The Armada Podcast

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...

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/StampedeCityOpen2023 SCO Finals T4: https://t4.tools/e/StampedeCityOpen2023Finals   SCO Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.co...

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/1AuzExzHMw2dXjnHx4TyMSkqIqyTx...

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/txo SCO Player Pack: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CR3p8d93Uwq56XfGK45H1AuHgeW6HS00...

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-cUpw Armada Matt's State of Armada Survey: https://slicer.tools/survey Join in the po...

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-d5bc245642a1 Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt Join in the podcast...

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=CTVsiE1cg2E Join in the...

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 Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https:/...

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 as we dig deep into every card that's been released. With a little avocado toast on the side.    Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt...

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 to mercilessly troll Fox and the rest of the podcast while we roast the CIS faction.   Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt Join in the podcast discussion...

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 Faction and bombard him with Hot Take 30. Worlds Day 1: https://t4.tools/events/107ef5e2-51a1-40e5-a7a3-40a43a8cbf4c   Worlds Day 2: https://t4.tools/events/7...

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 he was the winner. After that, we tackle the serious discussion of what is the best flavor of Chips (crisps).   Worlds Day 1: https://t4.tools/events/107ef5e2-51a1-...

Armchair Jedi starts an ASMR series with Outboundflight's journey at Adepticon Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

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? What is the mindset of a winner? What do you do when things go wrong? And what is the worst condiment?   Answer all of these and more as we wade through the...

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, what to expect, and what you need to get to move on from each stage. Not content with that, Fox makes sure to give us important information about the structural integrity of Burgers and we learn...

Creative Director Will Shick ignited controversy this week stemming from a few comments in an interview with Crabbok regarding Shatterpoint over the future of Armada and the possibility of a Rapid Reinforcements 2. The podcast, meanwhile, has it's own bombshell announcement regarding our future as well as our thoughts on Will's comments.    Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://dis...

ArmchairJedi joins us again as we recap the swiss rounds of the Vassal World Cup, talk about what's been climbing to the top of swiss, and our predictions for the exciting finale of the the Vassal World Cup. Along the way our customary derailments result in mass chaos of topics and shenanigans.   Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt Join in the podcast discus...

Daniel stayed up with us until the wee hours of the morning to bring you stellar Polish Master coverage on the Armada Podcast. Come listen as one of the best players gives us his thoughts on tournaments, list building, and tank lists!   Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt   Geek19's Worlds T-shirt order form: https://cannotgetyourshipout.blogspot.com/2023/02...

This week we take a full episode to answer your questions and roast your hot-takes over the Armada Podcast Fire. A big thanks to everyone who submitted questions and we promise to do this again soon!   Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt   Polish Masters: https://fb.me/e/2cbiL1Qoa Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

The vassal world cup updates are thin on the ground this week as we pivot to the two day extravaganza at the Las Vegas Open worlds qualifier. The winner, Skycake, joins us to give us the good news about his lord and savior Mar Tuuk with an epic Oscar winning speech. The question, though, is what do we expect at worlds in March?   Texas Series Schedule: https://texasopen.wixsite.com/texasopen/our-e...

Things get spicy as Icedbecker joins us to talk SSDs, the Vassal World Cup swiss phase, Mar Tuk, and Giant Hairy Australian Spiders. Fox pulls out a unicorn as Kelorn's arachnophobia goes on full blast and Whiskey can't stop giggling. Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

ArmchairJedi joins us this week as we discuss the most recent spat of Vassal World Cup games as well as analyze important fact driven narratives like how medium's are performing and the right way to put the toliet paper on the roll.   Link to ArmchairJedi's spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9RDvszifDz_UVMsaV_SfoEYTKvyRJT7-EqHv87oAJk/edit?usp=sharing Join in the podcast discussi...

Biggs drops by to talk about cooking... and a little bit of Aramada as we dive into the results from Week 1 of the Vassal World Cup as well as talk about ArmchairJedi's amazing spreadsheet with the meta stats from the full pod phase field!    Link to ArmchairJedi's spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9RDvszifDz_UVMsaV_SfoEYTKvyRJT7-EqHv87oAJk/edit?usp=sharing   Link to Blissfully...

The crew is back to ring in the new year with coverage of the Vassal World Cup Pod Phase. Join us as we talk about how the VWC works and some pods and lists we're keeping an eye on!   Join in the discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt

Geek19 joins us as we talk about our Caster team's adventure's in the Ohnaka's Celebrity Deathmatch with frivolous abandon. We round out the episode with some absolutely horrific Dr Pepper hottakes.   https://t4.tools/events/6f7327df-8d6c-45f2-8787-ddffc4201005   Join in the discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3StPRmsFSt Join in the podcast discussion on discord at: https://discord.gg/3St...