Anyone playing both? I tried X-Wing a while ago but it wasn't for me. Armada will always be my go-to, primary mini's game, and as I wait for new product, CW, the Outer Rim, SSD etc. I was looking into Legion.

It looks like a ton of fun, I did have a couple questions for Armada players who have tried it:

What's the expected play time? Looks similar 2-hrs-ish as Armada?

How important is custom terrain? I don't have anything like that but I do own a 3D-printer.

What's one thing you really find fun/like about the game? One thing you really hate/find frustrating?

Thanks in advance!

Once you have had a couple of games played and the rules down games last about 2hrs. Imperial Terrain has files you can download for your printer. Playing Boba Fett and Vader is a ton of fun. The measuring devices can be annoying sometimes and the lack of dice in the core.

19 minutes ago, ScottGilbert25 said:

Once you have had a couple of games played and the rules down games last about 2hrs. Imperial Terrain has files you can download for your printer. Playing Boba Fett and Vader is a ton of fun. The measuring devices can be annoying sometimes and the lack of dice in the core.

I'm really going to second the lack of dice part. The core comes with a Z-6 trooper for the rebels, and requires 6 white dice to fire... The core only includes 3.

To answer the questions, though,

The game does take a couple hours or more, depending on army sizes and familiarity with the rules.

I'm also going to suggest Imperial Terrain. They have tons of stuff available for print. Thingiverse might also have some good stuff, but I haven't checked into it yet.

Favorite thing is that the game is about playing the objectives, and not the usual deathmatch. Sure, you can win by wiping out the entire enemy team, but you are more likely to succeed by playing the objective. Also, there are tons of expansions both available and upcoming, so you have plenty of choices for army building.

Time to Legion post!

I play play legion a little more than Armada lately. See the posts below for all my paint and terrain work!

I will say this. To me the ships and squadrons of Armada, their formats, special abilities, and even the dice play feel MUCH more diverse. In some sense Legion can have a very "samey" feel when it comes to the dice play. That said Legion has an advantage over armada that I thoroughly enjoy, and also gives each match a more unique feel. That advantage is the setup and order/command system.

Armada's objectives are a jumble of objective, condition and deployment gimmicks, some even bound together, and they don't matter all that much, as the win/lose conditions are met by points destroyed and objective points. Legion breaks these up and players select each through a process of elimination. This makes it much easier to give variance between the matches. Add to this the variation in terrain each game. Honestly, it's very easy to keep fresh even without the uniqueness that Armada has in each upgrade. Legion is also more objective focused, as long as you don't get wiped out, if you win the objective, you win.

The order/command system is something I believe gives the game a HUGE advantage over Armada. Because players compete for initiative each round through command cards that grant orders to units (and have unique abilities), there's almost no reason to waste points on a bid. It also means that lazy mechanic riding techniques like "first/lasting" don't really happen. (they can but ultimately the player has to compete for it).

(currently our local Armada scene is attempting to apply legion's setup and command/order system to Armada. There will be a post when the produces results.)