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The Games Club
magic: the Gathering Morningtide
Pre-release Quiz |
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Amongst the
handouts that players attending our Morningtide Pre-release
Event received was a 40 question quiz. The questions and then
the answers are available on the link below.
This is a just
for fun quiz for you to test your Magic: The Gathering
knowledge. Thanks to Luke May for providing us with these
questions. Enjoy.
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The Games Club
magic: the gathering Demonstration |
Learn to Play Magic: The
Gathering
These Demonstration Videos will
help a new player to learn the basics of the premier trading
card game Magic: The Gathering.
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The Games Club
magic: the gathering Announcement |
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Summer of Magic
LOCATION
The Games Club on Monday and Tuesday
evenings at the County Hotel Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0JW.
WHEN
If you enjoyed Magic Game Day, take
the next step and stretch out the fun throughout the Summer of
Magic. Tournaments begin July 21 (the week after Magic Game Day) and
run until October 12.
PRIZES
Winners: Players finishing on 9pts
win a promo Foil Treetop Village cards.
Door Prize: Additional Faerie
Conclave promo cards will be randomly awarded to participants that
did not finish first.
Tournament
Structure/Formats
All Summer of Magic Tournaments will
be sanctioned as Limited: Booster Draft.
All tournaments should be run using
Swiss rounds. (3 rounds of play)
Booster Draft: Each participant
receive 3 boosters from any Magic expansion or Core Set.
Players build a 40-card minimum deck
Notes
All Summer of Magic Tournaments are
sanctioned by the DCI
Summer of Magic Tournaments will not
run on Fridays.
Entry Fee (£8.50) includes product
used in tournament and additional prize support.
More here... |
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The Games Club
magic: the gathering Announcement |
End of Time Spiral Block Sale
The curtains are being drawn on
the extremely popular Time Spiral Block and we wait for the
lights to come up on Lorwyn (released on 12/10/07) we are
offering a couple of interesting tournament formats at the
Monday (08/10/07) and Tuesday (09/10/07) evening meetings of The
Games Club at a very special prices.
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Sealed Deck + Booster
Draft
Each player will be given
1 x Time Spiral Tournament Pack which they will have 5
minutes to review. Each player will then receive 1 x Time
Spiral Booster + 1 x Planar Chaos Booster + 1 x Future
Sight Booster which will be drafted and then added to
the cards from the Tournament Pack (normal Deck
Construction rules apply).
Entrance Fee: £8.50
Prize Pool: 1½
x Time Spiral Block Boosters per player |
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Double Booster Draft
Each player will receive
2 x Time Spiral Boosters + 2 x Planar Chaos Boosters + 2
x Future Sight Boosters which will be drafted, in
release order (normal Deck Construction rules apply).
Entrance Fee: £8.50
Prize Pool: 1½
x Time Spiral Block Boosters per player |
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The Games Club
magic: the gathering Announcement |
Artist Signing
- Lorwyn Pre-release Event
John Avon will be making squiggles, practicing
his signature, selling prints/proofs/originals and generally
inspiring amazement at this Lorwyn Worldwide Pre-release.
   
www.johnavon.com
John lives just outside Brighton, East Sussex, England. His wife
(Patricia McCarthy) is an established illustrator, and his true
best friend. They have two boys, Laurie aged 10 and James aged 7
who are brilliant and already love to draw and paint. John's
main hobby is music, he plays guitar, piano, and enjoy attempts
at home recording. John loves to read and go walking on the
nearby downland or by the sea. Occasionally John feels like an
alien on this mad mad planet, but is privileged to have some
great friends who understand when he's "off world..." and just
leave him to it!
 
Card list here...
More here...
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The Games Club
magic: the gathering Announcement |
Open Duelling
- Lorwyn Pre-release Event
For newer and casual players the thought of playing at a
tournament can sometimes be a little off-putting, although it
doesn't need to be like that this weekend, where you can
sidestep the Pre-release tournament altogether.
You won't need to worry about building a Sealed Deck or about
playing against players whose experience is greater than your
own. We will have a limited (but ample) supply of Lorwyn
pre-constructed decks (Theme Decks) for Open Duelling. This is a
fairly new idea designed specifically for new and less
experienced players.
Open Duelling costs £7.50 to enter, and for that a player will
receive one of five Lorwyn Theme Decks. Players will be randomly
paired with five other players and upon completion of five
matches everyone who participates will receive a foil promo card
and one Lorwyn booster pack. It doesn't matter whether you win
or lose... it just matters that you play the game.
