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 April 2010 Calendar is now up!

Magic: The Gathering: “Rise Of The Eldrazi” Pre-Release Day 1: Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 1 PM, “Rise Of The Eldrazi” Pre-Release Day 2: Saturday, April 18, 2010 at 1 PM, “Rise Of The Eldrazi” Midnight Launch: Thursday, April 22, 2010, and “Rise Of The Eldrazi” Launch Party: Friday, April 23, 2010 at 6 PM! Please Check Our “Rise Of The Eldrazi” Events Page (coming soon)!

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle: “Heirs To The Blood” Draft: Saturday, April 24, 2010 at noon!

HeroClix: “Brave And The Bold” Launch Party: Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 1 PM! Sealed Booster: $30 to enter, each player receives two packs of”Brave And The Bold“

Star Wars Miniatures: “Masters Of The Force” Launch Party: Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 1 PM! Sealed Booster: $32 to enter, each player receives two packs of “Masters Of The Force“

April 2010

This is it: the last day for you to vote for your favourite piece of terrain in our Terrain Building Contest!

Voting closes today at 6 PM and you only cast your vote in person.

Regards,

iRoy

Theres nothing more humbling than losing a game to a twelve year old.

Played two games of WH 40K on the weekend with Bryan, a Tyranid player. In our first game, you could say everything went downhill right after I rolled my first dice. I can t take anything away from, Bryan- he played very strategically and destroyed me within 3 turns. Our second game went a little better, but the end result was the same.

Had a ton of fun playing WH 40K, if you or anyone you know may be interested, just send them my way and I’ll do the best I can to help them get started.

Regards,

iRoy

There’s still lots of time left to enter, if you want to build an entry in our Terrain Building Contest don’t hesitate- phone/e-mail me right away and I’ll reserve a spot for you.

(Saturday, March 27, 2010) Kyle Dugas was just here and you won’t believe how increidble his entry looks! With the help of his dad, Kyle put together a Space Marine Bunker (Karl Peterson also built a bunker pictured above) made from styrofoam and painted to look exactly like concrete! This piece is gorgeous and totally functional- I can see myself using this in a tournament! Nice work, Kyle!

(Tuesday, March 23, 2010) The piece submitted by Tim has got to be the most realistic looking out of all of our entries. Tim made his hill out of plaster (the compound that people use on drywall to smooth out all of the imperfections). Beautiful work, Tim!

(Sunday, March 21, 2010) Wow, Marco submitted an amazing faction specific terrain piece based on a Tyranid birth chamber! This entry makes me think of “Jurassic Park“, “Aliens“ and KFC all at the same time.

(Sunday, March 21, 2010) Karl just dropped off his entry and this piece is probably the most functional out of all the entries! Karl made a Bunker. which is a fortified area, troops can enter through the side and then shoot from any side of the bunker! The best part is that there is enough space so that anyone can easily move their models around if they need to. The top or roof of the bunker can also be used as another place to shoot from or a landing pad for your jetbikes or jump pack infantry. Great entry!

(Thursday, March 18, 2010) Pictured above is Adriaan’s entry- it is spectacular! It’s made from a single piece of styrofoam insulation carved carefully with an exactoknife. The brick work or cobble stone pattern was made using a sharp pencil and then further defined with a more blunt pencil. Great work, Adriaan!

(Tuesday, March 16, 2010) Then there’s Bryan’s entry, lots of really nice texture in the blast area and the single black rock totally brings out the molten/charred center of the piece. Beautiful job, Bryan!

Remember: these terrain pieces will be usable in our upcoming events! Feeling creative? Enter now!

Regards,

iRoy

Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) wil be releasing their latest and greatest Duel Deck this Friday, March 19, 2010: “Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs The Coalition“! Quantities are limited, as always, so if yoiu’re looking for one of these babies, please reserve it now via phone (780) 459-9548 or e-mail (thground@telusplanet.net)!

Everyone loves the “Phyrexian Negator” (pictured above), but you also get: “Urza’s Rage“, “Living Death” and “Armadillo Cloak” with brand new artwork!

