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Castle Picks
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Carcassonne
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Rating: 10/10
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A tile-laying game that can be learned in 5 minutes, Carcassonne is my favorite board game. Play is quick, simple but with a LOT of strategy. A great game to try with your non-board game friends.
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-- Bob
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Runebound
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Rating: 9/10
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Is Runebound a board game or a role-playing game? It actually does a good job of straddling the line. You start with a character that explores the wilderness and has encounters. The encounters ramp up from green to yellow to blue to red. You select the pace. As your character succeeds, you increase attributes and gain equipment, making your character better. Gains don't carry over to the next game, so this really is a board game, but each character has a personality of how they work that you can control by the advancements you select. The game is very re-playable, and there are simple inexpensive expansions that make the experience brand new.
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-- Bob
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The Exterminators Graphic Novel
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Rating: 9/10
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Volume one of this now-defunct Vertigo series is still as much weird fun as it was when it first came out 5 years ago. The Exterminators follows the adventures of a group of misfit exterminators working for a pest control company in Los Angeles. While that may sound pretty lame as the plot of a comic series, The Exterminators delves into pretty deep subjects, from the rise and fall of civilizations based on thier pest control problems to the rat mazes we humans build for ourselves and run through in our lifetimes. The Exterminators is full of all kinds of horror and strangeness, lurking just under your kitchen counter...I highly recommend you check out volume one "Bug Brothers" for yourself. Read it with the lights on and try to ignore that scuttling sound...
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-- Rod
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The Filth
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Rating: 8/10
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This classic graphic novel from Grant Morrison is full of all the psycho-social-sexaul head-trips you'd expect from one of the most experimental writers in comics today. The Filth is Morrison at his finest. The concepts Morrison presents in The Filth echo in most of his other works from Batman to the Invisibles. This new edition of the graphic novel is a must-read for Morrison fans. Most comics fans love or hate Morrison, but both camps agree his tales are unforgettable.
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-- Rod
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What's Up at the Castle
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Upcoming Events
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News
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| Friday, January 27 |
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Friday Night Magic starts at 6:00 PM.
Decks must be built using Standard format.
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Standard consists of cards from
Scars of Mirrodin, Mirrodin Besieged, New Phyrexia,
Magic 2012,
Innistrad, and Dark Ascension (effective February 3, 2012)
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A modern setting GURPS campaign run by Rod Belcher.
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Starts at 7 PM.
This has mature themes, so it is recommended for adult players.
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| Saturday, January 28 |
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The Dark Ascension Pre-Release starts at Noon.
EVERONE who plays gets the Ravenous Demon promo card and a Dark Ascension booster.
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We provide land. You get 3 Innistrad boosters and 3 Dark Ascension boosters.
The format is Sealed Swiss.
Additional boosters awarded to top finishers based on entries.
We are holding random prize drawings for club members during the event.
Club members can use their monthly event admission punch to get $20 off the cost of this event!
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Our Pokemon League starts at Noon.
You can play either the card game of the DS version.
We have the prize pack with foil cards and patches
you can earn by just playing!
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Earthdawn - Become a legend in your own time!
Obsidimen, T'Skrang and Windlings?
Horrors from beyond possess your character?
You've got to try this setting!
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| Sunday, January 29 |
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Open play for Magic starts at 1 PM and goes all day.
This is a day for alternate formats like Commander or Arch Enemy.
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Want to learn how to play Magic?
We have advanced players at the store ready to show you the game, step by step.
We call this Magic 101.
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| Monday, January 30 |
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Weekly role-playing sessions of Pathfinder start at 6 PM.
The adventures are in affiliation with the Pathfinder Society.
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| Tuesday, January 31 |
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Play in a D&D 3.5 Forgotten Realms Campaign at the store, starting at 6 PM.
While 3.5 isn't the current system, it has remained popular in the area.
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| Wednesday, February 1 |
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A D&D 3.5 Ebberon campaign from 6 to 10 PM.
A political campaign that takes place after the Last War.
Looking for players! Both experienced and new players are welcome.
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| Thursday, February 2 |
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The Legend of the Five Rings RPG is in full swing.
Come role-play in Rokugan, where samurai fight for the honor of their clan and the Emperor.
Play starts at 6 PM.
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| Friday, January 27 |
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The Dark Ascension Pre-Release is tomorrow!
If you want to do more than just the tournament, stop in!
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We are running Open Dueling Saturday in addition to the tournament.
You can buy Dark Ascension Intro packs,
and play between rounds or with other player all day Saturday.
New DCI Members will get Friday Night Magic deck boxes upon sign-up.
Club members need to be here!
We will hold random drawings for door prizes that include
an event deck, promo cards, spindown life counters, and a stand-up of the Planeswalkers!
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| Monday, January 23 |
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There is no Pathfinder game tonight.
Jessica can not make it tonight.
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| Tuesday, January 17 |
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Role Players rejoice!
We have several copies of the new Savage Worlds core rulebook in stock.
We also have several of the setting on the shelf like Slipstream,
Space 1889 Red Sands, Weird War Two, and Realms of Cthulhu.
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We have a lot of previously owned models
that have come into the store recently.
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These are for sale as partially-completed models,
sprues, or loose bits.
We have a few items that are limited distribution,
only available previously at Games Day
or inside boxed sets as promotions.
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| Monday, January 16 |
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There is now a link directly to our Magic Singles page.
It is part of the standard links in the header.
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While all the prices aren't available yet, you can see what cards we have for sale.
You can look up available cards by some of the recent sets.
However, you can always use the All Cards link to see an alphabetical listing of all our cards.
Just be patient as it loads.
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| Friday, January 13 |
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The Vampire Counts have been released!
we have several copies of the new Army book,
as well as the new models.
Stop in and see why they appeared on Friday the 13th.
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| Tuesday, January 10 |
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Thanks for the feedback about the Magic Card Singles.
We have started to put your suggestions in place.
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First off, here is a link to the start of the pages.
The load is MUCH faster now.
We are starting a project to break the list into pages by set.
You will start with the most current (Innistrad now)
and can select from a list of sets on the left-hand side.
For now we only have Innistrad and Scars of Mirrodin blocks.
To see older cards you will have to select All Cards.
We will add more blocks in the near future.
Remember, this is still beta! We are looking for feedback.
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