19 minutes ago, SmurfWedge said:2 of the cards are already on Ebay......that just seems wrong to me considering we haven't had any Store Champs yet.
Dodonna - £49.99
GR75 - £17.99
I mean fair enough. Sell them if you have spares after a tournament but to do this before it has even happened seems a bit much
Dodonna could be worlds players looking to recoup some of the tournament costs.
That "objective token" looks more to me like an acrylic equivalent of the challenge coins of tournaments past.
Anyone else weirdly bummed that the plaque doesn't indicate Store Championship at all?
What annoys me is they keep plastering "17" all over the place now days
1 minute ago, KnightHammer said:What annoys me is they keep plastering "17" all over the place now days
Just wait until next year... "18" is much worse! 
4 minutes ago, HoundsTooth said:Just wait until next year... "18" is much worse!
Yup, its even rounder and takes up more space on the card, noooooooo!!!
1 hour ago, WuFame said:Anyone else weirdly bummed that the plaque doesn't indicate Store Championship at all?
What bums me out about the plaque is it's a stupid rebel gr75. Such rebel bias!
Is it a paperweight to keep the objective card from migrating, and to place the victory tokens/turn counter on?
I dunno, this is a weird mystery.
But I think I want it.
4 hours ago, Muelmuel said:Sorry, but, that seems a little pointless then(if that's the case). Would be much better if they did special objective-specific tokens, like alt-art tokens for popular objectives(same circular tokens but with different art corresponding to the objective)(e.g. Medal token for "Advanced Gunnery" ships, mine tokens for "Minefields", data/intel tokens for "Intel Sweep" and "Navigational Hazards", hyperspacey-lightspeed-looking-art tokens for "Hyperspace Assault", tokens with "Wanted!" or "$$" for "Most Wanted", cargo tokens for "Salvage Run" and "Blockade Run")
FFG did something similar to this for last year's Worlds prizes - 3 sets of 2 acrylic tokens with the objective symbol on it, done in the color of that objective. So they're more like generic objective markers really. Great for marking the Most Wanted ships, or Intel Sweep ships, etc. Not specific to those objectives like your comment describes, but usable for that purpose. There are a couple sets on eBay right now if you want to see what they look like.
1 hour ago, Ken-Obi said:FFG did something similar to this for last year's Worlds prizes - 3 sets of 2 acrylic tokens with the objective symbol on it, done in the color of that objective. So they're more like generic objective markers really. Great for marking the Most Wanted ships, or Intel Sweep ships, etc. Not specific to those objectives like your comment describes, but usable for that purpose. There are a couple sets on eBay right now if you want to see what they look like.
Those white ones? Yes they did those well.
But I am still of the opinion that if they did special objective tokens for popular objectives much like how they do alt-art for popular upgrades, people will be all over them. And they are quite fitting as they would help to boost one's game thematically rather than having to imagine the objective token as the thing which it is representing. Add a rules card for each set of tokens that says these tokens can be used in place of the original objective tokens so users can whip it out to TOs to avoid any shenanigans. (E.g. when playing the "salvage run" or blockade run" scenario, all ((original image)) objective tokens may be swapped out for ((cargo image)) objective tokens.) I'll email a suggestion to ffg and hope they reply me 
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8 minutes ago, Muelmuel said:Those white ones? Yes they did those well.
But I am still of the opinion that if they did special objective tokens for popular objectives much like how they do alt-art for popular upgrades, people will be all over them. And they are quite fitting as they would help to boost one's game thematically rather than having to imagine the objective token as the thing which it is representing. Add a rules card for each set of tokens that says these tokens can be used in place of the original objective tokens so users can whip it out to TOs to avoid any shenanigans. (E.g. when playing the "salvage run" or blockade run" scenario, all ((original image)) objective tokens may be swapped out for ((cargo image)) objective tokens.) I'll email a suggestion to ffg and hope they reply me
Not the white ones, the red/yellow/blue rectangles - well I guess the paint is white, but I'm not talking about the white acrylic objective tokens. The ones from worlds last year are different. They were top 16 prizes as well as team tournament prizes. You can see what I mean in the bottom right corner of the picture: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/10/20/rule-the-galaxy/
But yeah specific acrylics for each objective card that uses them is fun.
