July 2012 Event Calendar

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[Events] June 2012 Calendar

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[Events] Helvault to Open at the Avacyn Restored Prerelease Tournaments!

The Avacyn Restored TCG set features 244 black-bordered cards, including randomly inserted premium versions of all cards in the set. The Avacyn Restored set is available in booster packs, intro packs, and fat packs. Although it's the third set of the Innistrad block, the Avacyn Restored set will be a large set. This means that Innistrad Block Constructed will be composed of all three sets, but Avacyn Restored will be drafted by itself. Sealed events will use six Avacyn Restored booster packs.

Ignite the Dawn
The archangel Avacyn has returned! A bright, fiery dawn banishes Innistrad’s shadows. Humanity takes up arms and drives back the creatures of the night. With flights of angels overhead, the righteous band together and wield holy light and miraculous magic to restore the balance of their world.

Prereleases: 12am and 10am April 28, 2012

Release Date: May 4, 2012

Release Tournament: 10am May 5, 2012

Game Day: 10am May 26, 2012

Click here to find out more about new Avacyn Restored Mechanics: Miracle, Soulbound, and Flickering!

Help us open the Helvault at Chimera Hobby Shop Appleton!

For our Avacyn Restored prerelease events, Chimera Hobby Shop Appleton was able to acquire two Helvaults! When players at our Helvault prerelease events get achievements, you get to physically break a seal on our Helvault. Once all the seals have been broken, we will open our Helvault and all the players will share the spoils within! We will open one Helvault at the 12am prerelease and one at the 10am prerelease! Call in or drop by to preregister today in order to get in on the treasures held by the Helvault, as only the first 54 players to sign up will get a share!

[Special Event] JourneyQuest Web Show Viewing

FREE Web Series Showing Saturday October 29, 12noon and 2pm

What do a cowardly Wizard, a dead Cleric, a beautiful elven archer, and a knight who kills for honor have in common? JourneyQuest! Stop in at Chimera Hobby Shop on October 29 for a viewing of Season 1 and learn why killing equals honor!

JourneyQuest is a fantasy comedy Web series from the creators of The Gamers and The Gamers: Dorkness Rising that follows a group of dysfunctional adventurers on a quest to discover and destroy the mythical Sword of Fighting. JourneyQuest is a comedic adventure through the fantasy world of Fartherall, where intellectual orcs, incompetent wizards, and holy zombies form the living (and not-so-living) backdrop to an epic story of unrequited love, burning passions, and severely reluctant heroism. And running away. Lots of running away…

There will be two FREE showings of the first complete season of the Web-based series, one at noon, the other at 2:00. Both showings will be in one of the RPG rooms in the back hallway.

More information on JourneyQuest can be found at http://www.journey-quest.com/

[Event] Play Labyrinth Lord with the author Dan Proctor!

What: Labyrinth Lord
Where: Chimera Hobby Appleton
When: Sunday, May 29, 12noon to 5pm
Who: Anyone, Ages 8 and Up, Experienced RPG player or Novice! No experience necessary!
How: Drop on by; you don't need to bring anything but a desire to play! We provide character sheets, pencils, and dice; all you need is imagination.

This is the first session of Labyrinth Lord to be run by the game's author, Dan Proctor of Goblinoid Games! Prepare yourself for the terrors and treasures to be found in Stonehell Dungeon! Stonehell Dungeon is a classic-style megadungeon, filled with enough monsters, traps, weirdness, and treasure to keep you gaming for a long, long time. Explore over 700 rooms, encounter more than 40 new monsters, and discover 18 mysterious magical items -- and that's just in the first book!

See you there!

[Event] Wars of History, May 27-29, 2011

Chimera Hobby Shop Appleton is hosting its first Wars of History Memorial Day Weekend Event! Remember the reason for the holiday and learn more about the wars American men and women have fought for freedom.

For three days, from Friday, May 27th through Sunday, May 29th, Chimera Hobby Shop Appleton will host a series of historical war board and miniature game events.

