Idzy
Commander
3081 Posts
    
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
 | | 10/28/2006 6:40 AM |
| Posted By jacksonm on 10/28/2006 5:01 AM
Dreamblade was indeed fun. The set looks real nice.
I'm looking forward to busting out a few of the new figures in a constructed game next week.
The Baxar's minis are not legal for constructed for 2 weeks after release so you won't get to play them till the 10th. that sucks pretty hard eh? | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/28/2006 6:47 AM |
| Posted By Omand on 10/28/2006 6:09 AM Hello all, One other thing. The old timers need to get the new players to update their DCI info with location stuff. If we want bigger events at GameKnight we need the DCI to realize the size of the player base by having big tournaments, and easily traceable players to Winnipeg within Canada. Cheers 
We've gone over the list of those who need to update before but a quick scan of the Canada players list turns up Jory, Megan, Bram, Dan Wurtele, Dan Palmer, Virgil, Kevin Maughten, Will, and Jay needing to update their info. I'm sure there are more players that I didn't recognize. Kyle needs to update his info as to being from Winnipeg but at least he's listed in Manitoba.
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/28/2006 6:51 AM |
| Posted By Idzy on 10/28/2006 6:40 AM Posted By jacksonm on 10/28/2006 5:01 AM
Dreamblade was indeed fun. The set looks real nice.
I'm looking forward to busting out a few of the new figures in a constructed game next week.
The Baxar's minis are not legal for constructed for 2 weeks after release so you won't get to play them till the 10th. that sucks pretty hard eh?
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/28/2006 6:55 AM |
| Everyone make sure to say Hello to the players flying in from Regina today. Poor bastards don't have any skirmish scene there, not even a single ranked player..... Let's hope they don't clean our clocks.
Anyway, I'm off to grab something to eat and then to Gameknight. Good luck everyone. | | | |
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Isondaho
Warrior
271 Posts
Canada
| | 10/28/2006 5:34 PM |
| | Hey did any one find the mini Storm Silverhand, I can't find mine, I think I left at the store, I have the card, but can't find her anywhere. | | | |
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 10/28/2006 5:59 PM |
| | I've got it Norm, I musta grabbed it by accident after our game. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/28/2006 7:57 PM |
| Thanks again to Scott and the rest of the Game Knight crew for running another great prerelease event. It was a lot of fun and aside from a couple DCI computer snafus everything ran nice and smooth.
21 people out today which isn't bad at all. Congradulations go out to Daniel for being our over all winner. I managed to fight my way to 2nd place with Richard being third and Norm rounding out 4th place. | | | |
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Omand
Commander
3118 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/28/2006 8:34 PM |
| Daniel Phillippe, he's always there at the prereleases. Another local player who needs to update his personal info.
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Idzy
Commander
3081 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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stonefro2000
Sergeant
465 Posts
| | 10/28/2006 10:15 PM |
| yep another rocking pre-release. All hail to the Grand Master of the pre-release, The Beer Baron!
oh on another note, our new friends form Regina had a great time and they ariverd at the airport in one piece (minus the minis) | |
"Well maybe Mr. T hacked the game and created a Mohawk class! Maybe Mr. T is handy with computers! Had that ever occurred to you Mr. condescending Director!" | |
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Isondaho
Warrior
271 Posts
Canada
| | 10/29/2006 5:33 AM |
| Posted By Richard II on 10/28/2006 5:59 PM
I've got it Norm, I musta grabbed it by accident after our game.
Thats good, at least I know where she is.
Thanks. | | | |
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Isondaho
Warrior
271 Posts
Canada
| | 10/29/2006 5:34 AM |
| It was a fun day and I had lots of luck, I didn't think I would place in forth with my crappy tournament pulls. In my 2 boosters I won had the Ice Devil and the Howler. | | | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/29/2006 5:46 AM |
| I wasn't feeling too strong about my warband either, especially after a tough loss to Kevin in the first round but after some tough skirmishes I somehow managed to pull my way through to the finals.
My prize boosters netted me a second Githyanki Dragon Knight, a Lilend, the Air Genasi Swashbuckler, and an Owlbear. Not too shabby at all. I needs as many Owlbears as I can get. | | | |
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 10/29/2006 5:09 PM |
| | Yay, I passed my dreamblade test. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/29/2006 5:35 PM |
| Posted By Richard II on 10/29/2006 5:09 PM
Yay, I passed my dreamblade test. Congradulations, welcome to the club.
