Armada World Cup - Vassal Tournament:

By BiggsIRL, in Star Wars: Armada

We are at 32 right now - making this the biggest tournament we've ever had! I actually didn't even consider that we'd get this many people, but that leads to it's own set of problems. The biggest problem is that now we'll be at 5 elimination rounds and screw up the even number of playoff contestants that 32 gives us, or we will have to start adding more people to the pods leaving lopsided numbers of games to be played.

To alleviate the sheer number of folks involved in this, and the "odd number" issues... Anyone signing up after this point is on a waiting list - if someone is unable to play or doesn't have their list in on time, the top person on the waiting list will be brought in to replace them, and keep our numbers at 32 for the tournament. If you are on the waiting list, be sure to post your list for the tournament before the cutoff - if you're called up to play, you'll need it on time.

JJs Juggernaut	-6
Zanos	-5
Audere1882	-5
Madaghmire	-5
BiggsIRL	-5
NebulonB	1
Truthiness	-7
CaribbeanNinja	-6
clontroper5	-8
CaptainICT	-6
Ardaedhel	-8
Leowulf	10
Onca	0
Reath28	11
Chilligan	3
Shadoer	-7
Doobleg	8
Meidomeda	1
Qark	?
JRockNZ	13
godofcheese	11
Quadro28	-5
HERO	-8
Dab Darklighter	-5
AlexW	-6
Darthofthedead	-9
Thanosazlin	-5
Icanspelegood	-5
Deadshane	-6
Green Knight	0?
Cutter9999	-6
Gowtah	1

Seriously, major thanks for doing the organising and stuff Biggs!

My list;

Corrupted Fireball
Author: Madaghmire

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 398/400

Commander: Admiral Motti

Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery
Defense Objective: Contested Outpost
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Victory I-Class Star Destroyer (73 points)
- Admiral Motti ( 24 points)
- Corrupter ( 5 points)

- Wing Commander ( 6 points)
- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)
- Avenger ( 5 points)
- Captain Needa ( 2 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- XI7 Turbolasers ( 6 points)

2 Firespray-31s ( 36 points)
1 TIE Advanced Squadron ( 12 points)
1 "Howlrunner" ( 16 points)
1 Major Rhymer ( 16 points)
1 Dengar ( 20 points)
1 Soontir Fel ( 18 points)
1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)

Again, I'm Eastern Standard Time. I have a 7 month old who demands I play only at night, so after 8pm my time. From the 13th to the 19th of January I will be away, and unable to play. If that causes an issue, I'd be ok with stepping down in favor of a replacement with a less annoying to deal with schedule.

Edited by Madaghmire

I'm new to the scene and would love to be one of the first on the waitlist for the tournament. If anyone would like to practice at all just PM me, I'd love to learn Vassal better and just get familiar with which side I'm more comfortable playing.

My local time is GMT -5 (Eastern Time US)

My availability is very flexible but I would prefer late afternoons and evenings Sun-Thu.

I'll be sure to post a list by Sunday (edited to add below).

Biggs, thanks for all your Armada articles, I'm still going through all of the strategy posts...

[ EMPIRE FLEET (388 points)
1 • Imperial I-class Star Destroyer - Admiral Screed - Boosted Comms - XI7 Turbolasers - Relentless (149)
2 • Gladiator I-class Star Destroyer - Engine Techs - Assault Concussion Missiles - Demolisher (81)
3 • Raider I-class corvette - Wulff Yularen - Assault Concussion Missiles (58)
4 • Major Rhymer TIE Bomber Squadron (16)
5 • Dengar Punishing One (20)
6 • Darth Vader TIE Advanced Squadron (21)
7 • TIE Interceptor Squadron (11)
8 • TIE Interceptor Squadron (11)
9 • TIE Bomber Squadron (9)
10 • TIE Advanced Squadron (12)
OBJ • Precision Strike, Contested Outpost & Dangerous Territory (sry, forgot to include in 1st post)
Edited by heychad

Back!

Signing up please, or waiting list if required.

Thanks!

