Posts by ObiWein
Looking Ahead to Year Two
2024 was a generally successful year for Star Wars Unlimited. While there continue to be some detractors, the game is in a good state after the close of its first calendar year. (Porg Depot recently covered this in more depth here.) Here’s what we have to look forward to in year two… New Sets Collectible…
Read MoreInitiative Token Tier List
Every game of Star Wars Unlimited needs something to signify which player has the initiative on each round. It is strategically important when figuring out the actions you want to take and even can be the deciding factor in a top cut tie breaker. Basically anything could be used as an initiative token. Here’s a…
Read MoreShowcase Prices Dec 30, 2024
A very low Cad Bane listing has the overall showcase market down a tiny bit. Without that bizarre one, this would have actually been an up week for showcase pricing. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:15am EST. Full data set here. ** Updated at 12:10pm EST – Cheap Cad Bane sold for $200 as…
Read MoreLegendary Prices Dec 27, 2024
The market overall seems to be stabilizing. Still some gains and loses on individual cards, but mostly flat on the week. Leveraging a collection tracker from https://sw-unlimited-db.com, a collection with a single copy of each legendary’s standard version across all three sets has dropped from $514.57 a week ago down to $510.34 as of this…
Read MoreProduct Review: Metalfab Streamer Tokens
Star Wars Unlimited has a ton of different things to track from round to round. Initiative, damage, experience, and shields. Up until now I’ve been using pretty generic six sided dice in different colors. Red for damage, green for experience, and blue for shields. While the colors make sense to me as a player, it…
Read MoreThrive or Demise?
If you are very plugged into social media for Star Wars Unlimited it is currently difficult to go more than 24 hours without seeing a post or comment about the game’s impending demise. This was also technically posted to those same locations so apologies for feeding the beast. The game is in a rather healthy state…
Read MoreShowcase Prices Dec 23, 2024
An overall down week for showcases. Generally this still makes sense as more and more product is opened, the Twilight meta starts to settle, and we are thick in the holiday season. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~8:30am EST. Full data set here. All Showcase Trend A set of one of each showcase across…
Read MoreLegendary Prices Dec 20, 2024
Mostly a down week with a couple of bright spots. Leveraging a collection tracker from https://sw-unlimited-db.com, a collection with a single copy of each legendary’s standard version across all three sets has dropped from $529.94 on 12/16 down to $514.57 as of this morning. **Note: Pricing data is from TCGPlayer lowest listed cost just prior to the…
Read MoreShootout : R2-D2 vs Chopper
The battle of the astromechs. Ornery little fellas that would surely throw insults at each other given the chance and without whom the entire Star Wars saga surely just falls apart. Let’s take a look at the feisty rollers and see who might come out on top. Both of these little cans come in at…
Read MoreSWU Gift Guide
Chances are good if you are reading this already that you yourself are a Star Wars Unlimited aficionado or you have one in your life that must have shared this post with you. Here’s a quick list of where you could start for some gift ideas for the SWU player in your life. ** Note…
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