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D20 Update–Impt.Events & hours changes for (& after) Holidays.

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

Hey folks, a few big(ish) annoucements.

From now on, look for us to be open for special kid events on most early dismissal days. (Not this week…personal business.) We will post special openings on the site and through our update emails. (to get on the list, email us at info at d20alameda.com.)
Coming: We’re creating a gift recommendation list for different levels of Magic, Yugioh and game players. We will also announce a special few days where we will be open during the school day for parents who want to come in while the kids are safely tucked away at school. While we do need to sell things to stay in business, we do take pride in making sure that we stock good stuff and make appropriate and trust worthy recommendations.
After Thanksgiving:

We will be moving Friday Date Night Magic to Saturday. (This is for kids age 9-14.)We will start it at 5:30 (5 for pizza). Advanced (and very well behaved) kids can join on Friday for Friday night magic at 6:15.
Moving Kids Yugioh (the Duelist League for age 14 and younger) from Sunday to Saturday. We will both do the Duelist League at 2:30 for $5 entry fee and Yugioh Date Night also at 5:30 (5 for Pizza and a drink for $5 more.) We are doing to give more space (and frankly peace) for the kids and the adults. We will do Duelist League for a few weeks in between Thanksgiving and Xmas to give kids a chance to learn about the change who doen’t check the website, but after the new year, that will be the new times.

Events this week:

Friday

Date Night Magic at 5:30 on Friday RSVP for Pizza at 5 ($15 without pizza $20 with)
Friday Night Magic at 6:30 ($15…Prize card a special edition Go for the Throat.)

Saturday: King of the Hill Live Starting at 1:00—$5 entry fee, special limited edition mat and event decks for prizes depending on number of entries. 12 and under division if more then 8 players (no fee and smaller prizes). Standard Format
Sunday:

Masters Tournament @ 1:30: $10 entry…first prize a Half box of Photon Shockwave for 12 or less players, Full box if more. (Photon Shockwave Releases on Tuesday the 15). Rights to First Box Sold right after Midnight on Monday.
2:30 Duelist League for 14 and Younger. $5 entry fee with Turbo Pack and prize card for all players.

D20 Weekly Update-Halloween FNM, Magic Event Day-Yugioh Sneak Peek next week

By Ben Calica / 1 Comment / Events, Magic

Game Day Promo Card — Free for first 30 players

Lots of good stuff this week.

Saturday:

Innistrad Game Day! 2:00-2:30 Start time for a constructed deck tournament. (Bring your own deck. Standard format: Innistrad, M12 and Scars Block cards only, 60 card minimum) First 30 players to sign up get a special game d
ay promo card, top 6 players get a special bonus card) Entry fee is $5 ($10 with two pieces of Pizza and a drink at 5) Format is double-elimination tournament, and should end before 7 for the final players.)
Prize for top players in Game Day Tournament

Bonus Drafts. We will put out draft sheets starting from when the store opens at 12:30. 8-players and go. ($15 w/sleeves, $13 w/o). We will also do a hard-start adult draft at 6:30.

Sunday:

Yugioh Masters Turny at 1:30. First Prize, $5 Entry, first prize Guaranteed Entry for Photon Shockwave Sneak Peek on Nov , 6th.–Includes Turbo Booster for entry pack
Duelist League (14 and under)-2:30 to 4:30. $5 Turbo Booster for entry pack and a pick from the special duelist league cards at the end of the event. (BTW…the FULL set of Exodia will be among the cards this week.)

D20 Game Update 10/20/11 King of the Hill?!?

By Ben Calica / 1 Comment / Magic, Updates

Hey folks, here’s the news that fits the print:

Just in: Yugioh Gates of the Underworld Structured Decks $10 (on sale for $9)
Friday: Date Night Magic at 5:30& Friday Night Magic (FNM) at 6:30 and ($15 w/sleeves or Deck box). We’re starting to get a great group showing up, so come and join us. Please RSVP for the kid events and let us know if you are on the way for FNM. We still have the special Contagian Clasp FNM cards for the top place winners.
Sunday: Masters Yugioh @ 1:30. $5 with special bonus event packs!, Duelist League for 14 and Younger at 2:30. Also $5 with special bonus Event packs and special prize cards for the kids.

Also, we’re looking to do a new ongoing event designed to help our competitive players a chance to really get their decks a serious workout for upcoming Worlds and Regional competitions. Meet King of the Hill! 😉 Starting this week, we’ll be doing King of the Hill for Yugioh and Magic Standard and Modern.

More info (and rules) for King of the Hill here.

D20 Games Weekly Update: LOTS of events…Parent-kid magic Sat, Prep for Yugioh Regionals…Magic World Champs in SF In Nov…

By Ben Calica / 1 Comment / Events, Magic, Updates

Hey Folks. We have a bunch of good stuff coming up, both on the Yugioh and Magic side.

