yeah,
Looking for my local Kessel Run I found out  there are only 2 stores listed in London (UK)
http://www.esdeviumgames.com/news-and-press/

One Store Leisure Games (London) is way over on the other side of town (1hour trip I used to buy magic cards there.. good store )
update #1 : Leisure Games are not giving away the Prize support… They are keeping the Prizes!

The other store OG Games (London) is a online store?? I've facebooked them about Kessel Run. 
http://www.facebook.com/oggames/posts/439246402801682?comment_id=65627821¬if_t=feed_comment_reply
Update #2 : they have a club night run in a pub… So far there is no actual detail of running Kessel Run at the club.

Looks like If I want wave 2 early I'm playing Kessel Run via eBay?

This deal is getting worse all the time!

Panic…

Wow! That's still quite a list of participating stores in England! I'm hoping just to find one or two around Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Actually the problem is with Esdevium, that list is inacurate and is in fact just a list of stores that sells the product. I have spoken to several store owners on the list who just had no idea such an event was even being run.

Stormtrooper721 said:

We are having an event in Saskatoon on the 28th of Dec.  if interested.  Contact me.

I hope that FFG calls every store and verifies that it will be ran, and tries to attend random tournements. I think this would be a great show of support for Xwings, and also get the stores that FFG selected that didnt follow through with what they have been given, black-listed from events that limited numbers were allowed to participate in.

So,
The guys at OGgames FaceBook don't seem to know about kessel Run and think it is probabily being held at their 'club'!

It turns out that OGgames Club is held at a pub in Wansworth. On Monday and Thursday nights.  and costs £2 to play.
It looks like a cool club they have a stock of their own games bought by the members entry fees…

Their are lots of issues with this?
1st - under 18s will most likely not be able to play as it's in a Youngs pub - youngs are a chain of old style / old mans ale serving public houses.
2nd - I thought Kessel Run events were free? This club is £2 entry… I guessing to cover the private room hire.
3rd - Kessel Run says it will happen at the week ends? This club meets on Mondays and Thursdays??
4th - This is a club that it seems is run by the stores customers for the customers -
                    I have a 'club' of friends who have a stock of our own games… wheres my kessel run pack! 

I'm starting to think that either their supplier just signed them up / or the club applied to get hold of the expansions early (can't blame them!)

But it seems That this is not the publically available Kessel Run event as promised by FFG!

Panic…

yeah,

So I checked out the details of Kessel Run at Leisure Games (the only other store in London doing the Event)
they have this quote on their websites event calendar:

"The FFG web site states that the ships used in this event will be given as prizes, however we want to give more people a chance to see and play with these fantastic miniatures so we will be using them for other events."

So they are not giving away the Prize support as prizes!?
So I've got NO chance of Winning a wave two ship here in London…


FFG! need to sort themselves out… it's just one disappointment after another.


Panic…

I would not blame FFG on this one. They want to get a few of the ships to fans. They set this up do that can happen. This is the only way I see, besides them setting up events, that they can do this. They can't check every game shop that says they will hold the event. That would take to long. Ultimately it's up to the game shop I they will just keep the ships. 

pitsch said:

No, but they can check every event via contacting. I just hope they get blacklisted when something else happens that is rather awesome.

The Leisure Games thing is outrageous. You don't get the luxury of getting prize support from FFG for this tournament only to choose to pocket them for your store. I'm pretty sure doing so is tantamount to fraud, considering the whole point of this tournament is to get these ships into fans' hands sooner than February. I have sent out some PMs and emails to figure out if there is any way to report a retailer who is fraudulently running a tournament, as I will be doing so in this case.

Isn't it fraud - albeit a petty one - to get a load of free stuff from FFG and then just keep it?

yeah,
I think it sucks big time!!

pitsch said:

1st pack has been sent to a private gamers club
2nd is being kept by a gready Store Owner - 'for future events'

pitsch said:

Golden tickets hidden in chocolate bars would be better than what the've done so far…

Panic…

Like I said earlier, the Esdevium list is incorrect. That first retailer almost certainly did not get a Kessel Run pack, which you have to purchase via Esdevium btw and it not sent out to retailers for free. The game club would not be able to get a Kessel Run pack, the shop would need to directly buy it from Esdevium, and if they're saying they don't know anything about it then they are not getting one.

For example Mana Leak is also listed on the Esdevium list, however the owner of the store, Tu N'gyuen, knew nothing about this event or its availability and is not holding one. If you also check out the map below the list it has every single retailer of X-wing in the UK on it.

The second store is a different matter. I am pretty sure that is just straight-up wrong but we'd need to get official word from FFG on this one. Remember the store does actually need to buy the Kessel Run pack, so maybe they have some discretion in it's use, although I doubt it.

Pretty sure the same thing is going on here in Missouri. A shop called Thompson Productions L.L.C. -Warrensburg, MO   in the middle of now where is hosting an event. They have no website even. It's also great that they gaves Kansas City area 3 events, but my area 0, I have to drive at least 100 miles.

Here's my answer from Esdevium Games:

*****

Hey Cody,

Thank you for informing us, nothing underhand is happening here. As the Kessel run and indeed the X-wing game are proving to be very popular, some stores want to run more than one event, though due to availability obtaining multiple kits for stores is not practical. Leisure Games is intending on running 2 events in 2 locations, the later one they will be making the ships available as prizes.

Kind Regards

Oliver McAllister
Telesales Manager
Esdevium Games Ltd.

*****

So apparently this store is okay since they will still be giving them away… but that begs the question… What's the point of playing in the first tournament? And if I were a winner of the second event, I might be a little concerned with how many people they were allowing to manhandle my Falcon or Slave I. Still, at least there isn't any out and out fraud here.

sverigesson said:

Still uncool if you ask me (against the spirit and probably the letter of what they had to agree to to get an event).   I am going to write FFG about this, too. I encourage anyone who is running into this sort of problem to contact FFG ASAP.