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9-23 Weekly D20 Game Weekly Update-Gen Force SE in stock! Date Night Events both Fri AND Sat. Last week for M12 in magic..

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic, Updates

BIG NEWS…KID (Parent) Date Night is Saturday too starting this week…And for Yugioh players too!!!

Just in..Generation Force Special Edition!! First week sale…~~$10~~ $9 a box or $80 for a box of 10. (AND each case purchased gets a $10 entry fee for this weekends Masters Tournament-First Prize is full box of Gen Force SE)

Also On sale this week:

Dawn of the XYZ Starter Decks $2 off-$8/each
Monster Binders for $30 each
Last week of Commander Sale..$25 each (List for $30..) 6 left in stock..

D20’s Local team did GREAT at the Yugioh Regional event, with two of our guys in the top ten out of over 500 high level players 😉

Events his weekend:

FRIDAY

Parents: Treat yourselves to a night out: Date Night Magic for kids 9-14 at 5:30 (5 for pizza and drinks-RSVP FOR PIZZA please so we have it for those who want and don’t waste food otherwise-the green mgmt) $15 w/0 Pizza, $20
Big guy (and girl) Magic Draft starting at 6:30. LAST M12 Draft before the big Innistrad release next weekend..

SATURDAY

1:30…Modern Magic Tournament Play for fun and bragging rights. Will count towards Plainswalker points, so make sure you have a DCI card (or we’ll get you one). Entry fee is on me for this one so play just for fun.
5:30 (5 for pizza and drinks-RSVP FOR PIZZA) for two different event for 9-14 year old kids!!

Yugioh Dualist League-players bring decks with them for a Dragon Duel style event. They will play 3 rounds, with the winner getting a Limited Edition Yugioh Playmat, and the second and third place players getting packs. Each player will also get a pack just for entering. $10 w/o pizza, $15 with.
Saturday Night Kids Magic-Draft format this time ($15 w/o pizza, $20 with) . Starting next weekend, we will do something very fun and different…A special sealed deck league matching the Innistrad phases of the Moon.

PLEASE RSVP for any of the Kids events. I’m doing the Sat night events as an experiment based on so many requests from parents wanting to get that night out on Saturday, but I need to make sure we have enough players to get things rolling, and we want to make sure we can deliver what we promise.

Sunday-Yugioh Day:

1:00 Yugioh Masters Tournament!! $10 entry fee and top prize is a box (10 units) of Generation force Special Edition. The competition is tough, so bring your A-game and A-decks. (Remember, any purchase of $20 or greater gives a $5 coupon for event entries, and buying a box of Gen Force SE at the $80 sale price, also comes with a $10 entry fee that will get you into this competition as our guest.) Entry fee includes free deck box)
2:30 Jr. League competition (14 and under who have not won 3 times). Last free tournament. Starting next week, $5 entry fee will include a special limited bonus pack.

Look forward to seeing you in the store…Play fair and for fun!!

-Ben

Team D20 Rocks Yugioh Regionals!!

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Updates

This last Saturday (9/18/11), out of a field of over 500 of the top Yugioh players in the area, we had two players from the D20 team end up in the top 20!! Great job, guys!!

With a grand total of 541 players (the largest to start off the 2011-2012 season for YuGiOh) and a grueling 10 rounds of swiss play. the home team entered with intent on topping and making it to the finals. At the end of the day out the over 500 players that entered the tournament 2 members from Team D20 made it to the top 48, with Josiah Choy getting 3rd place and his brother Andy Choy getting 18th. The top 48 have eared invitations to the national competion, and other members of the team are eyeing the remaining qualifiers to win their way to join them.

Older Brother explains a move to Grampa As Grandson Waits to chime in.