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 10/30/2006 5:50 AM |
| | WTF I wrote the dreamblade test last night, and today I get an email saying my advisorship is about to expire and I have to write it again? | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/30/2006 5:55 AM |
| Posted By Richard II on 10/30/2006 5:50 AM
WTF I wrote the dreamblade test last night, and today I get an email saying my advisorship is about to expire and I have to write it again?
Same thing happened to me and Rob. It's a mistake, you should get an email soon apologizing for that.
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ShadowLord XT
Commander
2627 Posts
Plane of Shadow
| | 10/30/2006 6:27 AM |
| Pre-release was fun. I got my Ice Devil (One of my favourites in the set) and it stood up against some tough competition.
I am probably the first person on the planet to have carved his own pumpkin as a Bone Devil. It's just the outline, but it looks cool none the less. It has two pins holding up the tail.
What mini looks like an Ice Queen. This is because I was thinking of taking a picture of 4 or 5 Ice Devils on a snowbank with an Ice Queen mini on the top. Kinda like her fortress protected by her minions (I'll probably have 4 or 5 Ice Devils by the time we get a big enough snowbank hopefully).
Another picture I want to take is a pic of all of the devils.
I'll take the picture of the pumpkin soon enough, but the other two might take a while to get the minis. So much fun (except for the spending tons of cash part). | |
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Kai
Skirmisher
45 Posts
| | 10/30/2006 8:11 AM |
| Beer Baron, Paula and I had a great time, thanks again. On a side note, when can we start snapping up those sweet Blood Wars boosters?
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/30/2006 8:14 AM |
| Posted By Kai on 10/30/2006 8:11 AM
Beer Baron, Paula and I had a great time, thanks again. On a side note, when can we start snapping up those sweet Blood Wars boosters?
Friday at 12 AM.
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 10/30/2006 10:37 AM |
| | Looking at the schedule for November, Thursday November 16th is listed as sealed draft, which doesn't make any sense. Sealed and Draft are both forms of limited tournaments, so I'm guessing this is a limited event done draft format? No sealed about it. | |
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The Beer Baron
Underboss
1551 Posts
"Champion of the Centaur Commander. Knight of the Gnoll Druid. Vindicated Champion of the Dragon Wrought Kobold!
| | 10/30/2006 2:15 PM |
| Posted By Kai on 10/30/2006 8:11 AM
Beer Baron, Paula and I had a great time, thanks again. On a side note, when can we start snapping up those sweet Blood Wars boosters?
Friday Nov. 3rd. If the minis are in my hands on Thursday, we'll do Thursday night Minis Midnight Madness again. I'll keep the shop open until aftermidnight, and sell them yo you then.
Thanks again to all who came out to our pre-release. I think it went well, despite trying to get it done by 4:00. Congrats to our winners.
This week:
Weds: No games, beer club meeting.
Thurs: DDM 200 points sanctioned Constructed
Friday: FNM, and Dreamblade Edge sanctioned
Sat: D&D World Wide Game Day - a FREE event playing D&D all day!
Richard - Nov 16th should indeed read Booster Draft. But I guess the boosters are sealed...... I guess I'll have to go and whip my scheduling monkeys. | |
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MackeyJ
Underboss
1414 Posts
| | 10/30/2006 5:35 PM |
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Richard - Nov 16th should indeed read Booster Draft. But I guess the boosters are sealed...... I guess I'll have to go and whip my scheduling monkeys.
Whip em.... whip em real good.
Dang... missed out on another prerelease on account of work. I was up in Bear skin reserve Ontario and trust me there isn't a flags up there.
Glad to hear it all went well for those who attended. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/31/2006 5:07 AM |
| I suppose with entering things online it could be either a sealed or a draft as you don't have to enter the event as one or the other, the only options are constructed, limited, and extreme. So if you enter a limited tournament it's up to you to decide if it's a sealed or draft event. Just like a constructed event can be 100 or 200 points.
The big gameday event on the 26th features a Draft in the 3rd slot so maybe having the other one that month be a regular sealed event wouldn't be a bad idea. | | | |
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 10/31/2006 7:42 AM |
| Ugh, hour long drives to uni make me wish I Lived in residence. not as bad as the 2.5 hour drive home yesterday though.
