[EricH]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Having the exact brand and model of the game piece really is important.

And batch (2012).

The one year it wasn't all THAT important was 2009--but part of that was because teams did some reverse engineering on the limited supply available and came up with their own knockoffs that worked all right (but weren't the real thing).


That being said, I do think that this is something that should be expanded, IF this test works as planned. I don't trust that gamepiece X will be a common, everyday, "found in your local WalMart" item regardless of what anybody says (again, 2009 memories).