NEWSLETTER - 18/01/07
Hey Shufflers!
Two of the BIGGEST ccgs in histories have UBER events on this
weekend in Sydney and its gonna be a thrill to be apart of it. Magic
the Gathering are releasing the first expansion to the very
successful and well received set Timespiral, and its called Planar
Chaos. WOTC have leaked a few cards and they look AWESOME! For some
peeks into the new set check
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/expansion/planarchaos
The Pokemon City Challenge is also on this weekend at SGC and has
multi-aged division prize distribution, heaps of boosters and its
FREE to play! And not to be out done, Yugioh has its last 1 slot
qualifier for the 2007 Nationals, help in Sydney, this Sunday also
at SGC. For more details on these events, and more, read on!
MAGIC THE GATHERING COLLECTABLE CARD GAME
The wait is almost over! This weekend at 2 mega locations we're
running the pre-release for Planar Chaos! I've seen around 6 of the
new cards and they make me drool they are so good. Its gonna be a
fun weekend, details as follows:
Day 1-CITY
Where: The Bowlers Club of NSW
95 York St
Sydney(Opposite Tin Soldier)
When: Saturday 20th January. Morning Flights(including 16 & under
flights)9am rego 9.30am start. Afternoon flights(including 2 headed
giant)3.30pm rego 4pm start
Format: Timespiral Block sealed(you get a Timespiral tournament pack
and 3 boosters to make a 40 card minimum deck with)
Entry: $35($30 for junior flight)
Prizes: WOW-HEAPS of boosters, plus promo foils, T-Shirts and a fun
day of playing an MTG pre-release with the brand new set of cards 2
weeks before they go on sale!
Day 2-LIDCOMBE
Where: Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club
When: Sunday 21st January. Morning Flights 9am rego 9.30am start.
Afternoon flights(including 2 headed giant)3.30pm rego 4pm start
Format: Timespiral Block sealed(you get a Timespiral tournament pack
and 3 boosters to make a 40 card minimum deck with)
Entry: $35
Prizes: WOW-HEAPS of boosters, plus promo foils, T-Shirts and a fun
day of playing an MTG pre-release with the brand new set of cards 2
weeks before they go on sale!
You can play in your choice of casual flights(were no matter where
you finish you win 3 boosters)or a serious flight were you play for
normal prize distribution(ie the more games you win the more
boosters you win). If you pre-register and pay before 6pm Friday you
also get an extra booster on the day!
The weekend after we have 2 days of Planar Chaos Sneak Peek action
at The Sydney Games Centre, details as follows:
When: Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th January. 11am rego both days
Format: Time Spiral sealed(1 tournament pack of TS and 3 PC boosters)
Entry: $35
Prizes: Everyone wins at least 1 booster plus a Sneak Peek promo
foil. T-shirts and a fun day playing MTG with cool new cards a week
before they go on sale are also up as prizes.
Looking forward, February 25th is PTQ Yokohama and its Extended!
Details as follows:
When: Sunday 25 February
Where: Club Burwood/Burwood Sports Club Corner Burwood Road and
George Street (across the street from Burwood Station). Burwood, NSW
2134
What: Extended Constructed tournament.
Entry: $20
Prizes: The winner gets an invite and free airfare to Pro Tour
Yokohama and two boxes will be divided up amongst the amatuers.
Everyone wins at least a booster!
We're also starting up 14 and under Saturday Arvo Tournaments(SAT's)
at 2pm each Saturday arvo in February. This wioll be a great way for
new junior players to hone their skills against players the same age
and play level as themselves with top players around to give deck
building and play advise. It'll be $6 with everyone winning a prize.
Now is a fine time to be playing MTG. The game is tried and true,
has multi-level prize support and is as much fun played casually
with friends or against strong tournament level players.If you'd
like a demo cruise in anytime for a game, it is fabbo
And don't forget we draft MTG each Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm, and
play constructed Friday Night Magic each Friday night at 6.30pm. Its
a blast! We have a new half box deal where you get 18 boosters for
$90, and we have starters for just $10! Start shuffling NOW!
YUGIOH TRADING CARD GAME
Last weekend we had 38 highly trained duelists battle it out for
animation domination and after 4 rounds we had Kevin Luong, Jory
Miller and Robin Dai all undefeated on 4-0 to win! Great job guys,
done good, played hard. We're playing YGO Hobby League again this
Saturday morning from 9.30am-1pm. Its just $5, UDE sanctioned and
EVERYONE wins a prize!
This weekend is also the last 1 slot Regionals for the 2007
Nationals! Details as follows:
When: Sunday 21st January.10am rego, 10.30am start
Format: Advanced Constructed
Entry: $15
Prizes: Winner gets invited to Nationals in June 2007, plus wins a
box of boosters as prizes! Boosters to top 24 place getters at
least, plus a fun day of playing YGO!