Regards,

iRoy

Yay, our phone line is working again! 

Thanks to Thomas W. and Telus for everything!

And special thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding!

Regards,

iRoy

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

If it’s not one thing, it’s another.

 Our phone lines don’t seem to be working properly. People have dropped by and said that, “the phone just rings once and then goes straight to static”.  I’ve been here the entire time, and our phone hasn’t even rung a single time. So, I hope to have everything repaired by tomorrow- that’s when Telus gets here.

 So, for the time being, please e-mail me your questions at thground@telusplanet.net

And thanks for understanding!

Regards,

iRoy

Just some early pieces of terrain we were working on:

Part cactus/ part Ork statue, the piece of terrain was built out of some hardboard, pink styrofoam, and some plastic aquarium plants. I carved and sanded the styrofoam until it kinda looked “Orky”, then painted it black with a grey drybrush. Hot glued the horns and the eyebrows to the statue, then hot glued the statue and the plants to the hardboard. Easy-peasy!

Check out Pierre’s idol:

 Very similar process as above, but Pierre had a very distinct vision in mind- rather than go Ork, he decided to have fun with his design and made an idol sticking it’s tongue out!

Here’s Graham’s statue:

And finally here’s a piece by Devin:

All in all- a lot of fun stuff!

Feel inspired? Enter our Terain building contest now! See side navigation for all the rules!

 Regards,

iRoy

Spring is right around the corner and we’re here ready for all of your gaming needs!

Get ready for your regular dose of:

*Magic: The Gathering: WWK + WWK + ZEN Booster Drafts every Wednesday and Friday (FNM) nights in March starting at 6 PM!

*Star Wars Miniatures: The people have spoken: “We want to play larger point armies!” And, consequently, we’ve listened! Get ready for 200 point Star Wars Minis armies EVERY Sunday in March at 1 PM!

*WarHammer 40K: We’re on track and working our way towards ‘Ard Boyz in May 2010! March 7, 14, and 21st at 1 PM we’ll host 500 point armies! On Sunday, March 28 at 1 PM, get ready for 1000 point armies! Please read our WarHammer 40K event rules!

*HeroClix: Every Saturday in March we play at 1 PM: 600 points, 500 points, 400 points, and 300 points respectively.

*D&D Encounters: Starts this Wednesday, March 17! Time: tba. E-mail me if you’re interested!

*New Boardgame: John M. is working on his own brand-spanking new boardgame and he needs feedback! Demonstration day and time is tba, but a watchful eye out!

*Springbreak: Nothing to do on Springbreak? Come in and play some games!

 Regards,

iRoy

March 2010

What’s the best way to while away the hours on a quiet Sunday afternoon? WARHAMMER 40K!

Our 500 point event starts at 1 PM and don’t forget to bring:

*6-SIDED DICE

*TAPE MEASURE

*BLAST TEMPLATES

*RULEBOOK AND CODEX

*4 COPIES OF YOUR ARMY LIST!

1. Format:

*OPEN LIST: Please Provide One Army List To The Judge And Then To Your Opponent Before Yoiu play Each Round

*3 Rounds Of Swiss-Style Play

*Each Round Is Best Of One (Single Game) And 50 Minutes Long.

*$5 To Enter 

2. Army Construction Rules:

*500 Point Armies Or Less: Each Army Must Have at least 1 HQ + 2 Troop Units

*All Figures Must Be Assembled

*For Now, It’ll Be Okay If Your Army Isn’t Completely Painted- This Rule Will Change In The Future

*Please No Proxy Figures!

*Any Armor, Weapon, And Upgrades Must Be MOdelled On The Miniatures (WYSIWYG)

*Conversions Will Be Allowed, But The Majority Of The Figure Must Be Made From Games Workshop/Citadel Components

*Forge World Figures Will Be Accepted And Can Only Be Used To Represent Figures From Existing Codex Lists, But We Will Not be Using Forge World Rules

3. Prizes:

*No Charge To Play!

*1st Place = One $5 ThunderGround Gift Card

*Best Sportsman (Vote) = One $5 ThunderGround Gift Card