4 hours ago, Madaghmire said:Dodonna could be worlds players looking to recoup some of the tournament costs.
Fair enough if this is the case....totally understandable.....but the GR75 hasnt been released yet and it's from the same seller so I assume that's not the case.
Although I have been known to be wrong.....from time to time. Haha
4 hours ago, WuFame said:Anyone else weirdly bummed that the plaque doesn't indicate Store Championship at all?
The symbol is a little spikey-store with 17 in the middle.... (Totally get what you're saying - I wish it said 'Winner' or 'Champion' instead of leaving it as a 'You Got It, You Must Be It' assumption)
I'm actually okay with the markings on them - it answers so many questions people are bombarding me, as the "old armada guy" about previous Alt-Art... IE, which Kits what stuff came in...
Edited by DrasnightaWhat is the upgrade card that everyone gets going to be? So far FFG has been pretty good at giving out something that is the current hotness as an AA for upgrades. FCT?
6 minutes ago, Hastatior said:What is the upgrade card that everyone gets going to be? So far FFG has been pretty good at giving out something that is the current hotness as an AA for upgrades. FCT?
I assume the top 32 will get the Transport card, that's the only thing that's there that fits in the kit as everything else is accounted for
Just now, KnightHammer said:I assume the top 32 will get the Transport card, that's the only thing that's there that fits in the kit as everything else is accounted for
Traditionally the alt-art unit cards are limited to top spots, altho I think for last regionals the Corvette was the alt-art everyone got so you might be right...
Settled:
On 12 May 2017 at 0:51 PM, SmurfWedge said:2 of the cards are already on Ebay in the UK......that just seems wrong to me considering we haven't had any Store Champs yet.
Dodonna - £49.99
GR75 - £17.99
I mean fair enough. Sell them if you have spares after a tournament but to do this before it has even happened seems a bit much
To be fare the Dodonna cards are not part of the official prize, they are an add on, also a lot of the stores know they have not got 32 places. Personally I think any store not including the Dodonna cards are taking the p..s, I also think any store with 16 or less players should give out 2 GR75 cards. It's not like the kits cost that much and at £10-15 per ticket they should easily get their money back. But that's just how I have always played it when TOing.
Fundamentally though:
- None of the cards should be sold by Stores.
- None of the kits are available to the public.
To have GR75s on Ebay before today, means that, basically... A Store Somewhere has done the wrong thing.
because no member of the public has any access to legitimately gain the GR75 card until a Store Championship is run, and Store Championships can only be run from Today - 13MAY2017, until basically the End of August.
One of the keys and, basically, the only requirement for Store Championships is, and I quote, "be a store in good standing."
The fastest way to lose good standing is to be caught misusing prize kits.
Losing good standing can not only lose you access to OP prize kits across all of FFG's games, it can actually drive up your FFG Wholesale price, as they strip discounts from you.
Prizes should first and foremost be distributed - at a minimum - as per the prize kit requirements. Any prizes in excess of those are to be retained by the store and used as additional incentive prizes from that point on... They are at store discretion, but they are never allowed to be subject to retail sale.
On 5/12/2017 at 5:42 PM, Drasnighta said:Top 2 - A printed acrylic Assault Objective token. Assault objectives typically focus on destroying an important ship or target. Use this token to mark which ship your fleet wants to hunt down!
Had to necro this thread. I played in a tournament this weekend where these tokens were discussed and @Dameon13 reached the wonderful conclusion that these tokens are really shot glass coasters. I see this as a clear sign that the next campaign will include official rules for Armada the drinking game and I for one can't wait.
6 hours ago, Megatronrex said:Had to necro this thread. I played in a tournament this weekend where these tokens were discussed and @Dameon13 reached the wonderful conclusion that these tokens are really shot glass coasters. I see this as a clear sign that the next campaign will include official rules for Armada the drinking game and I for one can't wait.
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Shot-Glass-Imperial/dp/B01N56P6J7
