NEWSLETTER - 21/12/2007

Hey Reindeer Trainers,

It's the festive season and this weekend we have a smorgasboard of
over prized events on offer to help celebrate the season of giving,
and eating too much, and dancing around with your underpants on your
head, and bumping into things, and… well that's my impression of the
festive season anyway.

But before we reveal whats on this weekend, Chris, Vickey and I
would all like to extended our sincere best wishes to all our
customers. You guys allow us to live the dream, and we thank you for
it. We hope your festive season is spent surrounded by family and
friends, and everyone is that little bit extra nice to each other.
Enjoy!

Lots of things happening this weekend, details as follows:

MAGIC THE GATHERING TRADEABLE CARD GAME

Tonights FNM is the second FNM where the winner gets a bye into
round 2 of the Sydney 500, joining The MIGHTY Allan Sharpe in the
Sydney Games Centre cocktail lounge whilst everyone else fights
round 1 out. The MIGHTY Allan Sharpe won last weeks FNM, with Jason
Fong second and Brett Ly third. Well done guys! FNM is on tonight
(and every Friday night)at 6.30pm. Its just $6 to play, its DCI
sanctioned, its type 2 has boosters and FNM promo foils up as prizes.

Tomorrow arvo(Saturday) is our weekly 14 and under tournament. It
kicks off at 2pm, is just $6 to play and is an open format. Everyone
wins a prize, and we're happy to teach people tournament etiquette,
make suggestions about their decks, and generally help people get
into the world of tournament MTG.

Then on Sunday we're running a Christmas special Sydney 500 warm up
where the winner takes home a booster box of Lorwyn! Details as
follows:

SYDNEY 500 WARM UP!

When: Sunday 23rd December. 11am rego, 11.30am start
Format: Type 2
Entry: $10
Prizes: Winner takes home a box of boosters! Merry Christmas!
Boosters to top 12 at least plus a fun day of playing MTG!

Then the following Sunday, 30th December we're proudly running the
6th Annual Sydney 500!!! This will be a blast, details as follows:

THE 6TH ANNUAL SYDNEY 500

When: Sunday 30th December. 10am rego, 10.30am start
Format: Standard type 2
Entry: $20
Prizes: $500 plus trophy and infi bragging rights to the winner!!!
Heaps of boosters plus a fun day of playing MTG at one of the
countries longest running independent big $$$ event.
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Starting next Monday(24th December)our school holiday tournaments
kick in with a $2 event on each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm.
They are very casual, a lot of fun and have store credit up a prizes

Don't forget our fine Thursday night drafts from around 6pm each
Thursday for the value price of just $12. Its heaps of fun with rare
picks and draft practice up as prizes.

MTG is a great game, we have everything you need to build pretty
much any deck you want, from expert to novice. Cruise in and check
out our range, have a friendly game of 3 or just ask for a demo

YUGIOH TRADEABLE CARD GAME

Old age is a terrible thing, so much so that I can't remember who
won last Saturdays Hobby League, but whoever you are, great work!
The was 34 players(26 in opens, 9 in Hobby League) all dueling and
all having a blast playing YGO.

This Sunday we're running a Christams event where the winner takes
home a box of boosters! Details as follows:

WIN A BOX OF GLADIATORS ASSAULT TOURNAMENT

When: Sunday 23rd December. 11.30am rego, 12 noon start
Format: Advanced Constructed
Entry: $15
Prizes: Winner takes home a box of Gladiators Assault! Everyone wins
a booster just for playing, and obviously the more duels you win,
the more packs you're up for! Plus it will be FUN!

And looking forward the Pharoahs Mall is on January 13th at
Parramatta RSL, and we have a last chance qualifier on Saturday
afternoon January 5th at 1pm. Entry will be $15 and everyone will
win a pack just for playing, winner will receive a BOX of boosters!

Plus staring Thursday 27th December its our world famous school
holidays tournaments! Every Tuesday and Thursday during the school
holidays we run tournaments from 12.30pm till about 4.30pm for
oodles of prizes! Entry is just $10 with the winner getting HEAPS of
boosters, and everyone will win 1 pack just for playing! Its fun,
UDE sanctioned and everyone wins a prize!

Its an exciting time to be playing YGO at the moment. We have oodles
of boosters, structure decks, tins and singles available, and if
you'd like to try cruise in on a Saturday and we'll make sure
someone shows you how its done!

