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NEWSLETTER - 03/08/2007

Hey Acrobatic Dishwashers,

What a mega week that was! Field Commander Foggo and Vivacious Vickey are moving into a new love pad in Auburn next week and are busy packing. The great pain to pack...Field Commanders Dead Card collection!!! 500, 000 cards in total, taking 2 weeks and an earth mover to shift. And Obiwan even had an offer for his cards that he knocked back! Boardman developments, an apartment building company who Foggo hired the earth mover from, offered $125 for his entire dead cardgame collection, as they wanted it for landfill. A pleased Obiwan said "$125, that represents a 43% increase in value over the last 4 years, but I'm holding out for $150!" A representative from Boardman Developments didn't return any of our calls, and none of Field Commanders either... Lots of premier events at Sydney Games Centre this week, here we go!

YUGIOH TRADEABLE CARD GAME

The new expansion arrived today and we're having a release tournament this weekend! It will be AWESOME, details as follows:

TACTICAL EVOLUTION RELEASE CELEBRATION When: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th August. 10am rego 10.30am start both days Format: TE sealed (you get 5 boosters to crack and make your best 20 card deck with) Entry: $35 Prizes: Boosters and promo release cards to top 20 both events! Heaps of fun seeing, playing and cracking the new set before ANYONE can even buy it! Our regular Hobby League events will run as usual on Saturday, so bring your deck in and have some fun! Then the first Winter Regionals of the 2007/2008 season is on at SGC August 26th, details as follows: THE

FIRST WINTER REGIONALS FOR 2008 YGO NATS Date: Sunday August 26th. 10am registartion, 10.30am start Cost: $15 Format: Advanced Prizes: Everyone wins at least a booster, full box for winner plus a playmat. WInner also receives a invite to the 2008 National Championships! Yugioh is mega. We play every Saturday morning 10am-1pm for just $5. Everyone wins a prizes and all our events are UDE sanctioned. We have structure decks to get you started, great range of boosters and heaps of singles available as well, so if you'd like to try cruise in for a demo.

LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS TRADEABLE CARD GAME

One of the longest running ccg's ever is back tomorrow at Sydney Games Centre with avengence! L5R have the release of their new expansion, Samurai Edition, Saturday 4th August and it is going to be a storyline event as well, meaning the winner takes home a katana! (no jokes!!). Its a seald event, will be heaps of fun, details as follows: When: Saturday 4th August. 12.30pm registration, 1pm start Format: Samurai Edition sealed(you get a starter and 3 boosters to build your deck with) Entry: $45 Prizes: Heaps of boosters up as prizes, and the winner takes home a katana! This will be a fun event, and a great way to ease yourself into this fine CCG. A great crew of people will be on hand to show you how its done, and you could have a say in how the storyline for this fantasmo ccg will go! See you Saturday

MAGIC THE GATHERING COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

Last night Hughie Shonkopolis shredded draft 1 of our weekly draft event, and it was late so I can't remember who won draft 2, but every had fun and some great cards where cracked, making it an excellent $12 draft night! Its on again next Thursday from 5.30pm till whenever This weekend is a full book again for MTG players. Friday night is as usual Friday Night Magic. Its type 2, starts at 6.30pm, costs $6 to play, is DCI sanctioned with boosters and FNM promos up as prizes (this month Goblin Ringleader). Saturday is our 14 and under MTG tournament, its at 2pm, just $6 to play and has LOTS of boosters and promos up for grabs for our budding young MTG players(everyone wins a prize).

Then Sunday we're running a PTQ Valencia warm up tournament! Details as follows: What PTQ Valencia warm-up 1 When: Sunday 5th August. 11am registration, 11.30am start Format: Timespiral Block Constructed Entry: $10 Prizes: Heaps of boosters, T-Shirts and promos up as prizes, plus a fun day of playing MTG! I played the PTQ in Nats 2 weeks ago and can say from first hand experience it is a fun, well balanced format. So crack out the cards, build a deck and come on in!

