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TOPIC: Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind

Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #1

The 2018 Orb of Dragonkind tokens for all Onyx Sets will NOT be enclosed with your pre-orders. They will be sent with your modules in November. This is due to a few reasons, but the biggest change is the inclusion of an RFID chip inside the token. This is being done for anti-counterfeiting reasons. More info to come around Gen Con time.

Thanks for your patience and your understanding.
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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #2

I can live without having the token early, though it's a bit disappointing. Love the security feature. Can you talk in more detail about how it will work and which tokens will have it?

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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #3

Not that I'll ever have an Orb, but RFID is a great idea.
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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #4

Love the RFID idea. Will we be seeing a request for the big tokens to be sent in to be replaced with the RFID chipped ones so we don't have to keep taking them out - for example the Charm of Avarice?

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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #5

Rebeg wrote: Love the RFID idea. Will we be seeing a request for the big tokens to be sent in to be replaced with the RFID chipped ones so we don't have to keep taking them out - for example the Charm of Avarice?


All treasure enhancing tokens would be awesome! I hated pulling them all out.

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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #6

We're working at the TE's being scanned in the Training Rooms. More info to come.
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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #7

Very glad to hear about the additional security measures. Interested to see how this will be implemented.
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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #8

For the 8K non-onyx orders, how will the orbs be replaced with the rfid version?

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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #9

That's great, I'd love for the TE tokens to be able to be scanned instead of having to take them all out to be inspected individually.

Will each one have a unique identity? Will this technology be applied to tokens like Eldritch Tokens as well?

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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #10

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Very cool, and loads of potential if we can just scan tokens like items at a grocery store.
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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #11

Picc wrote: Very cool, and loads of potential if we can just scan tokens like items at a grocery store.


It would be cool if it could work that way but I suspect we're looking at a wand that scans for authenticity and I suspect the RFID chips are pricey enough that they will only end up in the super rare tokens.
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Note Regarding 2018 Orb of Dragonkind 6 years 1 month ago #12

Security is a great thing given the investments that have been made.

RFID chips are a great way to do that.

Hopefully the scanning technology can be effective enough to evaluate 10 tokens close together without them being taken out of the carrying cases.
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