GMT +8 (but can easily play on US time due to schedule)

[ REBEL FLEET (399 points)
1 • Assault Frigate Mark II B - Intel Officer - Gunnery Team - Electronic Countermeasures (93)
2 • Assault Frigate Mark II B - Intel Officer - Gunnery Team - Electronic Countermeasures (93)
3 • Assault Frigate Mark II B - Admiral Ackbar - Intel Officer - Gunnery Team - Electronic Countermeasures (131)
4 • A-wing Squadron (11)
5 • A-wing Squadron (11)
6 • Tycho Celchu A-wing Squadron (16)
7 • A-wing Squadron (11)
8 • A-wing Squadron (11)
9 • A-wing Squadron (11)
10 • A-wing Squadron (11)

Edited by MattShadowlord
AlexW   	-6	x
Ardaedhel	-8	x
Audere1882	-5	x
BiggsIRL	-5	x
CaptainICT	-6	x
CaribbeanNinja	-6	
Chilligan	3	
clontroper5	-8	x
Cutter9999	-6	
Dab Darklighter	-5	
Darthofthedead	-9	x
Deadshane	-6	
Doobleg  	8	x
godofcheese	11	
Gowtah   	1	
Green Knight	1	
HERO    	-8	
Icanspelegood	-5	
JJs Juggernaut	-6	
JRockNZ 	13	x
Leowulf 	10	
Madaghmire	-5	x
Meidomeda	1	
NebulonB	1	
Onca    	0	
Qark    	11	
Quadro28	-5	x
Reath28 	11	x
Shadoer         -7	x
Thanosazlin	-5	x
Truthiness	-7	x
Zanos   	-5	

Here's the 32 currently in, X means you've posted a list as of this point.

HeyChad 	-5	
MattShadowlord	?	

And here's our backups. Matt, what is your time zone?

Edit: Reminder that Monday January 4th, 12:00 noon (EDT) / 5:00pm (GMT). is the cutoff.

Edited by BiggsIRL

Time Zone GMT+11

Available times: Weekdays before 8:00pm, aside from Tuesday afternoons.

List:

MC80 Assault (114)

-Ackbar (38)

-Intel Officer (7)

-Engine Techs (8)

-Electronic Countermeasures (7)

-Leading Shots (4)

-XI7 Turbolasers (6)

-Home One (7)

191

CR90 A (44)

-Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)

-Jaina's Light (2)

53

CR90 A (44)

-Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)

51

CR90 A (44)

-Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)

51

Squadrons

2x YT-2400

2x A-Wing

54

Total: 400

Edit: I play God of Cheese regularly.

Edited by Qark

Would love to take part, or at least go on the waiting list as this point.

Time Zone GMT+8

Available weekdays after 8pm, all day weekends

List: Imperial Faction 400pts

VSD I

-Admiral Ozzel, Weapons Liaison

VSD I

-Weapons Liaison

VSD I

-Weapons Liaison

VSD I

-Weapons Liaison

VSD I

-Weapons Liaison

Edited by DeadEyeJedi

Would love to take part, or at least go on the waiting list as this point.

Time Zone GMT+8

Available weekdays after 8pm, all day weekends

List: Imperial Faction 400pts

VSD I

-Admiral Ozzel, Weapons Liaison

VSD I

-Weapons Liaison

VSD I

-Weapons Liaison

VSD I

-Weapons Liaison

VSD I

-Weapons Liaison

Interesting list - probably the most activations in the tournament. :)

Why Ozzel for your commander, given that VSDs can only go speed 2 tops?

Interesting list - probably the most activations in the tournament. :)

Why Ozzel for your commander, given that VSDs can only go speed 2 tops?

Probably the only way it fits. You'd have to sacrifice Liasons on everyone to get Motti...

Interesting list - probably the most activations in the tournament. :)

Why Ozzel for your commander, given that VSDs can only go speed 2 tops?

Probably the only way it fits. You'd have to sacrifice Liasons on everyone to get Motti...

Motti's only 4 points more expensive, so you're losing two, tops. Still, I'm keen to know if that is the reason, or if DeadEye has a cunning plan. :)

Interesting list - probably the most activations in the tournament. :)

Why Ozzel for your commander, given that VSDs can only go speed 2 tops?

Probably the only way it fits. You'd have to sacrifice Liasons on everyone to get Motti...

Motti's only 4 points more expensive, so you're losing two, tops. Still, I'm keen to know if that is the reason, or if DeadEye has a cunning plan. :)

At a glance I'd say activation economy. He can cover the full spectrum of his movement options in one nav command (full stop to full mosey on a vic) and he can spam nav/eng commands on all his ships and by the time comc fire comes up, he'll have tokens prepped for his liasons. Plus, its not like hes hurting for hull.

