Category: Announcements

Honestly there’s not too much I remember between 3 or 4 PM and 8 PM that night.

I can say we were busy and everything was going well until the breakfast meal I had earlier in the day really came back to haunt me. My stomach felt like it was tied in a knot and I had a hard time standing because I was in so much pain. It was bad.

The good news? Come 8 PM and after drinking half a Canada Dry, I puked (literally jets of vomit) in the first round of our booster draft- fortunately, I wasn’t playing or near any of the players. Now, I’m really not trying to gross you out or play for your sympathy, what I am trying to do is explain what happened to me- I was in a lot of pain and had little to no energy. So, if you were here that day and thought I wasn’t well- I really wasn’t. Food poisoning is a terrible, terrible thing.

And here we are at the “Mirrodin Besieged” Prerelease Day 2 and I am almost at 80% and looking forward to the “Mirrodin Besieged” Launch this Friday, February 4 at 6 PM!

Special thank you to David A, Preston M, James B, and Chase L for their invaluable help! I was clearly not well, and these fine gentlemen stepped up and helped me in my time of greatest need. Thank you!

Regards,

iRoy

It’s official. I’ve decided to host a MIDNIGHT PRERELEASE For “Mirrodin Besieged“!

If you know how to play Magic and can play quickly (emphasis on “quickly“), then this event is just for you!

We’re limiting attendence to the first 8 paid entrants so register early!

For all of the information, please check on the “Magic: “Mirrodin Besieged” MIDNIGHT Prerelease” tab on the righthandside navigation!

Regards,

iRoy

Great news! We just received our Prerelease Kits for “Mirrodin Besieged“!

Drop by and check out the new Prerelease Cards on display (these cards cannot be sold or given away until January 29th (Prerelease Day 1) and January 30th (Prerelease Day 2))!

If you can’t make in, here they are:

*”Glissa, The Traitor” will be given away to the first 18 paid entrants on January 29th and January 30th that choose the PHYREXIAN faction!

*”Hero Of Bladehold” will be given away to the first 18 paid entrants on January 29th and January 30th that choose the MIRRAN faction!

Need more info? Check out our Prerelease section on the righthandside navigation!

Regards,

iRoy

Happy New Year, Everyone!

Be safe and have fun tonight guys!

Regards,

iRoy

Merry Christmas, all!

Hope to see you at our Christmas Party (Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 1 PM)!

Regards,

iRoy

Hello!

First, I think it’s important to acknowledge the fine work that all of our Dungeon Masters (DMs) have done for us in the past: take a bow Matt L, Pierre L, and Peter W! Without your dedication to this game, we would not be here to talk about the future. Also, thank you to all of the players, without your involvement there would be no game to play.

Second, apologies go out to Peter W and Paul D. It was not my intention to overwhelm your game with new players or to ruin your gaming experience with an influx of younger people. For both things, I am very sorry. You have to understand that I RAVE about Peter (and Matt L and Pierre L)! They’re great people- doing incredible work for the D&D community! And, as you saw last Thursday night, a lot of people wanted to experience the game that Peter is hosting. I honestly thought we would have 4-6 people (including the new players) show up given the rotating nature of the game: some of our regulars haven’t shown up in a couple weeks! Anyways, Peter and Paul- I should’ve messaged you, this won’t happen again!

Third, to all of the new players I can promise that as long as you continue to make your purchases here, I will have a gaming group ready for you. Funny how some parents rush out to Chapters or to our competition to buy their D&D books and then send their kids to me to be entertained. While, I can understand this if my prices were high or if we weren’t supporting the game with a game session, the truth is: all of our D&D books are price BELOW US retail and we’ve hosting D&D Encounters since it started. we don’t charge to play D&D Encounters and don’t charge membership fees either. Go figure.

At the moment, I am waiting to hear back from a young person who expressed an interest in hosting. In the meantime, I will start Season 3: “The Keep On The Borderlands” over at Session 1. Our first meeting is this Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 6 PM. Please post on our D&D Forum Group (community.wizards.com/thground_dnd)!

Forth, to our original D&D group, I can promise you that your gaming experience will go undisturbed. You are welcome to continue your sessions on Thursday nights as well hosted by one of the best DMs I’ve ever seen, Peter! (See you Thursday, guys!)

I await your comments, concerns, death threats and e-mail bombs.

Thanks for reading and see you at the games!

Regards,

iRoy

Thanks to the good people at Wizards Of The Coast (WOTC), the people that make the card game “Magic: The Gathering“!

You can learn how to play Magic here and get two FREE 30 card decks and get a FREE DCI Foil “Liliana Vess“!

You can learn how to play anytime we do not have an event scheduled on our calendar. Please see the right-handside and click on “Calendar: November 2010”.

Regards,

iRoy

It’s almost like they made this deck just for me.

November 19, 2010 is when Wizards Of The Coast (WOTC) releases their latest gift set which is just in time for the holidays! Why is a “Premium” deck? Why because all of the cards inside this deck are FOIL! That’s right! Every single card is made up of shiny goodness! Check out the deck list:

**We received a very small shipment of last year’s Premium Deck, “Slivers“! Call for availability!**

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/576 

Regards,

iRoy

Hope everyone is enjoying the new AMC TV series, “Walking Dead” (Check your TV listing for showtimes).

If you can’t get enough of this great show, then pick up the comic that the show is based on. There are 12 volumes of graphic novels (or collected editions or tradepaperbacks) that are currently available here. The first volume is only $9.99 CAN and will probably cover the first season of the TV show.

Still not enough? There are two other titles that we are currently stocking: one far more extreme in story, gore, and violence than the “Walking Dead” series. Want to know what they are? Just come by!

**In case anyone has missed an episode, we currently have the first 2 on our PVR, so you can watch the shows here provided there isn’t an event already planned at the time**

Regards,

iRoy

It had to happen sooner or later: our comicbook shipment for the week of November 10, 2010 was lost- now found!

After several calls and much worrying I can confirm that 80% of the lost shipment will arrive the following week with our , November 17, 2010 comicbook shipment! With the remainder arriving the week afterwards, November 24, 2010! Unfortunately, there was a single item that will go to “backorder” (meaning that it will unlikely arrive).

So, to everyone that came to pick up their comics and were disappointed, I sincerely apologize! And, I hope t osee you all next week with our now double-sized comic shipment!

Regards,

iRoy