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Sundays at Spenard. Bring your favorite games. A variety of board games are being played.

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SPORTS CARD TRADE NIGHT

We will host a sportscard trade night about once a month. . (Check our Sportscard Collectors page for updates.)

Bring your extra and unwanted cards to trade with other collectors.

In conjuction with that, we are running a super promotion. We will give away a prize containing one pack of virtually every sportscard product that comes out between now and then.

To participate, all you have to do is buy sportscard packs and you ought to be doing that anyway. For every $5.00 spent on sports cards singles, packs, boxes and sets, we will give you one ticket. The more you spend, the more tickets you get. Then on trade night, we will draw ONE ticket and give you a few minutes to search through your tickets. If someone produces the matching ticket, they get all the packs accumulated. If nobody has the matching ticket, the packs will carry over to the next trade night and we will add the next month's packs to it. All tickets issued prior to the drawing will be thrown away.

1. Must be here to win
2. We will draw ONE ticket only.
3. We will give everyone present FIVE minutes to look through their tickets.
4. If the winning ticket is present, then we give away the incredible package to the lucky person.
5. If nobody claims the prize package, we will carry over the packs to the next trade night while adding even more packs as they come out.
6. All tickets issued prior to the drawing will be tossed out.

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Highland Renaissance Group
Sword Classes

The HRG will be offering Historic Fencing classes via the Anchorage Parks and Rec again this winter at the Fairview Rec Center. The city only charges a use fee at the desk for the classes. It's a whooping $3 per visit. They do not charge an instructor fee for the classes. They have lender gear for beginners.

This Winter's offering will be:

18th Century Highland Broadsword
Thursdays @ 7PM- 9PM (Classes will restart this week) Fairview Rec Center Class size is limited to 14 (8 returning students) Students learn the use of the baskethilted broadsword. Instructor: Matt Cacy Ph 903-8886

14th& 15th Century German Longsword
Friday @ 7PM- 9PM (Classes will restart this week) Fairview Rec Center Class size is limited to 16 (10 returning students) Students learn the use of the 2 handed longsword as the base weapon of the German system. This year the class will work with the core system as applied to unarmed, dagger, arming sword, spear, and poleaxe as the winter progresses.The HRG's longsword program has formal ties to the Selohaar Fechtschule system of Christian H Tobler. http://www.selohaar.org/fechten.htm Instructor: David Teague Ph 632-0056

Study Groups
The study groups have been able to use the aerobics room of Powerhouse Gym (when not in use by a scheduled class). Powerhouse does charge non-members to use the facility, still 5 dollars at the front desk. At this time we have permission to return for the winter. Messer class is the only one scheduled so far, look for a notice on the I.33 group soon.

The HRG will also be studying other weapon styles in the study group format.This winter/spring plans include a I.33 group, 14th century Messer group, 18th century small sword group, and 19th century Bartitsu group. http://www.bartitsu.org/

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D&D Encounters 2 Dark Sun
Where: BOSCO'S Spenard
When: Thursdays 6pm-8pm, June 10- September 16
Cost: Free

Get your game on each Thursday with D&D Encounters, an ongoing mini-campaign where you’ll play one encounter each week at BOSCO'S.

D&D Encounters uses the 4th edition D&D rules. Beginners are always welcome! You do not need to have any previous experience with Dungeons and Dragons, the 4th edition rules, or the Dark Sun setting.

Earn exclusive rewards as you gain Renown Points for accomplishments made during each season!

Adventure in a world that’s been blasted by out-of-control magic. The magic of the world draws its power from the life force of things around it. The world is a desert, its civilizations concentrated in a handful of city-states ruled by evil sorcerer-kings and its wilderness haunted by marauding nomadic bands. Characters will be provided.

These are one-encounter D&D play sessions lasting about 1-2 hours. As you play through the ongoing mini-campaign, earn Renown Points for your accomplishments which are tracked to earn exclusive in-game rewards cards. After each season completes, a new mini-campaign starts, set in another exciting world of adventure!

BOSCO'S in Spenard will have the Dark Sun Campaign Setting early, on Friday August 6th. Its normal release date will be Tuesday August 17th.

The Dark Sun Campaign Setting provides exciting character options for D&D players, including new races, character themes and class builds, new paragon paths and epic destinies, and new equipment, plus rules and advice for handling survival challenges, arena encounters, desert terrain, and adventure creation. $39.95

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HERO CLIX in SPENARD
WITH BIG MIKE

When new Clix arrive, Mike arranges tournaments with great prizes and a jolly group of serious gamers.

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Summer of Multiplayer - Archenemy Release Event Not Enough? Want more Multiplayer? Play in the 'Summer of Multiplayer' on Saturdays at BOSCO'S beginning on 08/16/10, with cool prizes from WOTC.

Magic Duels of the Planeswalkers Sample Deck Promotion We will provide one (1) premium promo card and two (2) new sample decks to customers who present a printed out PC Duels of the Planeswalkers voucher produced by Wizards of the Coast between June 15, 2010 and December 31, 2010, while supplies last.

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D&D Red Box Game Day
Where: BOSCO'S Spenard
When: Saturday September 11 at 1 pm

Come celebrate the release of the new D&D Essentials line of products and the new Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game with a classic-style adventure and a retro game experience! This uses pregenerated 2d level characters.

