Here's the idea:

FFG can do this very easily and quickly: make up a box set of printed fold-out skirmish maps.

The retail box need only be about 8"x11"x"2". Inside would be a dozen or more fold out skirmish maps. The maps are folded so they fit the 8x11 box but when you unfold them they become 16x22 maps with a skirmish map on one side or even on each side so more skirmish maps can be included. This should be ridiculously easy to produce and would make tournaments much more popular.

If I could buy such a box, I would happily laminate all the included maps myself. Future map pack box sets could later be released to accommodate new skirmish map options.

Also, all the rules for the map and any scenario information could be printed right on the map rather than having separate cards for the rules and scenario information.

FFG, please, please, PLEASE do this!

Yes, yes, yes! I'd happily spend money on this.

If not folded, then printing them on rolled vinyl (as per the X-Wing maps) would be just as good.

But seriously, printed maps would be SUCH an improvement for the skirmish game.

I'd be in for this, too... even at $40 retail it would be less than printing all the maps.

It only took em 2 years to make X-wing mats...

I think this is a great idea. I would email Ian the FFG op guy or the producer.

It only took em 2 years to make X-wing mats...

I think it will take skirmish mats for the tournament legal maps to be available before the tournament scene takes off. It's a great game this is just the number one drawback at this point.

I think it will take skirmish mats for the tournament legal maps to be available before the tournament scene takes off. It's a great game this is just the number one drawback at this point.

I agree completely. IA Skirmish has SO much going for it...but the puzzle construction at the start of official events is hurting the game.

I would love if they did this they would relook at the skirmish missions and rewrite them. I feel almost all the missions in the core maps could use some type of errata to make them balanced.

-Smugglers Goods, down to 9 for the crates

-Lost Knowledge , you need to interact with the beacon to discard it.

-Get to the ship, a figure is not considered adjacent to a space containing a launch panel if only edge or corner of those space shares block terrain.

-Close to Home, the VP is only 5 per mission token

Wave 1

-Infilration, Shields +3 Health

-Sabacc Standoff, Places 1 damage token not 2 tokens

-Hazardous Materials, 8 VP per energy cell discarded

-Weapon Project, +1 DMG and A player gains 3VP when one of his opponent's figures is defeated while carrying an experimental weapon

Royal Guard Map: Change tile 27 and 23 around. This gives the bottom side a balanced save zone just like the top has.

I know this sounds a lot like of changes but they are very small changes makes all the maps balanced going forward.

Map construction is an annoyance but once it requires the purchase of additional expansions to get the legal maps it becomes a cost barrier to new players. Someone who only plays rebels may not want to purchase those packs.

Next year it could be much worse if all 3+ maps come from expansions and tiles from twin shadows are required to make them, that's an extra £60 required and borrowing a map + mission card is no longer an option.

Printed maps seem to be the best solution.

I think we'll see an announcement alongside the new tournament rules.

I added:

"Also, all the rules for the map and any scenario information could be printed right on the map rather than having separate cards for the rules and scenario information."

If all the rules for the map and any scenario information were printed on the map, we wouldn't need the extra burden of looking for the cards.

I think we'll see an announcement alongside the new tournament rules.

I'm really hoping this is the case!

As a hopefully cheaper alternative... I'd be very happy if the tournament kits came with 4 sets of the current maps for skirmish. foldable, double sided, so they fit in the folder it comes with. That would be 6 sheets of quad fold paper (A/B, A/B, B/C, B/C, A/C, A/C) and allow for up to 8 people to play a month at your FLGS. Double it for 16 players.

As a hopefully cheaper alternative... I'd be very happy if the tournament kits came with 4 sets of the current maps for skirmish. foldable, double sided, so they fit in the folder it comes with. That would be 6 sheets of quad fold paper (A/B, A/B, B/C, B/C, A/C, A/C) and allow for up to 8 people to play a month at your FLGS. Double it for 16 players.

The problem with just putting them in tournament kits is that not everyone has access to tournaments but everyone is going to want those printed skirmish maps. You're going to force people to pay extortion prices on evil-bay for maps that are so easily printed off for a company like FFG.

As a hopefully cheaper alternative... I'd be very happy if the tournament kits came with 4 sets of the current maps for skirmish. foldable, double sided, so they fit in the folder it comes with. That would be 6 sheets of quad fold paper (A/B, A/B, B/C, B/C, A/C, A/C) and allow for up to 8 people to play a month at your FLGS. Double it for 16 players.

The problem with just putting them in tournament kits is that not everyone has access to tournaments but everyone is going to want those printed skirmish maps. You're going to force people to pay extortion prices on evil-bay for maps that are so easily printed off for a company like FFG.

its not that easy they have to hire extra works when they print the league kits. I think they might have hired full time works now that they are more into printing but last fall I know they were hiring works when they needed something printed. I could see them as on demand prints like some of there other prints.

"Also, all the rules for the map and any scenario information could be printed right on the map rather than having separate cards for the rules and scenario information."

Since getting the minis is mandator for official play and most competitive play will be official play, there isn't a need to lock the skirmish missions away inside the ally/villain packs anway. I think this will all be cleared up until the end of the year. These things take some time since FFG is producing content quite far in advance.

I've been wondering if third party versions of the assembled maps could be done. As long as the gird, walls, and difficult / impassable / blocking terrain was the same, then and ground art could be used as long as it fit the theme. Then there shouldn't be any copyright issues with printing & selling them.