The Armada Podcast

 The Fode and Beed show returns for the 2025 Vassal World Cup! We say goodbye to one host,  and welcome 2 new voices to the show. Will data and facts prevail, or will they be buried under big parcel of nonsense? Join us to find out! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

The podcast crew is all back together! We promptly get off topic before pulling ourselves back together to discuss this year's NOVA open and Truthi's win with Ackbar. We wrap up with insane ideas from Armchair about how to help the Separatists. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Fox and Kelorn discuss our expectations of the upcoming AMG announcement as well as the results of the recent tournaments. Ending with yet another truly outrageous food discussion. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

The podcast is back! Summer has been difficult for the hosts, but we're ready to jump back into the Armada action. Arcwelder, winner of LSO 2024, joins us to discuss the first Grand Tournament post AMG's Armada shutdown. With a balanced top 8, lots of positivity, and more than 30 players, LSO 2024 is declared a success! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

It's group therapy time as we struggle with grief, anger, and sadness over the end of 'development' of Armada by AMG. We shit on everyone as the poo is flung all over the place. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Armchair and Fox get together for a short episode reacting to the news of the day, Armada officially ending 'development' of Armada and Xwing. Tune back in next week as we continue to explore the ramifications of the Armada community being left adrift. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

ArmchairJedi and Kelorn are back to talk about takeaways from the first Grand Tournament of the season at the UK Games Expo as well as a prolonged discussion on Fortressing in the game.ArmadaMatt's Survey: https://slicer.tools/survey Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

ArmchairJedi takes the helm as he walks Fox and Kelorn through their games at Texas Open. After narrowly avoiding a Bridgerton hottake, we talk about IPA. That can't be controversial, can it? Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Armchairjedi and Kelorn get together tonight to discuss AMG's revival of Armada Worlds, an analysis of their broken public relations, and some expectations for just how this new World's format will work. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

The podcast crew gets together for a second episode this week to react to the announcement of AMG's new Grand Tournaments. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

This episode we have our interview with the brand new world champion, Peter! He gives us the rundown of how his championship Starhawk list was born. After that, Armchair and Fox rejoin to give the rundown of our impressions of Peter's win as well as a recap of the Top4/Top8. We close with a super juicy Tim Curry Hottake. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

This week the guys talk about the massive Worlds Day 1 field, how it relates to the LCQ and seasons stats, along with a few player anecdotes from Kelorn and judge anecdotes from Fox. Armchair digs deep in his stat spreadsheets and printouts to repeatedly find answers to questions Kelorn and Fox could have asked him about earlier. Plus, a special breakfast discussion. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Andrew Preyer, the winner of the 2024 Last Chance Qualifier at Worlds joins the show to give us the run down on what the LCQ was like. Armchair has the stats to help us understand what happened and what archetypes did well in the LCQ. We wrap up with an invite to Worlds winner Peter as well as some truly terrible food takes from Kelorn. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Hopeful Rebel players have been building their fleets all year in preparation for the ultimate test, WORLDS, which is just one week away. KELORN and ARMCHAIRJEDI evaluate the stolen plans to predict their outcomes! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42, ArmchairJedi and VWC champion Arcwelder get together to talk about the last game of the event and then go through Arcwelder's path to victory! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Fox and Armchair discuss the trends of Imperial lists over the season and what we expect to see at Worlds. While Kelorn is a scrub and off on some silly hunting trip.  Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42, ArmchairJedi and returning guest Stewbucket shoot-the-shit with absolutely no plan for a solid second-to-last episode! We talked about the finals fleets, and things we'd do differently next year in both the organization of the event and the podcast! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42, ArmchairJedi and King of Jank Mr. Louis Andre himself talk about jank and dark horses. All 3 are sick, but all 3 give a good podcast go anyway. Armchair finishes off with his lovely recap of the last 2 weeks of the event! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Armchair is back this week as we do a deep dive into the giant leap forward CIS took post Rapid Reinforcements 2 Errata, and what we expect to see from CIS going forward. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Fox and Kelorn are back after our hiatus, rearing and ready to go for the Upcoming worlds. Fox starts us out with a bombshell announcement before we dig into how GAR has done over the past year. Pre-errata versus post-errata, GAR had some of the biggest changes in playstyle. Then we round out the episode with our predictions for what GAR fleets will show up at Worlds and our normal hot take nonsense. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42, ArmchairJedi, and m3rcier talk about that objective data for the survey ya'll submitted! What gets played and what gets flipped, and what you can prep for (by the numbers). Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42, ArmchairJedi and Machi talk about bids, 1st vs 2nd player, strategies around these things. We get deep into AmrchairJedi psychology only for him to ignore the question, then finish off with a recap of week 1 of the Swiss. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

