Wednesday, 13 November 2024

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)


Saturday, 9 November 2024

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


Thursday, 7 November 2024

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.

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

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.

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

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

Saturday, 2 November 2024

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. 




Friday, 1 November 2024

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.



Thursday, 31 October 2024

Commander Party: Duskmourn: House of Horror


Commander Party is a Commander event where players are immersed in the Duskmourn: House of Horror setting and story. The special rules for Commander Party are designed specifically around the theme of the set, found nowhere else.

These events are ideal for players of all experiences, where they participate in a casual in-store event and get absorbed in the world of Magic.


At Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander Party, players will explore a haunted house, spending mana to unlock new rooms that grant different effects to the players and the game. Will they make it out alive? Who will be the last one standing? Players will have to persist if they want to survive the house of ever-shifting horrors!

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

Halloween Special Offer


 Although some of our MTG fans may have missed out on the Duskmourn House of Horror Trick or Treat Sealed event last Sunday, there is still chance to get a special Halloween Treat.

Anyone spending £30 or over on MTG products between today and this coming Saturday will get a special Halloween treat bag for free (while stocks last). This bag will contain a few older MTG promo cards (which will be randomly distributed in the bags, and although everyone will get 4 cards they could be pretty much anything.) The bag will or include either 1 Innistrad Midnight Hunt Collectors booster or 4 Theros Beyond Death Draft Boosters.

These bags will be randomly allocated when you make your purchase and there is a very limited amount of bags available. 

With a new delivery today of Duskmourn Play Boosters, we now have boosters for all of the latest three sets. Whether is woodland creatures, cowboy themed or house of horror that interests you there really is no better time to buy some MTG products.

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Inbound - Halo Flash Point

At long last the Halo Flashpoint Skirmish Game is coming to KD Games. Next week we will start to demo this great new game system and it will be launching in November...

The year is 2560.

Humanity was forced to the brink of extinction by the alien alliance known as the Covenant, and even in victory many of our worlds were glassed and left in ruins.

From the ashes of the Covenant War a new generation of super-soldiers has been trained in the War Games simulation, pitting Spartan fire teams against an almost infinite combination of potential threats - including each other.



Halo Flashpoint is the officially licensed tactical miniatures game for two players. Begin your journey in the War Games combat arena, bringing a range of classic Halo game modes, troop types, and weapons to life on your tabletop. Discover an exciting game that's easy to learn, challenging to master, and rewards cool thinking under fire!

Want to find out more? Then watch this video or pop in to our shop on the High Street in Shoreham...



Thursday, 17 October 2024

Magic the Gathering Duskmourn Store Championship

The final store championship event of 2024 is here. As part of the Duskmourn season this will be happening during our Halloween Week


Scheduling: Tuesday 29th October 2024 @7pm
Format: Standard
Entry Fee: £5 per player and is open to up to 16 players.
Pairing Method: Swiss

Prizes for this event will be as follows...
THE EVENT WINNER GETS A FULL ART FOIL VOID WINNOWER

EVERYONE GETS A COPY OF CHROMATIC SPHERE AND THE TOP EIGHT WILL ALSO GET A FOIL REALITY SMASHER


What is Store Championship?

Store Championship is a structured, in-store tournament program that follows many major Magic: The Gathering releases. It is an opportunity for your players to compete and earn commemorative promos.

For Duskmourn: House of Horror's play season, the event will also be the last one for 2024

Store Championship events are a great way to play the new cards a set brings to the Standard format. To allow you to develop your decks and hone your skills, players should consider playing in additional Standard events (such as Standard Showdown and FNM) leading up to Store Championship.

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans (2024)


In AQUA, your starting point is a hot spot that gradually becomes surrounded by expanding coral formations. These corals serve as habitats for small marine animals. By fostering biodiverse habitats, you can then create ideal conditions for attracting the largest marine animals.

AQUA plays over 17 rounds. On your turn, you must take a new coral tile from the market and add it to your reef, then you may also attract animals to your ecosystem if you create the correct patterns of coral.

At the end of the game, the player who grew the best coral formations and attracted the most large and small sea animals will score the most points and win.

AQUA invites you to dive into the beauty and wonder of the ocean, delivering an incredible variety of gameplay experiences for the whole family.

