Star Wars: Armada

To set up Star Wars: Armada, players first choose their fleets, selecting ships, squadrons, and upgrade cards within a predetermined point limit. Next, players choose an objective card, which dictates special rules and scoring conditions for the game. Obstacles, such as asteroids and debris fields, are then placed on the play area, followed by the deployment of ships and squadrons according to the chosen objective and deployment rules. Each ship and squadron is placed on its base with its corresponding ship card, command dial, and defense tokens.

The primary objective in Star Wars: Armada is to destroy your opponent's ships and squadrons to earn victory points. Each destroyed ship and squadron contributes a certain number of victory points equal to its fleet point cost. Additionally, objective ships, designated by the chosen objective card, are worth double their fleet point cost when destroyed, making them high-priority targets. The player with the most victory points at the end of the game wins.

Each round of Star Wars: Armada consists of three phases: the Command Phase, the Ship Phase, and the Squadron Phase. In the Command Phase, players secretly select a command for each of their ships using command dials. In the Ship Phase, players alternate activating their ships, performing movements and attacks based on their revealed command and ship capabilities. Finally, in the Squadron Phase, players activate their squadrons, moving them and engaging in combat with enemy squadrons or ships.

Scoring in Star Wars: Armada is based on the destruction of enemy units. When a ship or squadron is destroyed, its fleet point cost is added to the destroying player's victory point total. If an objective ship is destroyed, its fleet point cost is doubled for scoring purposes. At the end of the game, players tally their total victory points from destroyed units, and the player with the highest score is declared the winner.

A game of Star Wars: Armada typically ends after six rounds of play. However, the game can also end prematurely if one player's entire fleet is destroyed before the sixth round concludes. Once the game ends, players proceed to the scoring phase to determine the winner based on accumulated victory points.