My list:


Faction: Rebel Alliance

Commander: Admiral Ackbar (38 pts)

Flagship: (99 pts)

Assault Frigate Mark II B (72 pts)

Intel Officer (7 pts)

Gunnery Team (7 pts)

Electronic Counter Measures (7 pts)

XI7 Turbolasers (6 pts)

Fleet Ship 1: (99 pts)

Assault Frigate Mark II B (72 pts)

Intel Officer (7 pts)

Gunnery Team (7 pts)

Electronic Counter Measures (7 pts)

XI7 Turbolasers (6 pts)

Fleet Ship 2: (96 pts)

MC30c Scout Frigate (69 pts)

Foresight (8 pts)

Gunnery Team (7 pts)

Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7 pts)

Assault Proton Torpedoes (5 pts)

Squadrons (64 of 134 pts):

2x A-Wing Squadron (22 pts)

2x X-Wing Squadron (26 pts)

1x YT-2400 (16 pts)

Less than 24 hours to get your lists in!

AlexW   	-6	x
Ardaedhel	-8	x
Audere1882	-5	x
BiggsIRL	-5	x
CaptainICT	-6	x
CaribbeanNinja	-6	
Chilligan	3	
clontroper5	-8	x
Cutter9999	-6	
Dab Darklighter	-5	
Darthofthedead	-9	x
Deadshane	-6	
Doobleg   	8	x
godofcheese	11	x
Gowtah   	1	x
Green Knight	1	
HERO    	-8	
Icanspelegood	-5	
JJs Juggernaut	-6	
JRockNZ 	13	x
Leowulf  	10	
Madaghmire	-5	x
Meidomeda	1	
NebulonB	1	x
Onca    	0	
Qark    	11	x
Quadro28	-5	x
Reath28 	11	x
Shadoer  	-7	x
Thanosazlin	-5	x
Truthiness	-7	x
Zanos   	-5	

Backups:

HeyChadv	-5	x
MattShadowlord	?	
DeadEyeJedi	8	x

List up. I'll probably regret it b/c I've been drinking tonight. There is too much Ackbar on the field though. Time to teach them a lesson.

Empire Fleet (376 of 400 pts)
Commander: Admiral Motti (24 pts)
Flagship: (155 pts)

  • Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer(120 pts)
  • Wulff Yularen (7 pts)
  • Gunnery Team (7 pts)
  • Boosted Comms (4 pts)
  • Electronic Counter Measures (7 pts)
  • XI7 Turbolasers (6 pts)
  • Leading Shots (4 pts)


Fleet Ship 1: (48 pts)

  • Raider I-Class Corvette(44 pts)
  • Instigator (4 pts)


Fleet Ship 2: (44 pts)

  • Raider I-Class Corvette(44 pts)


Squadrons (129 of 134 pts):

  • 4x Firespray-31 (72 pts)
  • 1x Major Rhymer Tie Bomber Squadron (16 pts)
  • 1x Darth Vader Tie Advanced Squadron (21 pts)
  • 1x Punishing One - Dengar (20 pts)


Objectives: Precision Strike , Fleet Ambush , Superior Positions

Ended up being a mix of two of my favourites, should be fun!

Author: Leowulf

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 396/400

Commander: Darth Vader

Assault Objective: ?
Defense Objective: ??
Navigation Objective: ???

[ flagship ] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)
- Darth Vader ( 36 points)
- Avenger ( 5 points)
- Admiral Chiraneau ( 10 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- XI7 Turbolasers ( 6 points)

Gladiator I-Class Star Destroyer (56 points)
- Demolisher ( 10 points)
- Admiral Montferrat ( 5 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- Engine Techs ( 8 points)
- Assault Concussion Missiles ( 7 points)

1 Major Rhymer ( 16 points)
1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)
1 TIE Advanced Squadron ( 12 points)
3 Firespray-31s ( 54 points)
1 Soontir Fel ( 18 points)

Fleet created with Armada Warlords

My List (394/400)

Mosted Wanted

Fire Lanes

Dangerous Territory

Flagship:

Mk. IIB

Gunnery Teams

ECM

Rieekan

Ship 1:

Mk IIB

Gunnery Teams

ECM

Ship 2:

CR90A

Antilles

Tantive IV

Ship 3:

CR90B

Jaina's Light

Overload Pulse

Jan Ors

A-Wing (x4)

X-Wing (x2)

Edited by icanspelegood

Ended up being a mix of two of my favourites, should be fun!

Author: Leowulf

Faction: Galactic Empire

Points: 396/400

Commander: Darth Vader

Assault Objective: ?

Defense Objective: ??

Navigation Objective: ???

