Was wondering if there is going to be a limit to how many copies you can get at GenCon? If it take 3 Copies will we be able to purchase 3 so we can play competitively or can you say now? I am also curious on how many people have choose their clans already and what the tally is at the moment.
Crab all the way.
Horsies!
I'm hoping I can save up money for Gencon.
I'm hoping the gap between GenCon and full release is minimal, or non-existent at best.
It is extremely likely that a) there will be a very limited number of copies on sale at GenCon and b) the number each person can purchase will also be restricted. There's an outside chance you might be able to queue up multiple times, but I expect each day's allocation (I reckon they'll control how much goes out each day) will sell out in the first hour the hall is open, so be there early and hope!
I'm quite annoyed (jealous) that it's only a pre-release at an American event... They could have made it an international extravaganza...
Our rooms contain Americans, Canadians, a Welshman, a couple from England, at least two Irishmen, an Icelander, and a Swede.
Tell me that's not international 
FFG has promised a live stream of a special release party.
Whup, I forgot that Rob is half-Dutch 
4 minutes ago, Hinomura said:Our rooms contain Americans, Canadians, a Welshman, a couple from England, at least two Irishmen, an Icelander, and a Swede.
Tell me that's not international
Sure. Now tell me how much each of them is paying for their entire trip. 
A fair amount of money. We split rooms to keep the overall cost down, and three of our group are driving nineteen hours. The rest are arriving from a variety of destinations by plane.
Our group contains people of varying affluence, and everyone has saved or sacrificed in some way to be there. In past years, some of us have volunteered for either gaming companies or GenCon itself in order to make it viable.
I'm not saying for a second that it's cheap, but it's surprisingly doable. Of course, it helps if you start planning and saving as soon as the sale was announced!
I've been to over 20 Gen Cons, and I almost always shop at FFG. Usually they have a limited number of any new/preview releases and limit people to 1 each. Often they have a little card "ticket" for hot items you can get while in line that reserves you one so you can come back later, but expect to wait an hour at least at any time on Thursday.
I plan to pick up one set, and my wife is going to grab one to send to my brother who can't go. I'll eventually get more core sets but that can wait until the official release date.
I'm wondering if there's going to be a big storyline tournament at Gen Con this year.
We'll find out in eleven days when the Events listing goes up! I'd expect it 'just' to be a single-core release event, but FFG have made it clear this is their biggest launch ever, so who knows?
15 minutes ago, slowreflex said:Sure. Now tell me how much each of them is paying for their entire trip.
Plus, American credit card companies have generous rewards programs. Flights can be had for almost no cost if you're prudent.
12 minutes ago, Hinomura said:A fair amount of money. We split rooms to keep the overall cost down, and three of our group are driving nineteen hours. The rest are arriving from a variety of destinations by plane.
Our group contains people of varying affluence, and everyone has saved or sacrificed in some way to be there. In past years, some of us have volunteered for either gaming companies or GenCon itself in order to make it viable.
I'm not saying for a second that it's cheap, but it's surprisingly doable. Of course, it helps if you start planning and saving as soon as the sale was announced!
Yeah, I know. I could technically have gone, if I was a bachelor. But alas, I am married with six young kids... Not so easy then.
11 minutes ago, Hinomura said:We'll find out in eleven days when the Events listing goes up! I'd expect it 'just' to be a single-core release event, but FFG have made it clear this is their biggest launch ever, so who knows?
When Thrones2.0 was pre-released at Gencon, they held a special event. The deck construction rules were, if I remember correctly, take all the cards of one faction and all the cards of another faction. Then add 10 neutral cards and shuffle them all together. That is your deck. They could do something similar for L5R. If they wanted to make it storyline, they could do something minor like the winning clans form an alliance or something.
I'd expect limits. I'll be there. Dragon. First time ever. Going for l5r.
I thought they already announced a limit of 1 per person, I think in the AMA.