THE SPOILS TRADEABLE CARD GAME

Last weekend at Good Games Andrew Li, the amazingly cool YGO judge,
beat giant killing Nathan Canty Seghers in the final of the sealed
tournament to win a Nintendo Wii. Then on Sunday Spoils Superstar
Steven Phung beat Andrew in the final of the constructed event to
take home the cheque for $250. Well done guys!

Tomorrow afternoon(Saturday)things drift back to normal at SGC with
a booster draft and some casual, fun constructed play. The drafts
start around 2pm-2.30pm and is just $15 with rare picks and promo
foils up as prizes. People are playing casually pretty much all day,
with the regular crowd cruising in around 1pm.

The next expansion, Children of the Lingamorph, is being released in
Sydney January 12th, details as follows:

CHILDREN OF THE LINGAMORPH RELEASE EVENT.

When: Saturday 12th January. 1pm rego, 1.30pm start
Format: Sealed(players get a competition pack and 2 boosters to
crack and make there best 45 card minimum deck with)
Entry: $35
Prizes: Winner takes home a Nintendo DS!!! Boosters and promos to
all who play(everyone wins at least 1 booster just for playing),
plus a fun arvo of playing this amazingly terrific TCG.

We'll more than likely run a draft or 2 after the event finishes
anyway just to see how this set plays draft wise, but if its half as
good as it currently is it is brilliant.

The Spoils is awesome. Its an easy to learn, fun TCG that is as
funny in its flavour text as it is excellent is its deckbuilding and
strategic choices. It plays great in either limited, draft of
constructed and has a great organized play program. If you'd like a
demo cruise in anytime for a game

WORLD OF WARCRAFT COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

This Saturday afternoon we're trying our luck and running a sealed
WOW tournament featuring packs from the new set, March of the
Legionaires. Details as follows

WORLD OF WARCRAFT SEALED TOURNAMENT

When; Saturday 22nd December. 1pm rego 1.30pm start
Format: Sealed(you get 5 boosters of March of the Legionnaires to
crack and make your best 30 card minimum deck with)
Entry: $35
Prizes: Winner gets a Feast of Wintervale box set!!! Boosters to all
players plus a fun arvo of playing WOW!

The next WOW TCG regionals is January 26th 2008. Rego is at the
sleep in friendly time of 12 noon for a 12.30pm start, entry is $15,
winner gets a box of Heros and the top 4 players get an invite into
the 2008 Nationals!

Plus we have WOW booster drafts each Thursday night from around 6pm.
Its just $15 for a set of March boosters, promos and rare picks up
for grabs.

We have a thumping range of WOW singles available for sale for all
those up for tuning their decks, plus all boosters for sale as well,
Hero's of Azeroth(base set)and Dark Portal on special for just $5
each! WoW is a good ccg, especially if you're one of the zillions
who play online. If you'd like a demo cruise in anytime and ask for
a game, we'll show you how its done.

NARUTO TRADEABLE CARD GAME

WOOOHOOOO! The restock of Eternal Rivalry is now in, meaning that we
can run a sealed release tournament for it on Sunday!!! This is a
mega relief and we're pretty happy about it. Naruto is a cool game
and we can't wait to see for ourselves what the 6th expansion
brings. Details as follows

ETERNAL RIVALRIES SEALED RELEASE TOURNAMENT

When: Sunday 23rd December. Noon rego, 12.30pm start
Format: Sealed(players get 5 boosters to CRACK and make there best
25 card deck with)
Entry: $35
Prizes: Heaps of boosters up as prizes plus a fun day of Naruto
cracking and having fun ninjaing people!

Plus we play Naruto every Saturday afternoon from around 2pm till
4pm. Its just $6, constructed and everyone wins a prize.

STAR WARS MINIATURES COLLECTABLE MINIATURES GAME

Well done to BIG John Mandanero who won our sealed tournament on
Tuesday night, beating 8 other players. Aussie number 1 Richard
Myors cam in second(on resistance)and Grant McEnvoy came in third.
Great work guys!

Our next event will be Tuesday 8th January. Its be our usual FREE
constructed event and lots of fun with WOTC provided figures as
prizes.
HEROCLIX TRADEABLE MINIATURES GAME

As we only had 1 runner last Sunday we're doing the Clix thing over
again where players crack a pack and add 200 points of sealed
goodness to the 200 points of loving they bought from home to make a
400 point force capable of taking over the world! Entry is $20 with
boosters and LE's up as prizes.