Sunday 12th August we're running a Timespiral block sealed tournament, What Timespial Block Sealed event When: Sunday 12th August. 11am registration, 11.30am start Format: Timespiral Block Sealed Entry: $35 Prizes: Heaps of boosters, T-Shirts and promos up as prizes, plus a fun day of playing MTG!

Sunday 19th we're running another block constructed warm up event. What PTQ Valencia warm-up 2 When: Sunday 19th August. 11am registration, 11.30am start Format: Timespiral Block Constructed Entry: $10 Prizes: Heaps of boosters, T-Shirts and promos up as prizes, plus a fun day of playing MTG! The week after is the PTQ!!!

PTQ Valencia Details as follows: When:Sunday August 26th. 10am registration, 10.30am start Where: Burwood RSL 96 Shaftsbury Rd Burwood Format: Timespiral Block Constructed Entry: $20 Prizes: WInner receives and airfare to play at Pro Tour Valencia! Heaps of boosters, including top 4 amatuer prizes, up as prizes (everyone wins at least 1 pack!)plus a great fun day of playing MTG! And just looking forward, the next release, Lorwyn, has its pre- release scheduled for September 29 & 30. Put that date in your diary! MTG is a great game. Come in anytime and Chris & I will be happy to give you a demo. It is awesome!

WORLD OF WARCRAFT COLLECTABLE CARD GAME Great news: Upper Deck is now allowing people who have already qualified for nationals to play in regional qualifiers, invites will pass down if a previously qualified person comes in the top places. I know some of you already qualified players are a bit rusty, so playing in these events is a great way to get in shape for Nationals and see some of the new deck tech. Remember, Nats is giving away 2!!! Airfares to Worlds. There are at least 2 sealed deck qualifiers coming up so maybe teach some of your Magic playing friends how to play so you can both have a shot at going to a World Championship!!! WOW is just getting hotter and hotter in the lead up to the 2007 National Championships!

This Sunday we're running a booster draft tournament to get you in shape for the Nationals, details as follows: When: August 5 (Sunday) What: Booster draft. 2 heroes, 2 dark portal, same format as Nats. Cost: $25 Time: 12 noon Prizes: Onyxia raid loot packs!

Then the next Saturday we're running the Fires of Outland release celebration tournament!!! Thats right, the next set is nearly upon us and you can play with cards from the new set BEFORE they go on sale! Details as follows: When: Saturday 11th August.1pm registration, 1.30pm start Format: Fires of Outland sealed(you get 6 boosters of the new set to crack and make your best 30 card deck with) Entry: $35 Prizes: Everyone wins a booster at least, plus promo release cards, t-shirts and a fun day of playing WOW TCG!

Then another booster draft tournament the day after!!! When: August 12 (Sunday) What: Booster draft. 2 heroes, 2 dark portal, same format as Nats. Cost: $25 Time: 12 noon Prizes: Onyxia raid loot packs! Then we are having a Sealed deck Nationals qualifier (Regional) here in the store! When: August 19 (Sunday) What: Sealed. 6 packs Cost: $35 Time: 12 noon Prizes: Onyxia raid loot packs! Promo cards and invites to Nationals 2 weeks later!

And just when you thought that too much WOW wasn't enough, on the public holiday Friday September 7th we're running 2 Last Chance Qualifiers for the Nationals! Details as follows: Where: Here at Sydney Games Centre When: Friday 7th September. Sealed is noon registration, 12.30pm start Constructed is 5.30pm registration, 6pm start Format: Sealed at noon (3 boosters each of Heros & Dark Portal) Entry: Sealed $35, Constructed $15 Prizes: Heaps of boosters up as prizes, plus a NEW promo card. Top 8 also qualifiy for Nationals!!!