[ flagship ] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)

- Darth Vader ( 36 points)

- Avenger ( 5 points)

- Admiral Chiraneau ( 10 points)

- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)

- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)

- XI7 Turbolasers ( 6 points)

Gladiator I-Class Star Destroyer (56 points)

- Demolisher ( 10 points)

- Admiral Montferrat ( 5 points)

- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)

- Engine Techs ( 8 points)

- Assault Concussion Missiles ( 7 points)

1 Major Rhymer ( 16 points)

1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)

1 TIE Advanced Squadron ( 12 points)

3 Firespray-31s ( 54 points)

1 Soontir Fel ( 18 points)

Fleet created with Armada Warlords

A two-ship list, with your flagship worth 191 points?!?!? AMAZING!!! :D

Ended up being a mix of two of my favourites, should be fun!

Author: Leowulf

Faction: Galactic Empire

Points: 396/400

Commander: Darth Vader

Assault Objective: ?

Defense Objective: ??

Navigation Objective: ???

[ flagship ] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)

- Darth Vader ( 36 points)

- Avenger ( 5 points)

- Admiral Chiraneau ( 10 points)

- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)

- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)

- XI7 Turbolasers ( 6 points)

Gladiator I-Class Star Destroyer (56 points)

- Demolisher ( 10 points)

- Admiral Montferrat ( 5 points)

- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)

- Engine Techs ( 8 points)

- Assault Concussion Missiles ( 7 points)

1 Major Rhymer ( 16 points)

1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)

1 TIE Advanced Squadron ( 12 points)

3 Firespray-31s ( 54 points)

1 Soontir Fel ( 18 points)

Fleet created with Armada Warlords

A two-ship list, with your flagship worth 191 points?!?!? AMAZING!!! :D

Basket. Eggs. Breakfast? :D

list editted in - what can I say, you guys rubbed off on me.

Interesting list - probably the most activations in the tournament. :)

Why Ozzel for your commander, given that VSDs can only go speed 2 tops?

Probably the only way it fits. You'd have to sacrifice Liasons on everyone to get Motti...

Motti's only 4 points more expensive, so you're losing two, tops. Still, I'm keen to know if that is the reason, or if DeadEye has a cunning plan. :)

At a glance I'd say activation economy. He can cover the full spectrum of his movement options in one nav command (full stop to full mosey on a vic) and he can spam nav/eng commands on all his ships and by the time comc fire comes up, he'll have tokens prepped for his liasons. Plus, its not like hes hurting for hull.

This, plus i want to restore the good name of VSDs the galaxy over :D

Since it's so close to the deadline, Ill just post my list here:

ISD II- 120 pts

Darth Vader - 36

Gunnery Team -7

Phylon Q7 Tractor Beams -6
Electronic Countermeasures -7
Overload Pulse -8
Relentless -3

187 points

ISD II- 120 pts

Gunnery Team 7

Phylon Q7 Tractor Beams- 6

Electronic Countermeasures 7

Avenger 5

145 points

TIE Interceptor- 11

Soontir Fel- 18

TIE Advanced- 12

Howlrunner- 16

Total fleet points: 389

Not sure how well this will fly, wasnt able to test it. I just wanna see how well ISDs work, and got exams, so can't really commit to take this too seriously

I've been overthinking my list too much, so I decided to stop thinking and just have as much fun as I can.

So, here it goes:

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 400/400

Commander: Admiral Ozzel

Assault Objective: Precision Strike
Defense Objective: Fleet Ambush
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Imperial I-Class Star Destroyer (110 points)
- Admiral Ozzel ( 20 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)
- Leading Shots ( 4 points)

Gladiator I-Class Star Destroyer (56 points)
- Demolisher ( 10 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- Engine Techs ( 8 points)
- Assault Proton Torpedoes ( 5 points)

Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- Assault Proton Torpedoes ( 5 points)

1 Darth Vader ( 21 points)
1 Major Rhymer ( 16 points)
1 Dengar ( 20 points)
1 Boba Fett ( 26 points)
2 Firespray-31s ( 36 points)

Sorry, I had to keep on overthinking and edited the list. I think i'm half an hour in before cutoff, but as I'm not familiar with timezones I may be messing up: in the case, just tell me so and I'll use the previous list.

Edited by miedomeda

3 hours until the cutoff.

HeyChad 	-5	
MattShadowlord	?	

And here's our backups. Matt, what is your time zone?

GMT +8 but I can easily play on US time (eg -8) due to schedule.

I have added a list in case I do manage to sneak in.

If not, GOOD LUCK Admirals, fly well and go down with your ships!

Less than an hour to go.

I will have the matchups ready once I get back from the Dentist's.