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NEWSLETTER - 29/06/07

Hey Burwood Shufflers, SOOO much stuff happening at the moment, but this weekend is one of the ones I've been waiting 11 months for-its the 2007 Star Trek CCG Australasian Continental Championships! Its also my mums birthday, but I'm gonna have to cancel dinner on Sunday...Guys from Perth, Brisbane and locals from Sydney, including sexy girls, are converging on SGC this weekend for a 3 day Trek fest starting tonight. Plus we have a reelase tournament for the latest Pokemon expansion, Diamond and Pearl, on Sunday, at the same time as The MIGHTY Allan Sharpe is giving a MTG drafting exhibition in our type 2 draft tournament. Limited seats still available. Anyway, for all these details and more, READ ON!!! POKEMON TRADEABLE CARD GAME GUESS WHAT??? We have Diamond and Pearl in stock! That means this Sunday we're running a Diamond and Pearl release tournament! Details as follows: When: Sunday 1st July. Noon rego, 12.30pm start Format: Diamond and Pearl sealed!(you get 6 pack of the NEW expansion to crack and make your best deck with!) Entry: $30 Prizes: Everyboday wins 2 boosters! Plus a fun afternoon of playing Pokemon with the brand new expansion up as prizes! And if you don't get want you want from the pre-release, we can sell you extra packs at the end if we have any left! We'll also be running our regular Pokemon league at the same time, so if you just want to have fun playing your usual constructed deck, thats cool too. Entry to the league is just $6 with everyone winning a prize Diamond and Pearl is the first Poke expansion in AGES to release NEW pokemon into the game, so this expansion will be hotter than anything in the last few years. So if you want the new guys, cuter than ever, cruise in this Sunday and check them out. And remember, you gotta catch them all! MAGIC THE GATHERING COLLECTABLE CARD GAME Great work from Ash Cartwright to win last Sundays Player of the Year event. Ash beat the always competitive Pat Pepper in the final, with Shonky Jim Bandas showing that old age and treachery will most often overcome youthful skill and exuberence to come in third. Player of the Year standings will be updated after this weekend. With only July and August to go before our top 8 play-off in September, things are getting interesting! I can't remember who won our 2 drafts last night, but the store was rocking way into the night and everyone had a good time. Then tonight its Friday Night Magic at 6.30pm, its type 2 and FNM foils and boosters are up as prizes, then Saturday afternoon everyone will be ginning for Edward Lee, last Saturdays MTG 14 and under champion. 14 and unders is HEAPS of fun and a great way for younger MTG players to hone their play and deckbuilding skills against people their own age. Its at 2pm, costs just $6 and everyone wins a prize. Then on Sunday its one of the funkiest MTG tournaments I think we've run, its a type 2 block DRAFT!!! Details as follows: When: Sunday July 1st. 11am rego, 11.30am start Format: Draft!(you play 3 round Ravnica Block draft, then 3 rounds Timespiral Block draft, then a Coldsnap top 8 draft final!) Entry: Just $35!!! Prizes: Heaps of boosters up as prizes(plus top 8 get free draft final)plus a mega fun arvo of drafting MTG! Draft tournaments are always fun, this should be no exception Then, for the diary, our MTG gameday 10th edition release tournament is on July 14th & 15th at 10.30am both days! Entry is just $35 for a festival of MTG funkiness! No pre-registration needed, just rock on in and have fun. Now is a great time to be playing MTG. The game is the oldest TCG, some would say the best, and still keeps getting better. We have HEAPS of starters, boosters and tournament packs, as well as singles, available and both Field Comamnder Foggo and I have over 10 years experience at playing and teaching MTG at high levels. If you'd like a demo cruise in, it rocks STAR TREK 2ND EDITION COLLECTABLE CARD GAME WOOOOHOOOOO! This weekend is TREKFEST 2007. Its the 2007 Australasian Continental Championships. The game that is SOOO good I'm going to Indianapolis to play in August is having its premier event for the year in Sydney for the second year in a row. Last year it was Clayton Waltons dodgy Foggos...I mean Ferengis who overcame the more dominatnt Borg of topplayer Bryan Rixon in the final-who will it be this year? After and Australian record 16 players in the State Championships, this weekend is shaping up to be 1 big festival of beaming up and I cannot wait! Details for all events as follows: Dangerous Missions Draft Tournament When: Friday 29th June. 6.30pm registration, 7pm start Format: Dangerous Missions Draft Entry: $25 Prizes: Boosters, promos and a great fun way to kick off the 2007 championships and meet the interstate players. Casual play, trading and general good natured mingling are encouraged 2007 AUSTRALASIAN CONTINENTALS-DAY 1 When: Saturday 30th June. 10am registration, 10.30am start(you need a full decklist!) Format: Constructed Entry: $15 Prizes: Top 6 gain entry into the top 8(played at 2pm Sunday) Boosters up as prizes for everyone else 2007 AUSTRALASIAN CONTINENTALS DAY 2 When: Sunday 1st July. 10am registration, 10.30am start Format: Constructed Entry: $15 Prizes: Top 2 gain entry into the Continentals top 8(played at 2pm Sunday). Boosters and promos up as prizes. 