Two new lines have landed at Battlegrounds: Palladium roleplaying games and World of Warcraft Miniatures Game! Palladium offers great titles like Rifts, Ninjas & Superspies, and the new Dead Reign zombie survival RPG. World of Warcraft Miniatures features characters from every class available in the World of WarCraft computer game, including signature heroes like Warchief Thrall, Leeroy Jenkins, High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind, and Archmage Arugal. Times up, let’s do this!
Battlegrounds will now be carrying the core lines for Warhammer, Lord of the Rings and Warhammer 40,000. Battlegrounds can also order in anything produced by Games Workshop and get it within 3 business days of placing your order.
Product will arrive in three waves. The first wave (Warhammer 40,000) is already here! The second wave will be Lord of the Rings and the full range of paints. The final wave will be Warhammer itself.
Monday nights are now Paint or Die Nights! Bring in your models to assemble, convert or paint with other Games Workshop enthusiasts. Use your own paints and glues or you can pay a $5.00 fee to use what is available at Battlegrounds.
Tuesday nights are now dedicated to playing Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and Lord of the Rings at Battlegrounds. Your models do not have to be painted. BUT you will get a special benefit in the games you play for every fully painted unit you have that your opponent doesn’t!
And Games Workshop games are now included in games you can play for War Game Club on Saturdays! Keep your eyes open for a new Blood Bowl league starting soon at Battlegrounds! Get your fantasy football on!
The long-awaited Player’s Handbook 2 is now available for purchase at Battlegrounds! Past favourites like druids, barbarians, gnomes, and half-orcs return in this mighty tome, as well as new classes like the Avenger. Pick up your copy and don’t forget to show up on Saturday March 21st for D&D Game Day at Battlegrounds!
MONDAY (Open 4:00 to 8:00)
Confrontation Campaign 6:00 ($3)
TUESDAY (Open 12:00 to 8:00)
Call of Cthulhu Card Game 6:00
WEDNESDAY (Open 12:00 to 8:00)
Paul’s RPG of the week 4:00 ($3) – Invite only
THURSDAY (Open 12:00 to 8:00)
RPG Club 2:30 ($3) – Current GM: Adam; Current Game: Exalted
Pokemon League/Tournament (alternating) 6:00 ($3)
AT-43 Campaign 6:00 ($3)
FRIDAY (Open 12:00 to 8:00)
Dungeons & Dragons 4:00 ($3) – Hosted by Killian
Board Game Night 5:00 ($3) – Hosted by Wade
Friday Night Magic 6:00 ($15) – 3 booster draft
SATURDAY (Open 12:00 to 6:00)
Wargame Club 12:00 ($5)
SUNDAY (Open 12:00 to 6:00)
World of Darkness 12:00 ($3) – Invite only
Axis & Allies Minis/WWII Battlefront 4:00 ($3) – Hosted by Jon
***Please call the store (905) 864 0556 for more information on any event!
Another hard fought month! In the end, the Warriors were the top dogs. Congratulations to Warrior Clan leader, Chris Engler for back to back victory!
Warriors: 99 VPs
Wizards: 92 VPs
Rogues: 74 VPs
This month’s winners are:
Jonathan Stuart
Trevor Hughes
Annie Heft
Each of these warriors are entitled to $10 store credit at Battlegrounds!
Battlegrounds is ready for another great year of gaming events in 2009. Check out the updated Event Schedule page for information about the regularly-scheduled events taking place in-store. Additionally, we’d like to announce the following two special card game events:
Magic The Gathering Conflux Pre-release!
Sunday, February 1st @ 1:00 PM
After a seven month drought, the Warriors have returned to prominence at the monthly Clan Wars champions. This was the narrowest margin ever as first place was determined by a single point!
Warriors: 139 VPs
Rogues: 138 VPs
Wizards: 117 VPs
$10 Battlegrounds Credit go to this month’s heroes:
Nick Goodwin
Jesse
The Unknown Gamer (Paul forgot!)
The Christmas holiday season is upon us and, in the spirit of the season, we’re doing a food drive at Battlegrounds during the month of December. If you bring in cans of food to any of the miniatures tournaments, each can you donate will get you a ticket to re-roll one die result you don’t like! Each die may only be re-rolled once and there is a maximum of five re-rolls per player per tournament. Once collected, the food will be dropped off at a Salvation Army food cupboard at a nearby grocery store. So come on out, help the hungry, and increase your victory odds by doing so! The following are the events where the cans-for-re-rolls will be in effect:
Let the numbers speak for themselves…
Warriors: 68 VPs
Wizards: 80 VPs
Rogues: 98 VPs
Rogues sneak away with the goods for October!
$10 Battlegrounds Credit go to this month’s heroes:
Kyle Richards
Wes Gordon
Ryan Comber
Winners have until the end of November to use their spoils!
Friday, October 31st is Hallowe’en and Battlegrounds is celebrating this with a day of horror and monster-filled gaming. Check out these special events taking place from the moment the store opens on Hallowe’en 2008!
Zombie Survival Marathon (12PM to 4PM)
From the moment the store opens everyone is invited to participate in a massive game of the “Zombies!!!” board-game. There will be a gigantic map and NO HELI-PAD. There ain’t no escaping this time! Players are free to join in the game at any point starting at noon. The winner will be the person that kills the most zombies. If you die you go back to the town square space and lose half of your zombie kills. The key to winning this one will be playing smart, playing hard, and playing for a long time! The cost to participate in this event is free and there will be a great prize for the winner!
Monsterpocalypse Tournament (4PM to 8PM)
What’s more appropriate for Hallowe’en than doing the Monster Mash?!?!? We’ll be having a three-round Monsterpocalypse tournament and the winner will receive a limited edition MEGA FORM monster of his/her choice! The cost to participate is $5.00 (see Paul and pay now to secure your spot) and players must bring their own miniatures (one monster in Alpha and Hyper form, up to 15 units, up to 12 buildings), dice, map, life counter, rulebook, and anything else you need to play.
Special Late-Night Hallowe’en RPG Event (8PM to ???)
The details on this event are still being finalized but Paul will be running a late-night role-playing game event with a horror/Hallowe’en theme. Expect the body count to be high in this one! See Paul at the store for more details and to secure your spot at the table
Costume Contest
Make sure to show up at Battlegrounds in your Hallowe’en costume. A prize will be awarded for the best costume!
Battlegrounds Champion 2008
You still have time to accumulate Victory Points between now and Hallowe’en. The person who earned the most Victory Points between 1-Nov-2007 and 31-Oct-2008 will be crowned the 2008 Battlegrounds Champion!
REMEMBER: Your existing Victory Points will expire at 8PM on October 30th (Devil’s Night)! Make sure you go into the store and spend ‘em because any unspent Victory Points will turn into pumpkins (and by that we mean they expire).