ArmchairJedi plays both Fode and Beed tonight as raely42 takes a ski trip to Hoth. mmusterer navs in to talk about speed 2 ships and how they've faired in this year's turbulent meta and in the VWC itself. In our Swiss recap we suggest that the shame may have passed, like a fleeting shadow, and we miss a golden opportunity to use the hype horn... Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42, ArmchairJedi and guest TheRedScourge talk about squad build patterns in the event and then do a recap of week 3. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42, ArmchairJedi wheel FoxOmega44 out of his retirement home to talk about the faction and commander spread in the VWC 2024 compared to last year, and discuss what it means for the health of the game. ArmchairJedi gives a recap of week 2 of the VWC. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42, ArmchairJedi and Stewbucket discuss Stews rise to power, a few things they noticed changed in fleet stats from last year, and a recap of week one of the event.  Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

raely42 and ArmchairJedi talk about some small format changes to the podcast and what they're both looking forward to in this year's event. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Mulitple Texas tournament winner and Texas Series Champion, Drew Hunnicut (aka TxHunnibadger) joins us as we talk about the recent squadless heavy ship meta that's been dominant in the Texas tournaments this fall. Add in our usual Hot take shenanigans and this is a spicy end to our 2023 podcasts. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Fox and Kelorn host a roundtable discussion where we rank all of the Commanders in Armada 1 through 38 with Truthiness, Ta5erface, and Outbound Flight. Get your pitchforks and torches ready as we shit on your favorite commander for fun and laughs! Ranking Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-FC6d05L_Kou-UUikstqUtlcWM1sCkuM2XJArJUvMfs/edit#gid=0  Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Fox and Armchair tackle an indepth look at Defensive Retrofits sandwiched by delicious food talk about Thanskgiving and just how delicious is Turkey anyway? Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

The first round of post errata tournaments have been played and we look at the 100 lists we have data for. After that, we continue last week's discussion about objectives and do a deeper dive into what objectives to take with certain fleet archetypes. We wrap up with some truly appalling wikihow hottakes from Fox. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Come and join the podcast crew as we talk about what objectives are, how to choose an objective for your fleet, and how to play your opponent's objectives. After that, we quickly choose the best card for each slot and give some hot steak takes. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

