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There’s the glee of punching out cardboard tokens and flicking through full-colour upgrade cards. It’s like opening up a new toy: you pull out a pre-assembled and painted miniature and have it on a base within two minutes. I need to integrate projects into my hobby plans. I’m filled with assembly orders and colour schemes. My mindset in opening a 40K box is planning and exploration. I love unboxing Armada because its hits different from 40K. You will be provoked into developing a system to organise your collection. The Fleet Starter is especially lovely because it clown cars a pile of bits and bobbins that can cover a desk. The models are presented in display packaging and each box spits out a solid pile of cards and punch-out tokens. Since the Separatists (and their hated foes) were the last ship releases before Armada’s release hiatus, they’re the most up-to-date. We usually have lots of spare dice, damage decks and range rulers too. Protip: Veteran Armada players are drowning in speed and command dials and will give you a pile in exchange for, like, a chocolate bar. You will not need more dials unless you buy more large ships. No matter your stance, here’s the math: if you have a Separatist Alliance Fleet Starter, you have enough dials to field the contents of that Fleet Starter and both large Separatist ships simultaneously. Oh, and none of this applies to Galactic Civil War stuff, so Rebel and Imperial players are safe from the debate. Others adore the decision because they were storing a mountain of dials from past expansions that have no use. Some players don’t like it because it seems like nickel and diming over tools while complicating procurement for a game that was always unbox-and-play. This happened under Fantasy Flight Games’ (FFG) direction and has had a split reception. The Fleet Starters now contain an overabundance of dials and more can be bought separately.

Since the Clone Wars releases, the developers have stopped including vital speed dials and command dials in new expansions. It’s a sizable pile of stuff, and one copy of everything is more than enough to field a standard-sized (400 point) game with room to flex.Ĭredit: Fantasy Flight Games A word about dials

Separatist Fighter Squadrons Expansion Pack – An expansion with two-each of four types of fighter squadrons.

The Recusant is the definitive glass cannon in Armada and has a rather unique playstyle for its weight class.

Recusant-class Destroyer Expansion Pack – A large-base Recusant-class warship with accompanying upgrades and tools.

The heavier and more versatile of the two Separatist large ships.

Invisible Hand Expansion Pack – A large-base Providence-class warship with a selection of upgrades.

Analogous to a one-faction starter box in other games. It also has all the tools and accessories needed to set up a game.

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Separatist Alliance Fleet Starter – An entry point into Armada with a medium ship and two small ships, plus a smattering of squadrons.

I paired this with an Invisible Hand Expansion Pack I purchased, leaving us with a complete Separatist collection to review. War! – “The Jedi will be overwhelmed.”įirst, my gratitude and hugs to Atomic Mass Games, who sent the Separatist Alliance Fleet Starter, Recusant-class Destroyer Expansion Pack, and Separatist Fighter Squadrons Expansion Pack for review. Specifically, I’ll be unboxing and reviewing the Separatist collection over two articles. I’m here to make Bair happy by jabbering about Separatist ships.