The Regionals on February 18th will be an 8 slot qualifier, more
details as they get closer, and then the Sneak Preview of the new
expansion Strike of Neos is on February 24 and 25!
Plus each Tuesday and Thursday at noon we run a $10 school holiday
tournament. Its 5 rounds, with a top 8 play-off and everyone wins at
least 1 booster and the winner takes home 16!!! For more details on
this, and more, check
http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/yu-gi-oh.php
POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME
This Sunday we'll still have our weekly league on, but the main game
is the amazingly fun Sydney Pokemon City Championships!!! Its gonna
be great, details as follows:
Sydney City Championships
This is a major event that builds up your world ranking and helps
you get points towards qualifying for worlds.
When: Sunday, 21 January. 12pm rego, 12:30 start.
What: Modified constructed tournament. Bring your best legal 60-card
deck and play!
Entry: Free!
Prizes: First place in each age of three age categories gets a City
Championships medal and a Groudon bag filled with Pokemon goodies.
First place in each age group gets 18 boosters, second gets 10,
third and fourth get 4 boosters. Everyone else gets one booster, a
City Champs promo card, and a special City Champs pin.
This will be heaps of fun, don't miss out!
And don't forget our Wednesday tournaments each Wednesday at noon.
Its $6 to play with everyone winning a prize
NARUTO TRADING CARD GAME
The second expansion, Coils of the Snake, is BACK!!! That's right,
its back in stock, tournament legal and makes a fine game UBER
excellent! We're running our usual Saturday afternoon tournament
this Saturday at 2pm. Entry is just $6 with everyone winning a prize.
Organised play-including rankings, kicks off February, so get ready
for Mistress of Lerve Vickey to blow your mind with awesome prize
support and organised play initiatives!
Naruto is set to be the next big boom game of TCG. The anime series,
back on tele, is regarded as one of the best stories ever. The game
play is terrific and the cards look brilliant. And with Vickey
running OP you know the prizes will be awesome. If you'd like a demo
cruise in anytime for a game!
HEROCLIX COLLECTABLE MINIATURES GAME
Last Sunday the very foxy Coz Moreton showed everyone who was boos
by shredding a 10 strong field to win the LE! And the most
impressive thing was she won without using The Penguin! Great job
Coz-its good to have you back, good luck at Cancon!
And the Cancon warm up continues this weekend with a 300 point
standard tournament. Details as follows:
When: Sunday 21st January. 1.30pm rego, 2pm start
Format: 300 point standard
Entry: $5
Prizes: 4 LE's(!!!)plus cracked boosters up as prizes, plus a fun
arvo of playing a fun game with fun people.
The following weekend is Cancon we're Croftminster are making LOTS
of prizes and big events. For more details check www.cgs.asn.au
Clix is fun. Its the game Obiwan and I use to solve managerial
disputes, and to laugh a lot with. If you'd like to learn cruise in
anytime for a game, and to get you started we have $2 lucky dip bags
of clix were you get 4 pieces in. Great value, this is a great game,
come and give it a try.
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS COLLECTABLE MINIATURES GAME
Last Tuesday night the very cool James Mannah proved that even
though its only his second month of playing D&D minis doesn't mean
you can't win and he shredded the very well credentialed field,
including BIG tournament veteran and arts film producer Matt "Big
Daddy" Etherton and John "Make you an offer you can't refuse"
Nanderano to take the tournament. The game is lots of fun, its free
to play and everyone wins a prize
We kick off D&D minis around 6.30pm each Tuesday. Come in and try,
you'll probably like it!
DREAMBLADE COLLECTABLE MINIATURES GAME
Starting next week we're swapping our Edge tournaments to Tuesday
nights! This puts it on the same night as the other minis game which
will add to the already funky minis atmosphere we have Tuesdays.
Entry to Edge tournaments is just $5 with promo minis and cracked
boosters, as well as Edge points and a fun night up as prizes!
And on Dreamblade we're hosting a Sneak Peek of the new expansion,
Chrysotic Plague, Thursday 25th January! Details as follows:
When: Thursday, 25 January. 6:30 rego, 7pm start.
What: Chryosotic Plague Constructed. Get two boosters of the new set
to build your best warband with. Must be 12 pieces with 1 refresh
allowed
Entry: $45
Prizes: Cracked boosters and limited edition promo figures.
Wizards is spending heaps of $$$ on Dreamblade promotion and
organised play, and it shows. Its a fun game, great game mechanics
and fine looking figures(that also double as great roleplaying
figs!). If you'd like a deom cruise in anytime for a game, its
terrific!
STAR WARS COLLECTABLE MINIATURES GAME
Another player new to the world of CMG's, Rene Kautmann, in his
first tournament went undefeated to win! Great work Rene!
SW minis is on again this Tuesday night from 6.30pm. Its DCI
sanctioned, its free, and hopefully we'll have some more promo minis
to give away soon!
