= MtG: Friday Night Magic
= Friday, August 28th, 2009
A few bits of news. Firstly, MTG salvation has already begun spoiling the next magic set - Zendikar. Check it out (or not). Secondly, we actually had some M10 tonight - one box worth, which was enough by a hair. Thirdly, From the Vault: Exile hit store shelves. Of course by the time anyone reads this it will probably be gone.
In other news, I had 11 people for my FNM. We barely managed to squeeze in 4 rounds. Scott J. using five color control, faced off against Adam H. wielding Kithkin in the final round. Scott J. managed to win that match for first place in the tournament.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
MtG: Friday Night Magic - Draft
= MtG: Friday Night Magic - Draft
= Friday, August 21st, 2009
I was actually expecting to cancel this event because of the M10 shortages. After all why spend money on a draft if your not drafting the newest set, and we're expecting some in the next two weeks. However fate smiled upon us and a package came courtesy UPS while I was taking entries. 1 lousy box of M10 - but it was enough to run an 8-man draft, which I did, because we had exactly 8 people.
Andrew G. Took first after three rounds against Mike R. Andrew was running a black/green build, and Mike R. was running a red/black - splash white build. Awesome games all around.
= Friday, August 21st, 2009
I was actually expecting to cancel this event because of the M10 shortages. After all why spend money on a draft if your not drafting the newest set, and we're expecting some in the next two weeks. However fate smiled upon us and a package came courtesy UPS while I was taking entries. 1 lousy box of M10 - but it was enough to run an 8-man draft, which I did, because we had exactly 8 people.
Andrew G. Took first after three rounds against Mike R. Andrew was running a black/green build, and Mike R. was running a red/black - splash white build. Awesome games all around.
Monday, August 17, 2009
SWM: Star Wars Minis 200pt 'massive' tournament.
= SWM: Star Wars Minis 200pt 'massive' tournament.
= Monday, August 17th, 2009
So for our monthly 'oddball' tournament we had 200pt constructed armies. Players had to field at least 1 large or huge figure or (alternatively) 1 figure valued at 50 or more points. Seven people attended this tournament, and we went three rounds. In the last round Adam T. won against Mason obtaining a 3-0 tournament record and first place (Mason got second).
= Monday, August 17th, 2009
So for our monthly 'oddball' tournament we had 200pt constructed armies. Players had to field at least 1 large or huge figure or (alternatively) 1 figure valued at 50 or more points. Seven people attended this tournament, and we went three rounds. In the last round Adam T. won against Mason obtaining a 3-0 tournament record and first place (Mason got second).
Sunday, August 16, 2009
MtG: Magic 2010 Box tournament
= MtG: Magic 2010 Box tournament
= Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Well I certainly wasn't expecting a shortage of the core set when I scheduled a Magic 2010 Box tournament nearly a month ago. However shortages happened, and we only managed to obtain (and hold onto) a single box of M10 for prizes. Fortunately that was barely enough. Unfortunately, despite the popularity of the set we only got 11 people to attend this event - which was just barely enough to give away our one saved box. We went four rounds, and in the last round Robert, playing 5-color control, got a 2-0 victory over Ben R, who was playing white soldier aggro.
= Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Well I certainly wasn't expecting a shortage of the core set when I scheduled a Magic 2010 Box tournament nearly a month ago. However shortages happened, and we only managed to obtain (and hold onto) a single box of M10 for prizes. Fortunately that was barely enough. Unfortunately, despite the popularity of the set we only got 11 people to attend this event - which was just barely enough to give away our one saved box. We went four rounds, and in the last round Robert, playing 5-color control, got a 2-0 victory over Ben R, who was playing white soldier aggro.
Friday, August 14, 2009
MtG: Friday Night Magic
= MtG: Friday Night Magic
= Friday, August 14th, 2009
Ten people showed up again for our weekly FNM. Thus we played 4 rounds, and managed to squeeze in it all before 9. Adam H and Aron S. both went 3-0, and then opted to draw/split in the last round. Adam H was running Kithkin, and Aron S. was running combo-elves.