MECHWARRIOR TRADEABLE MINIATURES GAME

Another strong turnout last Sunday showed that the mech comminuty is
a happening thing in Sydney. We're playing Mech again on Sunday from
around 2.30pm till 6pm. Entry is $5 with cracked boosters and LE's
up as prizes. The guys who play have a zillion figures, so if you'd
like to try cruise in and I'm sure they'd be happy to lend you an
army and show you how its done!

POKEMON TRADEABLE CARD GAME

Pokemon is heaps of fun, and the weekly league is as much about
talking Pokemon, drawing Pokemon and colouring in Pokemon as it is
actually PLAYING Pokemon, and everyone likes it that way! Its on
again this Sunday from noon till 3.30pm. Entry is just $6 and
everyone has a fun day and wins a prize.

The next competitive Pokemon tournament is round 2 of our Elite
Beats series. Its on Saturday 29th December, 12 noon registration,
12.30pm start, entry is $12 and heaps of prizes are up for grabs, as
well as the precious Elite Beats series points. Last months winner
was Gordon Ranger, who will win this months event???

And then on January 6th it's the Pokemon City Championships!!! This
will be a fantastic event with prizes in 3 different age categories,
details as follows:

THE POKEMON CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS!

When: Sunday 6th January. Noon rego, 12.30pm start
Format: Modified Constructed
Entry: $10
Prizes: SOOOOO many boosters its not funny, plus medals to the
winners of each age category. This will be FUN, come in and play
Pokemon!!

STAR TREK 2ND EDITION TRADEABLE CARD GAME

The next Sunday Trek event is our Christmas party tournament, our
way of bringing the Sydney Trek community together and saying thanks
to the players who made this year the best Trek year ever, with 16
players participating in the NSW Territorials and 30 players playing
over 2 days to play the Nationals. Awesome. The tournament will be
one of the funkiest events we've run for any ccg, its our Quantum
Crack tournament!

TREK QUANTUM CRACK TOURNAMENT

When: Sunday 23rd December. 12.30pm registration, 1pm start
Format: Sealed-players get 1 Premier Edition starter/booster combo
box to crack and make a 35 card minimum draw deck and 20 card
minimum dilemma pile with(that's right, you crack the BOX!)
Entry: Just $50
Prizes: Winner gets a t-shirt and boosters from the new set.
Everyone wins boosters, and everyone gets to live the dream and
crack a whole box of cards to crack and play. I can't wait, this
will be awesome! This event will be great for veteran players or
newbies alike, and I'd be happy to show anyone who wants to play in
this event how its done and help them build their first deck.

And don't forget our weekly gathering of Trek players Tuesday nights
from around 6pm onwards where you can just cruise in, have a game or
2, talk Trek tech, trade and generally chill out with the knowledge
you play one of the best TCG's ever made.

Trek is flat out a great game. I love it, and had the time of my
life going to Indianapolis in August to play the world
championships. If you'd like a game cruise in pretty much anytime
and Foggo the Ferengi or Kieren the Klingon will show you how its
done.

VS(Marvel & DC)TRADEABLE CARD GAME

This Sunday the fantastic game that is VS makes a welcome return to
SGC with a fun Xmas special event, Galactic CRACK! Details as
follows:

GALACTUS CRACK TOURNAMENT

When: Sunday 23rd December. Noon rego, 12.30pm start
Format: Marvel Team Up box sealed!(you get 1 whole box, that's
right, 24 boosters to CRACK, and make your best 30 card deck with)
Entry: Just $25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prizes: Winner takes home the sexy looking Coming of Galactus box
set!!! Boosters for all, plus a FUN afternoon of playing a top game,
VS

We have around 6 players from Canberra and 2 from the Central Coast
coming along for this, so it should be a great turn out! If you're
there at the end we may even be able to provide a cool refreshment
or 2 for you!

NEW IN STORE: Maple Story, WOTC game based on the online roleplaying
game, is in and is selling for $5 a booster or $115 a box(of 24).
Naruto 6th set is back in, as is the MTG Elves VS Goblins box set. 2
new D&D books, Elder Evils featureing high level baddies is in, and
the 4th edition preview races and classes is also in. They'll look
great next to the dungeon tile set dire Tombs, which is available as
well. The series 2 of YGO tins is on order and due in anyday,
fingers crossed it arrives before Christmas!

That's about it for this week. Have a Merry Christmas guys, be nice
to each other and if you're traveling anywhere PLEASE drive safely.

Cheers

Chris, Vickey and Kieren