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NEWSLETTER - 26/10/06

Hey Groovers,

This weekend there is oodles on, mainly the release of World of Warcraft TCG and the 2006 MTG NSW State Championships! These are 2 uber events that have been long anticpated, and its going to be a phenominal weekend of game play. Even more so as they fall on the same weekend a SUPANOVA! This extravaganza of pop culture will take place out at Olympic Parks exhibition hall 2 at Homebush, and of course SGC will be there with bells on, demoing heaps of games, having some show specials and generally getting amongst it! As a result of SN, we'll have to close at 6pm Saturday arvo-sorry guys! But we'll be back to normalness the following week!

WORLD OF WARCRAFT TRADING CARD GAME

The release of the biggest TCG of the year is on this weekend. Supanova will have HEAPS of demos happening, plus LOTS of learn to play sealed tournaments out there as well-a great way to learn this awesome TCG and start your WOW career! SGC will also have LOTS of stock on hand to sell-Starters at $35 and boosters at $6.50ea, or you can get a box of boosters for $135. November 4th & 5th will see SGC crank into release event mode where we'll run 2 days of sealed tournaments! They kick off at 1pm rego 1.30pm start both days, entry is $35 with oodles of cool stuff as prizes! Then its onto the goodness of weekly constructed goodness. 1pm rego, 1.30pm start with $6 entry

The game mechanics. license and card art are all really, really good. This game will be huge, get in on the ground level, don't miss out!

MAGIC THE GATHERING COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

This Sunday its the biggest, sexiest, most prestigious constructed MTG tournament is Sydney for the year-the NSW State Championships. Names like Chris Foggin, Ben Seck and Stephen "The Rock" Patterson all have NEVER one the NSW State title, and are now universally regarded as duds-but this year could be your year!!! Details for this awesome event as follows:

When: Sunday, 29 October. 10 am rego, 10.30am start
Where: *****NEW VENUE***** Burwood Sports Club (Across the road and walk right from Burwood Station (1 Minute!)
28 George Street, Burwood.
What: Standard Type 2 Constructed.
Entry: $15
Prizes: The first place winner gains free entry to all MTG Premier events in NSW, including pre-releases, for one year! Top 8 get an ultra rare foil textless Serra Angel and everyone gets a special participant textless promo card. Heaps of boosters are also up as prizes!

This event is a LOT of fun-big tournament, unexplored format (Timespiral only in type 2 for 10 days!), great prizes-this will be a great day of playing MTG, and if things don't go your way early, put your name down for a Timespiral draft!

Lots more happening with MTG at SGC, for more details check

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

And don't forget that each Thursday we do booster drafts from 4pm for only $15(for 3 boosters!)and Friday nights is our regular FNM from 6pm. Its type 2, $6 entry with boosters and FNM foils up as prizes!

VS(Marvel & DC) TRADING CARD GAME

Last weekend was the Melbourne 10K and it was won by top Auckland player Darryn Ying. Darryn beat team mate Kakarot Turker from Adelaide in the final, both players using cards from the latest expansion "Heralds of Galactus" in their Kree affiliated decks. Sydneysiders Luke Bartter, Randall Hughes, Adrian Capilitan and Alex Antonies all made the top 8 with solid performances. Darryn not only is a great player for winning the event, he is also a top bloke who was nothing but warmly welcoming when the Sydney players ventured to Auckland for the 10K in April this year. Darryn and his Four Horseman team where all gracious in their hospitality to us, taking us to the best pubs/restuarants Auckland has to offer, and being damm fine gentlemen to boot. The title couldn't go to a nicer guy, well done Darryn!

At Supanova this weekend its all on VS wise with demos running non- stop and learn to play sealed tournaments run at around 2pm both days. The Pro Circuit, with a prize pool of over $250K US, is hitting Sydney early next year, so this is an uner good time to learn this brilliant ccg and get amongst the prize money! And for those who have just learnt the game, or veterans looking for riches and pro circuit points, the next BIG VS tournament at SGC is on November 12th, a Pro Circuit Qualifier! Details as follows:

VS Pro Circuit Qualifier

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. Because this event is a sealed event veteran and newbie alike will be competiting for the big prize on pretty much even footing, plus sealed is a fun format anyway, so it'll be a great day of playing VS!

For more VS action check

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

And don't forget-Tuesday night is Hobby League booster draft from 6pm. Thursday nights from 6pm is draft for drafts sake, Friday night is Hobby League constructed from 7pm and Saturday arvo is Silver Age Saturday, $6 from 1.30pm. We now have premade, ready to play Silver Age decks on hand for just $10 using cards from your favourite affiliations(Brotherhood, Avengers, X-Men etc)thanks to Luke, so what are you waiting for?