D20 Games Weekly Update 9/14/11: Great Kid Parent event and what’s up…

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Magic, Updates

Mom playing in D20 Games first Parent/Kid Magic the Gathering Tournament — D20 Game's first Parent Child Two-Headed Giant Event included a lot of Moms

UPDATE…HOLDING OFF ONE WEEK ON YUGIOH DATE NIGHT ON SATURDAY…(our organizer will be at the Yugioh Regionals)…Also…we will be sponsoring our local team at Regionals…Go get ’em guys!

Saturday’s Parent Kid Draft was huge success! As was Sunday’s Yugioh Master’s event. 😉 Both Will Be back!
Good luck to our Yugioh Masters at Regionals this weekend!! (Come on back and tell us how you did.)
Back to Full Yugioh Status, one week or so from Magic Core store…(fingers crossed.–That means more product and better events.
Weds, Open play for one more week…
Thursday: New Player, New game night…
Friday-Date Night Magic (9-14 year olds, 5:30 for game start, 5 if you want pizza-$15* for draft only, 20 with pizza) and Friday Magic Draft (6:15-6:30 Start $15*)
Sat: Casual Modern Magic at 1:30, and NEW Date Night Magic & –UPDATE…Holding off on Yugioh for a week since our Yugioh organizer will be at regionals on Saturday….~~Date Night Yugioh~~ (ages 9-14 for both…) 5, with food, 5:30 Start times. $15 for magic (Draft…no decks needed), $10 for Yugioh players (bring their own decks, free sleeves or deck box included.) Pizza and a drink is $5 more.
Sunday: Master’s Yugioh Tournament 1:00 ($10* Entry, another big prize). Journeyman (beginners and kids-no entry, small prizes)

*Still doing $5 tournament entry credits for every purchase of at least $20

Going to the Distributors today…will have new stock on Yugioh Sleeves, the Ajani vs. Nicol Bolis Decks and will be getting a few more of the Yugioh 2011 Wave 1 Collectors tins, hopefully in time for Regionals.

This Week At the Store—Events and New in stock…

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic, Updates

Hi Folks, Here is the haps this week at D20 Games:

Friday: Date Night Magic-Kids 9-14. Starts at 5:30 for the tournament, 5 if you want Pizza first. ($15 for tournament only, $20 with food. PLEASE RSVP to [email protected] to let us know if the kids will be joining for pizza)
Friday: Adult Magic Draft: 6:15-6:30 start ($15, and includes free pack of sleeves)
Saturday: Big Parent kid Two-headed Giant: 1:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 Getting Ready For Yugioh Regionals Challenge. ($5 entry fee is free with each purchase of $20 or more) Prize TBD…if enough players want to, we will raise the entry to $10, include a pack of sleeves, and have top prize be 3 2011 Wave 1 collection tins) email [email protected] if interested.
2:30-Dragon Duel (kids 12 and under tournament) No entry fee

In stock this week:

2011 Wave 1 Yugioh Collectors Tins

29.99 each or 3 for 79.99

And on the Magic Side, we just got in the Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas Duel decks..On sale for 17.99 (add in a box, pack or sleeves and get a $5 credit for your next event entry fee)

Weekly Update: New Official hours, Friday, Sat and Sunday events.

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic, Updates

Hi Folks,

A few Quick Updates for the week:

