Magic the Gathering Born of the Gods Pre-Release in February!

mtgbornFIRST ROUND BEGINS AT NOON – SECOND ROUND BEGINS AT 3:30 – PRE-REGISTRATION STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Rogues Gallery will be holding two pre-release events for Magic: The Gathering’s newest set, Born of the Gods, on Sunday, February 2nd! We recommend that you call or email ahead to pre-register, because we have limited space and tend to fill up well before the day of the event itself. We have room for 16 players in the first event, beginning at noon, and 16 players in the second event, beginning at 3:30 PM. If space allows, we are happy to allow players to play in both pre-release tournaments… players will have to buy-in to both tournaments, you cannot carry over cards or decks from the first pre-release 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 February 2nd. 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 (at the latest). Please note that if you are pre-registered, 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 3:30, 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 pre-registered, you must arrive by 3:45 to claim your spot or it will be opened up for walk-ins.

We will allow walk-ins for both tournaments if the space is not filled, but we encourage pre-registration, 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.

Players will choose their heroic path: White – Lead, Blue – Outwit, Black – Dominate, Red – Conquer, and Green – Thrive. Each pack includes 2 Born of the Gods booster packs, 3 Theros booster packs, 1 seeded booster pack, 1 promo card, 1 Spindown™ life counter and 1 Hero Card. For this event, players can use the promo card in their prerelease tournament decks. The price will be $25 (plus tax).

Prize support will be in the form of Born of the Gods boosters.

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 1 Magic Born of the Gods Intro Pack to play against each other, as well as Prerelease tournament players who are between matches.’

Nick’s Comic Rundown for January 22, 2014

deadlyclassGood Afternoon. Welcome to New Comics Day. The first rule of new comics day: TALK ABOUT NEW COMICS!!!!!

*All New Invaders #1 – James Robinson gets the band back together for a new mission!
*Amala’s Blade Vol 1 – Think Avatar the Last Airbender but with the main character as the world’s greatest assassin. This book is gorgeous by the way.
*All New X-Men #22 – The Trial of Jean Grey begins here.
*Archer Quotes Pint Glass – Pretty much exactly what the title says. Expect to laugh with each sip.
*Deadly Class #1 – New Image series by Rick Remender about a school for the most deadliest assassins with some of the most stunning art that I’ve seen in quite some time.
*Elfquest Final Quest #1 – The end is coming.
*Indestructible Hulk Vol 1 TP – If you’ve been wanting some “HULK SMASH” stories, now’s the time to dive into this series by Mark Waid!
*My Little Pony Friends Forever #1 – New Pony series! Gotta catch em all!
*Scribblenauts Unmasked Crisis of Imagination #1 – The hit video game comes to the land of comics!
*Unwritten Vol 2 Apocalypse #1 – The next chapter in the Unwritten series begins here.
*X-Files Conspiracy Ghostbusters #1 – Yup, you read that correctly. It’s the crossover you never knew you wanted. Read the insanity!

Plus, new issues of: All New X-Factor, Black Widow, Walking Dead, X-Men, Sex, Pretty Deadly, Samurai Jack, Origin II, Mighty Avengers, Hawkeye, Harley Quinn, Dead Body Road, and many many more.

Pathfinder Society On Hold Until February 6th

pfsocietyPathfinder Society players! Just a quick heads-up that due to personal stuff that has to get taken care of, our DM will be taking the next couple weeks off so we won’t have Pathfinder Society until Thursday, February 6th.

In addition, we will be holding Pathfinder Society events the first two weeks of the month until further notice. If we get more volunteer DMs, we will expand the program again. Thanks for your patience!

Inventory Sale in February

We’ll be having our annual inventory clearance sale in February! We’ll be clearing out a wide variety of graphic novels, games, miniatures, manga and other merchandise before doing our yearly inventory.

The discount begins at 35%, and customers then roll 2d6 to add 2-12% onto that discount! All sales on clearance merchandise are final (no returns), and unfortunately we can’t allow anyone to put sale items on hold for later.

The sale begins when we open on Monday, February 3rd and will end on Sunday, March 2nd.

Machine of Death – New in the store!

2014-01-16 20.23.06Every now and then, we’ll find a Kickstarter game we want to back. We were among the first stores to carry Dungeon World and Durance because we backed them on Kickstarter. Machine of Death is our newest find, a card game of creative assassination from the minds of webcomic creators David Malki (Wondermark) and Kris Straub (Broodhollow) and game designer David Fooden.

From the Boardgamegeek description:

Machine of Death: The Game of Creative Assassination is a storytelling game set in a world in which a machine can predict how a person will die with 100% accuracy with only a small blood sample. However, the machine delights in being vague and twisted. A card reading “Old Age” could mean you die in your sleep at age 120, or it could mean you’re run over tomorrow by an elderly driver who forgot to take his pills today. Players of the game take the role of assassins, who must use the various tools at their disposal — from storytelling to a slew of items available from specialty Black Market shops — to create a situation in which a target is killed in a way in line with their Death Prediction. The Machine of Death Game uses this basic idea, of assassins working in a world were cause of death is known to create various game modes.