VS(MARVEL & DC)TRADING CARD GAME
The mega game that is VS has its usual weekly events-Tuesday and
Thursday night drafts from 6pm, Friday night constructed Hobby
League at 7pm, then Silver Age Saturdays each Saturday arvo at
1.30pm. Plus we've added a new regular event to the schedule, its
designed for newish players, but all are welcome, its our weekly $20
VS sealed! Details as follows:
When: Each Saturday arvo at 4pm
Format: VS Sealed(you choose 5 boosters to make a 30 card minimum
deck with-all cept LOS)
Entry: Just $20
Prizes: Winner gets a JLA or Avengers deck tin set!!! Boosters, deck
tins and promos to top place getters, plus a fun arvo of playing
sealed VS REALLY CHEAP!
On the Australia Day long weekend we're running 3 BIG events! tHE
Australia Day Cup Friday 26th January, learn to play VS 27th
January, and the get back to basics tournament Sunday 28th! Those
details and more VS gear can be found at
http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/vs.php
And for all those aiming at the 250K US at the Pro Circuit in Sydney
in March we're running a last chance qualifier February 4th! Details
as follows:
When: Sunday 4th February. 10.30am rego 11am start
Format: Legions of Superheros sealed
Entry: $35
Prizes: Top 4 receive invites to Pro Circuit Sydney! Boosters and a
fun day of playing VS up as prizes as well, but the kicker is you
get to qualify!
And we're excited to announce that the next VS expansion, Marvel
Team Up, is being Sneak preview February 10th & 11th at SGC! Details
as follows:
When: Saturday & Sunday February 10th & 11th. 10am rego 10.30am
start morning flights, 2.30pm rego 3pm start arvo flights
Format: Marvel team Up selaed(you get 5 boosters of MTU to make your
best 30 card minimum deck with!
Entry: Just $30!!!
Prizes: We have playmats, deck tins, T-Shirts, promo cards and HEAPS
of boosters up as prizes, plus a fun weekend of playing sealed VS!
VS rocks-its one of my favourite games. The prize support is crazy,
the guys who play are excellent and there is a Pro Circuit event
coming to Sydney! If you'd like a demo cruise in anytime for a game,
or turn up for a learn to play day. You won't regret it, its awesome!
WORLD OF WARCRAFT COLLECTABLE CARD GAME
Well done to Ryan Dare, Luke Bartter, Big Kon Kalafalas and Kuan
Tian who all made top 4 of the first WOW Regionals held last
Saturday. These 4 guys are now qualified for the Nationals in Sydney
in August! Great job guys!
Tonight is our usual WOW draft from around 6pm. Saturday arvo is our
weekly Hobby League tournament at 1.30pm, and February 4th is our
Onyxia Raid tournament(moved forwards a week!) Details as follows:
Onyxia's Lair Raid Deck Tournament
When: Sunday 4th February. 11am rego, 11:30 start.
Format: A team of 4 (3 players and 1 dragon) battle internally to
win the loot. If you have trouble getting a team together, let us
know and we can help you meet up with someone. There will be at
least 3 rounds with something cool as a prize.
Entry: $25 a team.
Prizes: Boosters and a fun day of playing WOW-we'll try to get some
juicy promos from UDE as well!
WWE RAW DEAL WRESTLING COLLECTABLE CARD GAME
Top rope afficianato Trent is running a Access All Areas tournament
January 21st. Details as follows:
When: Sunday 21st Janaury. 11.30am rego, 12 noon start
Format: Access All Area Constructed(no Rebellion)
Entry: $10
Prizes: Promo foils, boosters and a fun arvo of playing WWE!!!
Plus the new expansion-Rebellion-is NOW IN STOCK! Displays of
boosters are just $110, combo starter/booster packs $170.
The game is a LOT of fun. Comic Images does a good job at supporting
it, and the guys who play are very cool. If you'd like a demo cruise
in January 21st and have a go!
NEW IN STORE
The very menacing D&D minis Blue Dragon is now in and looks
brilliant. Chrysotic Plague is on sale tomorrow for Dreamblade fans,
and the expansion for Naruto, Coils of the Snake, is also back in
stock. Pokemon Minis are back in stock, and we also have fun new
Pokemon folders and trainers for all you TCG players. For MTG
players we have some hot looking Akroma folders in stock, and for
YGO players we have Shadows of Infinity special edition packs back
in stock. For Full Metal Alchemist fans we have a new expansion-
Artificial Human, in stock, and it looks cool. Also for those who
prefer honour over everything else, the new L5R expansion-Kahn's
Defiance-is now in stock
Thats about it for this week-a MEGA week coming up. Hopefully
everyone will have a good time and their plans for global domination
become just a little bit more achieveable
Chris, Vickey and Kieren
www.sydneygamescentre.com
THE PLACE TO PLAY!!!