Open today for Early dismissal (2:30), and new hours: Our Hours have been updated for the school year, and pretty much match the schedule for after school (Family run business and I need to get my kids after school too). We are going to be running a quick tournament on Wednesdays to give the after school kids something to do. Format will be Modern and we will play around for a little bit with it. (I am also going to work on setting up a system so you can register your kid and let me know if I need to see completed homework before they can get started. I won’t be able to do more then a glance to see completed pages, but I’d be willing to give it a try.) Regular hours are on the site, but they are basically 3:30-8 weekdays, closed Tuesday, early weds, and open late on Friday. Sat will be 12:30
Friday, Date Night Magic continues at 5:30 (5 for food). PLEASE RSVP if you want your lads or lasses to have Pizza and a drink at 5. We had no rsvp’s and then a huge last minute rush, so we didn’t have the pizza. Also, let me know who is interested in Sat. Date night magic? We’ve had a fair amount of interest, and if I get enough, we’ll start running it. (I know the store hours say that we close at 7 that night, but that’s just when we stop letting new people come in. ADULT DRAFT AT 6-6:30…trying to get it going early so the parents who also play can do so at mostly the same time as the kids.
Saturday Magic: 1 p.m. Legacy Tournament ($5 entry fee) AND 5:30, Ben’s Special Birthday Draft: All Foil Alara $22 entry fee ($24 with sleeves). These packs retail for $11.99 each, so getting three plus possible prize packs is a heck of a deal. I’m playing in this one.
Sunday Yugioh: Regular tournament at 1, $5 entry. Top prize: Wave 1 2011 Collectors Tin., Jr. (13 and under) at 2:30, no fee. (buy $20 worth of Yugioh stuff, and the entry fee is on me.)

Oh, and for the Yugioh players, we have a limited number of the 2011 Wave 1 collectors tins. They are $29.99 each or both for $53.99

Weekly update–What’s going on…

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic

Ben’s Birthday Specials Week. 😉

Buy 4 packs of any cards, get a 5th on me. 😉

Date Night Magic as always: Friday: 5 pm with pizza and drink ($20 with the draft and free card sleeves), 5:30 for just the draft. Please RSVP if you are going to do the food so I can make sure to get the right amount. (I don’t want anyone to go hungry, but I end up losing most of my profit if I over order. Pizza is currently from Bowsers.) Let me know if anyone is going to be later then 5:30. I’m trying to get the kids through all the rounds, but the closer we get to starting at 5:30, the better for everybody. BTW…I’ve been getting a lot of requests for a Saturday Date night, and I’m thinking about it seriously. Let me know if you are interested.
Friday Night Magic Drafts: 6:30; These are slow to get started, but I’m going to continue to do the Play or Pack guarantee for those who show up if we don’t have enough to get the game on.
Saturday Magic Tournament: 1 p.m. Format is Legacy, so any legal deck is fine. In the future these will have a $5 entry fee, but for the first few, they will be on the house. (entry fee will help to cover cost of prizes).
Saturday Evening Draft: I’m doing a draft this Saturday and next for pure fun, and to build up our status with the Magic folks. Special discounted price…$12 without sleeves, $14 with. next weekend I will be doing my special Shards of Alara All Foil draft. That will be $20 instead of the normal $25, and will be my Birthday Draft. 😉
Sunday Yu-gi-oh!: 13 and under Tournament at 2:30. We will be moving these to 2:00.
Prize Tournament also at 2:30. We will be moving this to 12 next week. Entry fee is $5. And the top prize is an Orient Dragon card (value ~$50).

Next week we will start our regular school year hours.

Monday-Thursday 3:30 to 8. (Closed Tuesdays)

Friday 3:30 to 10

Saturday 12-8

Sunday 11-6

Thanks for all the patronage. So far I’ve had to have a few quiet chats about language with the older kids and good sportsmanship with the younger (including my own), but in general the kids have been just great. I’ve been able to steer a bunch of the kids who know the games better to help out the kids who didn’t, and it has been great to see. We try and make connections with people who come in and are feeling shy about jumping in and introducing themselves, and I’m already seeing friendships develop that cross school, age and gender lines.

Oh yes…two more weeks until the Great Parent/Kid Two headed Giant Event. Great chance to find out what the kids are really doing, without really needing to know how to play, since the kids get to play with you at the same time. It will be on the Second Saturday after school starts. Part of our big opening weekends. One adult to each kid…and, oh yeah…kids, if your Mom is the one that comes, she gets a bonus pack for the team. 😉

Ben

Yu-gi-oh! players… Tournaments return next Sunday, causal today and new stock…

By Ben Calica / 6 Comments / Misc

Yu-gi-oh! players…thanks for all the feedback on what to stock and how to do the tournaments. Come on in today (actually, you are welcome anytime) to find folks for casual play. Next week, (the 22nd) we are going to run our first “getting our feet wet” tournament at 2:30. After that we’re going to start running two tournaments, one for the more serious players, that will have a $5 entry fee and a good prize pool, the second for more casual players that will be free, but have more limited, fun prizes. We will probably be running those on different days so each has enough room in the store to spread out.

