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01Feb
Yu-Gi-Oh goes on a mall tour
Like Debbie Gibson or NKOTB, Yu-Gi-Oh! is going on a mall tour! The ten city mall tour will start on February 12 starting at Lake Grove, NY. At each mall stop, players can learn how to play the game, watch demos, and game with experts. Each player will walk away with a demo pack to keep playing. “This is a great way for us to reach out to a new audience and to satisfy our avid fans,” Yumi Hoashi, Vice President of the Konami Card Business said of the mall tour. “The face-to-face interaction is a perfect way to introduce the game to budding Duelists around the country. And, once they learn the basics of the game at the tour, they can continue to play and develop their skills at one of our Official Tournament stores in their area.” I believe Yu-Gi-Oh is appropriate for young players, so parents can
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21Jan
Unleash the dragons in Thunderstone: Dragonspire
In the brand new board game, Thunderstone: Dragonspire, players compete to find the Thunderstones and save the world. The Thunderstones like hidden within Dragonspire. But within there, you’ll face the undead, elementals, dragons and giants. It will not be easy to save the world this time. The box comes with: New Dungeon Board Over 500 cards with all-new art New plastic XP tokens Eleven new heroes and seven new monsters, plus new village cards We don’t have an exact release date, only February. So watch your local game store for this new game.
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14Jan
Magic: The Gathering has a new Twitter handle
Wizards of the Coast are announcing their brand new twitter name for all things Magic: The Gathering. As you may have guessed, it’s @wizards_magic. The new channel will be good to follow for Magic fans because they will be doing announcements, promotions and spoilers for upcoming releases. In fact, things launch starting today with a preview card from Mirrodin Besieged.
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13Jan
Dallas is Home to the 2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series
Konami recently announced that they’re bringing the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series (YCS) to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2011. Hundreds of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Duelists will be fiercely battling at the Arlington Convention Center this February 12th and 13th, hoping to become the Champion of this Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG event. Many will enter, but only one will win it all! This event marks the tournament debut of February’s highly-anticipated Storm of Ragnarok card set. This set introduces new monsters from the past into Duelists’ Decks, including the Viking gods – Odin, Thor, and Loki – and the Legendary Six Samurai from the far east. In Dallas, Duelists will be able to see how these new monsters fare against the top decks from 2010, like the sword-wielding X-Sabers and the high-flying Blackwing monsters. Pre-registration runs from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 11th and resume promptly at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 12th.
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29Dec
New Nightfall card – Enraged Wight
We have a new preview from the folks at Nightfall. The next card for preview is the Enraged Wight. This was actually voted on by fans of the Nightfall facebook page. So here is the breakdown of the Enraged Wight card. He looks pretty angry! “Enraged Wight is interestingly enough the only ghoul minion in the base set! There is an action that features ghouls, but as of yet ghoul activity isn’t as widespread as that of the vampires and werewolves, but one might expect that to change as expansions release… Enraged Wight is another of the starter deck cards and as such only links to his own color, and features a self-removal trait and the chain effect to inflict a direct 1 damage straight to your opponent. He has two strength, more than Charlotte did, which can also damage the opponent if he gets through to them. He wields
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29Dec
Date set for release of Duelist Pack: Yusei 3
Konami has announced the latest deck in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series has a release date. Duelist Pack: Yusei 3 is based on the newest season of the television series and will be out on January 5th. The deck includes 8 brand new cards, four new monsters, two new spell cards, and two new traps. Duelist Pack: Yusei 3 – 30-card set includes: 17 Common Cards (4:1) Seven Rare Cards (1:1) Four Super Rare Cards (1:5) Two Ultra Rare Cards (1:15) Each pack comes with five of these Game Cards, plus one Strategy Tip Card
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27Dec
Play Sheriff or Outlaw in Bang!
This holiday I made it a point to try out board games that are new to me. While some can be varying levels of difficulty and fun, I am on the look out for the best to showcase to you! Bang! is a card game by designer Emiliano Sciarra. It came out in 2002 and is still sold at local game stores as well as Amazon.com. Bang! supports 4-7 players and we played with 6. “The Outlaws hunt the Sheriff. The Sheriff hunts the Outlaws. The Renegade plots secretly, ready to take one side or the other. Bullets fly. Who among the gunmen is a Deputy, ready to sacrifice himself for the Sheriff? And who is a merciless Outlaw, willing to kill him? If you want to find out, just draw (your cards)!” (From back of box) This card game takes you back to a time where the Sheriff had
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21Dec
Nightfall Charlotte Reyes preview
Due to the lunar eclipse last night, Nightfall thought to send us a surprise preview. The special preview describes the card Charlotte Reyes. One of the amazing illustrations that I pointed out in the last article. “Charlotte Reyes. She’s one of the starting deck cards. 12 cards for every player, 2 each of 6 minions. Each of the 6 represents one of the colors in the game, and only chains to its own color. You’ll notice her “In Play” effect. It is shared by all of the starter cards, essentially if she comes into play, whenever she is destroyed or discarded she removes herself from the game. This way your deck automatically thins out your starting cards as you build up your functioning deck from the cards you buy. You’ll also note her zero Influence cost and that her name is in gold, these are just reminders that she’s a
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20Dec
Control minions of the night in Nightfall
Nightfall is a brand new deckbuilding card game to add to your collection from Alderac Entertainment Group. The game will be released in early 2011. In Nightfall, players will compete to control all the creatures of the night. Werewolves, vampires, ghouls, and more will be used to gain control of the land. The official site will have more information on Nightfall as it gets closer to release. But for now, join their facebook to have a chance to own Nightfall before it comes out via the “First 100 days” content. Nightfall uses a chaining mechanic for play. Each card has a main color and two linking colors. Match the main color of a card to one of the linking colors and those cards can chain together. The object of Nightfall is to put wounds into your opponents’ decks and end the game with the least amount of wounds. Every day
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15Dec
Pokémon Call of Legends Expansion Release Date Announced
The Pokémon Trading Card Game’s newest expansion: Call of Legends is set to arrive in stores on February 9th! The brand-new expansion will feature 11 Legendary Pokémon, together for the first time in one expansion. Players are also going to get the chance to discover new ‘Shiny’ versions of all Legendary Pokémon cards! There’s also new theme decks: Recon and Retort that will let players survey the destruction as they send their opponents reeling with ferocious counterattacks! The Call of Legends expansion will be available in theme decks for $12.99 US and booster packs for $3.79US.
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