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August 31st Bulletin

Events This Week

Star Wars:Shatterpoint & Marvel: Crisis Protocol

Join us for a night of miniature skirmishing with Star Wars: Shatterpoint and Marvel: Crisis Protocol

Wednesday – 5 pm, No Cost for Entry

Puzzle Challenge – West

Puzzle Night Returns at our Westside Location, bring your friends and beat your rivals to the finish for prizes.

Wednesday – 6 pm, $40 Entry for a team of 4, Prizes will be based on placement

Limited seats available so call our Westside Location now to purchase your spot

Gundam Card Game Weekly Store Tournament

Join us for our Gundam Night. Play  a Best of One 3 Round Swiss Tournament. Everyone will get a pack for playing and the winner will get another, as well as an additional raffle for more at the end of the night.  Sign up through the Bandai app for priority. Entry is secured with your purchase of food and drink.

Saturday – 5 pm, Food and Drink Purchase Required, Sign up through Bandai, Pack for every player plus more (see above). Call our Retail department with any questions

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Night at the Zoo

1-4 players, 30 min, 10+

“Just a little further, a bit higher, bro…” The cheetah gives the penguin a boost over the gate, while a confused wolf dashes past. “Look out, someone’s coming!” Everyone freezes. After a moment of silence, a sloth calls from a tree: “All clear, move out!” The animals have secretly snuck out of the zoo at night—and now they’re trying to find their way back. Help them return before the keepers notice!

The goal of the game is to help the animals and guide them safely back into their home. Players explore parts of the darkened zoo to discover the best routes home. Each round, players draft tiles and place them on their boards, triggering special actions and building a path back for their animals. Every animal has its own unique way of moving and scoring points, making each game a new adventure!

—description from the publisher

Ants

2-4 players, 90+ min, 13+

ANTS is a deep strategy game that focuses on worker management and territorial expansion. Each player begins with one of multiple unique Queen tiles, which will heavily influence your strategy and interaction with the game’s interconnected systems. Throughout the game, you will guide your ant colony through cycles of growth, exploration, and conquest to establish dominance over the garden ecosystem.

Multiple victory paths ensure diverse strategies remain viable: architectural mastery, territorial control, demographic growth, or tactical card play and enemy conquest.

Lead your colony to victory.
For the colony!

—description from the publisher

Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo

2-6 players, 45-90 min, 14+

In Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo, Rokugan teeters on the brink of upheaval as the Great Clans—the Crab, Crane, Dragon, Lion, Phoenix, Scorpion, and Unicorn—clash for control of the legendary fortress, Toshi Ranbo. Once a strategic gem on the borderlands, the castle now stands at the heart of a war-torn battlefield, its banners contested by rival warlords seeking glory and vengeance. The air hums with the tension of drawn steel and elemental magic, as ancient shrines smolder and village alliances shift like the wind.

In this strategy game, players take on the role of ambitious daimyō representing one of the seven Great Clans: recruiting samurai heroes, drafting powerful orders, and building their clan’s military might and strategic influence. Through tactical maneuvers and clever engine-building, they strive to fulfill seven victory objectives—from capturing and holding the coveted castle to completing secret missions and claiming sacred locations. Only one clan will write its legend in the blood-soaked chronicles of Toshi Ranbo.

—description from the publisher

 

A Look Ahead to September

Featured Events

Wednesday the 2nd – Puzzle Night West

Monday the 7th – One Piece Trading Card Game – Pirate Party 1v1

Wednesday the 9th – Puzzle Night East

Friday the 11th – Cyberpunk TCG: Beta Event

Monday the 14th – Grant’s Game Recs – Board Game Comedy Night

Sunday the 20th – Board Game Book Club – Bananagrams

Monday the 21st – One Piece Card Game – Pirate Party 2v2

Friday the 25th – Boards and Brews

For any questions or more information please call our Retail Department (505)-362-2058

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August 24th Bulletin

Events This Week

Gundam Paint and Hobby Night – East

Learn to play the Gundam TCG our hangout and build Gunpla with other fans. Event starts at 4 pm Sunday evening

-Hosted by Pixelated Senpais Anime/Car Club

Boards & Brews – East

The monthly meet-up is back this Friday, August 28th. Join us at 6 pm with your friends and enjoy our curated selection of local beer and cider while you play your favorite board games

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Railroad Tiles

1-4 players, 30 min, 8+

Build an interconnected network of cars, trains, and travelers over 8 rounds. Draft tiles to build your network without locking yourself out of new routes and place cars, trains, and travelers for more points!