We have started to build back our Yu-gi-oh! stock with some of the XYZ Lost Sanctuary Structure decks, Hidden Arsenal SE packs, Hidden Arsenal 2 packs, Crow Duelist Packs, and Yu-gi-oh! sized sleeves.

In about 2-3 weeks we will also start selling (and buying) Yu-gi-oh! singles.

That’s all the news for now…see you at the store. 😉

Ben

Friday Night Magic Drafts Starting this week-6:30 start time

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic

Come on in for Friday Night Magic Draft Starting this week. Sign up and be ready to go for a 6:30 start.

For now, drafts cost $15 and come with a free set of Ultra-Pro sleeves (normally $3).

Since we’re just getting going, we’re going to try and crack the chicken and egg problem by instituting our One Pack Draft Guarantee. If you sign up and we don’t get at least 6 players by 7, you get a free pack of the latest set of Magic cards we have in stock to make sure it was worth your time. 🙂 Come on in and play.

Weds D&D-~5pm

Space in the group each week is first come, first sign up, and very subject to the DM’s being healthy and present. Check the website/twitter feed for last minute updates/announcements).

Dungeons and Dragons: Encounters

When: Every Wed,

Time: ~ 5 pm play (may very based on DM)

Cost: 5$ per player-limit is 7 players per table ($ Goes to DM credit) (Going to $10 in 2019)

What is D&D? Dungeons & Dragons is the game the popularized role playing. Created in the mid-70’s,D&D was unique in casting one of the players in the role of the Dungeon Master. A person who both kept the secrets of the world that the other players were trying to discover, and acted as a living interpreter of the rules, allowing players to try all sorts of creative solutions to problems they encounter, and not be limited by only what the original game creators set down on paper. This was quite literally a game-changer, in that it really allowed people to use their imaginations to inhabit characters that they created and moved through the world. It works best when the players access the freedom of their 8-12 year old selves and create characters that are ones they would have chosen to play on a playground.

Character Creation.

Each DM chooses how character creation is done. If by rolling, it must be done in the store with an official watching, however, if it uses the customize ability scores method (which is the default for D20) you can create a character at home and bring it in.

(From the D&D5.0 Wikia on creating a character…)

Players have 27 points to spend on your ability scores. The cost of each score is shown on the Ability Score Point Cost table. For example, a score of 14 costs 7 points. Using this method, 15 is the highest ability score you can end up with, before applying racial increases. You can’t have a score lower than 8.

This method of determining ability scores enables you to create a set of three high numbers and three low ones (15, 15, 15, 8, 8, 8), a set of numbers that are above average and nearly equal (13, 13, 13, 12, 12, 12), or any set of numbers between those extremes

Score	Cost	Score	Cost
8	0	12	4
9	1	13	5
10	2	14	7
11	3	15	9

D&D Character Sheets

https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/character_sheets

More info on D&D….

Weds D&D-~5:30pm

Space in the group each week is first come, first sign up, and very subject to the DM’s being healthy and present. Check the website/twitter feed for last minute updates/announcements).

Dungeons and Dragons: Encounters

When: Every Wed,

Time: ~ 5 pm play (may very based on DM)

Cost: 5$ per player-limit is 7 players per table ($ Goes to DM credit) (Going to $10 in 2019)

Character Creation.

(From the D&D5.0 Wikia on creating a character…)

Score	Cost	Score	Cost
8	0	12	4
9	1	13	5
10	2	14	7
11	3	15	9

D&D Character Sheets

https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/character_sheets

More info on D&D….