Who can buy the merch kits?

Anyone with an Apprentice certification or higher will be able to purchase this first wave of merch kits. Shipping addresses must be in Canada, Europe, or the United States.

How do I ensure my profile is public?

Navigate to: https://nexus.cascadegames.com/accounts/profile/edit and adjust settings there. You can search on: https://nexus.cascadegames.com/users/ to ensure that your settings are correct.

What is in these kits?

Heroic Protector Kit - $130

Villainous Collector Kit $135

When can I purchase them?

The sale will go live at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (7 PM GMT) on January 27th. You can use this link to determine your local time. This time may be pushed back, and we will update this page with the additional information as it becomes available.

When will the kits ship?

Shipping will occur within two weeks of order placement.

What are shipping costs?

Shipping to locations in the United States is included in the price. Orders to locations the EU, UK and Canada do not include shipping and handling..

Where can I buy these?

US Purchases

United Kingdom, European and Canadian Purchases: Heroic Protector and Villainous Collector

How many kits are available?

Our initial release will be 250 Heroic Protector kits and 300 Villainous Collector kits.

How many kits can I buy?

Each person can purchase up to three copies of the Heroic Protector kit and up to three copies of the Villainous Collector kit.

What are you doing to ensure that judges get these promos and not scalpers?

We will verify that each person who purchased a kit is a certified Judge Apprentice or L1 SWU Judge and we limit purchases to a playset per judge.

Is this the only way to get these promos?

These promos will be available in future Merch kits. Some promos will also be offered at various official Cascade Games Judge Meetups at events. You must be a certified judge with a public profile in order to receive promos at those gatherings. The exact promo or promos you receive will be determined on an event-by-event basis.

How many of the promos exist?

These merch kits do not represent the entirety of our stock.

Am I allowed to sell my promos?

Once you’ve received them, they’re yours, and you can sell and trade them, even to non-judges.

Why aren’t you shipping to [Location]?

There is extensive logistical overhead to shipping internationally, and the cost of shipping, handling, and import fees would make the cost of the merch kits prohibitive. We are continuously working to find new shipping and distribution partners to increase the areas we are able to ship merch kits.

In the meantime, we recommend coordinating with someone who is in one of our active-shipping regions and having the merch kit sent to their address, and then it can be forwarded to you.

I don’t want the merch, just the promos. Can I buy those?

The promos can not be purchased from Cascade as a standalone item.

How do I become a judge?

You can begin taking lessons for the Judge Apprentice and L1 certifications on https://nexus.cascadegames.com/lessons/. You can find exams on https://nexus.cascadegames.com/exams/.

Will all merch kits be available to Judge Apprentices?

Most future merch kits will require a Level 1 certification. However, some kits may be made available to Judge Apprentices.

It is also possible that some kits may also be made available to individuals not certified as judges, but they will not receive the gift of judge promos.

I’m interested in these promos but can not afford them. Are there any other ways to get them?

Some judge promos may be given as gifts to judges who attend official judge meetups. Specific promos are not guaranteed. No meetups have been confirmed at this point in time, but possibilities include times and locations close to UK Games Expo, PAX East and West, the Galactic Championship, Spiel Essen, and others.