There are NO fees for playing in any of the demos or casual games!

Axis & Allies Global War

Saturday and Sunday All Day
A HUGE Axis & Allies Board Game variant, using a beautiful home made board the size of two of our large game tables and miniatures from Axis & Allies Miniatures and Axis & Allies: War at Sea. No experience necessary, play for the whole weekend or for an hour! No entry fee!

Click here to find out more about the Global War map and game!

Wings of War
Casual Gaming and Demos All Three Days; Tournament at 11am on Saturday

No experience necessary. Join in re-creation of fighter plane battles of World War I and World War II. The Saturday tournament will be a grand melee of the skies with planes provided; last man flying wins! Entry fee $1; all fees go toward prizes.

Flames of War
Casual Gaming and Demos All Three Days; Tournament at 11am on Sunday

No experience necessary. Join in re-creation of the land battles of World War II, complete with tanks, artillery, and infantry. Join a quick demo any time, or if you have a bit more experience, join in the tournament on Sunday. Point values, entry fee, and prizes to be determined (all entry fees go toward prizes).

Axis & Allies Miniatures and Axis & Allies: War At Sea
Join in casual games and demos all three days, as they are made available.

Other games to be announced; may include Johnny Reb, DBA, French and Indian War, War of 1812, Memoir '44, Battle Cry, Tide of Iron, and other games re-creating Wars of History! If you have your own historical war board, card, miniatures, or even role-playing game and want to share it and teach others to play, by all means bring it with you!

[Events] March 2011 Event and Release Calendar

Our March 2011 Event and Release Calendar is now available; click on the image above to embiggen. Release images in the middle of the week are as close as possible to the actual release dates; release dates may vary from the location of the image. All release information and event information is subject to change without notice; if a major update occurs, we will update the calendar. For more information on all events, check our Event Calendar at our Facebook site

[Event] World of Warcraft Love Is In The Air Tournament

LOVE IS IN THE AIR is a celebration of love and friendship during the month of February. Also, a celebration of those terrible chalk-like candy hearts that people think of as a gift, but are actually an insult to your taste buds. Who buys those things?! Really?

Format: Core Constructed

Day and Time: February 13th, be here at Noon.

Entry Fee: $2 (all proceeds go to providing booster packs for prizes)

Prizes: The first sixteen players to register for this event receive an exclusive "Kwee Q. Peddlefeet" gameplay participation card. The winner of this event is awarded a LOVE IS IN THE AIR playmat, in addition to booster packs. Second place will also be awarded booster packs; perhaps even third place might get boosters or a booster pack, but the number of booster pack prizes depend on number of participants. Another LOVE IS IN THE AIR playmat will be given out as a random door prize.

[Event] Mirrodin Besieged Pre-Release Jan. 29, 2011

Mirrodin Besieged Sealed Deck Pre-Release Tournament!

The first of two Sealed Deck tourneys today begins at 12:01 AM (yes, one minute after Midnight) on Saturday, January 29th.

Our second Mirrodin Besieged Sealed Deck Pre-Release Tournament runs at 10am the same day.

We will also run a Mirrodin Besieged Draft on Saturday, time TBD.

Our Fond Du Lac location will also run two Sealed Deck Tournaments and a Draft this weekend; the Sealed Deck Tournaments run at 6pm Saturday the 29th and 11am Sunday the 30th, Draft time TBD.

Tournament fees are $25 each, or you can get in ALL FOUR Sealed Deck tournaments for $80! We also offer a $100 package deal for all four Sealed Deck tournaments AND both Draft tournaments! If you can't make all the tournaments but still want the package deal, your Tournament Vouchers will also be good for our Mirrodin Besieged Release Weekend Tournaments, February 6th and 7th.

[Event] Magic: The Gathering Extended Format Returns!

The Magic: The Gathering Extended Tournament format returns to Chimera Hobby Shop Appleton! The first tournament starts promptly at 10:30 am on Saturday, January 15th at Chimera Hobby Shop Appleton!

