Get Started In Firestorm Armada With A Free Rulebook Download!
January 29, 2013 by brennon
If you've ever had a passing interest in the world of Firestorm Armada by Spartan Games then this might turn it into a full fledged love. The folks behind the game have decided to put the rule book up for free as a PDF!
Spartan Games have always prided themselves on having games that are both fun to play and follow the philosophy of 'Easy to Learn, Hard to Master' and Firestorm Armada certainly follows in that vein. Added to that the models look utterly astounding.
Talking of models they are hoping to capitalise on your shiny syndrome by introducing a selection of fleet bundles too so once you've read the rules you can get all the things you need in one easy package.
Above is the RSN Mega Bundle, Starter Bundle and also one for the Ba'Kash. Both of these fleets are favourites within the community and its easy to see why.
So what are you waiting for? Go and grab the rules from the link HERE and get started in Firestorm Armada!
Have you played the game and if so what do you think?
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better get it see what the fuss is about at club
I have played a lot of firestorm. and it’s a fun game. It’s a very nice game system. you play a unit your opponent plays a unit. unit all units have bin played. Thats the end of a turn. this makes it a lot more interesting and you can download the rules and counters but you do need the card deck to make the game. What does the card deck do? you draw a number of cards every turn you play them or discard or keep them. and these cards spice up the game, examples you can lay down a… Read more »
so basically dystopian wars in space?… ah well
Yeah nothing cool. Dystopian wars is terrible system …
It may be worth a look.
Firestorm armada is an incredibly fun game. Rules are relatively simple but there’s still plenty of tactics. Game is alternate activations and uses exploding sixes mechanic which means you’ve always got a chance and crazy stuff can happen.
It’s never going to take over from bigger games but for those looking for a fun game to play between other sessions And space ships are a nice alternative to all those little 28mm dudes. i thoroughly recommend it.
The link on their website appears to be broken.
I like the basic engine. I like Uncharted Seas, and Dystopian Wars is OK if a little over complex for my tastes, but I never got away with the first edition of Firestorm which I had a couple of trial games of. I think it was because I found the Wings system too fiddly. It felt a bit like it wasn’t really a game about models, but rather a game about lots of card tokens! I’ll be interested to look at this 2nd edition to see if it has altered any to my tastes. Certainly the models are stunning, and… Read more »
Sensible move. The game is pretty fun so it’s cool that Spartan decided to share the rulebook, including incorporating the errata in it already. Game’s definetely beer&snack category, but not everything has to be srsbsn in wargaming. Approach it as Full Thrust with squadrons, instead of super-tactical simulator, and all will be fine.
I want the download but can’t get it, does anyone have a way that I can get it from them?
What browser do you use? Did you try the usual “right click and save” method?
I tryed 4 different browsers and nothing. It doesn’t even load up for me 🙁
http://www.theblackocean.com/#
try this site, they have the file in the Vault section. If that doesn’t work, it’s something with your computer settings.
As a financially challenged gamer, this is just the thing i’ve been looking for. Thank you Spartan Games! 😀 oh @poks Black Ocean is really good, I second and recommend it.