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The Games Club magic: the Gathering Morningtide Pre-release Quiz

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.

 

The Games Club magic: the gathering Announcement

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.

 

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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.

 

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

 

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

 

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...

 

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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.
 

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The Games Club yu-gi-oh! Announcement

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:

Mark Au John Moss Han-Wei Tang
Domenico Galizia James Pennicott Stephen Vallance
Chris Kirham Romaan Qayyum  
Mark Lightfoot Michael Stenning  
The Games Club announcement 06.06.06

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.

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The Games Club announcement 31.05.06

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...

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

 

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The Games Club announcement 07.04.06

Artist Signing - Dissension Worldwide Pre-release

Mahamoti Djinn Hypnotic Spectre Serra Angel Hypnotic Spectre vs Serra Angel Erhnam Djinn

 

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...

The Games Club announcement 01.04.06

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...

The Games Club article 09/03/06

Introduction

Team Constructed tournaments use Unified Deck Construction rules: With the exception of basic land cards, a team’s 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.

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The Games Club announcement 01.12.05

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

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.

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The Games Club announcement 10/10/05

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...

The Games Club announcement 08/08/05

2005 English Nationals Decklists

Every competitor's decklist.

 

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The Games Club announcement 07/07/05

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.

The Games Club announcement New Monthly Venue

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...

The Games Club announcement 24/01/05

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

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The Games Club announcement 20/09/04

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.

 

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.

 

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.

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The Games Club announcment 15.09.04

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.

 

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The Games Club announcment 19.08.04

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**

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The Games Club announcment 28.07.04

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...

The Games Club announcement 04/05/04

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.

 
The Games Club announcement 24/05/04

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Players 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).

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The Games Club convention 29.05.2004 & 30.05.2004
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...

 
The Games Club announcement 24/03/04

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 here...

 

 
The Games Club announcement 20/03/04

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).

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The Games Club annoucement 01.09.2003

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.

Farewell Keith.

 
The Games Club announcement

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 number of the internal links may not work.

 

 

To go back to where you came from click here...

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