Here are the Extended rules per the Wizards of the Coast website as of Dec 20, 2010:

Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. There is no maximum deck size; however, you must be able to shuffle your deck with no assistance. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain exactly fifteen cards.

With the exception of basic land cards, a player’s combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its English card title equivalent. All cards named Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic.
The following card sets are permitted in Extended tournaments:

Lorwyn
Morningtide
Shadowmoor
Eventide
Shards of Alara
Conflux
Alara Reborn
Magic 2010
Zendikar
Worldwake
Rise of the Eldrazi
Magic 2011
Scars of Mirrodin
Mirrodin Besieged (effective February 4, 2011)
"Action" (effective May 13, 2011)

There are currently no cards banned in Extended.

Click here for official information about Constructed formats and the Extended format at the Magic: The Gathering Tournament Online Rules.

The Tournament begins at 10:30 SHARP! The Final Bracket will be determined based on total number of players. This is a SANCTIONED event!

Entry fee is $6. Prizes will be awarded based on the total number of participants.

[Event] Labyrinth Lord Results 12/5/10

Due to short notice, we only had two players this first session... but then, the mightiest oak starts as a mere tiny little acorn, so a small start can be a good start!

The two adventurers, Madwarf "The Axe" (2nd level Dwarf) and Marlar (3rd level Elf) ventured into the Dungeons Beneath the Ruins of Xylarthen's Tower, within spitting distance of Haelyx, the second-largest of the Towns of the Wastelands.

Xylarthen was one of the local Wizard-Kings during the Thousand Year War that ruined the Realm. His tower was cast down by a great enemy, and he either died, fled, or was captured; the legends do not say. But the dungeons beneath the ruined tower have served as a home for bandits and monsters in the century since, and are said to still house a great deal of Xylarthen's wealth... and as our heroes were down to their last few pieces of gold, they wanted some of that wealth!

[Note: I used the maps from Jeff Rients' adventure, Under Xylarthen's Tower, but filled the rooms using the random Labyrinth Stocking Table on page 124 of the Labyrinth Lord book]

Encounters in the labyrinthine ruins included three hobgoblins; three morlocks; two adult albino apes and two whelps; six kobolds; an acid trap (singed the dwarf's beard, it did); three stirges (that caused more damage than all other monsters encountered together!); and a rune-covered doorknob that, when touched, teleported the victim to a "holding room", a location that no longer existed, as the room was on the 2nd level of the tower (nasty fall, that was)! Treasure recovered included more than 400 gp in gems, more than 2,500 silver pieces, a handful of copper pieces, and a few old weapons (liberated from their wielders), that when sold to the local traders were worth a few pieces of gold.

A fun time was had by all! We will be continuing our Labyrinth Lord adventures every Sunday, from noon to 5pm, here at Chimera Hobby Appleton. Feel free to drop in and play any time; character creation takes less than 10 minutes, and we even have dice, pencils, and character sheets for you to use.

[Event] FNM Results 12/3/10

20 players participated in tonight's Friday Night Magic tournament. The Top 3 Players, their decks, and their Prizes were:

1st Place: Jacob Kunkel [Blue Green Ally Mill] (4 Scars of Mirroden Boosters, 1 Wild Nacatl FNM Card)
2nd Place: Steve Jagodzinski [Mono Green Vengevine] (3 Scars of Mirroden Boosters, 1 Wild Nacatl FNM Card)
3rd Place: Andy Lohse [Blue White Green Vat] (3 Scars of Mirroden Boosters)
Random Wild Nacatl Card Winners: Travis Towns and Brandon Emerson

[Event] Labyrinth Lord: Sunday, December 5th

What: Labyrinth Lord
Where: Chimera Hobby Appleton
When: Sunday, December 5th, 12noon to 5pm
Who: Anyone, Ages 8 and Up, Experienced RPG player or Novice! No experience necessary!
How: Drop on by; you don't need to bring anything but a desire to play! We provide character sheets, pencils, and dice; all you need is imagination.

