SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN!

If you are interested in the league, please purchase an entry here:

Nu Brand Gaming Event Store

Purchasing an entry guarantees you a spot in the league. We will be communicating primarily via email (so as not to exclude interested parties who may not use Facebook), so please include an email address that you check regularly.

If you have any questions please email us at nubrandgaming@gmail.com or post on our Facebook discussion page.

WHAT IS STAR WARS DESTINY?

Star Wars Destiny is a collectible card and dice game published by Fantasy Flight Games. In Star Wars Destiny you choose to play either Heroes or Villains, assemble a small team of Star Wars characters from across the Star Wars films, shows, and expanded universe, and do battle. Players alternate taking actions with the overall goal of defeating their opponent's characters. The player with the last character on the board is the winner.

Star Wars Destiny is similar in concept to Magic: the Gathering, with a different style of fast-paced, dice-based gameplay and a strong Star Wars theme. Although the game uses dice, one of the key themes to success will be learning how to appropriately respond to your dice rolls, when to use abilities to mitigate them, and when to disrupt your opponent's dice rolls. Several prominent board game reviewers called Star Wars Destiny one of the best new games of 2016 when it was released.

Fantasy Flight has created a fifteen minute gameplay tutorial video:

NU BRAND LIMITED LEAGUE FORMAT

This will be a limited pool league. If you've played in one of our Magic: the Gathering leagues, the format should be familiar.

Every participant will open the same number of the same type of packs each week. Participants are allowed to trade to their heart's content within the league, but the most important rule is that you cannot bring any cards in from outside the league card pool. Unless you got it by opening it in a pack in the league, it's not legal.

The league will run for 7 weeks, and by the end of it, each of us will have opened 1 Rey starter set, 1 Kylo Ren starter set, 5 packs of Awakening, 5 packs of Spirit of Rebellion, and 5 packs of the latest set, Empire at War. Each week, we will bring a standard 30 card deck to the weekly league night and play for league standings. Prizes will be awarded to the victors at the end of the league. Exact prizes will be determined after we have final membership numbers.

In between the weekly game nights, players are encouraged to play as many casual games against other league members as they like, in order to tweak and hone their decks, and have fun playing casual Destiny. These games don't count for league standings, and are just for practice and fun.

This is a very casual-friendly format, perfect for those who have never played Star Wars Destiny, for those who only play casually, or for those who like Destiny, but don't want to get too deep into yet another collectible card game. Because everyone is on an even footing, this type of league is also great for experts.

COST

League entry will cost $64 per person. This league entry will include:

• 1 Kylo Ren Starter Set (24 cards, 9 dice, token set)
• 1 Rey Starter Set (24 cards, 9 dice, token set)
• 5 Awakenings booster packs (5 cards & 1 die per pack)
• 5 Spirit of Rebellion booster packs (5 cards & 1 die per pack)
• 5 Empire at War booster packs (5 cards & 1 die per pack)
• Set of official Star Wars Art card sleeves (assorted designs)
• Oversized deck box (assorted colors)
• Cloth dice bag
• Prize support

In order to make the league economical for all participants, the league will be prepaid. Each participant will pay all dues up front, before the league begins. This is also convenient if you have to miss a week or two. When you come back, your packs will be waiting for you.

DECKBUILDING RULES

Decks must follow all published Fantasy Flight deckbuilding rules. These rules are included with the starter sets, so all players will have a copy.

Each player must bring a team of characters, a 30 card deck, 1 battlefield card, and all dice corresponding to their chosen cards to each tournament.

Building your team

• You can choose up to 30 points of characters for your team. Your team must consist of all Hero or all Villain characters. You cannot mix the two.
• You can have characters of the same color or different colors on your team.
• You can select only one copy of each unique character, but any number of copies of non-unique characters.
• Non-unique characters always use one die.
• Unique characters have two different point values, separated by a backslash. You may choose the smaller of the two values and bring one of that character's dice, or the larger of the two values and bring two of that character's dice.

Building your deck

• Your deck must be exactly 30 cards. Your team of characters and your battlefield card do not count towards this limit.
• You cannot include more than two copies of the same card.
• If you are using Hero characters, you may not include Villain characters in your deck, or vice versa. Neutral cards may be included in any deck.
• Blue, Red, and Yellow cards may only be included in your deck if you have a character on your team of a matching color.
• Grey cards may be included in any deck.

Selecting a battlefield

• Each player must bring exactly 1 battlefield to the game.

TOURNAMENT RULES

Each player must bring a team of characters, a 30 card deck, 1 battlefield card, and all dice corresponding to their chosen cards to each tournament, as described above.

Dice do not have to be revealed before their corresponding cards are played.

• Each tournament will consist of 4 rounds of Swiss-paired matches.
• Each match will consist of one game.
• Each match will last 45 minutes, with no time in between matches.
• A match win will be worth 1 point, a match loss will be worth 0 points.
  • We will be using the published Fantasy Flight tournament tie-breaker rules to avoid match draws:
    1. The player who has less damage on their characters receives a win. To determine this, players count the total amount of damage on any characters in play and add the total health value of all their defeated characters to achieve a final number. If both players have the same total, proceed to step 2.
    2. The player with the most cards remaining in his or her deck and hand receives a win. If both players have the same number of cards remaining, proceed to step 3.
    3. The player who controls the battlefield at the end of the game receives a win.

LEAGUE SCORING

League standings will be determined by Match Win Percentage (MWP) as adjusted by Attendance.

Match Win Percentage = [Number of Matches Won] ÷ [Number of Matches Played]

Attendance Adjustment = ( [Matches Attended] - [Lowest Amount of Matches Attended Amongst League Participants] ) / 100

For example, if Joe has played 10 matches, and won 8 of them, his Match Win Percentage would be 80%. If Tim has played 6 matches and won 5 of them, his Match Win Percentage would be 83%.

To figure out Joe's attendance adjustment, we need to figure out who in the league has attended the least matches. If Joe has attended 10 league matches, and Tim has attended only 6 league matches (which is the fewest in the league), Joe's attendance adjustment will be 4% ((10-6)÷100), and Tim's adjustment will be 0% ((6-6)÷100).

Even though Tim's MWP is higher, at 83%, because of the Attendance adjustment, Joe would be ahead of him in the league with an 84% adjusted total.