Star Wars Armada "Battle of Coruscant" Mar Tuuk vs Luminara - ION Radio Battle Report

[@crazycat2658]

There’s something about seeing 4 venators at once that makes me incredibly happy 😂

[@IONRadio]

We were a little giddy seeing the whole thing setup on the table.

[@themartianmantis2694]

Seeing those four Venators over Coruscant makes it even better

[@CamillusofRome]

I'm exhausted after just watching! Well done!

[@edhamilton9829]

Wow, that’s the biggest armada battle I’ve ever seen! I know that you’ve already done a This is madness tournament (which was lots of fun btw) but this battle was truly madness! Good idea keeping squadrons points capped. Amazing season final episode, great job. The biggest game I’ve played is a paltry 750ish RItR final battle.

[@IONRadio]

Glad you enjoyed it, Ed. Definitely a game for the record books in terms of size.

[@SgtSoda]

Interesting alternated history, where Obi-Wan is already fighting Grievous on Utapau, and this can’t make it to the battle, and Ashoka never leaves the Jedi Order, and thus goes with Anakin and the 501st to the battle. This would also mean then that Palpatine has Dooku personally capture him instead of Grievous, trusting that whoever is placed as the captain of the Providence-class ship leading the attack will find their way there with the secret hyperspace route information.

[@IONRadio]

One can have a lot of fun with Star Wars Armada and alternate histories.

[@markgideon3883]

THIS IS EPIC!!!!! The text looks like the start of a clone wars cartoon to!

[@JuergenGDB]

Another awesome Batrep! Damn... Damn that was some serious destruction on both sides. I dig how you limited the squadron amount to keep this a Fleet battle. The 'urban" map really does look great! Biggest game has only been an 800. Remarkably it only took about 2.5 hours or less. There were no squadrons but I reckon it would have made little difference. I think with some house rule limiting squadrons larger games are more feasible. Congrats, get some rest.. cheers!

[@IONRadio]

Thanks, Juergen. This was fun and a lot of carnage all the way around. The Urban Planet mat from Imperial Star Shop really sold the environment for this episode, so shout-out to Robert for sending it out to us.

[@pascaltheroux413]

You guys have the best Star Wars Armada channel for live (well edit.) live battles. Continue on!

[@IONRadio]

Thank you, Pascal! We appreciate the kind words and want you to know that we’ve already planned out all of 2023. Lots more ION Radio to come.

[@andyablluxembourg8627]

awesome, nice match, gonna take some time till I watched all of it, but thanks for your continued support of armada :-)

[@andyablluxembourg8627]

limiting squadrons was a good idea also how did you keep everything in mind and not forgot things on the ships?

[@IONRadio]

We love the game of Armada. Until we've played it through (commanders, different combinations, etc.) I expect we'll continue to do so for some time. :) How do we keep everything in our heads... Trade secret. ;)

[@andyablluxembourg8627]

@@IONRadio finished watching the match, respect for playing such a big game guys, i would not be able to play 7 hours of armada, sometimes we spilt our 300 point games in 2 evenings, respect again :-)

[@aaronsomerville2124]

EPIC. Beautiful battle, gentlemen. Nicely done.

[@IONRadio]

Thank you, Aaron. Glad you enjoyed this rather long battle report!

[@kingbonezai4925]

A major, if not the major, deciding factor in this game seems to be the CIS player not getting shots turn 2 while moving all his ships into range so that the GAR would get a round of shots, that momentum seemed to only accelate going further to the game.

[@Hailthecloudslayer]

Great batrep guys!! It was a slog to get through but was great to watch! Love the narrative, classic clone wars!

[@IONRadio]

Glad you enjoyed it, Beaker! Thank you for sticking through this one and supporting the channel.

[@barthallomoo]

Great job with the camera angles and editing.

[@lukeusera4990]

Glad I found a niche channel like this. On a binge now

[@IONRadio]

Hope you enjoy what we have to offer, Luke! We’ve got a lot already done plus a bunch more in the pipeline.

[@warkatwargaming2358]

This video has made me want to get two more Venators, a Pelta and another Acclemator.... wonderful BatRep

[@IONRadio]

Thank you for the support, WarKat Wargamining. We tend to pick up enough ships for large battles like this just in case. ;)

[@tefus]

Me and my brother started getting into this and bought two starter packs you have quite an impressive fleet

[@IONRadio]

Yes, we combined two of our collections to pretty much make any 1200 point fleet. We enjoy the game a little bit. ;)

[@karlnilsen1393]

You guys are plastic miniature space gladiators!!!! Well done fellas!!!!

[@IONRadio]

Thanks, Karl. Lots more to come in the arena. ;)

[@andychoi5117]

that is a very satisfying ending to the season 1

[@IONRadio]

We’re glad to hear that we hit the mark with the finale. Thank you for watching.

[@blitzkrieg4689]

CIS player really droped the ball hahaha

[@maxwellsilver6032]

Great battle lads, man that was a good pot of coffee/Irish cream😋 Can't wait to see what season two brings us!! Biggest game for me was 800 points.

