Rogues Gallery COVID-19 response – Updated 3/23!

Hello Rogues Gallery fans and family,

We like to think of ourselves as a community, and part of being a community is being responsible for one another. Like everyone else, we’ve been watching the situation with the coronavirus (Covid-19) unfold and watching as major events (NHL, NBA, SXSW, Emerald City Comicon) and major gathering places (Disneyland) are closing to slow down the spread of the virus.

We recommend that everyone keep up with the Center for Disease Control’s guidelines and recommendations, and above all else, wash your hands a few extra times a day, with soap, for 20 seconds, as laid out in probably a dozen memes above and below this post on your feed. As to how it affects us?

We are going to be adding hand sanitizer to the store as soon as it is more widely available, but for right now, we will be wiping down surfaces, including our doors, with sanitizing wipes on a regular and frequent basis.

We are taking the step to change our store hours temporarily. For now, we are going to be open from Noon – 6 PM, seven days a week. To be honest, we want to make sure to keep our rent and employees paid, and we can’t do that if we dont have regular traffic, and we hope that you’ll consider helping us out by continuing to patronize the store. We are currently looking into online ordering and limited delivery options.

If you are immunocompromised or just nervous about COVID-19, please feel free to call or email us from your car, and as long as we have extra employees on hand, we will be happy to package up your items, come out to your car, and pick up either your cash or card to run the transaction in store for you.

We have temporarily suspended in-store gaming, and we have modified April’s prerelease event.

Learn to Paint a Red Dragon on Saturday, March 14th!

Get your hands on the D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures: Young Red Dragon figure and join in with friends and family in this exciting Paint & Take Event at Rogues Gallery Comics & Games! The event will take place on Saturday, March 14th starting at 1 PM and running until everyone is finished painting.

New and experienced painters welcome. Space is limited, so reserve your spot today! There is a fee of $10, payable when you register, which gets you a Red Dragon miniature to take home, as well as painting tips and help from our in-house experts! You can bring your own paint or buy your own, and you will get a 15% discount on paints bought in store during the event! Because space is limited, we will not be able to refund fees if you are unable to make the event. If you are unable to make the event or find someone to take your spot, you will be able to pick up your unpainted Red Dragon within a week of the event. After March 21st, if you have not picked up your Red Dragon, you will forfeit your registration fee.

While our painting expert will only be available from 1-4 PM, we’ll have the tables available for painting until we close at 9 PM, so you’re welcome to stay and paint as long as it takes!

Our Annual Inventory Sale Runs Through February!

Our annual inventory clearance sale continues this week! We’re clearing out a wide variety of graphic novels, games, miniatures, manga and other merchandise before doing our yearly inventory. The discount begins at 45% and customers then roll 2d6 to add 2-12% onto that discount! Come in before Sunday, March 8th when the sale ends!

The clearance sale ends on Sunday, March 8th. We will be closed on Monday, March 9th to do our inventory!

Greater Austin Comic-Con Tickets on Sale!

We are now selling tickets to Greater Austin Comic-Con, which takes place June 20th-21st at the HEB Cedar Park Center! We will have a table at the convention just as we did last year!

Tickets are $35 for a 2-day pass, and anyone who purchases a ticket can get up to 4 free tickets for children ages 6-12!

Learn to Paint an Owlbear on Saturday, February 8th!

Get your hands on the D&D Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures: Owlbear figure and join in with friends and family in this exciting Paint & Take Event at Rogues Gallery Comics & Games! The event will take place on Saturday, February 8th starting at 1 PM and running until everyone is finished painting.

New and experienced painters welcome. Space is limited, so reserve your spot today! There is a fee of $10, payable when you register, which gets you an Owlbear miniature to take home, as well as painting tips and help from our in-house experts! You can bring your own paint or buy your own, and you will get a 15% discount on paints bought in store during the event! Because space is limited, we will not be able to refund fees if you are unable to make the event. If you are unable to make the event or find someone to take your spot, you will be able to pick up your unpainted Owlbear within a week of the event. After February 15th, if you have not picked up your Owlbear, you will forfeit your registration fee.