To see how to play then please watch this video by 'Watch it Played'
 

White Dwarf 505 – Orks for Orktober

It's October, and that means just one thing at the Warhammer Studio – it's time to think about Orks, Orruks, and Orcs. Issue 505 of White Dwarf is devoted to all things brutal and kunnin' – and full of features for fans of these fungal thugs.

The centrepiece attraction is a massive mega battle report, with a brand new mission: Squig Rustlin'. The hook is simple: two warring clans of Orks are fighting over a delicious horde of bounding Squigs. Whoever gets the most Squig meat by the end of the game wins – with bonus points if you duff up an enemy warboss. Six players from the Warhammer Studio take part in this rambunctious roundup, and mission rules are included so you can play it at home.

We get a look at Jack Masters' Da Great Waaagh!, a mighty 6,500-point collection amassed over many years, and featuring two amazing looted Imperial Knights – Da Gorkaknights. It's an amazing thing to behold and a true inspiration for fans of all things mean and green.

Elsewhere there's a bundle of new Hymns of Battle Crusade rules for your Adepta Sororitas which can be used as standalone rules, or in combination with the existing rules in their Codex, and they're accompanied by details of what the Order of the Argent Shroud are up to in the Chalnath Expanse.

In the Mortal Realms, Flashpoint Moulderhunt finishes in a typically brash assault into the depths of Moulderport, and there's a battleplan where the Stormcast Eternals attempt to destroy one of the Skaven’s infernal Warpshatter Bells. There’s an extensive article on the design of the new Skaven miniatures, which also explores their 39 year history as miniatures in Warhammer.


The Bunker has all the regular features you know and love, including new scenarios of the month, and the rules behind the team's upcoming foray – a Warhammer 40,000 Crusade campaign. New Zone Mortalis rules and missions for the Horus Heresy let you relieve the Fall of Nyrcon City, and Pete Fehevari has a gruesome short horror story to curdle your blood just in time for Halloween.


Taken from the Warhammer Community Website.

Friday, 11 October 2024

Army Painter Wet Palette

New in this week at KD Games is the Army Painter Wet Palette XL Wargamers Edition.

The best Wet Palette just got bigger and better! Superior quality and custom-designed to keep acrylic paints preserved, perfectly smooth, and creamy. The Wargamers Edition Wet Palette comes with a special hard plastic inner layer design featuring 30 paint wells for Speedpaints and Washes.

  • Features:Keep your paints fresh for longer
  • Excellent for colour blending
  • Paint wells for Washes and Speedpaints

Contents:1x Palette Case
  • 1x Paint Palette
  • 50x Wargamer Hydro Sheets
  • 2x Wargamer Hydro Foams 


Thursday, 10 October 2024

MTG - Trick or Treat


Celebrate Halloween with a spook-tacular event that invites players to participate in a Sealed Deck event with a chilling twist. 

Participating players who dare to register for the Trick event with their Wizards Account will receive a Trick Event Goodie Bag containing 4 Duskmourn: House of Horror Play Boosters and 2 random Magic: The Gathering boosters, which may be Play, Draft, Set, or Collector Boosters 

With their goodie bags in hand, players will then create a 40-card deck from the contents of the boosters and begin facing off in one-on-one matches with other participants! 

All players will begin the game with the following emblem, found in their bags: "Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, choose one: Trick – create a treasure token. Treat – create a food token."

Wednesday, 9 October 2024

MTG Welcome Decks

The new MTG Welcome Decks are now being used to teach new players this great game. If you would like to see the cards that are in these decks here are the full decks lists for each colour...

GREEN

RED

BLACK
BLUE

WHITE


Tuesday, 8 October 2024

Want to learn to play Magic the Gathering?

Welcome Decks return to KD Games this week. This are available for new players through in-store events as one way to help them learn the game.

There are five different Welcome Decks—one for each color of Magic—with 30 cards each. Each Welcome Deck includes two 30-card decks in each box; one in an indicated color, and the other a random one of the five mana colors in Magic.


Similar to Jumpstart packs, a player can take two of the 30-card decks, shuffle them together, and instantly have a 60-card deck to play with! With mix-and-match gameplay that's repeatable and mechanically simple, these are a great way to teach your friends and family about Magic.

Welcome Decks are not Standard-legal. Instead containing a wide array of cards from across Magic's history meant to showcase everything the game has to offer, including some Booster Fun versions of cards.

If you want to learn to play this great game then simply pop in and ask for a time or book online. It only takes 30 minutes to pick up the basics and opens the door to a life long hobby and friendly community of players.