Machine of Death is very similar to Cards Against Humanity or Apples to Apples, and is recommended to fans of those games. There’s also a co-op mode where players are teams of assassins, a “Cutthroat mode” where players assassinate one another and “day off mode,” which isn’t about murder at all but rather draws upon your bevy of assassin skills to accomplish tasks like “opening a stuck jam jar” and “transplanting a tulip bulb.”

In addition to the core game, we have the first two expansions, Webcomics Chums and Webcomics Pals, featuring cards designed by a variety of webcomics creators, including the creators of Dinosaur Comics, Diesel Sweeties, SMBC, Octopus Pie, Chester 5000XYV and lots more.

Best of 2013 Comics

saga14-coverStore owner Randy Lander offers up his Top 10 New Comics and Top 8 Ongoing Series for the year:

Top 8 Ongoing Series:

1. Saga
2. Daredevil
3. Hawkeye
4. Chew
5. Fatale
6. Revival
7. Indestructible Hulk
8. Manhattan Projects

Top 10 New Comics:

1. Sex Criminals
2. Black Beetle
3. Afterlife with Archie
4. Superior Foes of Spider-Man
5. Velvet
6. Lazarus
7. Injustice Gods Among Us
8. Alex + Ada
9. Superior Spider-Man
10. East of West

Holiday Hours

maxsantacolorRogues Gallery will close at 7 PM on Tuesday, December 24th (Christmas Eve). However, we will also have new comics on that day, including Forever Evil #4, Origin II #1 and several others! We will be closed on Wednesday, December 25th (Christmas Day).

We will also close at 7 PM on Tuesday, December 31st (New Year’s Eve) and will have a full selection of new comics on that day as well. We will be closed on Wednesday, January 1st (New Year’s Day).

Back in Stock for the Holidays!

printsWe’ve gotten a ton of popular items back in stock in time for holiday shopping!

*Prints by Paul Hanley, many featuring Doctor Who (including an updated “All the Doctors” print that includes John Hurt and Peter Capaldi), plus Godzilla vs. Cthulhu and a new Manhattan Projects cast print!

*T-Shirts! Our t-shirt rack is filled to capacity with Marvel, DC, Adventure Time, Doctor Who and more! Including new shirts like Harley Quinn Bullseye and the Nightwing New 52 symbol!

*Fluffy Bunny Tea Party! A staff favorite, this locally-produced game of ever-so-polite bunnies having an ever-so-polite tea party is one of our favorite party games!

*Castle Panic! Another locally-produced favorite, we’re now stocked on this cooperative, family-friendly castle defense cooperative game. And we’ll be getting a restock on their new zombie-themed game, Dead Panic, soon!

Upcoming Games and Comics January 2014

We encourage pre-ordering! And remember: these dates are subject to change due to flaky creators, flaky publishers, and general bad mojo.

Comics

Serenity-Leaves-on-the-WindSwamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan Vol 1 TP / January 8th
X-Men Battle of the Atom HC / January 8th
Detective Comics #27 / January 8th
All-New X-Factor #1 / January 8th
Avengers World #1 / January 8th
Black Widow #1 / January 8th
Miracleman #1 / January 8th
Night of the Living Deadpool #1 / January 15th
All-New Invaders #1 / January 22nd
Inhuman #1 / January 22nd
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A Crisis of Imagination #1 / January 22nd
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 / January 29th
The Twilight Zone #1 / January
Legenderry: A Steampunk Adventure #1 (From Fables writer Bill Willingham) / January

Games

carcassonnesouthseasAdventure Time Card Game
Assassin’s Creed Boardgame
Battletech Introductory Set
Munchkin Apocalypse Mars Attacks Booster
Carcassonne South Seas
Firefly Out to the Black Card Game
Star Wars Edge of the Empire Dangerous Covenants
Pathfinder Osirion Legacy of Pharoahs
Pathfinder People of the Sands
Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game Imperial Aces Expansion Pack
Numenera Ninth World Bestiary
Avengers vs X-Men Dice-Building Game

Ticket to Ride Tournament in December!

t2rAs part of the 10th anniversary celebration of Ticket to Ride coming up in 2014, we’ll be hosting a Ticket to Ride tournament on Saturday, December 14th!

The tournament will run from 1 PM – 5 PM or until the final round is completed.

There will be two preliminary rounds and then one final round for the four highest-scoring players. We’ll have room for up to 12 players in three separate games, so while we expect room for walk-ins, if you want to be guaranteed a spot, we recommend emailing us to sign up for a spot ahead of time.

The winner of the tournament will win a tournament medal and a full set of translucent plastic trains for Ticket to Ride. Runner-ups in the final round will earn a single color set of translucent plastic trains.