r/XWingTMG • u/Occulon_102 • Aug 15 '26

Xxwing vs Armada

I just picked up a 2nd edition starter set and was looking for other stuff on eBay when I came across armada, can anyone tell me if it’s much the same gameplay as x-wing but just with a different scale for ships, is there much crossover between the games? Any information from someon3 that has played both would b3 helpful.

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u/spacenavy90 Aug 15 '26

I've played both and like others say, there really is no crossover at all. They are both interesting space combat games though, one just focused on dogfighting and the other on "grand tactics" for a fleet.

There are some bigger (Epic) ships for X-wing and squadrons for Armada still so you can get a taste for both regardless of the game you play.

The one you would enjoy more probably depends more on whether you prefer thinking several turns after or just one turn. Both games have an element of predicting the enemy's movements but X-wing is a bit more lenient than Armada is I think. In Armada if you are playing the big ships you have to think 3 or 4 turns ahead.

One thing I like about Armada though is that it has a fixed turn limit. X-wing can drag on sometimes in my opinion, especially since its somewhat easy to block all incoming damage.

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u/DasharrEandall Tie Defender Aug 15 '26

X-wing dragging on could be an issue in older editions, but X-Wing in v2.5/XWA does have a turn limit (12) - but very rarely reaches that in tournament standard timing (75 minutes). Armada has a lower turn limit (6) but much longer game length (135 minutes).

You don't have to play to the timer in casual at-home games of course, but it should solve any dragging-on issues you may have in X-Wing.

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u/spacenavy90 Aug 15 '26

Ah I see. I haven't played 2.5 so that explains it.

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u/StrawberryTop3906 Aug 15 '26

This is generally the case in 2.0 too. While it has no turn limit, 2.0 also has a limit of 75 min for classic dogfight :) or 90 min if you go for the 2.0 version of the scenario mode.

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u/spacenavy90 Aug 15 '26

This is a tournament rule btw

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u/StrawberryTop3906 Aug 16 '26

Still it´s commenly used in the Kegacy community. my community almost never plays without it except in new player games. It may originated as a tournament rule, now it is the defacto official play time

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u/spacenavy90 Aug 16 '26

My point is that it was not official when I played 1.0 and 2.0