Seek Gold and Glory in the depths of the Dungeons of the Wizard-Kings! Join us for an afternoon of classic fantasy role-playing game fun. Whether young or old, experienced or new to gaming, all are welcome. Rules will be taught; characters will be made (in 5 to 10 minutes), and fun and adventure will be had!

[Tournament] HeroScape Winter Warfare 2010

Wednesday 12/29/10

HeroScape - Winter Warfare 2010

Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton

Time: 11am-6:30pm (subject to change).
Setup: Four-75 minute rounds (5 if needed), Swiss-style play, Entry fee will be a prize ($15 Gift Card OK). Figure out Partners beforehand. If you don't have one, we'll sort it out with another soloist when we're there, if not sooner.
Armies: 340pt per player, 36-hex armies per team.
Rules: Partners to be decided before Tourney Day (just restating.); Turns taken "butterfly" style if your partner is on the same side of the table as you; You will be allowed to "donate" up to 20 Points to your Partner; One unique unit per tag team. (I.E. you and your partner can't BOTH use Thorgimm.); NO Marvel or C3G!

Click here for Questions and additional Rules

[Events] December 2010 Events Appleton & Fond Du Lac

Friday 12/3/2010
Yu-Gi-Oh! Doubles Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Fond du Lac
Yu-Gi-Oh! doubles tournament, official format. Cost is $2.00 per team. Booster pack prizes are awarded to 1st and 2nd place. Start time is 6pm. Contact store for details. Non-tournament players are welcome to come in and use the game room for side games and trading.

Friday Night Magic
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Friday Night Magic! Sign-Up Starts at 4:00, Tournament Begins at 5:00. $5.00 Entry Fee Includes $3.99 Booster Pack! Standard Format Includes: Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of the Eldrazi, Magic 2011, and Scars of Mirrodin. Prizes Provided by Chimera Hobby and Wizards of the Coast.

Saturday 12/4/2010
Warhammer Fantasy 1200 point Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Assemble your army and get ready to play! Bring in a 1200 point army for three rounds of swiss pairings. Tournament begins at 10:30am, cost is $15.00. Prizes (based on attendance) awarded for Overall champion, best painted, best general, and sportsmanship. For more information, contact the store at (920) 735-1201

Pokemon League
Chimera Hobby Shop - Fond du Lac
Stop in to learn how to play Pokemon or engage in Pokemon battles! Our league takes place every other Saturday from 10am to 2pm. The league is FREE. Contact store for details.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament for all ages. Sign-up starts at 1pm, tournament begins at 2pm. Cost is $1.00.

Sunday 12/5/2010
World of Warcraft TCG
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
12noon to 5pm. Horde or Alliance, all are welcome!
Friday 12/10/2010
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Fond du Lac
Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament for all ages begins at 6pm. Cost is $1.00. This week's format is advanced. Booster pack prizes awarded to first and second place finishers. Non-tournament players are welcome to come in and use the game room for trading and side games. Contact store for details.

Friday Night Magic
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Friday Night Magic! Sign-Up Starts at 4:00, Tournament Begins at 5:00. $5.00 Entry Fee Includes $3.99 Booster Pack! Standard Format Includes: Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of the Eldrazi, Magic 2011, and Scars of Mirrodin. Prizes Provided by Chimera Hobby and Wizards of the Coast.

Saturday 12/11/2010
Warhammer Fantasy 2500 Point Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Fond du Lac
Assemble your army and get ready to play! Bring in a 2500 point army for three rounds of swiss pairings. Tournament begins at 10am, cost is $15.00, this price includes lunch. Prizes (based on attendance) awarded for Overall champion, best general, sportsmanship, and appearance. For more information, contact the store at (920) 922-8338.

