by Eldrazi Harold It was great to see folks again yesterday. We collected nominations for officer positions, including Wardens of the Middle School and High School (Co-Chairs/Presidents), Banner to the Wardens (Vice President), Master of Coin (Treasurer), and Ministerial positions for Magic, D&D, Pokemon, etc.
If you weren't able to make it last night, or if you were there and you've thought more about it and decided you're interested in running for a position, please either message me on Schoology or email me at [email protected] and let me know by the end of the day today. I will be posting the ballot this weekend.
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by Eddie Stowe I have always been a Commander junky. I was first introduced to it by a friend a year or two ago. Ever since, I have been building funky and occassionaly effective decks. Along this path I have become quite the builder. Today I will talk about some of the basics to building and playing Commander.
This Friday night, August 21st, marks the start of an awesome 10 week long sealed league of Magic at Brap's. If you're interested, but concerned about being able to get a ride down to Burlington each week, let Steve at Brap's and either Paul or Harold know, and if enough of us are interested (I know I am!) we will be able to play some of our matches more locally to Fairfax. This is a great opportunity to get some more sealed gaming in with each other and to meet other gamers in the local gaming community, and to represent our community while doing so. Here are the official event details from the Facebook event page: You are a Planeswalker. These words have been a part of Magic since it's earliest days, and form the core of it's original concept. As a Planeswalker, you possess great magical abilities, and can stride between the Multiverse's near-infinite planes with ease. At some point in your past, a great trauma or crisis “ignited” your Spark, unlocked your Planeswalker potential and infusing you with the ability to manipulate the Aether; the substance that connects all the Planes to each other.
Along with a number of other Planeswalkers, you have been granted a great opportunity by a mysterious being calling himself the Eternal Arbiter. Engaging in a tournament of power and wills, you have been allowed a chance to gain access to what this “Arbiter” calls “The Lost Treasure of Urza”. To receive it, you must fuel a key with motes of Spark taken from other Planeswalkers defeated by you in honorable combat. The Planeswalker whose key is charged the most at the end of 10 weeks of grueling battles will be given the treasure. You know that the treasure will be more than worth the danger, even if it means you may lose your own Spark and become less powerful. You may even lose so much Spark that you perish. However, in Magic death is not always the end, though you often come back.... changed. _____________________________________________ About the League: The Magic: The Gathering Sealed Deck Escalation League is a new League format for Friday Night Magic to be run over the course of 10 weeks at Brap's Magic. This format is meant to be a more casual-friendly environment compared to most FNM events, and is designed from the ground up to appeal to a wide variety of players who do not make up the normal traditional FNM player base. Players new to the game who are just starting their collections, players who enjoy a limited play environment, casual players who like playing the game but are usually turned off by the more competitive atmosphere at many Magic events, and players who enjoy a more thematic play experience are among the players we hope to draw in. In addition, the league is designed so that players coming in late to the league will still be able to compete (though they will certainly have some catching up to do!), and are not necessarily penalized for not being able to attend an event. Players who join the league will build their decks from a sealed pool of cards. This pool will initially consist of two 30-card introductory packs (one of a color chosen by the player, the other at random) and one sealed booster pack of Magic Origins. From this pool of cards, they must build a deck with a minimum deck size of 40 cards. All players will be allowed to add basic land as needed. Each week thereafter, players will receive an additional booster pack to add to their card pools. With each week after the first, the minimum deck size will increase by 5 cards, until it reaches the standard minimum size of 60 at the start of week 5. Players are not allowed to trade cards from their pools or add cards to their pools from outside those earned by playing in the League. There will be a link to the League rules and format document, which explains how the special rules work, as well as full details on prize support, and how players can catch up if they join the League late. Entry Fee: $5. Includes cards to begin your sealed deck pool. Prizes: There will be prizes each week, including FNM promos and other special prizes. In addition, there will be a prize for the end of the League, The Lost Treasure of Urza, and more. Details on the prize support for the League can be found in the League document when it's posted. League Rules Document & Information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5JxHdhOFbsiTlFmNjA5a1ZjWFk/view Can you believe it? Summer is drawing to a close already. It seems like only yesterday, we were running out the doors, throwing our papers in the air, not even glancing back.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) marks our last Summer Gaming Group for the year, so you'd better believe it's going to be a good one. See you there, ready to get your game on! Next Wednesday is the first official day of school, and will put us back on our regular, weekly schedule. We will aim to start out the same day and time as last year, and can assess from there if any changes need to be made. At this point, though, Middle School Gaming Group will meet on Wednesdays from 3-4:30, in the FACS room, and High School Gaming Group will meet from 3-4:30 on Thursdays in Ms. Villaneuve's room. Be sure to check out some of the great gaming opportunities abounding in the greater community at large:
Super Special Upcoming Special Events (Did I mention they're Special?) VT Comic Con: Coming up September 19 & 20th, 2015, in Burlington! Brap's Magic will once again be hosting an entire gaming room full of shenanigans at VT Comic Con this year. But it's not all about fun and games. There will be plenty of comics and movie regalia abounding as well! Carnage on the Mountain: November 6th-8th, 2015, in Killington. Join hundreds of gamers of all varieties from across New England to play pretty much any game you've ever heard of, and try some that you haven't heard of! International Games Day at Your Library: November 21st, 2015, in Milton. This year, local gamers and Milton, Fairfax, and Georgia library patrons will be coming together at the Milton Public Library for a full day of fun and games, and of course conquest. Regular Library Game Days/Nights First Tuesday TableTop at the Fairfax Community Library Swing on into the Fairfax Community Library on the first Tuesday evening each month from 6-8pm for Tabletop board and card gaming. First Saturday Gamedays at the Georgia Public Library And 2nd and 4th Tuesday Game Nights are now happening at the Milton Public Library. Well, it's August already. You might get a kick out of this: |
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