Yes, it has been a while since my last post. We have been busy!! Warmachine League and other events have been filling up the store most every day!
This Friday we should have the new Magic Eldrazzi set in, AND the entire line of Games Workshop paints in the rack! About time! I need more space!
Jim Roots has been employed by Ambush Alley to help design the next wave of rule books that will be published through Osprey! That is big time for this fledgling company!
I’m working on May’s calendar of events, and it should be ironed out by this weekend! Look for more Magic, a Warhammer 40k tournament, a Warmachine tournament, and Monsterpocalypse, Arcane Legions, Flames of War, Ambush Alley, and even a possible Rogue Trader RPG one day event! whew.
Game on!
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Long awaited update!
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010A few new items arrived today!
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010I’ll give a quick list of some new items!
Claustrophobia and Dixit 2 from Asmodee games. Battletech: Technical Readout: 3060. Rogue Trader: Lure of the Expanse. Aces & Eights: Shootist’s Guide. All Things Zombie!
And a restock on Magic the Gathering boosters, Pokemon boosters, Privateer Press models, and much more!!
Alas, our plan to bring in the Games Workshop paint line has been put on hold. Games Workshop does not have any of the paint racks to display the paints!! When they do, we will get them in asap!
Warmachine bag by Battle Foam
Sunday, March 21st, 2010
So, I just ordered a bunch of these bags. They are a little pricey compared to the other companies, but at the same time, they are the best quality bags. The Warmachine/Hordes bags come full of pre-cut foam that is supposed to fit the figures for said game. I was skeptical. Turns out, I like it!! See pics! First is all my Cygnar figs on the table. Second is them in the foam, third is the bag itself.
I still have a few big and medium size holes left to fill. The only figs I had problems with were the Thunderhead with his arm out to the side, one standard bearer and a few figs needed some leftover foam from other things to pad figs to keep them from bending a long lance and such. Overall, I’m impressed. The bag also had many nooks and pockets to store all your books and supplies. Very cool.
Dread the Authors!
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Patrick Benson was kind enough to run a game of Dread for our esteemed guests! He based the RPG story on excerpts from their books! Cool!
Book Signing tonight!
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
It’s happening as I write this! Scott Markus, author of “Voices From the Chicago Grave”, and Ursula Bielski author of “Chicago Haunts 3″ are here! They are talking about their books and the entire subject of ghosts and hauntings in the Chicago area. They will be signing copies of their books all evening (hope we ordered enough)!
Later Scott will show and talk about the music video he was involved in for the band “Ok Go”.
Warhammer 40k Group Night
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Looks like Tuesday night Warhammer 40k may be here to stay! We had a total of 9 players tonight, up from the original 3! There will be the occasional Tuesday that something else is going on, but most of the time 40k will be here!
Saturday’s Magic tournament
Sunday, March 7th, 2010We had our best turnout yet! Including a few new players, and for the future, there were a couple gamers who decided to get back into magic after seeing the nice turnout we had! Prizes included 6 people winning booster packs, everyone recieved a foil Worldwake card, and we raffled off a Worldwake poster and a Magic bag/backpack. I may have to start selling singles if more people ask!
In other happenings, there was a lot of Bloodbowl played for our league, we are in week 5 of 9. Warmachine hit the table. Monsterpocalypse was demoed! And a Dark Heresy RPG group played through the evening!
Lots of gaming goodness!
Tuesday night at UGG
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Looks like some 40k players stopped by to get a game in! Pic above.
Others came by to test out their Magic the Gathering decks for this weekend tournament.
Store Stuff: I added another shelf to hold our demo board games! We needed more space for them! I also moved the Malifaux miniatures to a better/more visible area!
We are filling out paperwork with Battle Foam, in order to bring in their cases! Best quality miniatures cases out there, and they sell all kinds of pre-cut foam to fit your army into a tighter space! GW, PIP, all kinds!
Saturdays 40k tournament and more
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Another big event. Our organizer ran another great event! Here are some pics and look for another one coming soon.
In the evening, we had a full gaming area with the Rifts RPG group, two bloodbowl games, a group playing a board game, and a couple guys playing a Warhammer Fantasy battle with their new Skaven army.
UGG featured on Privateer Press website!
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Privateer Press, the makers of Warmachine and Hordes miniatures, Monsterpocalypse CMG, Iron Kingdoms RPG, and a line of paints, tools, brushes, even two boardgames has begun to feature thier PREMIERE retailers. Guess who they chose to be the first? Why Unique Gifts and Games of course! (thanks Wil!) Here is the link: http://privateerpress.com/company/privateer-press-retailer-spotlight