Looking for more? Check out the expansion for this games – now available for Special Order through our Retail Goblins

Countryside

Canals

Desert

Lakes

 

The Gang: Deluxe Edition

3-10 players, 20 min, 10+

Break in and get the Gold!

Correctly order your hands Texas Hold ‘Em style to open the Vaults, get three right before getting three wrong and get out with the gold

The Deluxe Edition includes upgraded game pieces, the More Players expansion and 3 Mini Expansions

Shards of Creation

2-4 players, 30 min, 12+

Harness Creation in this trick-taking game set in Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere. Highlight the powers of a single Shard, or Unite Them. Which will you Chose?

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August 17th Bulletin

New Demo Game

Las Vegas

2-5 players, 30 min, 8+

Try your luck in the colorful glittering world of Las Vegas. Visit 6 different casinos and try to rake in as much money as possible.

Roll all your available dice. Then choose exactly one of the numbers you rolled. Place all of the dice showing this number on the corresponding casino. Then the next player will roll. Continue until you’ve all placed all your dice.

At the end of each round players will assess each casino in turn. Ties cancel out, and the players remaining with the first and second most dice will claim their rewards.

The key is figuring out where to place your dice to win the most cash or snatch a tidy sum from someone else– with a little bit of luck.

This is a refresh of the classic version which streamlines play with fewer rounds, powerful Big Dice, and larger casino rewards. Includes a sixth player and a One-Armed Bandit variant.

—description from the publisher

Events This Week

One Piece Bi-Weekly – East

Monday – 6 pm

Casual local tournament night for the One Piece TCG

Vendetta Summoners Skirmish I – East

Sunday – 11:30 am

 

Gundam TCG Tournament – East

Sunday – 1 pm

$8 Entry, Lucky Losers Tournament rules, 1 pack per round, win or lose

 

One Piece 4th Anniversary Event (OP-17 Release) – East

Sunday – 4:30 pm

This event celebrates the release of [OP-17] and has extra special prizes to also celebrate the game’s fourth anniversary! Join in to be among the first to get the new cards and test them out while enjoying the anniversary festivities!

$45 Dollar Entry Fee

Seats are not Guaranteed until Tickets are purchased either on our website or in-store while supplies last.

3 Round Swiss Tournament – Construct a 40 card deck in 30 minutes using 6 packs.

Win a pack each round – Win or Lose

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DiagnosTHIS

4-20 players, 30-90 min, 17+

DiagnosTHIS is the adult party game where you’ll be dying to search your symptoms.

Gameplay is simple. Each round, one player reads off a symptom card from the deck, and. the other players respond with their funniest Diagnosis card. Play until your heart’s content, or until it explodes.

HYSTERICAL PARTY GAME: DiagnosTHIS is the hilarious adult party game where you’ll be dying to search your symptoms!
EASY TO PLAY: A hilarious take on the tried and true fill in the blank game that’s perfect for game night at home, or taking on the road!
One player plays a symptom card while the others play diagnosis cards, everyone ends up laughing.

Evenglow

1-4 players, 30-45 min, 10+

Evenglow is a light strategy game where players become alchemists tending two gardens while trying to simultaneously harvest the power of Sunlight and Moonlight, crafting powerful potions and maintaining balance.
– description from publisher

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August 10th Bulletin

Events This Week

Puzzle Challenge – EAST

Join us for our next puzzle competition! You and three friends team up for this race to the finish! Entry is $40 per team. Each table gets to keep their copy of the night’s puzzle. Gift cards given to all participants. Limited tables available. Buy tickets in store or over the phone.

Board Game Book Club – Side Effects

What can we learn from Games? Let’s get together and share our thoughts no various board game genres, inviting new and fresh perspectives. In this monthly event, we will be picking apart board games to explore them at their core, how they relate to society, and what they mean in our everyday lives. The first hour consists of learning and playing a new game; the second hour consists of a discussion with guided questions on the game just played. Come ready to have deeper conversation.
 

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Bookshelf

1-6 players, 15-20 min, 8+

Players must work together to cooperatively stack books on top of a tower of cards. Cards have instructions on which books to place on top of it, and restrictions of where most of the books need to be placed. Don’t be fooled though, placing books one at a time is harder than it initially looks

-description from publisher

One Piece TCG – Starter Decks

The 6 newest Starter Decks for the One Piece Trading Card Game

ST-31 through ST-36

ST-32: SOLD OUT