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NEWSLETTER - 2/11/06

Hey Belly Dancers,

Last weekend was a game extravaganza as Supanova hit Sydney and lots of people went crazy for lots of games. Thanks to Elizabeth and Cromwell from Wizards of the Coast we had a crack team of demoers running through Dreamblade, Star Wars minis and Magic The Gathering. Then the Upper Deck Entertainment stand was chock a block full of people wanting to get their hands on the amazingly hot new game World of Warcraft. And just when too much games was barely enough, we had what seemed like 4.3 million people queueing up to learn Pokemon TCG, Minis and Naruto TCG. Thanks to everyone who helped us out, but in particular Monica Foggin-Chris's charming mum, who popped in to mind the store for us Sunday and did a fantastic job.

HEAPS happening this week, details as follows:

WORLD OF WARCRAFT TRADABLE CARD GAME

We completely underestimated how much this game would sell. Luckily, we weren't the only ones as the game has sold out world wide. Thanks to quick thinking by Obiwan Foggobi, and help from our friends Sportscards, we still have heaps of stock left. Thats top news as this weekend its the World of Warcraft celebration tournaments! Details as follow:

When: Saturday 4 November and Sunday 5 November. 1 pm rego, 1:30pm start both days.
Format: WoW sealed. You get a starter(which comes with 2 boosters!) of WoW to make your best deck with.
Entry: $35.
Prizes: Boosters, tshirts, and other cool stuff!

After that we're flopping over to Thursday night drafts and Saturday constructed tournaments as a regular thing! Boosters on sale for $6.50, boxes for $150 and starters for $35

For more WOW details check

http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/world_of_warcraft_tcg.php

YUGIOH COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

Last weekend at Supanova we had 143 and 82 players respectively for our YGO Regionals, which is huge. Our normal YGO tournament is on again this Saturday if people are up for it, but the main game this weekend is the Cyberdark Impact Sneal Preview tournaments! Details as follows:

When:Saturday 4 November and Sunday 5 November. Morning flights have a 10am rego, 10:30am start and arvo flights have a 2pm rego and 2:30pm start.
Format:Cyberdark Impact Sealed. You get 5 boosters of CI to make your best 20 card deck with.
Entry:$30 per flight.
Prizes: Heaps of boosters up as prizes and everyone wins at least one booster. You also get to keep everything you open! We're also giving out tshirts and promo cards--and if you play in all 4 flights you'll get 8 extra boosters and you're guaranteed to get a tshirt!

This will be crazy fun, cruise in this Saturday for heaps of dueling madness!!!

VS(MARVEL & DC)COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

Thanks to Luke Bartter we now have HEAPS of fantastic home built $10 Silver Age decks that are ready to go competitive and fun decks for new players to try VS with. There is a 10K tournament in Sydney in December and a Pro Circuit event March next year-so what are you waiting for??? Not only is the game absolutely fantastic, the prize support for it is mental.

Speaking of Pro Circuits, we have a qualifier at SGC November 12th, details as follows:

When: Sunday, 12 November. 10:30am rego, 11am start.
What: Heralds of Galactus Sealed. You get 5 boosters of HoG to build your best 30 card minimum deck with. There's a draft playoff for the top 8.
Entry: $30
Prizes: The winner gets $500 cash on the day and 10 Pro Circuit points. Booster prizes to the top 16 at least, and Pro Circuit points to the top 8.

This is a sealed event which means it is absolutely fantastic for new players to jump in and try and still be competitive-you may even win your way to a Pro Circuit invite! We also run Hobby League booster drafts each Tuesday night at 6pm, fun drafts each Thursday night at 7pm, Silver Age Hobby League each Friday night at 7pm, then Silver Age Saturday, a fun tournament each Saturday arvo from 1.30pm. For more details check our site

http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/vs.php

and if you'd like a game, cruise in anytime for a game. But as of next week you won't find Kieren here-he's of to play in the VS pro Circuit event in LA!!! Watch the www.metagame.com coverage Nov 17-19 and keep track of how much his brilliant Arkham Inmates curve deck is shredding the opposition!!!

VS is tops, come in and try it!

STAR TREK 2ND EDITION COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

Great news star fleet captains-the new expansion Captains Log is coming in today!!! This hot new set looks fantasmo and I cannot wait to get my hot little hands on it! Plus after I play the VS pro circuit in LA I'm playing Star Trek to absolutely slaughter our US trekking cousins.

On the local front, Clayton is running a Senior Officers Challenge this Sunday at his place-Claytons Collectables. Details as follows:

Where: Claytons Collectables
5 Pauls Court
Baulkham Hills
P: 96887140
When: Sunday 5th November at 11am
Format: Constructed
Entry: $10
Prizes: SOC promos plus boosters up as prizes, plus a fun arvo of playing Trek!