UnskilledFirstOfficer joins us to talk about his remarkable Pre-errata win at SLO with Seperatists flying a General Grevious fleet. After that, we talk about some new fleet ideas for each Faction that incorporates the newly errata'd cards! GAR with ArmchairJedi (Maturin ghost-writing): Name: With a little help from my friends Faction: republic Commander: Anakin Skywalker Assault: Opening Salvo Defense: Contested Outpost Navigation: Doomed Station Acclamator II (71) • Anakin Skywalker (31) • Electronic Countermeasures (7) • External Racks (4) = 113 Points Acclamator II (71) • Electronic Countermeasures (7) • External Racks (4) • Implacable (4) = 86 Points Pelta Transport Frigate (45) • Munitions Resupply (3) • TB-73 (5) = 53 Points Consular Charger c70 (45) • Quad Battery Turrets (5) = 50 PointsConsular Armed Cruiser (37) • Radiant VII (1) • Parts Resupply (3) = 41 Points Squadrons: • "Axe" (17) • "Kickback" (16) • 2 x V-19 Torrent Squadron (24) = 57 Points Total Points: 400 Empire (FoxOmega):Assault: Most Wanted Defense: Asteroid Tactics Navigation: Infested Fields Gladiator II (62) • Governor Pryce (7) • Ordnance Experts (4) • External Racks (4) • Demolisher (10) = 87 Points ISD Cymoon 1 Refit (112) • General Romodi (28) • Minister Tua (2) • Intensify Firepower! (6) • Veteran Gunners (5) • Linked Turbolaser Towers (7) • Spinal Armament (9) • Electronic Countermeasures (7) = 176 Points Gozanti Assault Carriers (28) • Darth Vader (1) • Comms Net (2) = 31 Points Gozanti Assault Carriers (28) • Munitions Resupply (3) = 31 Points Squadrons: • Vult Skerris (18) • Ciena Ree (17) • Hondo Ohnaka (24) • Valen Rudor (13) = 72 Points Total Points: 397 Rebels (Kelorn):Assault: Rift Assault Defense: Abandoned Mining Facility Navigation: Infested Fields GR-75 Medium Transports (18) • Ezra Bridger (3) • Slicer Tools (7) • Bright Hope (2) = 30 Points Assault Frigate Mk2 A (81) • Walex Blissex (5) • Caitken and Shollan (6) • Electronic Countermeasures (7) • Slaved Turrets (6) = 105 Points CR90 Corvette A (44) • General Draven (28) • Ahsoka Tano (2) • Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7) • Jaina's Light (2) = 83 Points CR90 Corvette B (39) • Captain Rex (5) • Dodonna's Pride (6) = 50 Points Squadrons: • Lando Calrissian (23) • Shara Bey (17) • 4 x YT-2400 (64) • Fenn Rau (24) = 128 Points Total Points: 396CIS (UnskilledFirstOfficer):Assault: Ion Storm Defense: Abandoned Mining Facility Navigation: Infested Fields Recusant Support Destroyer (90) • Count Dooku (30) • T-Series Tactical Droid (4) • Flight Controllers (6) • Expanded Hangar Bay (5) • Boosted Comms (4) • Linked Turbolaser Towers (7) • Nova Defiant (4) = 150 Points Hardcell Transport (47) • TI-99 (4) • Hondo Ohnaka (2) • Projection Experts (6) • Bomber Command Center (8) = 67 Points Gozanti Cruisers (27) • Asajj Ventress (4) = 31 Points Gozanti Cruisers (27) = 27 Points Squadrons: • General Grievous (22) • Wat Tambor (18) • DIS-T81 (17) • 3 x Vulture Droid Fighter Squadron (24) • 4 x Hyena Droid Bomber Squadron (44) = 125 Points Total Points: 400 Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Card Problems (Dennis), the new Rules Forum guru, joins us to discuss the new changes to Armada from Waves 8, 9, and Rapid Reinforcements 2. Followed by a truly incredibly disgusting lasagna story you won't believe.Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

This week Shyvalry joins us to champion why Anakin isn't acceptable in the game and needs to be modified. He shares his journey to winning the Indianapolis Store Championship with an overwhelming Anakin victory. Come give us a listen as the Great Debate continues! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Armchair invites Paul PT106 on the show to discuss his win at Golden State Games. Not content with that, they talk about the Store Championship double header at Warzone in Houston and another store championship in Quebec.  GSG Data Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DnIVFJsJ9JNrf5y6_KwSmipXixTf6W01JRqh9YDv-VA/edit?usp=drivesdk Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Kelorn and Armchair are at it again as we look at two tournaments from last weekend, the Spanish World Open Qualifier and a Store Championship in Poland. Anakin watch is back on as we look at two very different tournaments and styles.  Spanish WOQ Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CZCp9iiF3xRakC5SVIvxC2bbTs2I7-KjUiVJEHh82rw/edit#gid=50722909 Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

This week on Anakin watch... no wait that's not our show.   For real, this week we have Nick Litrenta on to talk about his NOVA Open 2023 win, along with all of the interesting tournament tidbits. The meta has really started to shift and NOVA's strong Imperial tradition really shines. NOVA Open Top 16 T4: https://t4.tools/e/2023_NOVA_Open_WOQ_Finals Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

We give an update on what happened to not have an episode last week, a slew of upcoming tournament announcements, and a shout out to a new podcast to start the show. Then we dive into where Anakin is at in the current state of Armada, what's good, what's good against him, and how to play him. Finally, Ta5erface talks to us about his win at the Salt Lake Open... with a Plo Koon fleet of all things. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Get to know the podcast hosts as we celebrate our 50th episode with some fun questions from our listeners! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Rasproteus joins the podcast crew as we troll the depths of our Coconut Milk knowledge and navigate our way from Deployment to how to play in Tournaments. As always, we end with Hot-take 30 with even more bonus soundboard action! Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

