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Hallowe’en is fast approaching! Come do some Trick or Treating at Battlegrounds on Saturday, October 31st. Rising from the grave once again it’s the annual d20 sale. Come on in, roll a d20, and get that percentage off your purchase. There will also be Victory Points awarded for the best costume so come on in and show off.

Speaking of Victory Points… any outstanding VPs need to be spent by the end of the day on Friday, October 30th. Any unspent victory points will be devoured by The Great Cthulhu once the store closes on Friday. No foolin’!

There will also be after-hours gaming on Hallowe’en. Paul will be running a True20 Zombie Survival RPG with eight seats available on a first-come, first-served basis. There will also be a big game of Arkham Horror for you Lovecraft fans. And, last but certainly not least, the 2009 Battlegrounds Champion will be crowned!

Privateer Press is an awesome company in terms of providing prize support for Monsterpocalypse. We’ve signed up for four I Chomp NY related events. If you haven’t already, please sign up on their Privateer Events website and then visit Battlegrounds’ venue page to pre-register for the event. If we get at least six players pre-registered two weeks prior to an event’s start date we’ll get limited edition prize support! All players that pre-register will receive a limited edition “Shadow” unit (it has the same stats as the unit of the same name plus cloak) that you cannot in boosters. Additionally, if you win the most Monsterpocalypse games that day you will be the proud owner of a limited edition Mega Form! See below for a list of the dates of the upcoming I Chomp NY events and the prizes you can sign up for and win! Monsterpocalypse events are all part of Wargame Club and the games you play also count towards your Wargame Club ranking. We play Monsterpocalypse every Saturday but the dates below are the dates that prize support will be given out. You have to show up to get the goodies so mark the dates on your calendars!

Event #1: The Great Monster Migration
Date: Saturday April 11, 2009
Mega-Form: Mega Tharsis-5
Unit: Shadow Scorcher

Event #1: Event #2: The Nova Response
Date: Saturday April 25, 2009
Mega-Form: Mega Nova ESR
Unit: Shadow Maruader

Event #3: The Big Ugly
Date: Saturday May 9, 2009
Mega Form: Mega Ulgoth
Unit: Shadow G1 Strike Fighter

Event #4: Ninjutsu Heart Throb
Date: Saturday May 30, 2009
Mega Form: Mega Zor-Magna
Unit: Shadow Pteradactix

Sythe tasted bitter defeat for the first time this week but managed to hold on to the top spot. Can he stay at the top of the mountain for one more week and become the first ever Battlegrounds Wargame cham-peeeen? Show up next Saturday to find out!

Ladder Rankings

The Wargame Club juggernaut kept-a-rollin’ this week. Sythe is still the man to beat as his 6-0 record in Monsterpocalypse has catapulted him even further into the lead. But, as a great man said many times, “To be the man, you gotta BEAT the man!”

Ladder Rankings

The kick-off for Wargame Club today was fantastic! Thanks to all the wargamers that showed up in full force. Here are the Wargame Club official ladder rankings for week 1:

Ladder Rankings

Wizards: 79 VPs
Warriors: 62 VPs
Rogues: 51 VPs

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:

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!)