I've been posting for a while, but have never introduced myself. And I don't have a fancy picture next to my name...

Location: wherever the army sends me. Currently Missouri. Georgia, New York, and North Carolina in years past, and Texas to come.

Age: in my 20s

Started collecting: Christmas, 2015, where I also played my first, very disorderly game with nowhere near the actual conception of the rules I have now, and I'm still learning about stuff I've been doing wrong, little by little. But I really appreciate the nuances of the game.

Started reading forums: January, with first post probably around February.

The draw: I've never played miniatures games like this before, so really it's just my love of Star Wars that got me to swallow the huge buy in (or rather to ask someone else to swallow it for a Christmas gift). But now that I've taken the gateway drug, I've realized that I've been missing out on miniatures. I've got at least one of everything, doubles of most smaller ships and squadrons. And close to 50 lists on Warlords. So yeah, gateway drug. Thinking about starting to paint.

Viva la Rebellion!

Hi all

I have been lurking around for a while now reading threads, and looking at your awesome paint jobs. I am a lifelong Star Wars fan, love to paint/model, and so was naturally drawn to this game. I am from Manchester in the UK, and only recently acquired the game (plus most of waves 1 & 2 as I just couldn't wait to paint them!). Not yet played a game, but looking to get stuck in soon hopefully.

Regards, Dedz

Looking forward to some awesome new repaint stuff to come!

Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
First game: Uh, I don't remember. March 2016?
Started collecting: Also don't remember. March 2016?
How long reading the forums: Been reading since I got into the game
What drew me in: Always loved Star Wars and the fleet scale. My friend said he'd jump in with me and away we went

I wasn't aware that there was an "introduce yourself" thread.

Hi. I'm FoaS. In my real life I'm a programmer living in central nj, soon to be northern nj. I'm a craft beer and mead snob, but definitely not a hipster. i also do some 3D design as a hobby, but I've only started getting halfway decent.

in the Armada world, I built and continue to run Kuat Drive Yards, your friendly custom card creator, with the help of some other folks on here.

we're always looking for more members and fan made content should you be inclined to stop by.

My first game was at a local gaming con.

I started collecting about 10 minutes after i lost my first game and I've not looked back.

I got hooked because this was the first game i felt was tactically engaging enough for me since Star Fleet Battles.

I've been lurking for maybe a year, so figure I should give this a go:

I wasn't aware that I need to introduce myself, but hi, I'm Stacey!

Things to include:

City and country you play in: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

When you played your first game: About a month ago

When you started collecting: About a month ago

How long you've been reading these forums: Since April 2016. I have been lurking on the forums, and watching some of the games on Vassal. Mostly the ones where my friend played.

What drew you in: My friend in real time (PT106) who talks a lot about Armada, and who was sure that I would love it, so eventually I decided to try. Then he persuaded me to participate in a narrative last week as an imperial, gave me ships, built my fleets, and now I am hooked.

Anything else pertinent: I play an Imperial, as strange as it seems for me. Apparently, cookies work. Also, I love board games, and have a lot of them at home.

Hi Stacey! It was great meeting you and seeing PT again in Nova!

Long-time forum lurker and reader here, but first-time poster. My name's Chris, and i play in the Longmont, Colorado area. Been playing Armada off and on since it first came out, which is also when i first started collecting. I'm a long-time rpg-gamer/board-gamer that fell in love with the Star Wars universe. Long live the Rebel Allliance! :-)

Location: Greenville SC

First Game: July 2016

Started Collecting: June 2016

Started reading these forums: June 2016

First Post: This one

What drew me in: I get to fly STAR DESTROYERS what's not to love.

So far I have only played against one other person but am hoping to expand my circle of opponents soon.

I'm Ian.

City/Country: McPherson, Kansas, USA

First Game: December of last year.

Started collecting: Same time as above.

Reading these forums: Same as above.

What drew me in: STAH WAHS!

Anything else: I'm running the Armada Deal or No Deal Tournament.

Caldias, great meeting you too!

Matt Dammann

City and country you play in- Edmonton Alberta Canada

When you played your first game- May 2015

When you started collecting- May 2015

How long you've been reading these forums- May 2015

What drew you in- Played a lot of X wing and Firestorm Armada so seemed like a natural evolution to get into

Anything else pertinent.

Was a Frequent Guest Co-Host on the now defunct Jaded Gamercast, Current Regional Pro for Brunswick Bowling.

