The holiday season is slowly creeping up on us as so once again Kelpies Games in DeKalb is happy to host its 4th annual Food Drive X-Wing Event. This year we are making our Feed the Force Open Play format better with more ways to earn raffle tickets and more great theme maps to play on.

How do you take part well come on our on Saturday, November 26th and bring at least 10 non-perishable or canned food items. This will get you entered to play and start you off with 10 raffle tickets.

For every additional food item you bring you wll earn another ticket for the raffle and to use to "feed the force" powers during your games. If you have a Windy City Squadron Challenge Coin present it and earn 5 additional tickets!!

Play as many games as you wish from 11:00 AM till 5:00 PM to earn more tickets. Raffle drawings to follow shortly after.

Watch this posting for more details on the format, how to spend tickets, how to earn more tickets and what prizes will be raffled away.

Please post any questions here and make sure to mark Saturday, November 26 on your calendar!

Details:

- When: Saturday, November 26th from 11:00 am till 5:00pm

- Where: Kelpie Games: 811 W. Lincoln Highway, De Kalb, IL 60115

- Cost: 10 items of non-perishable food will get you registered to play. Bring extra food items because you will get one raffle ticket for each extra non-perishable food item you bring!

- Details: Bring enough figures to play matches at 75, 100, or 125. Lists can change after every match played. See attached score sheet for details on how to gain tickets for every match played. Use tickets to unlock force powers during your games. The more food you donate the more games you play stronger in the force you will be!

- Prizes: To be posted but will be a mix of X-Wing figures, and Wargaming Industries tokens, templates, and display board.

Besides bringing food you can earn tickets by playing games. The Feed the Force Event is a play as many games as you can free-for-all. The more games you play the more tickets you can earn which can be used in the raffle. Don't like the list you started with, change it up and earn tickets. Tired of playing 100 point duels, make s 75 point list on the fly and earn more tickets... you get the picture. Below lists the ways in which you can earn tickets every match. In addition to the below every hour there will be a challenge that will net you more tickets for completing a special objective.

Kelpie Games Food Drive Free for All

Scoring

- Win a match (singles): Three (3) Tickets

- Lose a match (singles): One (1) Ticket

- Win a match (doubles): Five (5) Tickets (per player)

- Lose a match (doubles): Two (2) Tickets (per player)

- Win an Epic Match (single, doubles, or group): Eight (8) Tickets (per player)

- Lose an Epic Match (single, doubles, or group): Four (4) Tickets (per player)

- Play a new opponent: One (1) Ticket (Haven’t played them before)

- Play on a new map: One (1) Ticket

- Play a 75 point match: Two (2) Tickets

- Play a 100 point match: Three (3) Tickets

- Play a 125 point match: Four (4) Tickets

- Have ship destroyed by asteroid: One (1) Ticket

- Roll all blanks on green dice (min. of 4 dice rolled): Two (2) Tickets (once per match)

- Roll all crits on red dice (min. of 3 dice rolled): Two (2) Tickets (once per match)

Happy Thanksgiving!! Today I wanted to talk about what else those tickets received from donating food to the Feed the Force Food Drive Event will let you do. The more food you donate the stronger in the Force are you. So why not use that Force to aid you in your battles. Below is a list of abilities you can use during your matches to sway the tide of battle in your favor or deter your enemy.

Force Abilities

When you turn in food for raffle tickets you will get two tickets per non-perishable food item you donate. One will be for placing into the various raffle prize drawings to be drawn at the end of the day. The second ticket will be used to purchase force abilities during your matches throughout the day. To use a force ability pay the cost in ticket to activate as needed. (aka: each map will have a bin for tickets. As you pay the cost to use a power place your tickets in the map bin.)

Below is a list of “force” abilities and costs:

- Two (2) tickets will allow you to change one of your red Focus die results to a Hit result. (Once per die roll)

- Three (3) tickets will allow you to change one of your red Hit die results to a Crit result. (Once per die roll)

- Three (3) tickets will allow you to change one of your green Focus results to an Evade result. (Once per die roll)

- Three (3) tickets will allow you to fire ordinance without spending a Target Lock.

- Five (5) tickets will allow you to change the position of one asteroid from its original position. (Use a Straight One template, move asteroid before any ships move)

- Five (5) tickets will allow you to re-roll all your green or red dice.

- Five (5) tickets allow you to add one additional obstacle to a map after all obstacles have been placed.

- Eight (8) tickets allow you to ignore the effects of stress for the turn. (any stress remains on the ship)

- Ten (10) tickets allow you to remove all stress from a ship.