= Friday, August 14th, 2009
Ten people showed up again for our weekly FNM. Thus we played 4 rounds, and managed to squeeze in it all before 9. Adam H and Aron S. both went 3-0, and then opted to draw/split in the last round. Adam H was running Kithkin, and Aron S. was running combo-elves.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
MtG: Magic Free Play
= MtG: Magic Free Play
= Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
About 12 people attended this week’s free play. Of those, 10 opted to join in the casual play extended tournament I had scheduled. Because this was a casual event, I could participate, and I did - and luckily enough I managed to come out undefeated 4-0. I was playing a red/black goblin deck, and I somehow managed victories against some sizable competition such as zombies, fairies, and thopter beats.
As a side note. This date was also the 70th birthday of Marvel Comics. The store had promotional sales going on, and cake.
= Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
About 12 people attended this week’s free play. Of those, 10 opted to join in the casual play extended tournament I had scheduled. Because this was a casual event, I could participate, and I did - and luckily enough I managed to come out undefeated 4-0. I was playing a red/black goblin deck, and I somehow managed victories against some sizable competition such as zombies, fairies, and thopter beats.
As a side note. This date was also the 70th birthday of Marvel Comics. The store had promotional sales going on, and cake.
Friday, August 7, 2009
MtG: Friday Night Magic
= MtG: Friday Night Magic
= Friday, August 7th, 2009
Ten people showed up for our weekly FNM. This is a good thing becuase it’s the first time I’ve been over my standard 8 in a while. We played 4 rounds. In the final round Adam H. managed to win over Ben R. in a white vs white duel (kithkin vs baneslayer).
As a side note Chris L. brought to the tournament a strange little deck that used Dramatic Enrance to field Progenitus as early as turn 3. While the deck didn’t do well in the tournament, I thought it a rather clever idea. After all, how would you respond to a turn 3-4 Progenitus?
If your into magic, it’d be hard not to notice that M10 has started to become scarce. This is because the set has been in such high demand that it’s simply flying off the shelf. Locally our destributor has run out of the set, and at the time of this writing the first print run of the set has pretty much been exhausted. Fortunately, there will be a second print run, and it’s expected to hit stores in about 2 weeks.
= Friday, August 7th, 2009
Ten people showed up for our weekly FNM. This is a good thing becuase it’s the first time I’ve been over my standard 8 in a while. We played 4 rounds. In the final round Adam H. managed to win over Ben R. in a white vs white duel (kithkin vs baneslayer).
As a side note Chris L. brought to the tournament a strange little deck that used Dramatic Enrance to field Progenitus as early as turn 3. While the deck didn’t do well in the tournament, I thought it a rather clever idea. After all, how would you respond to a turn 3-4 Progenitus?
If your into magic, it’d be hard not to notice that M10 has started to become scarce. This is because the set has been in such high demand that it’s simply flying off the shelf. Locally our destributor has run out of the set, and at the time of this writing the first print run of the set has pretty much been exhausted. Fortunately, there will be a second print run, and it’s expected to hit stores in about 2 weeks.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
MtG: Magic Free Play
= MtG: Magic Free Play
= Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
7 people in all attended our free play. This was quite a surprise after last week when we must have had more than a dozen. Several games were played, but the most interesting for me was when I allowed a friend of mine to play one of my decks, and sat and watched the game. It was a slightly novel experience to see someone else play out one of my own decks since I knew every card, but they were playing it a bit differently than I normally do. What’s odd is that the opponent for the game was also playing my brother’s deck, and that he was doing the same as me - sitting as spectator for the games.
= Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
7 people in all attended our free play. This was quite a surprise after last week when we must have had more than a dozen. Several games were played, but the most interesting for me was when I allowed a friend of mine to play one of my decks, and sat and watched the game. It was a slightly novel experience to see someone else play out one of my own decks since I knew every card, but they were playing it a bit differently than I normally do. What’s odd is that the opponent for the game was also playing my brother’s deck, and that he was doing the same as me - sitting as spectator for the games.
Monday, August 3, 2009
= SWM: 200pt constructed
= Monday, August 3rd, 2009
9 people in all attended our regular star-wars tournament. 2 players were late entries, which I easily entered for round 2. I hate to admit that time is becoming an issue. When time is called the SWM floor rules allows the players to finish the current round - thus all players activate all characters in turn sequence, but no new initiative is rolled. The problem being that this process can take more than ten minutes for larger games - and we only have 3 hours to complete 3 rounds given our venue.
My solution thus far has been to clip round time to 45 or even 40 minutes, and to collect results about 5 minutes after time is called.
Picture: Tom B and Dave M square off in round 1. Dave went on to win the tournament 3-0 with his Mandalorian squad.
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