Does anyone know if the first expansion will be legal for Regionals in April? We know its supposed to be out in March, but how long does FF wait to allow something to become tourny legal?

I would assume that once it hits the streets it will be legal.

The only way to know is when the official tournament rules are released.

What are the rules for their other card games?

@TGO-not sure, I also plan on playing in the Netrunner event, but there is nothing on those forums either. They already have a few expansions out.

There will be tournament rules updates before regionals if previous years are any example.

Toqtamish said:

What has been the past practice?  Are sets generally legal for events the day the set is released or do they have a waiting period so in case some areas have not recieved the new prodcut yet? 

Usually, I believe, there is a waiting period to give players a chance to acquire and familiarize themselves with new cards.

then if Vaapad is correct, then it looks like Regionals will be core set only

Rogue 4 said:

Rogue 4 said:

This would be a false assumption to make.  FFG has been pretty consistent in regards to allowing a waiting period for competetive events.  Last years regional season for AGOT had at least one release that was not useable despite being out.

Well, that depends on how long the window is.  The first regional is Apr 5.  Based on when he first chapter pack went on the boat, it could be on sale by mid march.  That seems like enough time for it to be legal.

I also don't know if legality will be done on a rolling basis (ie core only for April regionals, core +1 for may, etc)

For the other LCGs, the usual wait-time for a pack to be tourney legal is 4 weeks.  If Regionals come up sooner than that, then the pack will likely not be legal for Regionals.

[QUOTE efidm=789377]I also don't know if legality will be done on a rolling basis (ie core only for April regionals, core +1 for may, etc)[/QUOTE]

It does not work like that for the other LCGs, which tells me that it will likely not work like that for SW.

So then will all regional events use the same cards regardless of release and tournament date?

That's the way it works for the other LCGs.  Regionals is a series of tournaments, changing the rules mid-series is bad form.

Having said that, the final decisision is up to FFG, and they will do whatever they want.

sWhiteboy said:

You could argue that the entire tournament season is a series of tournaments, including regionals and worlds.  I'd hate still be using just the core set come worlds.  But even if it's just for regionals, I'd hate to have to keep remaking decks for regular tournaments vs regional tournaments.

ScottieATF said:

I was going off what other CCG formats have been, not FFGs LCGs. Normally when cards are released the makers of the cards believe that they have been play tested enough that they are sound.