Mondays: EDH Play
Weds: Magic Modern format, Yugioh Dragon Duels (both based on interest)
Thursday: Magic Standard Format
Friday: Date Night Magic & FNM and ($15 w/sleeves or Deck box)
Saturday: Two-headed Giant 1:00 (Start playing at 2:30 with deck building before that for those who are finishing up with soccer and such…this is one of the few tournament types where it’s ok to come in a bit later…just have less time to build decks.. (Parent-Kid & Standard Team…$17.50 pp w/o sleeves, $20 with)
Sunday: Masters Yugioh @ 1:30. $5 with special bonus event packs!, Duelist League for 14 and Younger at 2:30. Also $5 with special bonus Event packs and special prize cards for hte kids.

On the Yugioh side, for our masters, we have the next regionals coming up on Saturday so come on down and get those decks ready for action. For the next 3 days, we bring back the 3 for $90 price on the Legendary Collection 2 prices. We also got in the special event packs for both the Masters and Duelist League for entry bonuses.

On the Magic side, there is a huge event coming up next month. The Magic World Championships is going to be in San Francisco Nov. 17th-20th. Word is this is the last time the public will be allowed to view and it is in our back yard. There will also be a number of great Public events, some with the possibility of getting invited to the next regional competition. In anticipation, we are going to be running weekly Modern and Standard events to start getting those decks tweaked out for play.

D20 Weekly update: FNM for Real!, Date night Magic, And Sunday Yugioh

By Ben Calica / Leave a Comment / Events, Magic

Update: Legendary Collection 2 is at $35 for next 20 sold…will start going up after that. 3 for 90 deal is over…(most stores are selling it for $40 and up…will hold the price as long as I can.)

Ok…the updated schedule for the weekend.

Friday at 5:30 –Kid Magic (date night Magic)
Friday at 6:30- FNM Friday Night Magic (finally!!!)

FNM prize card — Top 4 player FNM player prize card

Sat at 1:30–Innistrad League (sealed deck…buy six packs and play for 6 weeks.)-entry $25 (includes six packs…basically cost of the packs) Week 1 of 6 weeks
Sunday at 1:30 Yugioh Masters. $10 entry and Two Legendary Collection 2 units (price: $25)

9-28 Weekly Update: Innistrad Launch Party this Sat, & Friday Draft!!!

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

Check the moon, because this week the werewolves and vampires are out with the new Innistrad MTG set. D20 Games will be starting off with our Friday Night Drafts using the new set, as well as hosting a huge Innistrad Launch Party on Saturday. Saturday’s event will be a 6-pack sealed deck tournament ($25 entry fee), with a special promo card for the first 30 registered. We will be doing two times so everyone can make it, the first at 12 noon (an early opening this week at 11:30), and the second at 6:00 p.m. Lots of rounds and lots of great prizes!! Remember, every purchase of greater then $20 gets a discounted entry fee, so make sure to let us take care of your Innistrad needs. This is the first time in many, many years that the creator of Magic, Richard Garfield, has been back to work on the game and man is it fun! One of the particularly cool new additions for the set is Transform, special two sided cards that are in each new pack, that can transform from one creature to it’s counterpart. We’ve been playing it this week from the prerelease and it’s the most fun set in a while.

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

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)

WeeklyClosed for Labor Day…Next Saturday @ 1 Save the Date..Kid-Parent Magic-Tournament

By Ben Calica / 1 Comment / Magic

Yeh, I know it would be a great day to play and have the store open, but since it’s my anniversary, this is always going to be a day I spend with my gal instead. 😉

Yugioh players…we will be getting the 2011 Wave 1 Collection tins back in for a limited quantity on Weds or Thursday. $29.99 each or $80 for 3. (One $5 Tournament entry fee for free with when you buy one, 2 if you buy 3).

This weekend, Magic kids/parents (or much bigger brothers/sisters) make sure to save the date/time for our first Kid/Parent two-headed giant magic events. Parents, this is the big, easy and fun way to figure out what your kids are doing with this game. Because of the way this version is played, the experienced player (most often the kids, though there are a few the other way around…I’m going to be playing with my daughter for her very first game for example) collaborates with the other player, so it really is no experience necessary.

There is also no need to worry about bring cards or figuring out how to make decks. Each team gets 7 new packs that they use to build their two decks with at the beginning of the event. (Mom’s, big sisters, or daughters get a bonus pack, so get those dishes put away and rooms cleaned up so Mom can come and be your partner.)

Cost of the event is $17 per player ($20 with sleeves and a deckbox!), and remember, any purchase of over $20 gets a $5 off coupon for any of our Magic or Yugioh events.