Saturday 24 March 2018

Gambit Sunday


Tomorrow we are once again helping to host Gambit Sunday! We will be there all day and doors open at 11am. Entry is free for children and just £2 for adults, so why not join us for a day of gaming?

We will be hosting a number of events tomorrow, including ...

MTG 25 DRAFT

Starting at 1pm and with an entry price of £24 (in addition to your Gambit entry) we will be drafting the new MTG set. There will be no booster prizes for this event but we will have some promo cards to hand out. The maximum amount of players for this event will be 10.

CARDFIGHT VANGUARD STORE CHALLENGE

Starting at 2pm and with an entry price of  just £1 (in addition to your Gambit entry). This event is open to all that have a deck and the winner will get a special certificate as well as the top 3 getting a special coupon to redeem at Spring Fest.

POKEMON TOURNAMENT

This event will actually be running at the shop in Tarmount Lane. Entry is £2 for juniors and seniors and £4 for adults. The tournament should finish by 1pm when players are welcome to move up to the Legion (there will be no additional entry fee). There will be booster prizes for this event depending on the amount of players we have.

In addition there will of course be a whole range of tabletop, board and card games being played. Feel free to bring something along or simply join in with someone else when you get there.

Snacks and drinks will be on sale as well as a small selection of toasted sandwiches and of course the shop will be open all day if you need any boosters or new games.

Friday 23 March 2018

Dice Masters Rotation 2018


Which sets are rotating out of Modern Age as of June 1st?
  • DC Comics Dice Masters: War of Light
  • Marvel Dice Masters: The Amazing Spider-Man
  • D&D Dice Masters: Faerûn Under Siege
  • DC Comics Dice Masters: World’s Finest
  • Marvel Dice Masters: Civil War
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dice Masters: Box Set
  • DC Comics Dice Masters: Green Arrow and The Flash
  • Marvel Dice Masters: Deadpool
Comprehensive Modern Age List (announced March 23rd, for official use June 1st) Modern Age will include the following sets :

  • Marvel Dice Masters: Doctor Strange Team Pack
  • Marvel Dice Masters: Iron Man and War Machine Starter Set
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dice Masters: Heroes In A Half-Shell Box Set
  • DC Comics Dice Masters: Batman
  • Marvel Dice Masters: Spider-Man Maximum Carnage Team Pack
  • DC Comics Dice Masters: Superman/Wonder Woman Starter Set
  • Marvel Dice Masters: Defenders Team Pack
  • Marvel Dice Masters: Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Marvel Dice Masters: X-Men First Class
  • D&D Dice Masters: Tomb of Annihilation
  • Marvel Dice Masters: The Mighty Thor
Future sets will be considered Modern Age one week after their release date. The following promos, and any promos releasing in 2018 will also be considered Modern Age:
  • Melinda May: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Terry McGinnis: Batman Beyond
  • Daredevil: Marvel Knight
  • Punisher: Marvel Knight
  • Stargirl: DC Bombshell
  • Lois Lane: DC Bombshell
  • Villainous Pact
  • Ant-Man: Tiny Regret
  • Baron Zemo: Citizen V
  • Thrown Car
  • Mxyzptlk: Golden Age Superman
  • Bizarro: Golden Age Superman
  • Ms. Marvel: Amazing Hero
  • Loki: Angsty Asgardian
  • Focus Power
  • Green Arrow: Archery Advocate
  • Roy Harper: Adolescent Archer
  • Strahd: Master of Ravenloft
  • Ant-Man: Classic Avenger
  • Captain America: Classic Avenger
  • Barry Allen: Fastest Man Alive
  • Professor Zoom: Thief
  • Deadpool: Deadpool Family Values
  • Lady Deadpool: Deadpool Family Values
  • Batgirl: Carrying the Mantle
  • Batman: “I Am the Night”
  • Robin: Reckoning
  • The Riddler: If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?
  • The Joker: The Laughing Fish
  • Talia al Ghul: Off Balance
  • Catwoman: The Cat and the Claw
  • Poison Ivy: Eternal Youth
  • Lockjaw: LJ
  • Medusa: Devoted Wife
  • Rocket Raccoon: Rigging Up Destruction
  • Groot: I, Am, GROOOOOOOT
  • Power Bolt: Basic Action Card
  • Blink: Warp-Powered Crystals
  • Morph: Exile
  • Sabretooth: Exile
  • Rigorous Training: Sidekick Card
Banned Cards (Modern Age):
  • Cosmic Cube: Energy of the Beyonders
Golden Age Banned Cards (Golden Age):
  • Relentless: Basic Action Card
  • Swords of Revealing Light: Basic Action Card

Thursday 22 March 2018

Pokemon Deck Shields


Due in tomorrow are the new 2018 Elite Trainer Deck Shields - Featuring Dusk Mane Necrozma and Dawn Wing Necrozma artwork.

Protect Your Favorite Deck in Style! Supercharge your Pokémon Trading Card Game action with the Elite Trainer Deck Shield! Each protective deck tin includes two Pokémon TCG booster packs, 45 Energy cards, and a storage compartment in the lid to hold dice and damage counters!

Tuesday 20 March 2018

Battlebond

A new product from MTG is inbound and due for release this June, and that product is BATTLEBOND...

"What in the world is Battlebond?

This is Gavin Verhey, senior game designer, product architect, and, most importantly for today, lead set designer of Battlebond! Battlebond is a set I'm incredibly proud of and excited by. I've had to keep this one a secret for years, and I'm thrilled to finally reveal it!

Battlebond is this year's "Draft innovation" set. You've seen Draft innovation sets in years past with Conspiracy, Conspiracy: Take the Crown, and Unstable. For 2018, we're doing something brand new: Battlebond!

So, what exactly is the new twist behind the drafting format this time?

Battlebond is the first set in Magic's history designed specifically for Two-Headed Giant play! Some sets, like Oath of the Gatewatch, have dabbled with this in the past, but Battlebond takes that to the next level. The new mechanics in Battlebond are unlike anything we've ever done in Magic, and they really elevate the promise of Two-Headed Giant to its full potential!

Little in Magic is better than playing with a friend. And whether you and your best friend have been playing for ages and want to team up together (paging Paul Cheon and Luis Scott-Vargas to the Draft queue!) or you're looking for the perfect chance to bring someone who is hoping to get their foot in the Magic door (perhaps a child, significant other, family member, or even just lapsed Magic player), Battlebond is the ideal set.

The set highlights so well what our 25th anniversary is about. It gives players who have stuck with Magic for a long time and made it a huge part of their lives a chance to play together, while simultaneously being a great chance to invite newer players in.

For Limited, you can play Battlebond in either Sealed Deck or Booster Draft. Like Conspiracy, it's a mix of reprint cards and new cards. There are 254 unique cards in total, and 85 of those cards are brand new, all of which will immediately be legal in Commander, Legacy, and Vintage! The rest are all reprints, some of which even have spiffy new artwork. (And many of them I think you'll be quiteexcited for.)

What kind of cool new cards are in the set? While I can't say much yet, I can say this: although the Limited gameplay experience is Two-Headed Giant, we knew that the cards needed to have a life outside of that format. As a result, many of the cards in the set are designed specifically with formats like Commander, Cube, and Legacy in mind!

Okay, so that's some of the gameplay details. But how about the flavor?

Conspiracy took place on Fiora. Unstable took place on Bablovia. Battlebond, too, has a new world to explore!

In Battlebond, we're going to Kylem, a never-before-seen plane in the Multiverse! On this world, beings flock from all over the plane to the arena of Valor's Reach, where two-on-two combat is the pinnacle of sport. The goal of the combatants isn't to kill their opponents outright, but to defeat them with style and flair. It's not really a win unless your spells and spectacles cause the crowd to go wild in the process!

What kind of flavor can you expect? After all, our worlds are normally built with flavorful creative underpinnings and tropes. Theros, for example, was Greek mythology. Innistrad was Victorian horror. Battlebond goes to a rich well of flavor Magic has never touched before: sports and games! Battlebondis our love letter to sports and e-sports alike.

I really wish I could tell you more—and now that the lid has been popped on this set, it's going to take all my restraint to keep quiet for a few more months. So for now, circle June 8 on your calendars to mark when Battlebond releases, and I'll be back in the weeks leading up to the release to tell you more about how we made the set."

Monday 19 March 2018

Spring Tins

In stock now...


The Pokémon TCG: Necrozma Prism Tin includes:
• 1 of 2 foil Pokémon-GX cards: Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX or Dusk Mane Necrozma-GX
• 4 Pokémon TCG booster packs
• A code card to unlock a playable deck in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online

Friday 16 March 2018

Banagrams

Coming soon ...




Fast and frantic, players race against each other to build crossword grids. And it requires no pencil, paper, or board. In this addictive word game, speed wins, not points. You’ll have a bunch of fun as you race to the finish by using all of your letter tiles first! BANANAGRAMS comes in a small portable banana-shaped pouch and is perfect for everyone 7 & up; at home or on the go.

We will be getting the original plus the junior and party versions...



Our new layout!

Today I officially got the keys to our third room at 8 Tarmount Lane. This is something that I have been hoping to get for over a year so it quiet a milestone moment. I have spent the day clearing the stock from the back room and moving it to the new room and just managed to get things finished in time for tonight's FNM.




The new room is now basically our shop and the other two rooms make up our gaming area. We now have space for 22 players (plus a further 4/6 if needing in the shop area). This will really help with our Pokemon Leagues on Tuesday and Thursday and should allow players to have a more enjoyable experience.

If your passing please pop in and have a look and see what you think.

Wednesday 14 March 2018

A new room?

This week I think I have been given a great opportunity. I have been given the chance to rent the third room on the ground floor at number 8.


Previously I have looked at an extra room on the first floor, but have been unable to secure it. Having an extra room, especially on the ground floor would allow me to run KD Games night at the shop and increase our capacity for both Pokemon League and FNM events.

At the moment I am discussing rent and should know by Friday if this really is as good an opportunity as I hope.

Tuesday 13 March 2018

Uncanny Xmen

Back in stock today is ...



Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men is a collectible dice-building tabletop game designed by Quarriors! creators Michael Elliott and Eric M. Lang.

In this game — which features Wolverine, Magneto, Cyclops, Iceman, Psylocke, the Sentinels and more — each player fields a superhero team, with each hero being represented by custom-tooled dice. Each hero also has one or more character reference cards, which show the special abilities for the characters based on the die rolls.  Players use these dice to collect energy, recruit new heroes, and battle head-to-head. In addition, each player brings two basic action cards to the game, which are placed in the center of the table; both players can purchase these cards. A player wins once the opposing player has been reduced to zero life.

The Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men starter set comes with 44 custom dice, 38 cards, two dice bags, and a core rulebook. Characters included in the starter set are:
  • Angel (3 commons - 1 uncommon)
  • Cyclops (3 commons - 1 uncommon)
  • Iceman (3 commons - 1 uncommon)
  • Juggernaut (3 commons - 1 uncommon)
  • Kitty Pride (3 commons - 1 uncommon)
  • Magneto (3 commons - 1 uncommon)
  • Quicksilver (3 commons - 1 uncommon)
  • Wolverine (3 commons - 1 uncommon)

Monday 12 March 2018

Dice Masters : Exiles

Unhinged from time, join the Exiles in correcting realities gone wrong, and prevent the collapse of the entire Multiverse! 

Blink, Morph, and Sabretooth from across different realities come together in the Marvel Dice Masters: Exiles Monthly OP Kit.

This week our Thursday Night Tournament (TNT) will be a Modern Age Constructed Dice Masters event.

The first round will start at 7pmEntry will cost £2 per player and there will be a number of 1v1 swiss rounds to determine the eventual event winner.

Everyone that enters the event will be entitled to receive one 'Blink, Warp Powered Crystals' Card. The top 4 players will also get a 'Morph, Exile' Card and the winner will receive a copy of 'Sabretooth, Exile' Card.

We will be using the official rules for this event, if we get 8 or less players then matches will be best of 3 and will be timed at a 50 minutes.