Awesome to meet and get to know a little more about each of you

I'm Damián

City and country you play in: Buenos Aires, Argentina

When you played your first game: June 2016

When you started collecting: May 2016

How long you've been reading these forums: around June 2016, but I wrote for the first time in July for posting a question that came in a game.

What drew you in: I love almost everything that has to do with Star Wars. I saw some ships in a store some months ago and wanted to know more about this game so I looked videos on youtube and read a lot about Armada to see if I would like it and it seemed to be a very fun game with a lot of strategy, which is something I like very much. And also I love the models, I had them decorating my room

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Young Whippersnappers...

*grumble* *grumble* New to the Forums...

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Get off M'**** Lawn!

Location: Madison, WI/Twin Cities, MN, USA

Played my first game sometime in March

Started collecting shortly after that. Got some great swag from a store championship right off the bat to start with my collection.

Been reading the forums since....February 2016? Or so?

Honestly, what started me down this path was SU&SD's Let's Play of Armada. I religiously follow them for board game news and stumbled across their lets play from a few years ago and became very interested....reading the rules and an intro game later, I became absolutely addicted to the game. I love playing just to play, win or lose, but I also love playing competitively for the alt art, which I absolutely love as well. And plus its Star Wars. Which drew me in. And its extremely tactical. Which drew me in. And the models look great. Which drew me in.....

Also, as someone in their early 20's, I feel extremely young in the community for this game....So yes Dras, I am a young Whippersnapper! And proud of it!

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Young Whippersnappers...

*grumble* *grumble* New to the Forums...

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Get off M'**** Lawn!

Well this wouldn't be a problem if people WOULD JUST OBEY THE FIRST TWO RULES OF ARMADA CLUB....I mean fight ships...I mean...ah whatever...

In the current flavour of necro threads....actually, this may be relevant as I've seen a lot more new faces around recently.

On 9/7/2016 at 1:59 AM, idiewell said:

Long-time forum lurker and reader here, but first-time poster. My name's Chris, and i play in the Longmont, Colorado area. Been playing Armada off and on since it first came out, which is also when i first started collecting. I'm a long-time rpg-gamer/board-gamer that fell in love with the Star Wars universe. Long live the Rebel Allliance! :-)

My very first post ever. I think i'm getting misty-eyed

All hail the might threadromancer!!

City and country you play in

Minneapolis, USA

When you played your first game.

January 2016

When you started collecting.

September 2016

How long you've been reading these forums.

November 16?

What drew you in.

The pointy with balls. And a well timed clearness sale.

Anything else pertinent.

I've been on the forums for a few months but I wanted to be included too...

So my social security # is...

My address is...

Haha

City and country you play in:

Central Massachusetts, USA. In my basement. Have a 2 year old so I don't really have time to go to a place to play. I play with friends and my brother in law. Someday I'll get social and go to a place.

When you played your first game: June 2015.

When you started collecting. June 2015. I got the game for Father's day. Fund it for $67 on eBay.

How long you've been reading these forums. 3 or 4 months I think.

What drew you in: I had star wars starship battles back when Wizards of the coast put that of the shelves. As everyone thought, the rules were horribly simple and I made my own. I got into xwings after playing the core set with a friend. It was so fun, I sold my starships battle stuff for more xwings stuff. When I heard about armada I wanted it. I love the fleet combat.

Anything else pertinent. I like long flights in the astroid fields and my favorite food is roasted gundarks.

Wollongong, Australia.

Start of Wave 2 (can't remember when) for collecting and playing (which I don't get to do a lot)

Reading the forums since I started.

Star Wars, come on do you need another reason (plus needed to get away from GW, made my Wood Elves of 20 years collection useless overnight)

Joensuu, Finland.

I'd been eyeing the game for most of last autumn and finally bought into it in December 2016. That must've been around the time I started reading the forums as well.

I'm actually not the biggest Star Wars fan in the world – I enjoy it, but I didn't happen to grow up with it so I don't have the nostalgia. I got more into it in the past two years thanks to Imperial Assault and the new movies, but I don't think I even really knew any of the ship names (apart from the words 'star destroyer') before getting into Armada. What really drew me in was the mechanics, particularly how movement works, and how cool it looked on the table. Now I've spent the past few months obsessing over it, even though I don't actually get to play very much.

Kariong, Australia

playing since: December 2016

joined forums: start of 2017

what drew me in? Star Wars, plastic ship figures, making pew pew noises, having fun, becoming part of a great community