We play WOW Hobby League each Saturday afternoon at 2pm. Its just $6 entry with boosters and promos as prizes, but more importantly its heaps of fun. If you'd like a demo cruise in and ask Chris or Kieren for a game, it is fun and a great time to be playing WOW TCG

NARUTO TRADEABLE CARD GAME

This Saturday is a bit different, due to popular demand its our teams "Double Fang" tournament! Details as follows: When: Saturday 4th August. 1.45pm rego, 2pm start Format: 2 player team constructed Entry: $6 per player Prizes: Boosters and a very fun day playing Naruto!

Then on Sunday its our monthly sealed tournament! And it will be using 2 boosters of the new set! Details as follows: When: Sunday 5th August. Noon registration, 12.30pm start Format: Sealed(you get 5 boosters to make your best 30 card deck with) Entry: $35 Prizes: Heaps of boosters up as prizes, plus a fun day of playing sealed Naruto! Naruto is heaps of fun.

The National Championships are being held in Melbourne in October at Armageddon, so now is a great time to try it out. Cool people play it, the game is growing, come along and have a go

STAR TREK SECOND EDITION CCG

Last Sunday we ran a fantastic Trek tournament that had everyone laughing and having a fun time. After the dust settled Dennis Lee and his Klingons stood tall over their expanded empire to take first, State Champion Mitchell Trent and his assimilating Borgie nasties came second and sealed deck guru Shannon Mullane and her gang of Kirk, Spock and McCoy from the Original Series finished third. We raise around $70 with this event which we are donating to the Australian Cancer Council. To all those who came along and played, and made the day a fun event, many many thanks!

The next scheduled tournament is on August 12th, but people are coming in this Sunday to play anyway. Also each Tuesday night we have a casual Trek night from 6pm which is free and has between 4-8 people just hanging, talking and playing Trek. I'm off to World Championships August 15th so I'm keen to play as much as I can before then, so if you're up for a game cruise in anytime(thanks Mike!) Trek is great. I cannot get enough, the game is growing steadily, the people who play it are cool, its cheap to get into and more importantly its HEAPS of fun. Its balanced, well designed and looks great, if you'd like a game cruise in and ask me anytime, you'll like it

POKEMON TRADEABLE CARD GAME Pokemon is on again this Sunday from Noon till about 3.30pm. Its league, so it means you can cruise in pretty much whenever you want, play whoever you want and stop whenever you want. It costs just $6 with everyone winning a prize!

VS(Marvel & DC)TRADEABLE CARD GAME Another favourite game of ours is cruising at the moment, last night Scott Smith showed the type of form that took him to number 1 in the world by winning our weekly booster draft. World Finest, the latest set based on DC, is rocking at the moment and is the format for day 2 of the Pro Circuit, so anyone wanting to help Troy & myself cruise into the top 8 come in Thursdays and draft!

The next Sunday tournament is August 12th, details as follows: When: Sunday August 12th. Noon rego, 12.30pm start Format: Modern Age Entry: $5 Prizes: Heaps of boosters, t-shirts and promos up as prizes, plus a fun day of playing VS and helping Troy and myself have a hot Arkham deck for the Pro Circuit!

We have casual play night each Tuesday night, which sometimes morphs into a draft tournament. We have pre-made decks for just $10 and a heap of boosters ranging from $2 to $5 each. The game is awesome and we have a thumping range of singles available from every set. If you'd like to give it a try cruise in anytime, VS is very, very good.

HEROCLIX GALACTUS SEALED MONTH We Have finally got in all the prize support, including the herald as prizes for each week as well as the Galactus! This weeks events is AVENGERS SEALED- Worst team WHAT with 2 sealed packs of Avengers, make the worst team between 280-300 pts, then your opponent has to play with it. Cost: $30 Prizes: EXTREMELY limited heralds of Galactus LE’s, Cracked boosters and the chance to play and win a cool Galactus figure!!

MECHWARRIOR We had 8 people playing last Sunday, if you are a mech pilot, the game is still going strong. Come in again this Sunday at 3pm and play for only $5!

Thats about it for this week, another busy one. Until next time stay safe, have fun but more importantly just PLAY!

Chris, Vickey and Kieren