While our painting expert will only be available from 1-4 PM, we’ll have the tables available for painting until we close at 9 PM, so you’re welcome to stay and paint as long as it takes!

Central Texas Teens & Kids Comicon in February

Rogues Gallery will be presenting our D&D 101: How To Build A Character session for the second time at Central Texas Teens & Kids Comic Con on Saturday, February 15th!

Central Texas Teen & Kids Comic Con debuted on December 2, 2017 in Round Rock, Texas where over 2,500 participants came to Round Rock High School for the festivities. This free event is a comic and graphic novel convention aimed at offering teens, kids, and educators the chance to interact with comic creators, participate in workshops, and showcase their creativity. This year’s con will be held February 15, 2020.

MTG Theros Beyond Death Prerelease Weekend

Rogues Gallery will be running prerelease events for the new Magic set on Saturday *and* Sunday! We’ll be holding three events in total for Theros Beyond Death, one on Saturday, January 18th, and one on Sunday, January 19th! We’ll have enough product and space for 36 players over the course of the weekend. We expect space to fill up fast, so we recommend pre-registering, we can’t guarantee a spot for walk-ins!

You can call ahead or email to sign up starting now! If space allows, we are happy to allow players to play in multiple prerelease tournaments… players will have to buy-in to each tournament separately, and cannot carry cards or decks over from any of the other tournaments. In addition, we occasionally have no-shows, 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.

Each tournament will run three rounds, and should last about three and a half hours

  • Saturday Evening Tournament 5 PM – 9 PM (Sign-in from at 5 PM-5:20 PM, deck construction from 5:30-6, play from 6-9)
  • Sunday Early Tournament 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Sign in from 12 PM-12:20 PM, deck construction from 12:30-1, play from 1-5)

Please note for those pre-registered, you must arrive at least 10 minutes before deck construction begins to claim your spot or it will be opened up for walk-ins.

Prerelease packs will be $25.99 plus tax. As always, because of the need to get tournaments in before we close, we apologize that we won’t be able to offer trading or casual place space after the tournaments end.

Winners of each round will earn a booster, and the remainder of our boosters will be divided into first, second, and third prizes at the end of each tournament.

In addition to the main prerelease tournament events, we will have a limited number of Planeswalker decks and booster boxes for sale on prerelease weekend! You can special order a booster box ahead of time or buy on the day if we have any left once preorders are taken care of. Be among the first to get a look at Theros Beyond Death during prerelease weekend!

Black Friday Sale & Thanksgiving Hours

maxsantacolorOur 11th annual Black Friday sale is coming on Friday, November 29th. 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 29th, any purchase you make (excepting gift certificates and memberships) 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.

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 30th.
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 28th for Thanksgiving. There are no comic shipping delays related to Thanksgiving.

Final Fantasy Opus X Prerelease in November!

We will be holding a prerelease for the next Final Fantasy TCG set, Opus X, on Sunday, November 3rd, 2019, from 3 PM – 6 PM!

Experience the next set of the FINAL FANTASY Trading Card Game one week early with the OPUS X PRE-RELEASE KIT! Each OPUS X: Ancient Champions prerelease kit contains 9 booster backs, 1 exclusive Tidus promo card, and a prerelease exclusive sleeve!

We have spots for 12 players, so please pre-register by emailing roguesgallerytx@gmail.com to claim your spot!

X-Men #1 Midnight Release on Tuesday, October 15th!

The House of X/Powers of X combo has been one of the biggest success stories in comics this year, and Marvel is launching a bunch of new X-books spinning out of the conclusion of those series! The flagship, written by HoX/PoX mastermind Jonathan Hickman, is X-Men #1, coming out on Wednesday, October 16th!

Well… actually, on Tuesday, October 15th, because Marvel is doing a midnight release for X-Men #1 that night. Come in at midnight and pick up X-Men #1, and the first 50 people who pick it up will also get a limited “Cards of X” pack! We’ll also have all the other comics that week available for sale at midnight, so if you want to do your regular Wednesday run a few hours earlier, or you just want to be among the first to read the new X-Men hotness, Rogues Gallery has you covered!

As per usual, we’ll close the store up at 9 PM and then re-open at 11:30 PM for a brief window to sell comics before we close down again around 1 AM.