Starting Firestorm: Armada

I have finally moved back into my house, and have decided I shall never move again.

In the meantime, inspired by the guys at the D6 Generation podcast and their review, I decided to briefly stop being a curmudgeon and try a popular game for a change. So, I bought Jack and I the rules and two starter fleets for Firestorm: Armada.

Jack decided to go with the Aquans, and I was able to get his fleet painted up rather quickly.


I picked Sorylians, but have not quit finished them up. Jack and I did give the rules a brief spin, with each side taking a squadron of two cruisers and another of three frigates.

Here you see the Aquan commander plotting his next move....
All in all, we really liked the rules on first outing. They flowed smoothly. I liked the way damage is handled, and the exploding dice and critical hit mechanics make for a lot of excitement.

I destroyed all three of Jack's frigates with my crusiers, but his cruisers ganged up on one of mine and scored a critical hit on the jump drive. Bad scene....

I have a feeling we will be playing this a lot, just got to get my painting table set up and finish of my ships.

Neal at the Warstore will probably be getting more orders from me for escorts and carriers and other goodies... Once again he provided fast, friendly service.

I am still working on basing my 6mm Napoleonics from Reinforcements by Post, hope to have a mini-review of them up soon.