After seeing what privateer press has done with the revamp of their magazine No Quarter Prime I'm jellious and I want that kind of product for FFG's Star Wars miniature games.
I feel each line could bennenfit from increased and focused development and an annual magazine could be just the product to help fund that work and distribute it to players.
I have a great thought as to what imperial armada could use. perhaps x-wing and armada could have something similar.
The annual imperial assault magazine also functions as a skirmish starter when paired with a set of dice.
inside would be three fold out paper maps of that years skirmish maps (with additional campaign missions for those maps)
There would be a page or two of punch out card stock tokens and a pack of cards.
Cards would be skirmish scenario cards, campaign mission cards and a set of low cost command cards.
The magazine it's self would have some strategy articles, a hobby paint guide and that year's errata. It would also have a skirmish scenario spread that has teams of deployment cards that when combined with the maps, tokens and cards from the magazine would let players play a whole game using just the magazine and a set of dice.
10-20 dollars an issue would mean players can get a taste cheaply and Upgrade their components by buying the standard products.
The magazine's hoby and strategy articals function as an advertisement for new products.
I don't play armada but I'm sure there is something