My friends and I pooled our money today and visited the local game store, only to discover they were out of basically everything we originally wanted except the core game. So we bought one of everything they *did* have, which adds up to the following:

1 Armada Core Set

1 Interdictor

1 Gladiator

1 Imperial Assault Carrier flotilla

1 Imperial Fighter Squadrons II

1 Rogues and Villains

1 Phoenix One

1 Rebel Fighter Squadrons

1 Rebel Fighter Squadrons II

We mostly bought the ships for use as visual reference when playing the RPGs, but it would be cool if someone could help us put together some decently balanced fleets using what we have so we can play the game a little more seriously than the 114 point game we put together to learn the basic rules.

(CR90A + 1 A-wing squadron + 1 VRX-100 + Captain Sato + Princess Leia + Dodonna's Pride on one side, Imperial Assault Carriers + 1 TIE Fighter Squadron + 2 Decimators + Tarkin + Agent Kallus on the other, which was about the smallest fleets I could come up with... the rebel player was down to one HP on his corvette when he got a lucky shot and annihilated the enemy Assault carrier squadron from full health.)

What can we build with the above that's balanced but uses as much of it as possible? And what should we buy next if we want to continue playing the game (as opposed to buying things we want to use in the RPG...)?

Looks like rebels are going to be your limiter, as you should have plenty of imperial stuff right now. You should be able to get a pair of 300-point lists put together with what you've got there.

What I would do is go to Fab's Armada Fleet Builder, put in what expansions you've got, and build something that sounds fun to fly.

It might be best to try the intro game described in the Learn to Play booklet if you're new to miniature gaming altogether. Otherwise, of you're feeling froggy and want to just jump into it, for a starter game, I might go for something like this:

Imperial Ships (299/300)
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Victory I-class Star Destroyer (73 + 45)
+ Admiral Screed (26)
+ Assault Concussion Missiles (7)
+ Dominator (12)
Arquitens-class Command Cruiser (59 + 13)
+ Engine Techs (8)
+ Dual Turbolaser Turrets (5)
Gladiator I-class Star Destroyer (56 + 7)
+ Assault Concussion Missiles (7)
Tie Advanced Squadron (12)
2 x Tie Bomber Squadron (9)
2 x Tie Fighter Squadron (8)

Vs

Rebel Squadrons (298/300)
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Modified Pelta-class Command Ship (60 + 33)
+ General Dodonna (20)
+ All Fighters, Follow Me! (5)
+ Engine Techs (8)
Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57 + 3)
+ Fighter Coordination Team (3)
CR90 Corvette B (39 + 6)
+ Dodonna's Pride (6)
Luke Skywalker (20)
Jan Ors (19)
Lancer-class Pursuit Craft (15)
2 x X-wing Squadron (13)
2 x Y-wing Squadron (10)

Imperial Squadrons 1 isn't on their list...complicates things.

Edit: also no Kitten.

2 minutes ago, Green Knight said:

Imperial Squadrons 1 isn't on their list...complicates things.

Edit: also no Kitten.

Yeah, both of those (and the ISD) were on our wishlist, but they were unavailable today, and now we've spent what we could afford this month anyway. The only ships we saw today that we didn't get (they were at a different, more expensive game store) were the big Rebel ships - the Home One, Liberty, and the Assault Frigate MkII, none of which would be very useful in our Edge of the Empire (pre-Rebels timeframe) campaign. The rest of my discretionary funds are earmarked for Nintendo this month, but I might be able to swing a second CR90 later (those were plentiful at the shop, we just didn't think we'd need more).

Personally I think playing fleets of small ships where the biggest thing on the table is a Gladiator or a Pelta is the way I'd like us to go, since in our RPG campaign, any of the bigger Imperial ships would be a complete brown pants moment and the big rebel ships haven't been built yet. A largish small ship and a pair of corvettes and a couple of fighter squadrons is pretty much what we'd expect to see on either side in the RPG unless the GM is seriously trying to kill us...

OH, I saw "Assault Carriers" and read "Light Cruiser". Because I'm not smart.

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. Later...