Worlds 2016 Prizes Announced

By CBMarkham, in X-Wing

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/10/20/ace/

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  • Participation: Three copies of alternate-art Inquisitor and a challenge coin.
  • Day 2 Participants: Acrylic Weapons Disabled Tokens
  • Top 16: Metallic Dice
  • Top 8: Acrylic Maneuver Templates
  • Top 4: Uncut sheet of Alt-Art Inquisitor Cards (Nice one!)
  • Winner: Trophy, 2016 World Championship Playmat, Design a card with FFG
Edited by CBMarkham

I likey those diceys!

That Inquisitor card looks awesome. It's a shame it'll be that rare!

Aren't those the same dice from last year?

I like the fact that the dice are the same like in last worlds. It gets a recognition value ("worlds dice"), like the yellow jersey and other trophies

I'm not sure why but I love the look of those templates!

Out of all the pilots they had to pick the Inquisitor... so much for having a promo of the guy. :(

You get a coin. You get a coin and you get a coin. Coins for everyone.

That inquisitor looks so good, and weapons disabled tokens! Why did it have to be the world's kit, my wallet's not going to like trying to get them on eBay

What is an uncut sheet of cards? (not a natively English speaking person)

What is an uncut sheet of cards? (not a natively English speaking person)

Uncut means 100% pure with a street value of $10,000 a kilo.

What is an uncut sheet of cards? (not a natively English speaking person)

It's a sheet of cards as it leaves the printing machine, before being cut into individual cards.

What is an uncut sheet of cards? (not a natively English speaking person)

It's a sheet of cards as it leaves the printing machine, before being cut into individual cards.

Something like this:

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What is an uncut sheet of cards? (not a natively English speaking person)

It's a sheet of cards as it leaves the printing machine, before being cut into individual cards.

Thanks, that is what I suspected, but its such an odd prize I was unsure. What is the gimmick I don't see here? somehow winners deciding to cut their cards out in useable sizes somehow have less valuable cards?

Edited by Dwing

Each participant gets 3 inquisitor cards if you play after the lunch break (one in the morning, two more for staying!). And a coin!

Wasn't there an article a while ago about how stores could get a "worlds participation kit" for a tournament to be hosted worlds weekend, and in that kit is 2 copies of the alt art card? My google-fu is weak today but I vaguely remember that...

I'll definitely be staying, and putting up the cards in a future tournament I run at home!

I'm also glad the dice are the same as last year's. I do like that they are "worlds dice". Very striking. And I haven't been excited about templates since the 2014 regional ones, frosted clear seems great. Very happy with the prize package!

Edit: The uncut sheet is definitely rare. I've only seen one uncut sheet of magic cards and its in our local game shop up on the wall. Very cool conversation piece, which is what "art" should be!

Edited by jonnyd

them dice tho....

I dunno. I'm a practical guy. I like practical things. Thus I like prizes I'm gonna use. Alt art cards, tokens, dice, templates. All nice useable things. A hard copy of a sheet of cards where every card is the same? What am I actually going to do with that? It's not even a little thing like a coin I can throw in a box and forget about. Such a weird prize. I hope the print them on 6 foot squared boards. That'd be a hoot at least!

'And for the top four, off-cuts from the card factory in China!' Not really seeing the cloud go wild over that one myself.

Looks like they came up with a really nice playmat to give to Paul next month. /s

You get a coin. You get a coin and you get a coin. Coins for everyone.

you mean shield tokens

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GAAAH I want those Weapons Disabled tokens! And I'm not going to Worlds . . . and I somehow doubt they'll do reprints for a while . . .

DAMMIT! My K-Wings need their shinies!

GAAAH I want those Weapons Disabled tokens! And I'm not going to Worlds . . . and I somehow doubt they'll do reprints for a while . . .

DAMMIT! My K-Wings need their shinies!

Inquisitor is a pretty "big" pilot to have a promo of at such an exclusive event but with people who stay past lunch getting two extra copies, it should mean that there are going to be several hundred of them floating around other there, no? Prices shouldn't be too high, or at least they will be initially but they should come down over time as more and more of them pop up for sale online.

Wasn't there an article a while ago about how stores could get a "worlds participation kit" for a tournament to be hosted worlds weekend, and in that kit is 2 copies of the alt art card? My google-fu is weak today but I vaguely remember that...

I thought they announced they were doing that as part of their new worlds schedule, which starts after this worlds. If that's the case, then watch for stores announcing their worlds participation event next May.

There is one thing we must do:

- Make the Winner read this forum so he designs the ASSAULT GUNBOAT with FFG

Wasn't there an article a while ago about how stores could get a "worlds participation kit" for a tournament to be hosted worlds weekend, and in that kit is 2 copies of the alt art card? My google-fu is weak today but I vaguely remember that...

I thought they announced they were doing that as part of their new worlds schedule, which starts after this worlds. If that's the case, then watch for stores announcing their worlds participation event next May.

It is not a special kit for World's I think it is just the Store Champs kits that will include 2 copies of the worlds promo.

This came about due to a conversation I had with Steve Horvath at Gencon last year, that people around the world wanted a chance to participate in the majesty of worlds. See I am from New Zealand and the likelihood of getting any of us to worlds is slim and the exclusivity of the promo is a real downer. I had suggested a Worlds weekend tournament event to coincide with Worlds. Steve told me they had never considered it before and that it was a good idea that the team would consider it. He also suggested that I would know when something happened and that it was all because of my suggestion.

Well, they mentioned "Worlds Stream Kits" Specifically earlier this year at the Trade Show... Being exactly that - copies of the Cards available to retailers to run events concurrently with Worlds or Nationals or Whatsoever...

I just odn't think they're ready for this worlds, and we might find out about them soon, in time for May ...

eBay again for me too.. :(