On the third Saturday of every month, Rogues Gallery will host a casual gaming night – each month will focus on a different game. The game night will begin at 6:30 PM and run until 9:00 PM, when the store closes.
This month’s game is on February 17th, and we’ll be playing store favorite Star Realms, with prizes!
Star Realms is a spaceship combat deckbuilding game designed by Magic Pro Tour Champions and Hall of Famers Darwin Kastle and Rob Dougherty (developer and cofounder of the Ascension Deckbuilding Game).
So whether you’ve played before or just want to try it out, come join us for Gaming with Rogues! And don’t forget that with your Rogue Card, you can get 10% off on Star Realms and its expansions from now until the end of February!
Also, Gaming with Rogues is an open game night, so folks are welcome to play any game in our well-stocked boardgame and card game library or bring a favorite game of their own!
New Facebook group for role-players and board gamers!
We’ve created a new game planning and discussion group on Facebook!
Our hope is that folks can use this space to discuss games in a fun, friendly manner, but most importantly, use it to find like-minded people to play games with in our store game space, which is available free of charge during our regular hours of 10 AM – 9 PM most days, and 12 PM – 7 PM on Sundays, as long as there aren’t other games scheduled.
You can find the group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/RGGames/
Gaming with Rogues – Potion Explosion
On the third Saturday of every month, Rogues Gallery will host a casual gaming night – each month will focus on a different game. The game night will begin at 6:30 PM and run until 9:00 PM, when the store closes.
This month’s game is on January 20th, and we’ll be playing Potion Explosion!
It’s senior year at the Horribilorum Sorcery Academy for Witty Witches and Wizards, and all of your hard work and studying comes down to this: the final exams! In Potion Explosion, players collect ingredients from the unique slide dispenser to complete the potions they’re working on. They must choose carefully as they pull out supplies such as Dragon Smoke and Fairy Dandruff. Players may even be able to cause ingredients to collide together and set off a chain reaction, allowing them to grab huge numbers of ingredients on a single turn. This will be critical in the completion of potions like The Elixir of Blind Love or The Balm of Uttermost Stickiness. It will require all of the magical craftiness that the players possess to graduate head of the class!
So whether you’ve played before or just want to try it out, come join us for Gaming with Rogues! And don’t forget that with your Rogue Card, you can get 10% off on Potion Explosion from now until the end of January!
Also, Gaming with Rogues is an open game night, so folks are welcome to play any game in our well-stocked boardgame and card game library or bring a favorite game of their own!
Magic the Gathering Rivals of Ixalan Prerelease
FIRST ROUND BEGINS AT NOON – SECOND ROUND BEGINS AT 4:00 – PRE-REGISTRATION STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
The legendary city of Orazca has been found, but it will not be claimed without a fight. Now, you must outpace, outwit, and overpower your rivals as you vie for control of this ancient metropolis. Succeed, and you will wield the greatest power of the plane.
Rogues Gallery will be holding two prerelease events for Magic: The Gathering’s new set, Rivals of Ixalan, on Sunday, January 14th! We recommend that you call or email ahead to preregister, because we have limited space and tend to fill up well before the day of the event itself. We have room for 18 players in the first event, beginning at noon, and 18 players in the second event, beginning at 4:00 PM. If space allows, we are happy to allow players to play in both prerelease tournaments… players will have to buy-in to both tournaments, you cannot carry over cards or decks from the first prerelease into the second. In addition, of late we’ve had folks sign up and not show up, so if you don’t get in on your preferred time, you are welcome to sign up as an alternate or to come in on the day and try to get available spaces.
Registration will begin at noon on January 14th. We’ll begin the first event at 12:30 with 30 minutes to construct your decks, and the pre-release will run 3 rounds from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM or so. Please note that if you are preregistered, you must arrive by 12:15 to claim your spot or it will be opened up for walk-ins.
The second tournament will begin registration at 4:00, and the tournament will start as close to 4 PM as we can manage, with 30 minutes to construct your decks. Please note for those preregistered, you must arrive by 4:00 to claim your spot or it will be opened up for walk-ins.
Prerelease packs will be $25.99 plus tax. You must buy a pack for each tournament you enter.
We will allow walk-ins for both tournaments if the space is not filled, but we encourage preregistration, as we generally fill up fairly quickly. In addition, because there are two events, and because the second event may run later than our usual closing time, we won’t be able to offer trading or casual place space after the tournaments end.
Prize support will be in the form of Rivals of Ixalan boosters. We award boosters for each round you win. The remainder are divided up into first, second and third prizes.
In addition to the main prerelease tournament events, if space allows, we will offer open dueling, allowing any player who wants to play to purchase Rivals of Ixalan Planeswalker Decks to play against each other, as well as prerelease tournament players who are between matches.
Arkham Horror 2017 Invocation Event
On Sunday, December 17th, Rogues Gallery will be holding an Arkham Horror: The Card Game Invocation Event for fans of the game!
