Good morning

New player here and was hoping for some friendly advice from the FF community.

Just started into Armarda a couple of months ago and loving it. My local gaming group has traditionally only allowed Games Workshop games.

However recently they have finally allowed alternative games to be tried.....so naturally went out and got most of the Armada collection and then some.

There has been some solid intial interest but unlike myself most people won't just jump in guns ablazing ...they understandably want to test/ trial the game.

So I have opted to set up and play a few demo games.

My question is this.

How do go about making interesting and fun games that:

A) Don't get over complicated

B) Arn't a one sided massacre

C) Use more than what's provided in the core set (as most games I have played like that have ended up with the same result)

Any demo lists or advice is welcome

Cheers in advance.

I have short games with my son that are set at roughly 200-250 points. A typical game would be Neb B, MC30x2 and 4 X wings (one of them Luke) vs Vic 1, 2 Raider (or ISD +1 Raider) and 6 Ties ( With Howlrunner). We don’t use upgrade cards, and this keeps Scatter aces to a minimum. We play this on a 4’x3’ board as well. If Shara and Tycho are added this makes the Squadron game very one sided. Hope this helps.

Welcome player!

I have two lists (one Rebel and one Imperial) I use with new players to get them accustomed to the game mechanics. If you bought a good a good stick of stuff you should have the requisite parts.

Imperial

Victory II ( Dual Turbolaser Turrets, Veteran Captain)

Arquittens Command

Raider II

Squadrons:

Darth Vader, 2 TIE Fighters, 2 TIE Bombers, TIE Interceptor

Rebel

Assault Frigate A ( Dual Turbolaser Turrets, Veteran Captain)

Nebulon B Escort

CR 90 A

Squadrons:

Luke Skywalker, 2 Y Wings, 2 Z95s, A Wing

Depending on how new the player is to minis gaming I may ditch the Upgrades and downsize squadrons to just core-set.