Our regular Trek tournament will return November 12th, and then there is the MEGA Trek weekend December 9 & 10th. For more Trek love check http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/star_trek.php

MAGIC THE GATHERING COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

BIG weekend last weekend-the NSW State Championships were run and won with The Dragon, Jacky Zhang, shredding 4 other of his OMG teammates in the top 8 to become, for the second time I believe, NSW State Champion. Not only is Jakcy a top player he is also a class act away from shuffling and I'm personnally happy he not only is playing again, but that he is winning. He is good for the game(as is all the OMG guys)

Next MTG event on November 12th and its a Player of the Year event! And its sealed! And its teams!!! Details as follows:

3 Player Team Sealed Event! (PotY Event!)
When: Sunday 12 November. 11am rego, 11:30am start.
What:3 Player Team Sealed. Three players open their packs together and build three decks out of the pile of cards. You still play one on one against another opponent, but your match score counts as your teams game score--for example, 2 of your 3 players must win for your team to win that round.
Entry: $30 per player
Prizes: PotY points to the top 8 teams' members and a 2 booster per player prize pool. You also get to keep everything you crack and earn Arena League foils and promos. There will also be random prizes including a tshirt!

Legacy is on the Sunday after(always popular and fun!) with PTQ Geneva on the Sunday after! Details as follows:

PTQ Geneva

When: Sunday 26 November. 10am rego, 10:30 start.
Where: The Burwood Club
28 George St
Burwood(cnr Burwood Rd)
What: Time Spiral sealed deck. You'll get one starter and two boosters to build a 40 card deck with and there will be a Time Spiral booster draft final for the top 8.
Entry: $35
Prizes: The winner gets airfare to PT Geneva or US$375! Keep what you crack and 2 boxes of boosters will be distributed amongst the amateurs outside of the top 8. There will be a total prize pool of 3 boosters per player!

MTG is the oldest, most popular and some would say still the best ever TCG made. If you'd like a demo cruise in anytime, where former Pro Tour player Field Commander Foggo will teach you all the things you shouldn't do to be a good player, and Honest otto will teach you all the things you should. We draft each Thursday arvo from 4pmish till late, have FNM on Fridays from 6.30pm-10pm, and lots of casual games going on most anytime. For more info check

http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/magic_the_gathering.php

NARUTO TRADEABLE CARD GAME

Apart from WoW, one of the biggest successes to come out of Supanova was the amount of interest Naruto TCG got, and with good reason-it is a fun game! Players adopt the roleof ninjas from rival villages trying to take over each other. Its fast, fun and the cards look really, really good! We're starting our regular Naruto tournaments this Sunday, details as follows:

When: Sunday Arvos at 2pm
Format: Constructed
Entry: $6
Prizes: Boosters, and in time promos up as prizes, plus a fun arvo of playing a fine anime game Naruto!

for more Naruto love check out

http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/naruto.php

POKEMON COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

Pokemon TCG has been cranking lately with Mistress of Lerve Vickey running fun, happening Hobby League events each Sunday from Noon. You can come late or leave early if you like, it doesn't matter, its a league, which helps add to the fun. Entry is just $5 and everyone wins a prize!

Sunday 12th November is the pre-release for ex-Dragon Frontiers!!! This is always a fun day of playing Pokemon and this release should be no exception! Details as follows:

When: Sunday, 12 November. 12pm rego, 12:30 start.
What: Sealed Tournament. Open up 6 packs and build your best possible deck out of what you open. You get to keep all the cards.
Entry: $30 for 6 packs and prizes.
Prizes: Promo cards, draft pick the rares, and everyone is guaranteed to win two boosters as prizes! You'll also get other cool promos like badges and deck boxes!

For more Pokemon fun check

http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/pokemon.php

WORLDWIDE DUNGEON AND DRAGONS GAMEDAY

It's that time of the year again when WOTC crank up the goodness for D&D day and this year uberguy Rob Tierney has looked after his homies at SGC very well. We have 5 WWDDD kits in, complete with figures, modules, dice and character sheets, plus we've organised DM's, so if you want to play all you gotta do is turn up and play! We'rekicking off around 2pmish this Saturday arvo, so if you wanna pop in around 1.30pm we'll be able to have you hooked up with a group and ready to go!

This will be fun, last year it was and several permanent groups came out of it. Join in, its free, and you will have a ball

DUNGEON AND DRAGONS COLLECTABLE MINIS GAME

Our monthly D&D minis tournament is on next Tuesday night at 7pm. Can anyone take on the might of Big Daddy??? Find out next Tuesday, its free, fun and DCI sanctioned! And the next expansion-Blood Wars- is going on sale tomorrow!!! Cruise in and check it out!

STAR WARS COLLECTABLE MINIS GAME

Great news for SW minis players-after a brilliant 2 days demoing at Supanova, WOTC have told us Rebel Storm, Clone Strike and Revenge of the Sith boosters are all being reprinted and due to us in the next few weeks! The new players from Supanova, plus the ability to get older minis, is great news for SW players. We play SW minis each Tuesday night from 6.30pm onwards, its free and is DCI sanctioned!

DREAMBLADE COLELCTABLE MINIS GAME

The new expansion, Baxar's War, is in and looks nuts! It is DCI sanctionable as of next week and will have an excellent impact on warbands everywhere. This is good news and with the 1K tournaments starting in Sydney soon now is the time to grab some of the new boosters and start practicing with the new figures!

We play Dreamblade each Thursday night from 6.30pm. Its just $5 and everyone wins a prize.

For more Dreamblade info check

http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/dreamblade_minis.php

OODLES happening this weekend. Please be nice to Chris and Vickey while I'm gone, hanging with the wonderful Bronnie in San Fran, smashing goobers at PCLA, taking over the galaxy at Trek in LA, then struggling through another prawn cocktail on the beach in Tahiti before coming back to run the YGO Regionals November 26th.

Until next time, smile and play nice

Chris, Vickey and Kieren