Star Wars: Unlimited - Stockist Information

Retailers who organise an official pre-release event will be permitted to sell Star Wars: Unlimited - Homeworlds TCG spotlight deck, boosters, carbonites and associated Gamegenic accessories in store during prerelease week 2nd until the 8th of October.

Please note that any store that signs up for Prerelease will receive their stock early by default.

This will allow stores to take full advantage of the pre-release hype by organising more casual in store events in the pre-release week whilst also giving players the opportunity to not only take part in the pre-release but to keep playing at the time they are most excited about the launch of the new set. Stores can also run multiple pre-release events during this period.

Stores running official pre-release events are allowed to sell singles from the set in-store during prerelease week. Stores shipping singles from the set need to abide by the release date. Singles cards need to arrive with your customer on or after the release date –and not before.

Additionally, stores running pre-release can give their customers the Hobby Next promos in store when they pick up their pre-order of at least 6 boosters and 1 Spotlight deck as part of this early sales period.

Prepare to enter a galaxy of infinite possibilities!

To propel your store and your gaming community into this galaxy, the teams at FFG, Gamegenic and Hobby Next have designed exclusive new accessories as part of the Hobby Next program! To propel your store and your gaming community into this galaxy, the teams at FFG, Gamegenic and Hobby Next have designed exclusive new accessories as part of the Hobby Next program!

How can I take part?

Setting up this operation takes very little time on your part. Just follow the steps below.

1. Pre-order a minimum of 6 booster displays (FFGSWH0902) and 1 Spotlight Deck Deck CDU (FFGSWH0910) to get exclusive acrylic base cards and weakness tokens. These are for in store promotion only and not to be used in conjunction with any distance selling. Exclusive accessories will also be available on forthcoming sets to create an incredible collection.
   
2. From 31st July, post the pre-order offer to your community using the visual and text communicated via this newsletter.

Get ready to enter a galaxy of endless possibilities!

This includes:

• New to Star Wars Unlimited C3OP
• Organised Play Software
• Prerelease Events
• Store Showdowns
• Planetary Qualifiers

New to Star Wars Unlimited C3OP?

You will need to sign your store up to have a retail account on the Star Wars Unlimited site. Doing this is easy and will allow players to find your event and will attract them to your store.

1.) Visit www.starwarsunlimited.com

2.) Select ‘Player Portal’ at the top of the screen. This will take you to the Asmoconnect Sign in page.

3.) Select ‘Sign up here’ and add your details.

4.) Once you have signed up, return to the Star Wars Unlimited site and click on your Profile icon at the top of the screen. This should give you your Unlimited ID number

5.) Complete this short form including your Unlimited ID number: 

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Once we have verified your account as a retail account you will be able to schedule and advertise your events on the official www.Starwarsunlimited.com site. You will need to link your account's unique SWU ID to your Melee account.

All stores who are running Star Wars Unlimited events are required to use Melee.gg to run
their events and pairings etc.

Information on how to get started on Melee.gg can be found here.

Information on how to set up Star Wars Unlimited on Melee.gg can be found here.

It is not Mandatory to use Melee.gg as an entry fee collection tool for a store.

However, if a store chooses to use melee.gg for collecting entry fees, then the usual application fees from Melee.gg will apply when they pay entry fees.

Stores are also required to add their events to the Star Wars Unlimited event finder. 

Need help with Melee? Please click here

Promote the upcoming set with assets from our online media kit here. 

Prerelease Events

Stores who have run a prerelease before will have kits automatically added to their preorders at point of solicitation which will need approval. Any bricks and mortar store who wishes to run a prerelease for the first time may order up to 2 prerelease kits (16 players worth) by contacting their Account Handler.  Stores that report their prereleases are eligible for Store Showdown kits.

• 1 CDU of Star Wars Unlimited – Homeworlds for every 2 pre-release kits you are invoiced for. To be used for prize support for your event. (Stores who are invoiced for 1 Prerelease Kit will receive 1 CDU of FOC boosters).
• 1 Weekly play kit for every 2 Prerelease Kits you are invoiced for. Each weekly play kits contains promos to support the 8 week season for 8 players (Stores who are invoiced for 1 Pre-release kit will receive 1 weekly play kit). Weekly Play kits will arrive with your launch stock and are to be used to support casual play throughout the season (October 2026 – Feb 2027), more weekly play kits will be supplied mid-season to stores who have reported correctly.
  

Store Showdowns

Store showdowns are friendly casual tournaments and is the last step in the casual OP offering before competitive events.

The kits contain exclusive promotional cards for participation and prizes. Kits cover up to 32 players.

The Window to run a Store Showdown is from 1st of November through to the 31st of January. These need to be reported on Melee.

Stores that do not report their Homeworlds Pre-release on Melee will have their application to run a Store Showdown removed. Once we have reviewed the pre-release data we will send a confirmation e-mail to confirm that your Showdown application is successful.

You will need to add your Store Showdown date to the Star Wars Unlimited website finder. We will share a list of all Store Showdowns for the UK & Eire, with the UK Star Wars Unlimited Facebook & Discords.

When selecting a date to run your Store Showdown we would advise that you work with other local stores to avoid date clashes, this gives the players more Showdown options to attend.

Store Showdown kits will be sent out to qualifying stores in late July Store Showdown kits are supplied FOC along with a free display of Star Wars: Unlimited – Homeworlds Boosters.

To register interest in running a Store Showdown please use this form: Store Showdown form

Planetary Qualifiers

There will be 16 Planetary Qualifiers (PQ’s) in the UK for Star Wars: Unlimited - Homeworlds. These have already been selected and will run from 7th November 2026 through to 31st January 2027.

PQ’s are the entry level to more serious SWU competition & the path to the Galactic championship in Season 3.
The selected stores and dates will be announced by FFG.

Submissions for Planetary Qualifiers for set 9 will open sometime during this season so if you can hold an in-store tournament for 33 – 128 players & would like to run one, you can start working on your submission application now.

Sector & Regional will be announced by Fantasy Flight Games.