My preference for sealed over draft stems from the time factor. We tend to be somewhat pressed for time as is, and the extra 30-45 minutes drafting takes can shorten our games to the point where they're almost meaningless and we're only getting 2 or 3 rounds in and the final score is like 52-39 or something silly. | |
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Kai
Skirmisher
45 Posts
| | 10/31/2006 10:29 AM |
| Sealed is better, have to agree. I never liked the thought of walking away with only one, or potentially no rares because you tried to get the peices that would help you win, even though you didn't. *shrugs* And it costs the same as sealed anyways, right?
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/31/2006 11:23 AM |
| Both systems have their advantages. I happen to enjoy drafting a lot.
The evening slot on the 26th is scheduled to be a draft event but with the possibility of having new players attend I was thinking it may work better as a regular sealed limited event. I think I'll give the option to those attending and playing which format they'll prefer and go from there. | | | |
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The Beer Baron
Underboss
1551 Posts
"Champion of the Centaur Commander. Knight of the Gnoll Druid. Vindicated Champion of the Dragon Wrought Kobold!
| | 10/31/2006 11:59 AM |
| Consulting with my crystal ball, also known as the staff here, we have decided that for draft events the boosters will be given out at 6:00 pm, there will be 30 minutes to draft, from 6:30 until 6:45 you can build your warbands, at 6:45 round 1 wiill start. this way the event won't take too long, and it will be over before the usual events.
***** this message has been approved by the REAL beer baron | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/31/2006 12:07 PM |
| | The real Beer Baron huh? Homer Simpson is a good man, if it has his stamp of approval it's good by me. | | | |
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Kai
Skirmisher
45 Posts
| | 10/31/2006 1:21 PM |
| | So has it been decided which set we're using for the draft? Or a mix? | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/31/2006 1:33 PM |
| | The Sealed on the 26th with be Blood Wars. I'm assuming the one on the 16th would be Blood Wars as well since the set just came out. | | | |
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The Beer Baron
Underboss
1551 Posts
"Champion of the Centaur Commander. Knight of the Gnoll Druid. Vindicated Champion of the Dragon Wrought Kobold!
| | 10/31/2006 2:44 PM |
| | Yep, nothwithstanding some WOTC F***up. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 10/31/2006 2:51 PM |
| Posted By The Beer Baron on 10/31/2006 2:44 PM
Yep, nothwithstanding some WOTC F***up.
Speaking of which, have the cases arrived yet? What about the November retailer kits (not that we've put much of a dent into the October ones.)? | | | |
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Idzy
Commander
3081 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 10/31/2006 7:21 PM |
| | Word is out that SWM Starship Battles will not be on the demo list. Which really sucks. I'm checking into it but I don't have high hopes. | |
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 10/31/2006 7:53 PM |
| | Getting there at 6:00 is gonna be a pain. | |
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Omand
Commander
3118 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 10/31/2006 8:43 PM |
| Hello,
I will be away on November 16th, so I have no preference or opinion on draft vs sealed. I do have to say I generally prefer sealed, however, as it does set up more quickly.
So, who all was out on Saturday for the Pre-release? Anyone have any great stories about the event? Were all of the rares pulled during the day, or are some still unrevealed in Winnipeg?
Cheers
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ShadowLord XT
Commander
2627 Posts
Plane of Shadow
| | 11/01/2006 6:29 AM |
| Getting there at 6:00 is near impossible for me, but for the future I prefer sealed events to Draft.
Omand, I don't I remeber haring about Vlaakith being pulled. Other than that, I think everything else was pulled as prizes or in warband boosters. | |
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Knight of Golems
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 11/01/2006 7:23 AM |
| | I don't recall seeing a horned devil, howler, vlaakith, hellcat. Don't know if they were not played or not pulled. | |
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Universally_Hated
Sneak
85 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 11/01/2006 7:38 AM |
| | The cases have not arrived yet, and neither have the retailer kits. I talked to our man at WOTC last week, and he said that the stuff will be there for friday, now i don't know if that means it will be there on thursday, or if it will show up on friday morning, but if it goes the way he said everything should be there on thursday. We all know that the beer baron will post on here as soon as everything shows up. | |
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