Pokemon League
Chimera Hobby Shop - Fond du Lac
Stop in to learn how to play Pokemon or engage in Pokemon battles! Our league takes place every other Saturday from 10am to 2pm. The league is FREE. Contact store for details.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament for all ages. Sign-up starts at 1pm, tournament begins at 2pm. Cost is $1.00.

Sunday 12/12/2010
World of Warcraft TCG
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
12noon to 5pm. Horde or Alliance, all are welcome!

Friday 12/17/2010
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Fond du Lac
Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament for all ages begins at 6pm. Cost is $1.00. This week's format is advanced. Booster pack prizes awarded to first and second place finishers. Non-tournament players are welcome to come in and use the game room for trading and side games. Contact store for details.

Friday Night Magic
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Friday Night Magic! Sign-Up Starts at 4:00, Tournament Begins at 5:00. $5.00 Entry Fee Includes $3.99 Booster Pack! Standard Format Includes: Zendikar, Worldwake, Rise of the Eldrazi, Magic 2011, and Scars of Mirrodin. Prizes Provided by Chimera Hobby and Wizards of the Coast.

Saturday 12/18/2010
Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader 2250 Point Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Assemble your Warhammer 40k army and get ready to play! Bring in a 2250 point army for three rounds of swiss pairings. Tournament begins at 10:30am, cost is $15.00. Prizes (based on attendance) awarded for Overall champion, best painted, best general, and sportsmanship. For more information, contact the store at (920) 735-1201

Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament for all ages. Sign-up starts at 1pm, tournament begins at 2pm. Cost is $1.00.

Pokemon City Championship Tournament
Chimera - Fond du Lac
Tournament sign-up begins at 10:00 am.

Sunday 12/19/2010
Warhammer 40K Escalation Tournament w/Apocalypse!
Chimera Hobby Shop - Fond du Lac
Warhammer 40K Escalation tournament starts at 10am. - first round will be a 500 point combat patrol mission (1hr) Combat Patrol special rules: must have one troop choice, 0-1 HQ choices, no special characters, no 2+ saves of any kind, no ordinance weapons, no models with more than 2 wounds, no vehicles with more than 33 points of total armor) - second round will be 1850 points (2hrs) - final round will be a 3000 point Apocalypse game (3.5 hrs) - all models must be WYSIWYG - All lists must include the entire previous force (so your 1850 list must include the combat patrol, and the Apocalypse list must include your 1850 list) - no sinlge models that cost more than 1000 points - no destroyer weapons - Standard RTT rules for sportsmanship and appearance will be in effect. $15 entry fee, prizes awarded for overall performance, best general, best painted army, and sportsmanship! Contact the store for more details! (920) 922-8338, chimerafdl@att.net.

World of Warcraft TCG
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
12noon to 5pm. Horde or Alliance, all are welcome!

Wednesday 12/29/10
HeroScape - Winter Warfare 2010
Chimera Hobby Shop - Appleton
Time: 11am-6:30pm (subject to change). Setup: Four-75 minute rounds (5 if needed), Swiss-style play, Entry fee will be a prize ($15 Gift Card OK). Figure out Partner's before hand. If you don't have one, we'll sort it out with another soloist when we're there, if not sooner. Armies: 340pt per player, 36-hex armies per team. Rules: Partners to be decided before Tourney Day (just restating.); Turns taken "butterfly" style if your partner is on the same side of the table as you; You will be allowed to "donate" up to 20 Points to your Partner; One unique unit per tag team. (I.E. you and your partner can't BOTH use Thorgimm.); NO Marvel or C3G. Click here for Questions and additional Rules.

[Warhammer 40k Tournament] 1850 Pt. Tournament Chimera Appleton

Warhammer 40,000 Tournament

1850pts

The Warhammer 40,000 tournament starts at 10am Saturday, November 27 at Chimera Hobby Shop Appleton.

Entry fee is $10.

Prizes are awarded for:

Overall Champion

Best General*

Best Painted

Sportsmanship

* Based on Battle Points

For more information contact the store at (920) 735-1201.