I noticed some of the other IA sub-forums have pinned topics (like Sorastro's Painting), but we don't have any here in the Skirmish sub forum. Are there any threads that are worth pinning? I'm thinking specifically of skirmish resources (list builders, vassal etc) and/or advice for new players, as those are common questions on here.

Do people have nominations for good thread we should pin? And/or does anyone want to compile a number of suggestions into a single post in a new post/thread (and continue to edit it) that we could ask the mods to pin?

1. @theaficionado: grand tier

2. @cnemmick: houseruling fix/analysis of older skirmish deployment cards

3. @lowercaseM: weakness of unique/single-figure deployment cards

4. @thereisnotry: skirmish map puzzle guide

5. Obligatory for new players: Imperial assault is not available on FFG/sold out

I do have some other ones but they're more campaign strategy related and aren't necessary on FFG forums

I'm sure there is a thread about all the great resources, and if there isn't we need to make one. Things like explanation and links to Vassal, links to most popular list builders, the map printing, map puzzle guide, and the grand tier, the currently active pod casts, and now BrettKelly's twitch vassal stream. Oh and a1bert's attack BGG page.

Don't have time to go find the links, @ricope has a few of them above, but I'll try and do some digging later. Great idea though!

Figured I'd start a list here and gather links and we can take it when ready and start a post for pinning:

New Players:

• Imperial assault is not available on FFG/sold out: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/230854-everything-is-sold-out/
  • Spoiler, they can't legally sell it so don't base anything on the fact its not available on the site.
• Should I play in Tournaments: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/265542-to-skirmish-tourney-or-not-to-skirmish-tourney/ and/or https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/265709-to-skirmish-tourney-or-not-to-skirmish-tourney/
• Ability Resolution order during attacks: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1631857/ability-resolution-order-during-attacks/page/1
  • Arguably the best single post in IA forum history haha, thanks to @a1bert
• Official rules and tournament info: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-imperial-assault/
  • Bottom of page
• Official FAQ and Current Tournament Maps thread: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/134793-official-faq-and-current-tournament-maps/
• Rules Questions: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/434-imperial-assault-rules-questions/
  • Not inherently skirmish specific, but lots, if not most posts relate to skimirsh

Online list builders and other helpers:

• Tabletop Admiral: http://tabletopadmiral.com/imperialassault/
  • If you notice any issues, post here
• IA-Armies: http://ia-armies.com/
  • Pretty sure this is dead now, but who knows what the future holds haha
• Attack/defense calculator: http://mattyellen.github.io/imperial-assault-calculator/
• Attack/defense stats: http://adriantp.github.io/imperial-assault-dice/app/

Deployment ranking conversations:

• Grand tier/rank: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/250722-grand-tier-list-for-ia-skirmish-to-be-updated-as-new-waves-emerge/
• Weakness of unique/single-figure deploymentcards: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/206889-the-costs-of-unique-figures/
• Favorite "unusable" List: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/268892-favorite-unusable-list/

Maps:

• Skirmish map puzzle guide: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/187822-skirmish-map-puzzle-guides/
• Skirmish map print project: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/253553-imperial-assault-printable-skirmish-map-project/

Podcasts/videos:

• Zion's Finest: https://zionsfinestia.podbean.com/
• Jodo cast: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/240663-jodo-cast-skirmish-videos-and-extras/
  • Also has a discord channel
• Boardwars.eu: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/145529-boardwarseu-podcast-thread/
  • Also has a discord channel
• New Orders: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/230101-new-orders-ia-skirmish-strategy-podcast/
• TwinTroopers: https://www.twintroopers.com/
• Live twitch streams: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/269007-live-casting-vassal-games/
• Starwars Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2s5lxMBwUWQyyUg_znJsA
• Luke Pant: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClm6T_rpjG-uhFph5QZswoA/videos
• Van Isle Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClm6T_rpjG-uhFph5QZswoA/videos

Vassal:

• Install: http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Star_Wars:_Imperial_Assault
• Update thread: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1308588/vassal-imperial-assault-skirmish
• Youtube tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-vqEH-6Z8
• Look for games:
  • Discord: https://discord.gg/rg78DPD
    • or just join the Discord Boardwars.eu group and view the #vassal-pickup on the left menu
  • Zion's slack channel: @kennydkbrown Can you provide a link? I'm not on slack (yet).
    • send an email to [email protected] (found this on a thread, so maybe this is the only way to join via slack)
• Tournaments: watch the forums, there are usually 2-3 Reddit Vassal tourneys throughout the year
  • Someone know a site/thread to watch for this?

News:

• https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/tag/star-wars-imperial-assault/?
  • Not skirmish specific, but mostly

I think one thing I've missed is how the Organized Play subforum is not just for OP events, but is also used for people looking for local games. Either we need to make our own thread of FLGS that offer regular IA skirmish events (and sticky it) or just create a sticky post that explains the usage of the OP subforum.

If there was a compiled list of resources that was pinned, my Skirmish Videos Thread would be a welcome inclusion but I don't think it deserves a pin on its own.

I started a list of things above that I could think of or easily find/know of. Anything I'm missing?

A few more to put under videos:

• Star Wars Streaming
• Luke Pant
• Van Isle Gaming

23 hours ago, wannabepudge said:

• Ability Resolution order during attacks: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1631857/ability-resolution-order-during-attacks/page/1
  • Arguably the best single post in IA forum history haha, thanks to @a1bert

Honestly, we can just put up a link to every @a1bert post made and it would be helpful 95% of the time. #AskAlbert

Well looks like a lot of people have seen this post so I guess it's time to make the post.

How does one go about requesting the mods to pin a post?

Thanks for compiling all those links @wannabepudge

If you're okay being the editor go ahead and make a new thread with appropriate title. Then we can use the 'Report Post' link that shows in the upper right of each post on mouseover to let the mods know about it. Normally this is for bad posts but we can write in the note that we'd like the thread to be pinned.