It's Monday; Christmas is almost upon us...

...do FFG have one final present tucked away up their red and white sleeves?

Are they even at work today? Lots of(great) companies are already out for a bit.

As long as they aren't going back out for another screening of Star Wars...

Lots of(great) companies are already out for a bit.

And lots of (not so great/bloody abysmal) companies keep their staff in until 5:30pm on Christmas Eve...

edit: all personal griping aside, we should give thanks to those people who give up their holidays entirely to keep others safe & healthy over the festive period.

So you think we will have to wait at least until 4th of january?

Nooooo...... Come to Daddy! Daddy needs some previews.........

Well good news for IA players and FFG fans in general, looks like they are putting out previews this week.

Dear FFG,

Please post another wave 8 preview today.

I have been ever such a good boy - honest. I have;

Done all my Christmas shopping

Put up a tree (12 foot of the damned thing)

Ordered all the new-stuff

Tipped the cleaner near $100

Invited a friend who is going through a messy divorce for Xmas lunch

Agreed to have my wife's family over on Xmas day

Stopped short of grounding my daughter forever for claiming Rebels was better than Empire Strikes Back

Defended FFG and the Mouse in several threads

So I do deserve it, right...(particularly for the ESB thing - shudders)

I'd like to see wave 9 or a Force Awakens materials box of some kind announced.

We'll probably only get the Rebel Veterans announcement and the "Gozanti is here!" article... this week.

BUT, I really wanna see Mist Hunter and Punishing One previews- mainly how the Hell that Tractor Beam works.

We'll probably only get the Rebel Veterans announcement and the "Gozanti is here!" article... this week.

BUT, I really wanna see Mist Hunter and Punishing One previews- mainly how the Hell that Tractor Beam works.

We know how that Tractor Beam works (at least, most of it) from Imperial Veterans - aeach Tractor Token reduces agility by 1 during the Combat Phase and all are cleared during the End Phase. There is some other text on the card which isn't legible, but that's the bulk of it.

I want Punishing One/Mist Hunter previes before Rebel Vets. And Scum Aces before Rebel Vets.

They did specifically announce they would be an undocking mechanism for the Gozanti, but it fell through the cracks, I guess.

I'm crossing my fingers I get my hands on that ship today, along with my 2nd T-70 expansion pack and 2nd TIE/fo expansion pack.

They did specifically announce they would be an undocking mechanism for the Gozanti, but it fell through the cracks, I guess.

I'm crossing my fingers I get my hands on that ship today, along with my 2nd T-70 expansion pack and 2nd TIE/fo expansion pack.

from me facebook

hasn't gotten back to me about FOs, though

We'll probably only get the Rebel Veterans announcement and the "Gozanti is here!" article... this week.

BUT, I really wanna see Mist Hunter and Punishing One previews- mainly how the Hell that Tractor Beam works.

We know how that Tractor Beam works (at least, most of it) from Imperial Veterans - aeach Tractor Token reduces agility by 1 during the Combat Phase and all are cleared during the End Phase. There is some other text on the card which isn't legible, but that's the bulk of it.

I want Punishing One/Mist Hunter previes before Rebel Vets. And Scum Aces before Rebel Vets.

yes of course... we all know what the top of the card says BUT the bottom half of that rule card is the detail NOBODY knows and I wanna know.

to me announcements means squat... I want previews of Wave 8 before ANY announcements.

It's clearly going to be an ARGHKITTENS announcement.

For Armada.

We've probably angered marketing with the posting today. We'll be punished with no new articles

I'm quoting myself because forum threads have only gotten more stupid since Friday.

We'll probably only get the Rebel Veterans announcement and the "Gozanti is here!" article... this week.

BUT, I really wanna see Mist Hunter and Punishing One previews- mainly how the Hell that Tractor Beam works.

Im under the impression we wont hear about a Rebel Veterans pack for months. Imperial Aces and Rebel Aces did not get announced back to back if I recall correctly.

We'll probably only get the Rebel Veterans announcement and the "Gozanti is here!" article... this week.

BUT, I really wanna see Mist Hunter and Punishing One previews- mainly how the Hell that Tractor Beam works.

I doubt we'll get a Rebel Veterans announcement this soon. Probably closer to when Imperial Veterans is released. Last time, Imperial Aces was released six months after announcement, and Rebel Aces was announced right around that time, then came out six months later. Basically, Rebel Aces came out a year after Imperial Aces was announced. It seems they may have shortened the timeline for Imperial Aces, since it looks like it will come out withing 3-4 months of announcement, so who knows this time. Nothing would surprise me.

I guess the big question is what do we expect to see in 2016? The first release will be wave 8, followed by Imperial Aces 2. We should also see wave 9 and probably Rebel Aces 2. Beyond that we should be looking at something for Rogue One that will come at the tail end of 2016. Is there anything else we would expect to get?

A lot of people are hoping for a huge Scum ship and Scum Aces 1.

I'm not sure we need scum aces yet. We need more scum ships before we get aces. I Really, Really want the ADV article.

A Scum aces would be pretty welcome for players wanting to give the Scyk and StarViper, particularly the generics, a bit more table time.

Scum Aces = Most Wanted

Scum Veterans = Syndicate Chiefs

Scum Aces = Most Wanted

Scum Veterans = Syndicate Chiefs

alternatively, "armed and dangerous"

Scum Aces = Most Wanted

Scum Veterans = Syndicate Chiefs

Most Wanted was more like a scum core/catchup set. Both the Aces releases so far have come out well after the launch of their faction and contained rereleased ships with fixes/extra options for those ships, rather than new ships. Scum Aces still hasn't come out IMO.