VS's rocks. Thje prize support is insane, the competitive play is awesome, and with UDE bringing a Pro Circuit event to us next year its THE best time to try this hot TCG

POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME

OK kiddies-NO pokemon at SGC this week-everyone will be at Supanova! We'll be demoing Pokemon out there, which means that the following Sunday, the 5th November, they'll be HEAPS of new players waiting to play you at Pokemon League! SO save your league cards and we'll see you all in 2 Sundays time!

YUGIOH COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

This weekend the stars have aligned, and we'll have 2 8 slot qualifier tournaments in Sydney at Supanova! Details as follows:

Yu-Gi-Oh Regionals at Sydney Supanova!

When:Saturday 28 October and Sunday 29 October. 10am rego, 10:30am start.
Where: Sydney Supanova, Exhibition Hall 2, Sydney Olympic Park.
Format:Advanced Constructed
Entry:$15
Prizes: Playmats, deck tins, boosters, and the top 8 get invites to the 2007 National Championships!

This will be hot, and if you just want to play YGO you don't have to pay to get into Supanova-just go to the UDE tournament hall!

And just when full weekends of duelling was barely enough, the following weekend is the Cyberdark Impact Sneak Preview at SGC!!! Details as follows:

Cyberdark Impact Sneak Preview Tournament

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!

There is SOOO much YGO going on, for more details check

http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/yu-gi-oh.php

And don't forget our weekly YGO Hobby League tournaments 9.30am-1pm each and every Saturday. Entry is just $5 with everyone winning a prize! We split the playiers into 14 and unders and open tournaments so you'll get the chance to play duelists the same age as you, and we get around 50 players each Saturday so the chances of you being able to trade for the cards you want are pretty good-plus we have 2 folders full of YGO singles you can check out to try to make your deck just that little bit more undefeatable!

LEGEND OF THE 5 RINGS COLLECTABLE CARD GAME
This Sunday we're running a Rise of the Shogun booster draft tournament! Details as follows:

Rise of the Shogun Booster Draft Tournament!

When: Sunday, 29 October. 12pm.
Format: Booster draft. You get 4 packs to build your best possible deck with.
Entry: $25
Prizes: 1 booster per player prize pool, plus a fun day of drafting the new L5R set and getting heaps of new cards heaps cheap and playing a tournament with them as well!

For more L5R love check

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

OME PIECE TRADING CARD GAME

Well the National One Piece Championships were run and won on Sunday and it was the little Aussie battler, The Legendary Kyle Toff, who shredded a hot field of players then beat the countries highest ranked player, Reza in the final to become the first Australian National One Piece Champion! Well done Kyle! Kyle is a guru card player-he is only about 13 years old but already is a brilliant YGO player, so much so he is banned from playing the 14 and under tournament because he is too good! Reza once again showed he is a class player by finishing second and Kenny le Bon, former good Star Wars minis player who has lost his mojo, finished a solid third after spending the weekend at Chris & Vickeys house playing Mario Party(albeit badly Vickey destroyed him!)Thanks to Croftminster for their awesome support of this event, and for Mistress of Lerve Vickey for making it so much fun!

One Piece is on again this Saturday at 1.30pm. Its $6 to play and everyone wins a prize. We're also running One Piece demos at Supanova this weekend on the Croftminster stand, for more One Piece info check http://www.sydneygamescentre.com/one_piece.php

STAR TREK 2ND EDITION COLLECTABLE CARD GAME

Well done to 2007 sprint leader Mitchell Trent who smashed everyone with Feds to win last Sundays Trek tournament! The good news is that this Sunday Mitchell and Shannon will be out at Supanova to demo this amazing ccg all weekend! If you wanna learn from the best then cruise out to Supanova and have a demo!

November 5th is Senior Officers Challenge at 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

DREAMBLADE COLLECTABLE MINIATURES GAME

Baxars War is going on sale tomorrow!!! This groovy new set has improved looking figures and pumps up all affiliations evenly. Our weekly Egde tournament are going good-each Thursday night at 6.30pm, and we have a 1K tournament coming to SGC November 25th!!! The game plays really well-nearly addictively, and WOTC have put a substantial amount of $$$ and effort into organised play! For more Dreamblade love check out

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

Well, thats about it for this week-a big weekend of MTG States, WoW release and Supanova!

When too much game play is barely enough-head to SGC!

Cheers

Chris, Vickey and Kieren