Players in Open Duelling can also play their deck against
players taking part in a main event as well. (If you are in the
main event and have a couple of minutes between rounds try and
make yourself available for a game or two. And if you do... try
and remember something critical you learned while playing Magic
and share it. It could be about playing instants at the end of
your opponent's turn or the nuances of putting damage on the
stack or an introduction to card advantage.)
This is a great introductory experience for playing Magic in a
competitive setting that will provide players with a completely
built deck, possibly some new friends, and over the course of
five matches a pretty good idea about the themes and mechanics of
Lorwyn.
More here...
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The Games Club
yu-gi-oh! Announcement |
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The Games Club
Summer Cup Finals Invitees
The following
players have qualified for The Games Club's Summer Cup Finals to
be held at the County Hotel on Friday, 7th September 2007:
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Au |
John
Moss |
Han-Wei Tang |
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Domenico Galizia |
James
Pennicott |
Stephen Vallance |
| Chris
Kirham |
Romaan
Qayyum |
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| Mark
Lightfoot |
Michael Stenning |
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The Games Club
announcement
06.06.06 |
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2006 World Cup
Sweepstake
The Games Club
will be running a Sweepstake during the 2006 World Cup where the
winner will receive a display of Coldsnap.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
31.05.06 |
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M:TG Arena
League
The final
results are now in for the first of our Guildpact seasons. The Monday league was won by
Paul Young and the
Tuesday league was won by Daniel Victor.
The second
Guildpact season runs on Mondays and Tuesday from 01/06/06 - 31/07/06.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
13.04.06 |
Bring-a-Friend - Dissension
Worldwide Pre-release
Bring us a new
player,
who is not already a member of the DCI, to any of the Magic:
The Gathering tournaments list below and you will BOTH receive a voucher
for one third off the entrance fee of a Side Event at our
Dissension Worldwide Pre-release on Saturday, 22nd April 2006:
The Games Club - Every Monday,
Tuesday & Friday
The Games Club Monthly: Single
Elimination Challenge - Saturday, 15th April 2006
The Games Club Monthly: Team
Constructed Challenge - Saturday, 15th April 2006
Dissension Worldwide Pre-release
- Saturday, 22nd April 2006
More here...
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The Games Club
announcement
07.04.06 |
Artist Signing
- Dissension Worldwide Pre-release
Greg Staples will be making
squiggles, practicing his signature, selling
prints/proofs/originals and generally inspiring amazement at the
Dissension Worldwide Pre-release
on Saturday, 22nd April 2006.
Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
in 1970, Greg Staples started illustrating as soon as he could
pick up a pencil.
Greg may be best known for his dynamic comic work and for his
luscious fantasy art for gaming giants Wizards of the Coast.
He is known also for his skill as a painter, he has painted some of
the greatest characters created including Spiderman, Batman and
Judge Dredd.
Website:
http://www.gregstaples.co.uk
Email:
contact@gregstaples.co.uk
Card list here...
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The Games Club
announcement
01.04.06 |
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M:TG Arena
League
The final
results are now in for the first of our Guildpact seasons. The Monday league was won by
Simon O'Keeffe and the
Tuesday league was won by Chris J Stocking.
The second
Guildpact season runs on Mondays and Tuesday from 01/04/06 - 31/05/06.
More here... |
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The Games Club
article
09/03/06 |
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Introduction
Team Constructed tournaments use
Unified Deck Construction rules: With the exception of basic
land cards, a teams combined decks and sideboards may not
contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its
English card title. (For example, if one player has four
main-deck Naturalizes in a Team Constructed event, no other
player on that team may have a Naturalize in his or her deck or
sideboard.) If a card is restricted in a particular format, no
more than one of that card may be used by the team. No players
may use cards that are banned in a particular format.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
01.12.05 |
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M:TG Arena
League
The final
results are now in for the first of our Ravnica: City of Guilds seasons. The Monday league was won by
David Murray and the
Tuesday league was won by Martin Dingler.
The second
Ravnica: City of Guilds Fifth Dawn
season runs on Mondays and Tuesday from 01/12/05 - 31/02/06.
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The Games Club
announcement
21/10/05 |
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GENCON UK - The
best four days in gaming
Running from Thursday, 3rd
November 2005 to Sunday, 6th November 2005, Gen Con UK will have an
extensive programme, including guests, role-play games, card
game tournaments, board games, computer games, an art show and a
huge trade hall, at the Butlins resort in Bognor
Regis, England.