You can book for this and many other TCG's on our website...



Friday, 4 October 2024

KD Games - League Cup Results

Last Sunday is was our League Cup Tournament. There were 13 players (1 senior and 12 masters)

After 4 rounds of Swiss and a top 4 cut for the Masters the final standings were...


Congratulations for Tom and Barnaby our two winners.

A big thank you to everyone that attended and made it such an enjoyable event. A special thank you to Ian for being our judge for the day. He also compiled a bit of information for those that want to know what was being played...

Out of the 13 decks the breakdown was: 
Charizard - 5 (38.4%) 
Raging Bolt / Ogerpon - 3 (23.1%) 
Roaring Moon - 2 (15.4%) 
Palkia / Dusknoir - 1 (7.7%) 
Dragapult - 1 (7.7%) 
Regidrago - 1 (7.7%) 

Results Breakdown  

The cut saw Dan (Charizard) beat Ryan (Raging Bolt) and Tom (Raging Bolt) beat Greg (Regidrago) to set up the tightest of finals with Tom finally beating Dan in a tie breaking game after finishing regular time tied at one game a piece.

Thanks to Ian for compiling this information

Universus Cowboy Bebop/Trigun

In stock now at KD Games

Both of these decks offer unique playstyles with ever-popular anime characters. Who doesn’t love the age-old question, “Who would win in a fight? Godzilla or Vash the Stampede?” Or how about “Spike Spiegel vs. Nott the Brave—who is victorious?” Well, our brand-new Challenger Series format gives you the best chance to answer those very questions.

Vash the Stampede comes side by side with Nicholas D. Wolfwood in this explosive Challenger Series deck. This deck offers a unique gameplay experience, as you try to manipulate the top card of your discard pile throughout the game. One of the best cards to find is Seen It All, as this foundation can give you free stats on every attack if you get the correct card on top of your discard pile throughout the turn. Fear not—if the top card isn’t what you want, there are several ways to help change it at a moment's notice. Pitching In literally moves a card to the top of the discard pile for our deck, while attacks like Fan the Hammer and Merciful Volley help mill multiple cards from the top of our deck. When we mill more than one card off the top, we get to choose the order in which they go into the discard pile, ensuring the perfect card is on top each time. Using these tools is not only the heart of the deck, but it also brings uniqueness to each time you pick up the deck. Games become exciting when you mill four cards with Fan the Hammer and get your opponent with the classic "gotcha," milling four attacks for +8 damage.



Ultimately, the choice between Vash and Wolfwood comes down to whether you want to be aggressive or not. In typical pacifist fashion, Vash trades attacks in hand for more cards overall, and his mill ability provides an extra burst of speed on all the attacks we keep. Wolfwood, on the other hand, is far more aggressive in nature, and it reflects in his character. Utilizing momentum for card draw and milling for damage leads to a faster game, should you choose to play that way.



If Trigun Stampede isn’t quite your speed and you want to take your play to the stars, then Cowboy Bebop might be for you instead. Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine headline this Challenger Series, and their game is all about flipping foundations.

This deck wants to get its board flipped for a high variety of abilities that both characters utilize. Whether we're pumping speed with Fallen Angel's Revenge or reaching ten flipped foundations to make our attacks unblockable with Welcome to Space Land, we are making sure our board is turning face down. This deck doesn't just push offense, though—cards like Fast Friendship help give us a benefit for having so many face-down foundations in our staging area. The end outcome of this deck may often be the same, with a board full of face-down foundations, but getting there is the fun and exciting part of the gameplay. You, as the player, get to choose how and when to use these powerful abilities, and sometimes, you even get to double up on them. Falling Heel Strike does a great job of letting us flip a foundation like Leaving the Bebop for its ability, then unflip it with Heel Strike. Because of the way our game works, this interaction lets us use Leaving the Bebop again if we have enough momentum. Sometimes, this alone can generate enough card advantage to take the game.



If you're trying to decide which character to choose to pilot this deck, it has similarities to our previous deck. Spike Spiegel is a more traditional six-hand-size aggressive character. He wants to have a large board all flipped face down so he can pump huge stats. Cards like Light It Up go a long way in providing consistent damage across multiple attacks. Faye Valentine, on the other hand, provides consistent damage for each flip, while also reducing damage if she decides that's the better move. Our larger seven-hand-size means we have more options, but also that we need to be mindful of our lower life total.