The Armada Podcast

The Armada Podcast episodes:

• 05.03.2024

  The Resurrection of Armada Worlds

  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.

  
• 04.19.2024

  EMERGENCY PODCAST: RIP Worlds, Long Live Grand Tournaments

  The podcast crew gets together for a second episode this week to react to the announcement of AMG's new Grand Tournaments.

  
• 04.19.2024

  Worlds at Adepticon with the World Champion Peter!

  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...

  
• 04.05.2024

  Worlds at Adepticon Day 1: They're GRRRRReat!

  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...

  
• 03.29.2024

  Worlds Last Chance Qualifier with Andrew Preyer

  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...

  
• 03.15.2024

  Rebellions are BUILT on Hope!

  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!

  
• 03.13.2024

  Fode and Beed Season 2 Episode 9: VWC Champion Arcwelder!

  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!

  
• 03.08.2024

  The Empire Comes Marching In

  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.

  
• 03.05.2024

  Fode and Beed Season 2 Episode 8: The Penultimate Episode

  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!

  
• 02.27.2024

  Fode and Beed Season 2 Episode 7: The Nature of Jank

  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...

  
• 02.23.2024

  The Tale of Two Separatist Seasons

  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.

  
• 02.16.2024

  Hello boys... we're BAAAACK! GAR Worlds Preview!

  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,...

  
• 02.13.2024

  Fode and Beed S2E6: Objectives, objectives, objectives!

  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).

  
• 02.05.2024

  Fode S2E5: Swiss Round One is Over!

  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.

  
• 01.30.2024

  Fode and Beed S2E4

  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...

  
• 01.23.2024

  Fode and Beed Season 2 Episode 3

  raely42, ArmchairJedi and guest TheRedScourge talk about squad build patterns in the event and then do a recap of week 3.

  
• 01.16.2024

  Fode and Beed Season 2 Episode 2

  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...

  
• 01.09.2024

  Fode and Beed Season 2 Episode 1

  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.

  
• 01.04.2024

  Fode and Beed Season 2 Episode 0

  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.

  
• 12.22.2023

  So you want to play Squadless? feat: TxHunnibadger

  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...

  
• 12.08.2023

  The Holiday Special: Commander Rankings Roundtable

  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...

  
• 12.01.2023

  Defensive Retrofits and Turkey

  Fox and Armchair tackle an indepth look at Defensive Retrofits sandwiched by delicious food talk about Thanskgiving and just how delicious is Turkey anyway?

  
• 11.03.2023

  Post Errata Tournaments and Objectives 102

  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...

  
• 10.27.2023

  Objectives 101

  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...

  
• 10.20.2023

  Saint Laurent Open and New Fleet Ideas

  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!

  
• 10.13.2023

  The Great Errata Points Change of 2023

  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.

  
• 10.06.2023

  The Great Anakin Debate: Rebuttal

  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...

  
• 09.30.2023

  Golden State Games with Paul PT106

  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.

  
• 09.22.2023

  Spanish WOQ and Godzuki3D Store Championship

  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...

  
• 09.08.2023

  Nova Open with Nick Litrenta

  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...

  
• 09.01.2023

  Does Anakin Break Armada? Salt Lake Open with Ta5erface

  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...

  
• 08.18.2023

  Learning about the Crew on the Big Five-Oh

  Get to know the podcast hosts as we celebrate our 50th episode with some fun questions from our listeners!

  
• 08.04.2023

  Deployment 102 and Tournament Structure with Rasproteus

  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!

  
• 07.28.2023

  LSO 2023 with Jordan and a New Format

  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...

  
• 07.14.2023

  Perspectives on Basic Game Elements with Xantos and Truthiness

  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.

  
• 07.07.2023

  Slicer.tools Armada Survey

  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...

  
• 06.23.2023

  Stampede City Open with Simon

  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...

  
• 06.16.2023

  Episode 44 United Kingdom Games Expo 2023

  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.

  
• 06.02.2023

  TXO with Frizzzzzzzzzzzm

  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....

  
• 05.19.2023

  The Armada Role Playing Game with RossBagel

  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...

  
• 05.12.2023

  Richmond Open with Brikhause

  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?

  
• 05.05.2023

  May the Fourth be with... Crabbok?!

  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...

  
• 04.28.2023

  Revisiting MSU Post Rapid Reinforcements 2

  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...

  
• 04.21.2023

  Rapid Reinforcements 2

  You remember what we thought was coming in Rapid Reinforcements 2 a couple episodes ago? Yeah, we weren't exactly the closest on that. But hey, RR2 is here, it's exciting, and Fox and Kelorn will take you through their thoughts...

  
• 04.14.2023

  The State of the CIS with Xantos1159

  This week we do a deep dive on where the CIS faction is at, how it did in Worlds, and what might need to change to see improvement. Resident discord troll and top CIS finisher at Adepticon, Xantos, joins us...

  
• 04.07.2023

  2023 Worlds at Adepticon: Faction Breakdowns with Unskilled First Officer

  Our guest this week, Nick Larson (aka Unskilled First Officer), joins us to discuss the breakdown of factions and commanders as we progressed through the three days of the World Championships. After that, we discuss the state of the Republic...

  
• 04.03.2023

  2023 Worlds at Adepticon: The New Champion James McCartney

  Join us as we talk about the World Championships up to the exciting finale between our guest, James McCartney, and previous guest Jason Hughley. We'll re-tread James' steps over the course of Adepticon up to the moment he realized that...

  
• 04.01.2023

  Armchair ASMR: OutboundFlight at Adepticon

  Armchair Jedi starts an ASMR series with Outboundflight's journey at Adepticon

  
• 03.31.2023

  2023 Worlds at Adepticon: Last Chance Qualifier with Colin Looney

  This week we have coverage of the World Championships at Adepticon, starting with the Winner of the Last Chance Qualifier, Colin Looney (aka Outbound Flight) and his journey through the World Championships. What does it take to win at Armada?...

  
• 03.17.2023

  2023 Worlds at Adepticon Preview

  Are you going to Worlds? Are you in the Last Chance Qualifier? Or are you ready to watch the absolute insanity of the games coming next week? Fear not, the Podcast has your back with what you need to know,...