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| The Games Club announcement The Games Club (Monday) |
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The Games Club will not be running events on Mondays for the foreseeable future.
It was felt that the venues available for a regular Monday event didn't provide the quality of play experience we want associated with The Games Club, so we are now consolidating all non-FNM play to Tuesdays at County Hotel (Upper Woburn Place, WC1H 0JW).
As part of this consolidation we will be sanctioning and reporting all play taking place at The Games Club on a Tuesday, including any casual play, Commander/EDH, Legacy and Standard (plus additional formats based on player requirements), regardless of player numbers.
This will give our regular players access to a greater opportunity of significantly increasing the total number of Competitive Planeswalker Points earned each week, whilst still allowing The Games Club to maintain a superior venue and deliver an improved Organised Play experience. |
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| The Games Club weekly meetings Every Monday, Tuesday & Friday Evening |
The Games Club & The Games Club FNM 
Board Games - German style board & card games (Mondays) Magic: The Gathering - Booster Draft (all), FNM (Fridays) and DCI Sanctioned Events (all) Yu-Gi-Oh! - UDE Sanctioned Events (Friday) More here... |
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| The Games Club announcement 06/05/11 |
New Phyrexia Pre-release Promotion  | | | | Play in The Games Club's New Phyrexia Pre-releases on both Saturday (7th) & Sunday (8th) and get £5 off the entrance fee on Sunday. | | |
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| The Games Club announcement Artist Signing |
Mirrodin Besieged "Regional" Pre-release 
Karl Kopinski was born in Nottingham in 1971, drawing became an obsession from an early age.
After studying fine art at university he picked up his first freelance work with Games Workshop's publishing house Black Library, which quickly led to a position in the main Games Workshop art department where he worked for 7 years, looking for new challenges he returned to freelance work around 5 years ago.
He is currently still based in Nottingham and now works in a wide variety of fields and media including book illustration, concept design for the games industry, military history paintings and portraiture, and of course the legendary Magic: the Gathering cards!!
More here... |
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| The Games Club announcement Super Friday Night Magic |
Super Friday Night Magic 
Super Friday Night Magic continues at The Games Club throughout January. In addition to the usual FNM prizes (see below) The Games Club will be rewarding anyone finishing on 6 or more points will go home with an extra FNM prize card of their choice from the selection available. Friday Night Magic usually rewards both the 1st and 2nd place players with one FNM prize card each. Plus, the two remaining FNM prize cards are randomly awarded as a Door Prizes to two players that did not place first or second. More here... |
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| The Games Club magic: the gathering 26/09/10 |
| The Games Club Invitational
-- INVITATIONAL -- The structure of The Games Club Invitational is Round Robin. The format for The Games Club Invitational is a secret. More here... |
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| The Games Club announcement CANCELLED Scars of Mirrodin "Regional" Pre-release |
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| The Games Club announcement 2010 Fantasy Nationals Winner |
Richard Hagon - 106 points |
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| The Games Club announcement End of Block Sale (20, 21 & 24 Sep. '10) |
| Magic 2011 Core Set Booster Draft | - | 6 x M11 Boosters @ £12.50 | | Rise of the Eldrazi Booster Draft | - | £6.25 | | Zendikar & Worldwake Booster Draft | - | £6.25 |
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| The Games Club preview Scars of Mirrodin |
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| The Games Club announcement Magic 2011 Core Set Charity Event |
Help Donate up $22K to Charity based on Attendance at 'Magic 2011' Launch Party Wizards of the Coast is giving the Magic 2011 Launch Parties an impact far beyond your local gaming table. To celebrate the launch, we are donating at least $11,000 to the charitable organization Child's Play, and depending upon the overall player turn-out to the Launch Parties, may donate up to $22,000 to Childs Play. About Child's Play: Since 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together through Childs Play, a community-based charity grown and nurtured from the game culture and industry. When gamers give back, it makes a difference! For more information about Childs Play, visit www.childsplaycharity.org. More here... |
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| The Games Club artist signing 12/07/08 |
Wayne Reynolds will be making squiggles, practicing his signature, selling prints/proofs/originals and generally inspiring amazement at this Eventide Pre-release Event in London on Saturday, 12th July 2008. Wayne Reynolds was born in Leeds, and attended art college in Dewsbury and Middlesborough, leaving with a HND Distinction. After a spell alternating freelance work (Chaosium, Iron Crown Enterprises) with work for a sign painting company, he settled for a few years as a concept artist in the computer games industry. However, the lure of freelance art proved too strong, and he returned to work as an independent illustrator in 1998. Wayne has most recently illustrated the covers of the new Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition core rule books. 
Card list here... Website: www.waynereynolds.com/ Email: waynereynoldsart@ntlworld.com More here... |
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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. More here... |
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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 |
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. 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 |
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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 |
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 | |
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| 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. More here... |
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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... |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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. More here... |
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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. More here... |
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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... |
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| The Games Club announcement 08/08/05 |
2005 English Nationals Decklists Every competitor's decklist. More here... |
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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. |
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| 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... |
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| 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. More here... |
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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 Cridland11th - 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 |
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** More here... |
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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... |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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 |
| 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 |
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... 
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| 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). More here... |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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