[@IONRadio]

Looking forward to you reactions and take on Season 2 and some of the "upgrades" we have for it. Thank you for supporting us, Maxwell!

[@WyattHarra]

Absolutely wild

[@IONRadio]

Thank you for watching, Wyatt! We had a lot of fun filming this one. I believe this is one of our 2 largest games, and the only one recorded. - Ken

[@diehard2705]

This would be a fun match to replay with random spawns (something like "drop a dice for each capitol ship and they have to start touching said dice") for the sake of recreating how chaotic the battle feels in the movie

[@IONRadio]

There is an interesting idea. One could use the "All-Out Offensive" rules from Corellian Conflict.

[@yeoldebattlestrategies7498]

Another great video and job well done. Might I suggest the battle of Scariff for another season finale?

[@IONRadio]

An interesting thought. Consider it suggested.

[@IONRadio]

Finally done in our Season 6 finale.

[@dembaba1975]

Such a great game, thank you! =)

[@IONRadio]

Thanks Scar Red. We’re glad you enjoyed this one.

[@holdenwood9878]

I absolutely love seeing this armada recreation of the battle of Corascant, but the one thing that ruins it for me are the Exogorth's. I wish it was just debris, so it felt a bit more genuine, bit apart from that this battle was amazing

[@IONRadio]

Thank you, Holden. Glad you enjoyed this one - it was a beast to film and play! Even at this point level, we still opted to play with standard objectives. Perhaps if we were to do a future thematic battle, we might limit these choices (or create a new "scenario" objective).

[@holdenwood9878]

@@IONRadio I'd love to see a massive battle between the Rebels and Imperials next, maybe something like the battle of Endor or thrawns invasion on chopper base

[@Aziz-wg2be]

Love your vids

[@IONRadio]

Thank you, Aziz!

[@richmcgee434]

Reminds me of the time back in 2004 when we managed to put together a 10,000 points-per-side Battlefleet Gothic game, although we had four players per team for that one and played on a 4'x16' table. Gloriously excessive and silly.

[@IONRadio]

So was this episode. Totally worth it though. :) - Ken

[@richmcgee434]

@@IONRadio Our big BFG game took about as long, maybe 9 hours all told with a lunch break. Really got decided somewhere around five hours in when a couple of key rams and chained ship explosions crippled one flank of the Chaos fleet, after which they just couldn't come back from it. They were real smart about disengaging cripples all game and it helped them keep it it to a marginal Imperial win. Not sure all eight of the folks involved would have been very happy if it had turned out to be the equivalent of a 10-1 bloodbath like you had, but thankfully it was close fought for us.

[@michaelstefanou7744]

4 Venators. No wonder they're out of stock for the whole planet.

[@IONRadio]

Sorry, Michael. We'll admit we each have some... large collections.

[@kingbonezai4925]

I am new to the game, but a few questions, it seemed like a lot of ships only fired out of one ark for one shot rather than 2 arches, and it wasnt just for the patriot fist. Secondly, how were all the black dice being used at long range? I thought focus fire only allowed to fire another color that was in the pool already rolled.

[@IONRadio]

Thank you for watching! In a lot of cases, the black die being added at range was due to Swivel-Mount Batteries. This is an upgrade effect, not concentrate fire. As to firing out of only one arc (instead of two) likely this was due to positioning and a second shot was not possible.

[@kingbonezai4925]

@@IONRadio so the die from swivel guns ignore’s range?

[@IONRadio]

Yes. Swivel-Mount Batteries let you "add 1 die of any color from an adjacent hull zone's armament to your attack pool." The only time range is checked relative to the dice color is when you form the initial attack pool.

[@kingbonezai4925]

@@IONRadio Dang! That is strong!

[@OGDMaco]

This is very cool. Is this still quite active game that is played. I would just buy these ships purely on how cool they look

[@IONRadio]

Thank you for watching! It is an active game with tournament support by AMG. Our local store meets up every Sunday and we usually pack the game room.

[@OGDMaco]

​@@IONRadioit's quite a shame there is no game version that works along the same way. You still have to buy the ships to have bigger battles

[@IONRadio]

Our local store has been paring up groups as we frequently run out of table space. 2 vs 2 games at 800 points can be a lot of fun. - Ken

[@DavidMartin-ds4hg]

I would the to be a the separatists seeing that wall of doom heading towards them.

[@jamescano7291]

I thought you couldn't salvo off an ignition a 1:47:00

[@IONRadio]

You are correct. We highlight that at 1:47:10.

[@jamescano7291]

@@IONRadio WHOOPS. My bad. I was distracted when it popped up on screen.

[@IONRadio]

@@jamescano7291 No worries. We do make mistakes from time to time. ;)

[@everybody2206]

Sheeeeesh

[@sueweir2939]

This game makes no sense but I do like the ships exspesaly the munificent

[@FrankvanWijhe]

Please stop making these video's... now I have to explain to my wife why I need three more Venators 😂😂

[@IONRadio]

Sorry about that. :) And you're welcome. :) Everyone needs extra Venators. LOL.

[@hothmandon]

You do realize Ahsoka was on mandalor at this point right?

[@hothmandon]

Disney should make something.