This week we try out a new format with the Winner of LSO, Jordan. Before we dive into the LSO Tournament, we discuss our thoughts on Deployment 101. After the Tournament talk, we help out a listener with a limited pool of ships to choose from, before finishing strong with Hot Take 30!Jordan, FoxOmega, and Kelorn give  big shoutout to our wives for allowing us to get away for a weekend of nerdy tabletop gaming in Dallas! LSO Day One T4: https://t4.tools/e/LSO2023D1LSO Day Two T4: https://t4.tools/e/LSO2023D2 Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt 

Armchair and Kelorn are on vacation, so FoxOmega chairs a discussion with Xantos and Truthiness about their perspectives on the Basic Elements that make up the game of Armada.World open Qualifiers: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/star-wars-transmissions/amg-star-wars-world-open-qualifier-schedule-20232024-season?fbclid=IwAR25S7bhPR8mYDgIAhrosUEOpLXEl4vnH9WFmsfVo657JcQqqkr0u__dNNw Qualifier Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1x1Jfkd9JxNacNFf52BBWGU79wSDvo2k&ll=57.04592983206127%2C-97.44275028276928&z=4&fbclid=IwAR0y6jp69XofgEyEzGgSFFf0uqrsfnap2j6LEOvziYK4d-DCUhNDr_fuaaQ Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

This week, Armada Matt from Slicer.tools comes on to discuss the results of his "State of Armada" Survey. From the methodology rooted in developer surveys to the reasons people dislike things in Armada, this episode has it all. Including some ghastly banana flavor hot-takes.Survey Results: https://slicer.tools/survey/2023/results/ Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

This week we cover the Stampede City Open with special guest Simon (Capt Awesomer) who won with a dirty dirty Onager Interdictor fleet! Canadian meta shenanigans ensue as we dig through the results and look forward to a salad-filled Armada Summer. SCO T4: https://t4.tools/e/StampedeCityOpen2023SCO Finals T4: https://t4.tools/e/StampedeCityOpen2023Finals SCO Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IvIKVFevb8r-wJLYNBrI4T7jR09o03H3Rh6b4q_Y3kk/edit?usp=drivesdk Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

FOXOMEGA IS BACK EVERYONE. This week we chat about what rose to the top at UKGE and Black Admiral's win with a nasty modified Sloane/Moralo fleet. As usual the hot-takes are spicy and Kelorn has a horrifically bad food take. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt UKGE Armchair Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AuzExzHMw2dXjnHx4TyMSkqIqyTxJhoM3pUTtu1NqKQ/edit?usp=sharing UKGE T4 Top 8 T4: https://t4.tools/events/e7b77545-a547-4a04-b3f4-76de22313d49

Frizzzzzm (Ian) joins us this week to discuss his win at the Texas Open in San Antonio on May 20th. Anakin made his presence known, but we discuss his impact on the meta and where we think he'll end up. We give some shout-outs to upcoming events and get to the nitty-gritty Hot-takes! TXO: https://t4.tools/e/txoSCO Player Pack: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CR3p8d93Uwq56XfGK45H1AuHgeW6HS00AMG OP Kit Preview: https://www.atomicmassgames.com/star-wars-transmissions/first-look-armada-world-open-qualifier-prizes  

This week, RossBagel joins us to tell us about the Armada RPG that he invented and is playable with the ships we have, based on the Star Wars role playing game books! Join us to learn about this fun, narrative based, alternative way to play!RossBagels Youtube with instructions on the RPG: https://youtu.be/bLtfPd-cUpwArmada Matt's State of Armada Survey: https://slicer.tools/surveyJoin in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Brikhause, the winner of the Richmond Open stops by to discuss the first bigger tournament after Rapid Reinforcements 2 released as the crew pauses for a moment to reflect on mental health month. Finally... are grits food? Richmond Open T4: https://t4.tools/events/3bef543f-ffb1-42de-a9b9-d5bc245642a1Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

May the Fourth be with you! Joining us on this special episode is YouTube rock star and all-around great guy Crabbok. We delve into his thoughts on the game and the community and talk a little about RR2's impact on the future of Armada. Are Ackbar Nebulons as OP as everyone thinks? And is seltzer just loud water?Crabbok sings the Horse Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVsiE1cg2EJoin in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Jason Dedrick joins us again as we delve into how MSU did at Worlds and what the effects of Rapid Reinforcements 2 will be on the MSU Archetype. Commanderkin, Draven, and Fenn all promise to have an effect, but what will it be? Oh and what do YOU put in your Cheerios? Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt