Ever wanted to learn to play MTG?

 

This Saturday afternoon from 2pm we will be running the first of our Magic Academy Events. This event is designed for people that are new to Magic the Gathering.

You do not need to have ever played MTG or in fact any other trading card games or board games. Simply turn up and we will teach you how to play this great game. We have some starter decks available for anyone that want to learn and there is a great new product available as part of the new Foundations set which is the Beginners Box Set.

The Beginner Box is designed to teach you how to play Magic. It will walk you through your first game turn by turn, then help you to start playing on your own. Once you've learned how to play, you can mix and match ten different themes of cards. Each theme is tailored toward new players and offers a glimpse into what Magic has in store for you.

Each Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box includes the following:

• 10 Themed Jumpstart decks
• Each deck includes 20 cards from Foundations.
• Shuffle two together and play!
• Jumpstart decks are predetermined and designed for beginner play.
• 2 Reference cards
• 1 Reference guide booklet
• 2 "How to Play" guides
• 2 Gameboard playmats
• 2 Spindown life counters

The Beginner Box contains ten themed Jumpstart decks, two of which (the Vampires and Cats decks) are specifically ordered for the tutorial. These decks are not to be shuffled. If they become out of order and need to be reordered, don't worry! 

Darksteel Colossus

We will provide one promo to any participant of Magic Academy: Learn to Play that purchases a Beginner Box, Starter Collection, or any Starter Kit.

We will also provide one promo to any participant of Magic Academy that helps a new play by either playing a game with them or helping to teach them to play.

11th Anniversary Discount

Today is KD Games 11th Birthday. We renamed the shop front of our business in 2013 when we stopped selling toys and concerntrated on board games and card games.

To celebrate this we are offering 11% off of all of our Bolt Action products. This includes the brand new 3rd edition box set ...

This is already a great buy at £90. It contains the rules, two armies, templates, tokens, dice, etc. It is everything you need to get started. With the 11% birthday discount it takes this down to £80. If this is more than you need we have both armies that are in this box available seperately. We have Fallschirmjager Platoon (Winter) and is now just and Us Army Infantry Platoon (Winter) both of which were £35 and will now be just £31. There are many other Bolt Action products in store that will also be part of this great offer. 

If table top gaming isn't your thing we also have a birthday discount on some board games. We have both Ticket to Ride London and Star Realms at 11% off. If TCG's are more your thing then why not try Universus, all decks will also have 11% off.

This offer will only last for a limited amount of time! In keeping with the 11 theme, these offers will last just 11 days, starting today to ending on Saturday 23rd November. (Although there is limited amount of stock for all of these items so offers are subject to availability)

What cards do you get in the new MTG Foundations Starter Set?

There are several items in the new Starter Set but what makes it different to other products in the MTG range is that it contains over 200 cards that are specifically inculded to help you build your first MTG decks. Here is the ful list of cards in each colour.

WHITE 

COLOURLESS

MULTICOLOURED

GREEN

RED

BLACK

BLUE

MAGIC - LEARN TO PLAY AND DECK BUILDING EVENTS

Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has announced a new event series aimed at helping players new to Magic: The Gathering learn to play — Welcome to Magic Academy!

Magic Academy events will be KD GAMES on Saturday 16th and 23rd at 2pm and will provide new players all the “…knowledge and tools to start playing the game…” 

During its inception with the release of Magic Foundations in November, there will be two types of Magic Academy events: Learn to Play and Deck Building.

What is a Learn to Play Event?

Date : Saturday 16th November @ 2pm until 6pm

Learn to Play events are designed to be the first step in teaching new players the ropes. 

Attendees will be provided a “…brochure that breaks down the basics of the game, along with a reference card with all the essential details.” Players will also receive Welcome Decks to help teach the “…fundamental rules of the game, like the turn order, how combat works, and how to cast spells.”

What is a Deck Building Event?

Date : Saturday 23rd November @ 2pm until 6pm Cost : £30

The Deck Building event is targeted at slightly more advanced players, including those who attended a Learn to Play event. Attendees will first watch a video from Magic Designer, Gavin Verhey, covering the basics of deck building, before being given six Play Boosters from which they’ll build a 40-card deck. 

As an additional bonus, players who purchase any intro products during Magic Academy events will earn this borderless, foil Blightsteel Colossus promo. Viable Magic intro products include:

• Starter Kits
• Foundations Beginner Box, 
• Foundations Starter Collection
• Six or more Play Boosters from a set
• Includes Bundles and Play Booster boxes

Community Tutor will be on hand at both events and will be wearing special Ajani pins to help you identify them

MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOUNDATIONS STARTER COLLECTION AND COMMUNITY TUTORS

Dive into the Multiverse with the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Starter Collection. 

Perfect for players who've learned the basics and are looking to venture into the realm of building their first deck, the Starter Collection contains everything you need to begin collecting the world's premier trading card game

Each Starter Collection includes the following: 

• 387 Magic: The Gathering cards Includes 26 traditional foil cards
• 3 Magic: The Gathering Foundations Play Boosters
• 90 Basic lands Of those, 10 are full-art basic lands.
• 13 Tokens
• 2 Reference cards
• 1 "How to Build Your Deck" booklet
• 1 Click wheel

The Starter Collection contains over 350 cards from Foundations for you to play with. Those cards will be legal in Standard until at least 2029, so you'll be able to hone your skills and strategy for many years to come. 

Additionally, there are three cards not from Foundations that will help you build a Commander deck: Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and Command Tower. 

Do you like teaching MTG? 

If you do then we are looking for you. We are looking for three people to help teach new players the skill that they need to start on this exciting hobby. You must be available on Saturday 16th November at 2pm until 6pm for our Learn how to play sessions and then again on the 23rd November for our deck building sessions. 

We will pick our three MTG Community Tutors and will give them a special PIN to help identify them to new players. As in store today for more details.

I will post tomorrow all of the cards that youill find in this box set, broken down into colours.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOUNDATIONS BEGINNER BOX

Learning to play Magic: The Gathering has never been easier! Magic: The Gathering Foundations offers tons of ways to enjoy the game, whether you've just started playing or are a seasoned Magic superfan. Foundations releases on November 15, 2024, ushering in a new era for Magic.

The Beginner Box is designed to teach you how to play Magic. It will walk you through your first game turn by turn, then help you to start playing on your own. Once you've learned how to play, you can mix and match ten different themes of cards. Each theme is tailored toward new players and offers a glimpse into what Magic has in store for you.

Each Magic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box includes the following:

• 10 Themed Jumpstart decks
  Each deck includes 20 cards from Foundations.
  Shuffle two together and play!
  Jumpstart decks are predetermined and designed for beginner play.
• 2 Reference cards
• 1 Reference guide booklet
• 2 "How to Play" guides
• 2 Gameboard playmats
• 2 Spindown life counters

The Beginner Box contains ten themed Jumpstart decks, two of which (the Vampires and Cats decks) are specifically ordered for the tutorial. These decks are not to be shuffled. If they become out of order and need to be reordered, don't worry! 

For new players we will be running special introductory days in the weeks following the release. More details of these events to follow tomorrow along with details of the new Deck Building Starter Kit.

WEEKLY EVENT PRIZING - UNIVERSUS

Each month, we distribute a fresh Alternate-Art Promo card to all of our Universus players. To ensure you get a complete playset, join at least 4 events monthly.

These events a scheduled for Wednesdays from 6pm but you are welcome to play anytime you like. Simply play a game against another player whilst in the shop and you will qualify for a promo card.

This month's cards is...

This will be available from Wednesday 6th November. Players are also welcome to choose from any of the older promo cards that we still have available if they prefer.

