New Players:
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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/
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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
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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/
- Where does that map come from: https://github.com/nickv2002/Imperial-Assault-Skirmish-Map-Project
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Rules Questions
:
https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/434-imperial-assault-rules-questions/
- Not inherently skirmish specific, but lots, if not most posts relate to skirmish
- Has answers to pretty much anything you can think of
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Another list of resources
:
IA Probability Compendium
- @Rythbryt has put together a fantastic thread of Imperial Assault resources. Has both Campaign and Skirmish material, the link above takes you to the skirmish specific comment.
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How to play on Vassal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zfoe5vq2z4&feature=youtu.be
- Vassal is a downloadable program that @thereisnotry does an amazing job at building the skirmish functionality that allows the community to play online.
- @a1bert does an equally good job keeping up the campaign version.
Online list builders and other helpers :
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List builder and card editor
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https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/302926-imperial-assault-tools-list-builder-card-editor-more/
Tabletop Admiral
:
http://tabletopadmiral.com/imperialassault/
- If you notice any issues, post here
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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/
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Line of Sight calculator:
https://nick-hansen.github.io/ia-los/
- has support for current tourney maps as well as several others.
- Map Builder - https://www.reddit.com/r/ImperialAssaultTMG/comments/dem1bl/imperial_assault_map_creator_launching_now/
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/
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Skirmish map print project
:
https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/253553-imperial-assault-printable-skirmish-map-project/
- Also a great resource for figuring out which pack a skirmish map comes from
- Boardwars.eu map images: http://cards.boardwars.eu/Skirmish-Maps/
Podcasts/Blogs:
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Zion's Finest
:
https://zionsfinestia.podbean.com/
- Also has a discord channel
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Jodo cast
:
https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/240663-jodo-cast-skirmish-videos-and-extras/
- Also has a discord channel
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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/
- Roll for damage (Brett Kelly's thoughts): http://rollfordamage.net/
Videos/Streaming:
- 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
- IACommand: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6-Eab4g9zRXwdZjVdzS-DQ
- Jodo Cast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wszV1E5Xg&list=PLW1esCAoGLp0eEGtPUzzUqdlk6T0OPBEf
- IACommand : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6-Eab4g9zRXwdZjVdzS-DQ
- TheWelcomeMatt IA playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWbDtDMQP4&list=PLWLYjr3Hgq5RaMWXIFaqHVzwZatwyeNES
Vassal : Online module for playing skirmish.
- 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=4zfoe5vq2z4&feature=youtu.be
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Look for games:
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Discord
:
https://discord.gg/rg78DPD
- or just join the Discord Boardwars.eu group and view the #vassal-pickup on the left menu
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Zion's slack channel
:
- send an email to [email protected] for an invite.
- Channel #lfgvassal
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Discord
:
https://discord.gg/rg78DPD
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Tournaments:
watch the two forums below. There are usually 2-3 Reddit Vassal tourneys throughout the year
- Organized Play
- Skirmish
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Zion's slack channel hosts regular vassal tourney. Some standard and some custom (ie - list building restrictions).
- Channel #vassalevents
News :
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https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/tag/star-wars-imperial-assault/?
- Not skirmish specific, but mostly.
- Articles are always posted and discussed in the Skirmish forum.
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Articles and Other IA new/info is regularly discussed on the slack channels
- #general, #importantnews