Seems like that the same scuttle type of venues are here in the US as well.The only one listed  nearest me is hrs away..Yet there is a gamers den that is hosting one in my area that is nothing more than just that.. tables and chairs..  and extreme cover charge to boot .I asked my Hobby shop that has twice the space if they were going to have one.They told me no..They applied and never got a response..They had no word that the Yuppy den had gotten one…As far as they knew it was hrs away in 4 diff directions…From what I have seen and heard there will be countless areas across the US and abroad that were given the Kessel run and others that were passed up.. .Needless to say when wave 2 comes out there will be flooded orders for 2 mos, and then they will be drooling for the anticipation for wave 3, appetizers, and release…Never give up,Never surrender

First of all, I'd like to thank Oliver from Esdevium Games for coming to this thread himself after we talked via email to address some points, and to the store owners for showing up as well and giving their side of the story. Not sure I mentioned it before, but I am not averse to event holders charging a small tournament fee, but holding a "Kessel Run Tournament" without giving away the designated prizes is not kosher. I'm all for them doing other tournaments, but  as the Wave 2 models are specifically designated to be used in the final round and as prize support, I think it is pretty uncool to use them as anything other than that. I mean, I'd be pretty upset if my prize Falcon or Slave I had been manhandled in multiple other tournaments before I could lay claim to them (hypothetically speaking, not saying I'm a shoe-in to win or anything). As such, I am very happy to see that this situation is being looked into; I hope that it gets cleared up.

As for the rest of the thread, I'm siding with FFG on this. It is remarkably common for companies to sell products to store with specific conditions on how they are to be used/distributed. If you don't like the conditions, you are not obligated to apply. And since these events were awarded in a highly competitive manner, it is unthinkable that a store would fail to honor the terms as laid out in the application. Saying that doing so is not only okay, but should be commended is akin to saying that stores should be fine selling video games before their release date, since "Hey, they paid for them, they should get to decide how/when they are sold!" Now, I'm not sure how binding the application is, but let's face it… If you are awarded a KR tournament for your store, you are pretty much bound by the conditions as set forth in the application. Not much else to it.

My FLGS is holding a KR event (the only one within about 100 miles, lucky!) and is neither charging an entry fee(which of course, I would be okay with/a small product buy in would also be okay with me) nor bending the prize rules in any way. This makes me feel like they care about their customers, and heck, it's already gotten me to spend $30 to flesh out my tournament squad. To all of those stores playing by the rules, I commend you!

Details of the London OG Games event are now up

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_foros_discusion.asp?efid=330&efcid=6&efidt=754269

Hope to see you all there

Ol

If a store opts to participate in the KR event, they should abide by the guidelines set frth by FFG.  Otherwise opt to not participate.

A good solution for a 2 tournament and 1 prize package sceraio would be has Players 1 & 2 from each tournament face off in a championship round and determine First through Fourth place overall.

Just my $0.02

There too much "kid in a candy store" behavior though.  I may play in 0-2 KRT's but honestly I don't expect to come home with free miniatures and it is not the purpose of playing.  It won't hurt me to wait a bit longer and spend the money for teh models I like.  The KRT would be great fun as the first opportunity for an event with this fine game.

If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.

Someone in Idaho desided to fake it just to get the prize support on ebay. always someone ready to take advantage of the system.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Millennium-Flacon-Expansion-Pack-Star-Wars-X-Wing-Miniatures-Game-FFGSWX06-NEW-/380534582963?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D4082437196315466467%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D2%26sd%3D300830869327%26

rdobyns said:

Not necessarily, there are already some Falcon's floating around as they were prize support for the World Champs last month. If Slave 1, A-wing or Interceptor were there, then you would have cause to complain.

godofcheese said:

Check the sellers other listings…

The prices make me wonder if he isn't just pre-selling in advance of the February release.  I'd think if someone had the ships from the kit in hand and was trying to sell them early that they'd be asking for a more premium price.  Just a thought.

Jim

Eh, people will bid it up regardless, possibly for more than what they would have set.

HA. Wow. Ok, so it looks like cross referencing the ebay seller with the list of tourneys, Discount Games Inc.

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