The Games Club will be running
the Duelmasters, Hecatomb and Magic: The Gathering events on
behalf of Wizards of the Coast at GenCon UK.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
10/10/05 |
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Bring us a new
face, & claim your rewards
Bring a friend,
who is not already a member of the DCI, to any of the following Magic:
The Gathering event and you can BOTH claim some great prizes!:
Champs - Saturday, 22nd October 2005
Grand Prix Bilbao Trial - Sunday,
23rd October 2005
GenCon UK - Thursday, 3rd -
Sunday, 6th October 2005
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
08/08/05 |
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2005 English
Nationals Decklists
Every competitor's decklist.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
07/07/05 |
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London Terrorist
Attack
Our heart felt sympathies, best
wishes and thoughts are with those who have been affected by the
inexcusable bombings that occurred in London today. |
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The Games Club
announcement
New Monthly Venue |
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The Games Club
Monthly - New Venue
We are extremely
excited to announce that starting with the Grand Prix Leipzig Trial
in February we will be moving all of our monthly tournaments to
the new location at the County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London
WC1H 0JW.
The County Hotel is
part of the Imperial London Hotel group, which includes the Royal
National Hotel where we recently held the Betrayers of Kamigawa
Worldwide Pre-release.
Please note however
than the Grand Prix Lisbon Trial in March will be held at our
alternate venue at the Tavistock Hotel on Tavistock Square (another Imperial London
Hotel).
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
24/01/05 |
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M:TG The Games
Club Invitational
The following players have
qualified for the third ever The Games Club Invitational
tournament to be held at The Games Club Monthly: Single
Elimination Challenge on Saturday, 5th February 2005. The invitations are based on
The Games Club's Ranking and Ratings.
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Top 8 Pod
1st - Yu Hin Lee
2nd -
Chris Stowers
3rd - Simon P O'Keeffe
4th - Pawel Mazierski
5th - Alwyn Collinson
6th - Kian C Lee
7th - Simon Bouton
8th - Quentin Martin
10th - Andrew Buchanan
11th - Will Wisbey
12th - Alan Mai
Unable to attend. |
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Bottom 8 Pod
485th - Simon J Wentworth
484th - Larry Devis
483rd - Farhan Hafeez
482nd - Nigel T Rathbone
481st - Richard J Collins
480th - Raymond Wat
479th - Gustavo Castano
478th - David Murray
477th - Gary Manuel
Unable to attend. |
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8 Most Frequent (Uninvited)
1st - Jason B Howlett
2nd - Paul Naicker
4th - Matthew Hall
5th - Nicholas A Lovett
7th - Mark R Bathe-Taylor
8th - Philip G Rogers
10th - Rachel Gilbey
11th - Chris J Stocking
12th - Chi A D'Alvarez
13th - Richard Nunn
14th - Vincent Teh
Unable to attend. |
Players
will need to confirm attendance no later than 03/02/05 by sending
an email to
invitational@thegamesclub.org.
Non-confirmed places will be passed down.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
20/09/04 |
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M:TG The Games
Club Invitational
The following players have
qualified for the first ever The Games Club Invitational
tournament to be held at The Games Club Monthly: Single
Elimination Challenge on Saturday, 2nd October 2004. The invitations are based on
The Games Club's Ranking and Ratings.
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Top 8 Pod
1st - Quentin Martin
2nd -
Sam J R Gomersall
3rd - Richard Nunn
4th - Thomas Lowish
5th - Hao Wu
6th - Chi D'Alvarez
7th - Alwyn Collinson
8th - Andrew G Buchanan
9th - Paul Naicker (alternate
for Richard Nunn)
Unable to attend. |
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8 Most Regular (previously
un-invited)
1st - Allen Lister
3rd -
Dan Watkinson
4th -
Raymond Wat
5th - Rachel Gilbey
6th - Jason B Howlett
9th - Philip G Rogers
10th - Paul Thomas Cridland
11th - Justin Spary
12th - Justin Chee (alternate for Paul Cridland)
Unable to attend. |
Players
will need to confirm attendance no later than 30/09/04 by sending
an email to
invitational@thegamesclub.co.uk.
Non-confirmed places will pass down.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcment
15.09.04 |
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New Premier Event Venue
We are very pleased to announce
that starting with the Champions of Kamigawa Pre-release this
weekend, we will be moving to a new venue for our Premier
Events.
This move initiates the start of a new era for The Games Club, as
we continue to strive for bigger and better events, held in the
best possible location available.
The Old Truman Brewery,
91 Brick Lane,
London,
E1 6QL.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcment
19.08.04 |
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The Games Club
Articles Section
The Games Club
is proud to announce that it will be playing host to an articles
section for L5R, M:TG and Vs. System articles written by UK
players and judges. So if you have any articles written, or just
as thoughts in your mind, get them down on paper and send them in
to leewood@thegamesclub.org.
