I rarely use numbers. But I also make sure there's a way to differentiate between the two.

For example, I've repainted 2 X wings, 3 Y wings, 2 A wings, and 2 B wings, which means that I have 3-4 variations of a ship (because I can also use the unpainted version, or the alt version in the case of the X)... And just in case that doesn't fulfill it completely, I'll use two different heights (the tall X wing is the top card, the short X wing is the bottom card) of the ships.

Given, if anyone asked me to, I'd gladly throw on tokens to prevent any confusion / accusations of cheating.

And the few times that I play imps and don't have any repaints, I always use numbers.

We often use the numbers to indicate pilot skill, because our table sits a little high. It also helps us never forget when a ship has Veteran Instincts on. When it comes to multiple ships, we use the front for PS and the back to differentiate between ships. Or we use the ABCD token things that came with some of the huge ships, because they all fit and we never play scenarios. Might as well use 'em for something

We often use the numbers to indicate pilot skill...

That's actually a really cool idea. I might steal that someday.

until they have a chess clock added to tournament play ... the clock issue will never end.

The rules concerning placement of maneuvre dials is on page 6 of the core rulebook, under the Choosing a Maneuver heading.

One minor bugbear of mine is the fact that loads of people dont seem to ever use critical hit tokens and because of that, missed important rules so many times. I do use them which actually works against me. It just seems odd that people wouldnt think of not using say a focus token but i can count in one hand the amount of people who use critical tokens.

I agree. I always use critical hit tokens. Last game was a friendly and I decided it wasn't important, but it was critical. He made a pretty poor maneuver choice because he forgot that Soontir was not PS 0. My bad! I'll never make that mistake again!

I rarely use numbers. But I also make sure there's a way to differentiate between the two.

For example, I've repainted 2 X wings, 3 Y wings, 2 A wings, and 2 B wings, which means that I have 3-4 variations of a ship (because I can also use the unpainted version, or the alt version in the case of the X)... And just in case that doesn't fulfill it completely, I'll use two different heights (the tall X wing is the top card, the short X wing is the bottom card) of the ships.

These are good ideas, but without numbers, how do you match the ship with its card?

One minor bugbear of mine is the fact that loads of people dont seem to ever use critical hit tokens and because of that, missed important rules so many times. I do use them which actually works against me. It just seems odd that people wouldnt think of not using say a focus token but i can count in one hand the amount of people who use critical tokens.

I agree. I always use critical hit tokens. Last game was a friendly and I decided it wasn't important, but it was critical. He made a pretty poor maneuver choice because he forgot that Soontir was not PS 0. My bad! I'll never make that mistake again!

I rarely use numbers. But I also make sure there's a way to differentiate between the two.

For example, I've repainted 2 X wings, 3 Y wings, 2 A wings, and 2 B wings, which means that I have 3-4 variations of a ship (because I can also use the unpainted version, or the alt version in the case of the X)... And just in case that doesn't fulfill it completely, I'll use two different heights (the tall X wing is the top card, the short X wing is the bottom card) of the ships.

These are good ideas, but without numbers, how do you match the ship with its card?

I've experienced others doing the same and saying/stating: "The tallest is the one to the left and then in degreasing order to the right"

While this is a semi legit personal preference I would NOT accept it in a top tier game/tourney. And basically the rules flat out tell you to use the supplied numbers and to use the grey/black sides for mirror matches. So there is

• no reason to come up with another "genius" way of doing it
• and any such "genius way" is not allowed in the rules so just use the numbers!!!

One minor bugbear of mine is the fact that loads of people dont seem to ever use critical hit tokens and because of that, missed important rules so many times. I do use them which actually works against me. It just seems odd that people wouldnt think of not using say a focus token but i can count in one hand the amount of people who use critical tokens.

So... It just dawned on me that those are crit tokens. My buddies and I have been using them as generic damage tokens, keeping damage cards with the ship cards and tokens with the mini... That explains my frustration that not all the ships come with enough damage tokens to completly destroy the ship.

I feel fortunate that I've never needed to involve the TO - in fact I've never seen anyone, my table or other tables, needing to involve the TO for rulings at the tournaments I've been at.

And if anything the only tendency I've noticed has been for nearly everyone I've played to be almost too kind in ruling in favour of their opponents when there were doubts about a firing arc or a range.

Such horribly kind people almost make me doubt in the Empire and the Dark Side. Almost.

We often use the numbers to indicate pilot skill...

That's actually a really cool idea. I might steal that someday.

An organizational thing too. I have only the ID from 1 to 12 in my box. (In case of VI or Jan). That's all the IDs you'll ever need.

I also only keep 8 sets of target locks out, with another bunch in a little bag but placed below my pile of stress tokens. All you usually need. And I keep the rest of the unused stuff in the core set box instead of my storage/tackle box.