The D&D Essentials product line is designed to give you everything you need to play the classic D&D game experience, and it starts with the new boxed set – the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game. Inside the “Red Box,” you’ll find everything you need to begin your adventure.

After you’re done exploring the Red Box, you can find all the rules for the 4th Edition game in the Rules Compendium, create the iconic characters you want with Heroes of the Fallen Lands and get ready to expand your campaign with the Dungeon Master’s Kit, Monster Vault, and Dungeon Tiles Master Sets.

Just for participating you’ll take home the pregenerated character sheet of the character you played. If you DM the game, you’ll take home the adventure itself, a poster map of the encounter areas, and the tokens used in the adventure.

To satisfy your curiosity, here’s a quick description of the adventure! Sunderpeak Temple Long a bastion of good on the edges of the wilderness, Sunderpeak Temple has succumbed to an unknown threat. You have been tasked to journey to the site of the temple and find out what has befallen its residents, as the priests are needed to destroy an enchanted skill imbued with necromantic magic. Will you face down the dark denizens that dwell within and learn the truth of the temple’s fate?

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World of Warcraft tournament
Where: BOSCO'S in Spenard
When: Sunday September 12
Cost: TBA

This will be a sealed deck tournament using the new Class decks.

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Warhammer Fantasy tournament
Where: BOSCO'S in Spenard
When: Saturday September 18

This will be a 1500 pts tournament. Probably limited to 16 entrants. Prizes for best general, best sportsman, and best painter.

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Warhammer Painting Contest
Where: BOSCO'S in Spenard
When: Throughout September.
Cost: Free to enter, buy a mini.

Prizes? Yep.

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Magic: The Gathering Scars of Mirrodin
Set 1 of 3 in the Scars of Mirrodin block

Prerelease
Where: BOSCO'S Spenard
When: Saturday September 25 Sign up starts at noon.
Cost: $30
Prepay for this tournament at BOSCO'S in Spenard and get $15 credit towards Magic singles.
If we get 32 or more players at this tournament, we will buy pizza for all!
Bring all your friends.

Release Date Friday October 1, 2010

BOSCO'S Cup '10 #3 and Scars Launch Event
Where: BOSCO'S Spenard
When: Sunday October 3. Sign up starts at noon.
Cost: $25

Buy-a-box promotion for Scars of Mirrodin. The first 20 people who preorder or buy a box at Spenard will get a foil 'Memoricide' card.

$90 1st box/ $85 later boxes,
$510 case/6 boxes,
$120 box + fat pack
$540 case + fat pack

Presales end after the prerelease tournament.

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Scars of Mirrodin Game Day
The ultimate constructed deck event - with a twist!
Where: BOSCO'S in Spenard
When: Sunday October 31. Sign up noon. Play at 1pm
Cost: $6

How is the Scars of Mirrodin Game Day going to work? Magic Game Days will take advantage of the new settings and mechanics in the latest set. For Scars of Mirrodin Game Day, players can build a Standard deck that affiliates with one of the two factions in Scars of Mirrodin. (While having an affiliated deck is not required for Game Day, it will add a unique and significant element of excitement to the tournament.)

The top 2 finishers affiliated with each faction receive a preview card from the February 2011 Magic set, Mirrodin Besieged! This is in addition to any top 8 prize cards they might win for their overall event finish.

What does it mean to "affiliate" your Standard deck? All cards in Scars of Mirrodin are affiliated with one of the two factions in the set. An affiliated deck must have at least ten main-deck cards from the chosen faction, and none in the main deck or sideboard from the opposing faction. The deck must still be Standard legal.

We'll have a special foil card for the first 30 players and another for the top 8 winners! We'll have preview cards from Mirrodin Besieged™ for the top 4 "affiliated" winners.

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BOSCO'S Cup '10 #4
Where: BOSCO'S Spenard
When: TENTATIVELY Saturday December 11
Cost: TBA
This will be a constructed format tourney.

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D&D ENCOUNTERS Season Three
Where: BOSCO'S Spenard
When: Thursdays 6p-8pm September 22, 2010 through February 2, 2011
Cost: Free

Adventure waits as you journey to the Nentir Vale and face down savage beasts and lurking evils at the edge of civilization. Get into the action quickly by creating a classic 1st-level D&D character using the new D&D Essentials rules options, or grab a pre-generated one.

Later in the season, be the first to try out Fortune cards to enhance your D&D play experience.

Get ready to explore the dungeons and dangers at The Keep on the Borderlands! . Try out the new D&D Essentials rules options, designed to make it easy to create your own character with a classic D&D feel! . D&D Essentials products will be available in-store no later than September 21, meaning players are using the hottest new products .

Players use only D&D Essentials books, which means that lapsed players and DMs won't need to worry about a huge range of rules options at the table .

One session equals one encounter each week - total play time of 1-2 hours, perfect to fit in after school or work . Mini-campaign offers an ongoing, compelling narrative to keep players coming back each Thursday. Easy to play - just show up, create your own 1st-level character using the D&D Essentials rules or use a pre-generated character provided in the kit.

DMs earn rewards just for DMing game sessions . Easy to DM - everything is provided in the kit, minimal prep time in-between sessions . Designed for players of all levels.