The site can only be a success with the input from the UK CCG &
TCG community!
Anyone that has an article published will receive a voucher for a
FREE Side Event redeemable at any of The Games Club's tournaments.
**The Games Club Article Editor (Lee M J B Wood Esq III) holds the
final verdict on content of articles and articles personally
attacking persons, deemed to be of a sarcastic nature, and any
other offensive articles will not be published**
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcment
28.07.04 |
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M:TG Arena
League
The final
results are now in for Fifth Dawn
Season 1. The Monday league was won by Paul Naicker and the
Tuesday league was won by Ric Nunn.
Fifth Dawn
Season 2 runs from 01/08/04 - 30/09/04.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
04/05/04 |
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M:TG 2004
English National Championship
For all the latest information on
this years event please go to
www.magicnationals.co.uk.
Please send any comments to
enquiries@magicnationals.co.uk.
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The Games Club
announcement
24/05/04 |
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M:TG The Games
Club Invitational
The following players have
qualified for the first ever The Games Club Invitational
tournament to be held at MiniCon XIII on Sunday, 30th May 2004. The invitations are based on
The Games Club's Ranking and Ratings.
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Top 8 Pod
1st - Sam Gomersall
2nd -
Pawel Mazierski
3rd - Simon P O'Keeffe
4th -
Alan Mai
5th - Chi D'Alvarez
6th -
Quentin Martin
7th -
Hao Wu
8th -
Richard N Moore
9th -
Paul Cridland (alternate for Sam
Gomersal)
10th -
Tom Lowish (alternate for Simon
O'Keefe)
11th -
Kian Lee (alternate for Hao Wu)
Unable to attend. |
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Bottom 8 Pod
378th - Ronnie Tan (alternate
for Rachid Saaida)
379th - Jason Howlett
(alternate for Larry Devis)
381st - Johannes Kotze
381st -
Raymond Wat
383rd -
Rachid Saaida
384th -
Philip Rogers
385th -
Meyer du Plessis
386th -
Larry Devis
387th -
Gustavo Castano
388th -
Simon Wentworth
Unable to attend. |
P layers
will need to confirm attendance no later than 26/05/04 by sending
an email to
invitational@thegamesclub.co.uk.
Non-confirmed places will drop down (or up).
More here... |
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The Games Club
convention 29.05.2004
& 30.05.2004 |
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MiniCon XIII
MiniCon is The Games Club's regular
small scale (Mini) convention (Con), held three times a year.
With organised games for
Dungeons & Dragons (organised by
Horsemen Events), Dungeons & Dragons
Miniatures (also by
Horsemen Events), Legend of the Five Rings CCG,
Magic: the Gathering (Fifth Dawn Sneak Preview and The Games Club
Invitational), Pokιmon
(organisedby Ben Ward) and The Settlers of Catan.
More here... |
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The Games Club
announcement
24/03/04 |
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M:TG 2004
English National Championship
As part of The
Games Club and The Place for Games' commitment to make the 2004
English National Championship a spectacular event, we have produced a fairly
comprehensive frequently asked questions document (FAQ).
We hope that the
FAQ will answer all your questions, if it doesn't or you think
there is something missing, please feel free to let us know by sending an email
to either
The Games Club or
The Place for Games Ltd.
The FAQ is available as a PDF, and requires either Adobe Reader
(recommended) or another PDF viewer.
Download
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The Games Club
announcement
20/03/04 |
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M:TG Rankings
and Ratings
The Games Club now maintains it's
own Rankings and Ratings using the same
ELO
player-rating system used by the DCI.
Our, Rankings and Rating are reset every 4 months, when a new set
in released, and only include events run by The Games Club using
the modified-Swiss style pairings (excluding Trios events).
More here... |
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The Games Club
annoucement
01.09.2003 |
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RIP Keith Loveys
1949 - 2003
It was with much
sorrow that we were informed, today, of Keith Loveys' passing.
He had been a regular player in the London Magic: The Gathering
scene for the last 9 years and in board gaming and bridge circles
for many years before that.
His cremation service was held on Friday, 5th September 2003 at West
Herts Crematorium in Watford at 1pm.
He is greatly missed by those that knew him.
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The Games Club
announcement |
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New Website
We are glad to announce that we are in the process on completely
updating The Games Club's website, as will have noticed if you
have been here before.
It is expected that this process is going to take a number of
weeks to totally finish, in the meantime, please be patient with
us whilst we continue the process.
You will find that whilst this work is being carried out a
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