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Notes on TO:

I play MTG. I know everyone's heard this all before, but MTG's way of dealing with Judges and tournaments is so much more cleaner and friendlier and clean-cut/crisp. The rules are all figured out and there's no such thing as TO decision. The Judge is simply supposed to follow the rules as they are, based on the level of competition/casual.

I still think any TO determinations are incredibly silly and non-uniform.

One good thing about MTG's Judge system is that it encourages new players to ask questions of the judge or ask them to come over and look if they feel suspicious about something. People at casual tournaments are at ease with calling for a judge when needed. Its a very nice thing to see.

One personal pet peeve though is playing against judges. I don't really have a lot of fun in those games.

The problem with the "fly casual" will be always the same. People think "flying casual" is playing however they play with their buddies, and they get used so much to play that way, that when they play with a stranger they are actually playing the game wrong to dismay of the stranger that's put in a awkward position between calling the guy out and being "that guy", or continue to play with the homebred rules the other guy is using. It is a pretty sh*tty position to be.

The best way to maintain the "fly casual" attitude, is to play following the rules by the book. Always. It's not about giving you leeway, but keeping a healthy attitude towards the game you are playing, and it is obvious that it doesn't work the way these people think it should work.

We often use the numbers to indicate pilot skill...

That's actually a really cool idea. I might steal that someday.

An organizational thing too. I have only the ID from 1 to 12 in my box. (In case of VI or Jan). That's all the IDs you'll ever need.

I also only keep 8 sets of target locks out, with another bunch in a little bag but placed below my pile of stress tokens. All you usually need. And I keep the rest of the unused stuff in the core set box instead of my storage/tackle box.

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Notes on TO:

I play MTG. I know everyone's heard this all before, but MTG's way of dealing with Judges and tournaments is so much more cleaner and friendlier and clean-cut/crisp. The rules are all figured out and there's no such thing as TO decision. The Judge is simply supposed to follow the rules as they are, based on the level of competition/casual.

I still think any TO determinations are incredibly silly and non-uniform.

One good thing about MTG's Judge system is that it encourages new players to ask questions of the judge or ask them to come over and look if they feel suspicious about something. People at casual tournaments are at ease with calling for a judge when needed. Its a very nice thing to see.

One personal pet peeve though is playing against judges. I don't really have a lot of fun in those games.

I have VERY little knowledge about MtG but can one really compare the 2 games in this respect?

I mean the reason there is a TO is first of all (as the name implies) to have a person organizing the tournament and (almost just secondly) to have someone that can be called for in case of needing an impartial evaluation/decision regarding arc/range/overlap/rule decision/questioning etc? Sort of like in soccer or football? In MtG the judge (I think but do not know) is there to ensure rules are followed but there are no "can I see him in my arc?" or "Is it a Range 3 shot?" decisions lin the same way, or is there?

I have experienced a few players having more or less severe "issues" with simply respecting/accepting the TO's decisions and keep arguing it. This is TOTALLY unacceptable and to me it seems like the player haven't bothered to read the tournament rules:

It is as cut and dry as that.

How do you guys feel about tokens? I always place them next to my ship (unless I'm running a focus factory). Most of my opponents do as well. I played one game against a guy and he placed them on his cards. Really throw me off as it wasn't as clear as too which of his ships had focus, evade, etc.

I always use the critical tokens, focus, stress, ion and evade tokens on the ship bases or near to them. this reminds me of the actions I can take or have to take.

I only tend to put the shield tokens near the cards for tidiness

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I always use the critical tokens, focus, stress, ion and evade tokens on the ship bases or near to them. this reminds me of the actions I can take or have to take.

I only tend to put the shield tokens near the cards for tidiness

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Interesting. The rules state that the token must be placed near the ship. Didn't look up if it was faq'd. So are you being a jerk to ask you opponent to place tokens near the ship and not on their cards?

I always use the critical tokens, focus, stress, ion and evade tokens on the ship bases or near to them. this reminds me of the actions I can take or have to take.

I only tend to put the shield tokens near the cards for tidiness

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Interesting. The rules state that the token must be placed near the ship. Didn't look up if it was faq'd. So are you being a jerk to ask you opponent to place tokens near the ship and not on their cards?

I don't think asking someone to follow the rules should ever cause other player to see you as a jerk, as long as you explain why and are polite about it. If the other player wants to do something for tidiness, convenience ect. they should ask before they start doing it.

For me, I'm usually fine with the shield tokens set by the cards, but if my opponent wanted to do that with other tokens I'd politely ask him to keep them on or near the ship because that throws me off.

After re-reading the rules it states on page 4 of the core rule book under 7. Activate shields. Place a number of shield tokens on each ship card equal to its shield value (blue number).

So I have been doing this correctly all along.

Thank you very much. I always politely ask my if I can do something. If I cannot then I will abide by that decision. I find that it is better to treat people nicely, it makes everything we do that much more enjoyable.