2007 AUSTRALASIAN CONTINENTALS FINALS!!! When: Sunday July 1st at 2pm Format: Constructed(must use the deck you qualified with Entry: FREE(you must have qualified to play!) Prizes: Season 1 DSP on DVD, Borg Collective on DVD, trophy, boosters, promos and bragging rights, plus byes into the World Championships up as prizes, plus a MEGA fun day of playing Trek up as prizes And for those that don't make the top 8, or those like me who just CANNOT get enough Trek, its a World Championship Qualifier! Details as follows: When: Sunday July 1st at 2pm Format: Constructed Entry: $10 Prizes: Top 2 have day 2 byes into the World Championships! Plus HEAPS of boosters and promos, and bragging rights, up as prizes. Plus everyone gets to play Trek whilst the top 8 is duking it out! If you'd like to have a crack at the Continentals I have 3 spare kicking decks I'd be happy to lend out. It is fun, you'll have a blast! Sigh...Trek is awesome. The new expansion, In A Mirror, Darkly, is a deckbuilders dream. The game is a deckbuilders dream. It is SOOO balanced, plays SOOO well and is SOOO much fun, especially if you remotely like the TV show(though not a pre-requisite by any means) that I can't get enough of it. If you'd like to have a crack at this awesome game I would be happy to give you a demo, and a deck to give to you so you can get the hang of it. We have a deal where you get a starter and 3 boosters for just $10, a great playing community and a regular FREE Tuesday night play/trade night to ease you into the game. Come in and try, it is awesome! VS(Marvel & DC)TRADEABLE CARD GAME Last Sunday was the first BIG tournament since the Pro Circuit in March, the Elite series, and 22 players came out to play for the right to immortality in the VS world. And after the dust settled it was Sydney 10K runner up Michael Lou who beat former world number 1 Scott Smith in the final-great work Michael! Worlds finest is coming out in July, and we'll have a sealed tournament to celebrate. But for those who are chomping at the bit to have another crack at VS, our next tournament is "When World Collide" July 15th. Details as follows: When: Sunday 15th July. Noon registration, 12.30pm start Format: Sealed(you get 5 boosters of your choice to crack and make your best 30 card minimum deck with) Entry: $20!!! Prizes: Heaps of boosters, t-shirts and promos plus a FUN afternoon playing the GREAT game that is VS We have a pumping range of singles, plus pre-made decks we can seel you for just $10, plus boosters from every expansion available starting from just $2. VS is a great game, if you'd like a demo cruise in anytime and we'll be happy to show you how its done! NARUTO TRADEABLE CARD GAME Michael Lou showed he is not just a crimefighting superhero on the weekend by displaying his ninja skills to the world to win our weekly Naruto tournament-great work again Michael. Then Sunday was our monthly sealed tournament and it was Stephen Phung who cruised through to win.Everyone had a fun day, Naruto sealed is very, very diverse This Saturday is our regular weekely Naruto tournament again. It is just $6 to play, heaps of fun and everyone wins a prize. If you'd like to have a go at the next BIG anime game(it is the 4th biggest selling game in America!)cruise in and get Ninja Vickey or Chopstick wielding Chris to give you a game YUGIOH COLLECTABLE CARD GAME I cannot remember who won last weekends YGO tournaments but I know there were 30 players having heaps of fun and the 13 & unders got 6 rounds in! Awesome! This weekend our regular Hobby League Saturday tournaments are on again. Rego starts at 9.30am, the event begins at 10am, its just $5 to play and everyone wins a prize. Starting next week, July 3rd. each Tuesday and thursday through the school holidays we're running our famous school holiday tournaments again! These are booster fests with HEAPS of packs up for grabs and HEAPS of fun! Details as follows: SCHOOL HOLIDAY YUGIOH TOURNAMENT! When: Tuesday 3rd July then each Tuesday & Thursday of school holidays. Noon registration, 12.30pm start Format: Advanced Constructed Entry: $10 Prizes: HEAPS of boosters up as prizes! They are: 1st: 8 packs Cyberdark Impact 8 packs Enemy of Justice 2nd: 6 packs Cyberdark Impact 6 packs Enemy of Justice 3rd & 4th 4 packs Cyberdark Impact 4 packs Enemy of Justice 5th-8th: 2 packs Cyberdark Impact 2 packs Enemy of Justice 9th-16th 1 Cyberdark Impact 16th + 1 pack Enemy of Justice There will be top 8 play-offs as well so you can get into practice for Regionals/BIG tournament play-offs. Plus it will be fun. The Swiss rounds will finish around 4pm, top 8 around 6pm, this of course all depends on the number of players. And July 22nd we're running a win a box of Force of the Breaker tournament! Details as follows: When: Sunday 22nd July. 10am registration, 10.30am start Format: Advanced Constructed Entry: $15 Prizes: Everyone wins at least 1 booster! Winner takes home 1 display of Force boosters! Random playmat given out during the day as a lucky door prize! Top at play-off and a fun day of playing YGO up as prizes YGO is amazing. it is so big, so diverse and the sets that UDE have bought out this year have made a great game even better! if you'd like a game, cruise in during the school holiday tournaments or on a Saturday and we'll get someone good to show you how its done NEW IN STORE Pokemon Diamond and Pearl is IN and available today! We have starters and boosters, plus a release tournament on Sunday, so cruise on in and grab some! Transformers 3D Battle card game is also in stock and looks very funky, check out the display on the counter! YGO's structure decks Zombie, Dragon, Warriors Triumph and Spellcaster are all also back in stock, as are Force of the Breaker boosters and Special Edition packs. World of Warcraft sexy looking playmats are also back in stock, and my favourite, Star Trek boosters In a Mirror Darkly is also back in(after selling out in 2 weekes!) Thats about it for this week, a BIG weekend for players(especially me!). If you need more info call us on 97153229 Until then, smile, play nice, and take care Chris, Vickey and Kieren