Come out and play Arkham Horror in an all-new mode by choosing one or more Ultimatums that makes the game harder for that group of investigators! There is a $5 buy-in for the game, but each player will get a Daisy Walker alternate art card, a Daisy Walker token, and a playmat featuring Eixodolon’s Pet. We’ll have room for up to 4 players, and if there’s interest, we should be able to order more kits to accommodate more players!
We’ll have a set of Arkham Horror on hand for 4 players, but more players will need to bring their own copies of Arkham Horror to play. We’ll be keeping an eye on RSVPs to see if we need to order more event packs.
Holiday Hours – December
We’ll be closed on New Year’s Day and Christmas Day so that our staff can celebrate the holidays. Also, if you have last minute holiday gifts to buy, we want to let you know the last chance we’ll have to place orders.
On Saturday, December 16th, we’ll close at 7 PM instead of 9 PM for our staff holiday party.
We will be closed entirely on Monday, December 25th and Monday, January 1st.
We’ll place our last comics order of the season on Sunday, December 17th and our last game order of the season on Wednesday, December 20th.
Black Friday Sale and Thanksgiving Hours
Our ninth annual Black Friday sale is coming on Friday, November 24th. Come kick off your holiday shopping and earn bonus gift certificates!
From the time we open (10 AM) until the time we close (10 PM) on Friday, November 24th, any purchase you make will also earn you bonus holiday gift certificates. For every $25 you spend, you’ll get $5 on a gift certificate, and you can break those up into individual $5 gift certificates, one big gift certificate with the whole amount or any other combination you choose. So for example, if you spend $100, you’ll get $20 in our special holiday gift certificates.
Rogue Card members will get a special bonus! If you show your Rogue Card, you will get $5 on gift certificates for every $20 you spend! And yes, you can buy a Rogue membership on Black Friday, although the $35 membership fee won’t count toward your total for gift certificates (that’s just not fair to everyone who bought them on other days).
So come on in and get a little extra bang for your holiday-shopping buck. Or pick up something for yourself and get some bonus money to give away as gifts. But make sure and stop in for this one-day event!
Boring Rules Stuff:
Just like our regular gift certificates, these have no expiration date, and can be used for anything in the store. We’ll be using these throughout the holiday season. They cannot be used on the day of purchase, but can be used as early as Saturday, November 29th.
The amount used to calculate bonus gift certificates is the pre-tax value of merchandise (within reason – a $24.99 or $24.95 item will get you the $5 gift certificate). $5 is given for each full $25, not a fraction thereof.
We will be closed on Thursday, November 23rd for Thanksgiving. There are no comic shipping delays related to Thanksgiving.
Ladies Night Holiday Edition
LADIES! Do you like comics? Do you like games? Do you just enjoy getting your geek on? Are you looking to make some awesome new friends? Then join us for LADIES NIGHT, hosted by our lady staff, on Saturday, December 9th from 8 PM – 10 PM!
We’re doing tacky sweaters for this one! Hanukkah sweater, Kwanza sweater, Christmas sweater, a hideous sweater your grandma gave you for your birthday. WEAR IT.
Let’s make this event 17 and up. As always, please feel free to bring snacks and treats for the group.
RSVP please, so we can get a headcount for food and drinks.
See y’all there!
Doomsday Clock Midnight Release
The much-anticipated sequel to Watchmen, Doomsday Clock #1, releases at 3 minutes to midnight this Tuesday, November 21st! We’ll close at 9 PM as normal and then reopen at 11 PM! Come out and join us for some cake, Watchmen and comics discussion, and your first chance at the first issue as well as the variant covers!*
DC has also encouraged retailers to sell their other releases for the week, so we will be selling new DC Comics along with Doomsday Clock!
*We’ll issue tickets for those who want to buy variants and draw random numbers to determine who goes first. One variant per person until we know everyone who wants one had a chance to buy them.
Gaming with Rogues – Codenames
On the third Saturday of every month, Rogues Gallery will host a casual gaming night – each month will focus on a different game. The game night will begin at 6:30 PM and run until 9:00 PM, when the store closes.
This month’s game is on November 18th, and we’ll be playing Codenames Duet, as well as other Codenames variants!
Codenames is aboard game for 2-8 players. Two teams compete by each having a Spymaster give one word clues which can point to multiple words on the board. The other players on the team attempt to guess their team’s words while avoiding the words of the other team.
So whether you’ve played before or just want to try it out, come join us for Gaming with Rogues! And don’t forget that with your Rogue Card, you can get 10% off on Codenames from now until the end of November!
Also, Gaming with Rogues is an open game night, so folks are welcome to play any game in our well-stocked boardgame and card game library or bring a favorite game of their own!
On the third Saturday of every month, Rogues Gallery will host a casual gaming night – each month will focus on a different game. The game night will begin at 6:30 PM and run until 9:00 PM, when the store closes.