Rewards for Participation:

One Monthly Alternate-Art Promo

Rewards for Winning:

One Victory Alternate-Art Promo for the event's champion

MTG Foundations - Prerelease Kits

With the new MTG Foundations set in store from this weekend it is time to start looking at the products that will be available.

First up we will look at the Pre-release kits as these will likely be the first product that most players will come across...

Magic: The Gathering Foundations Prerelease Pack
Release Date: Nov 8, 2024

The best time for your first Magic prerelease is now. Dive into Foundations, and experience quintessential Magic: The Gathering by playing with and collecting cards selected to give every player the advantage. Whether a past, present, or future Magic player, Foundations invite you to share your spark!

Prerelease is your first opportunity to get your hands on the newest Magic: The Gathering release and explore what the set has to offer. Prerelease Packs contain everything a player needs to be guided through deckbuilding and begin facing off in epic one-on-one matches.

Contents:

• 6 Magic: The Gathering Foundations Play Boosters
• 1 Traditional Foil Rare/Mythic with a year stamp
• 1 Magic: The Gathering Arena code card
• Spindown life counter

What is in a Play Boosters?

Boosters include 

• 1–4 cards of rarity Rare or higher (2: 26%; 3: 2%; 4: <1%) 
• 3–5 Uncommon
• 6–9 Common
• 1 Land cards.
• 1 card of any rarity is Traditional Foil. Foil Borderless Mythic Planeswalker in <1% of boosters. Traditional Foil Land replaces a Land in 20% of boosters.

When are our Prerelease events?

There will be three events on one Friday at 7pm, one on Saturday at 2pm and one on Sunday at 11am. These can be booked online now.

Tomorrow we will look at the Foundations beginners box

New this week - Altered TCG

 New in this week at KD Games is the great new TCG called Altered.

Play as a Hero, choose a faction and lead your expeditions into the unknown in this innovative TCG set in a modern and colorful fantasy universe.

• A unique and modern experience
• Race your opponents to victory in a non-combative game of exploration
• Enjoy fast-paced games and lightning quick turns in a dynamic back-and-forth
• Collect one-off in the world unique cards and surprise your opponents with unprecedented decks
• Discover a modern and accessible mana system
• Replay cards from your Reserve to benefit from different abilities and whole new strategies
• Adapt to ever changing situations with cards that never remain in play for more than a few turns

We have played a few games and it is very different to other TCG's and etremely good fun to play. I have searched the internet for a good tutorial and this seems to cover the mechanics well...

So fat we have only had a small amount of stock for it including one of each of the 6 starter decks. More stock is due to arrive next week and once it does I will put together a demo kit. So we should be able to teach this game by next weekend. 

Anger Smash

Today we have added two new games to our Library, the first one is this very simple card game for two to five players.

Anger Smash is a light strategy set-collecting card game that will have you on the edge of your seat as tensions rise and alliances shift. The theme revolves around the concept of maintaining a balanced state of mind, represented by the Anger and Zen sets you must collect. Ideal for family and travel!

The gameplay is deceptively simple: Players race to collect four matching Anger cards and four matching Zen cards. However, the real excitement comes from the strategic use of Bloodboilers (events that make your blood boil) and Disruptors (sneaky cards that can hinder your opponents). Players must carefully decide whether to focus on building their own sets, sabotaging others, or forming temporary alliances to obstruct the leader.

The game is fast-paced, with each round offering players the choice to draw a new card, take a matching card from the centre pile, or play a BloodBoiler or Disruptor card. The tension ratchets up as players get closer to completing their sets, and a single well-timed move can often determine the winner.

Wonky

In Wonky, players try to get rid of the cards in their hand by stacking blocks on top of one another, ideally setting up the blocks so that someone else takes a spill and gets stuck with more cards in hand. The trick to doing this are the special blocks in the game: nine blocks — with three each in small, medium and large sizes — with three of the block sides being flat and three being curved. Set up the blocks in the right way, and you can block an opponent's path to victory.