned elsewhere is the possibility that different countries might have different release dates (e.g. due to the port delays in the U.S.). How will this affect the bets? :P