Posts by ObiWein
Product 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…
Read MoreShowcase Prices Dec 16, 2024
Will any of the showcase cards make major moves as we move through the holiday season? They aren’t exactly stocking stuffers, but could easily be on players’ wish lists. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:30am EST. Full data set here. Current Top 10 Jango Fett pulled back again for the third straight week. No…
Read MoreLegendary Prices Dec 13, 2024
While we wait to know what the Prestige card variants are and the impact of the Carbonite Packs on the legendary card market, things may have settled down a bit for the near term. **Note: Pricing data is from TCGPlayer lowest listed cost just prior to the writing and posting of this article. Full data set here. Top of…
Read MoreMath and Probability in SWU
** If you want to dive straight into an online hypergeometric calculator go here. There is so much math involved in a card game. The number of cards in a deck, the number of each card that deck contains, the probability of drawing certain things at specific times. In this article, we’ll explore how probability…
Read MorePAX Unplugged 2024
PAX Unplugged took place in Philadelphia this past weekend. It was another great event for the global gaming community. Game designers, vendors, players and fans took over the convention center space and invaded Reading Terminal Market for multiple meals. Fantasy Flight Games of course was there including a crew from the Star Wars Unlimited team.…
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