Monthly Special Events

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June 2009  06/16/2009 09:12 PM

Friday, June 19th at 7:00 p.m. - Authors Chris Golden, Amber Benson & Thomas Sniegoski: Chris Golden is an awardwinning and bestselling author. Amber Benson may be best known as a TV Actress on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer as Tara Maclay. This will be Amber's only Boston signing on this tour! Thomas E. Sniegoski is the author of more than two dozen novels for adults, teens, and children. His teen fantasy YA series Fallen was adapted into a trilogy of monstrously successful TV movies by ABC Family Channel. More details on each of the author's can be found on our Google Calendar on the events page.

Saturday, June 20th - Free RPG Day: Come pick up a free game sample at the store, while supplies last! This year's offerings include commemorative dice from Chessex, a Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader RPG adventure from Fantasy Flight, the 4th Edition Hero's Handbook from Goodman Games, three offerings (Paranoia XP, Corporation & Dragon Warriors) from Mongoose, a Pathfinder Bestiary from Paizo, and an all-new D&D 4th Edition Eberron adventure from Wizards of the Coast!

Saturday, June 20th - Sunday, June 21st, starting 9:00a.m. - The Boston Massacre Diplomacy Tournament: $25 for Tournament Entry, $10 for individual games. The Boston Massacre will beholding their 3rd annual Championship Diplomacy Tournament at Pandemonium Books & Games. Games start at 9am and 3pm on Saturday and 9am on Sunday. Special Thanks to Mellisa Call for running this event. For questions, contact her directly through e-mail: melissa_call@dfci.harvard.edu

Sunday, June 28th at 1:00p.m. - Munchkin Tournament 2: The Revenge: $5 We'll be playing all of your favorite Munchkin base games, and top players in each game will advance to a classic Munchkin game for Pride, Glory, and Prizes!

July 2009  06/16/2009 09:11 PM

Saturday, July 4th at 1:00 p.m. - Alara Block Constructed Cash Tournament: $25.00 entry, Magic: the Gathering Constructed. Sets legal for this tournament include Shards of Alara, Conflux and Alara Reborn. Deck lists are required. We'll be firing up the grill for this event for Magic Players and store customers. Details on Grillins TBA. Prizes will go to top 8 players (Top 4 if 16 players or less). Prizes scale with attendance

16 Players:
1st: $140
2nd: $90
3rd-4th: $40

32 Players:
1st: $200
2nd: $140
3rd-4th: $90
5th-8th: $50.00

Sunday, July 5th - Store Inventory: Pandemonium is doing bi-annual store inventory procedures and we will be closed for business. If you want to schedule a game, our game space will still be open to the public, and we'll be taking money for snacks and soda sales during regular hours. If you want to help with inventory, we offer dinner and store credit for helping. E-mail tyler@pandemoniumbooks.com with "Store Inventory" in the subject line. Include weather or not you have a laptop computer, experience with Open Office Calc / Microsoft Excel, and use of retail scanners.

Saturday July 11th - Sunday, July 12th - Magic: the Gathering 2010 Core Set Prerelease Events: Full Schedule:


About Prereleases: Prerelease Events is Magic's biggest tournament event, and they're also the most fun and the focus is on casual, fun play within a tournament structure. This is your first chance to experience play with the new format this set introduces. If you've never been to a prerelease, this summer is a great opportunity to enjoy Magic: the Gathering at it's best. Prereleases are open to all players, new and experienced players welcome. Players also receive a foil promotional cards for participating in prerelease events, while supplies last.

Friday, July 16th - Saturday, July 18th - M10 Launch Party Events

Saturday, July 25th - M10 Grand Prix Day 2 Cash Challenge: $45.00 entry. This is a high prize payout event, guaranteeing $650.00 is prize money to top 8 players! This event is great practice for anyone attending Grand Prix Boston on August 1st, as this will be the same tournament structure if you make it to day 2! The tournament will be split into draft pods based on attendance, and players will play within their pods for 3 rounds. After 3 rounds, players will be reorganized into a new set of draft pods within the same tournament. Draft Deck lists will be required, and this event will be run at Rules Enforcement Level Competitive to enforce fair play. After 6 rounds of play, top 8 players will participate in a single elimination draft for the following GUARANTEED prizes:

1st Place: $175
2nd Place: $125
3rd-4th Place: $75
5th-8th Place: $50

Sunday, July 26th - M10 Grand Prix Trial: $25.00 Entry, Sealed Deck with Top 8 Draft. REL Competitive. Qualifying event. Grand Prix Trials are a series of tournaments where players compete for a set of 3 early byes at Grand Prix Boston on August 1st - August 2nd, 2009. The sealed format is 6 packs of M10 with a top 8 Draft. The top place is only the byes at the tournament, other prizes will be boosters of M10 based on attendance.

About Magic 2010: Called M10 for short, Magic 2010 is a core set expansion with a brand new approach to the game as a whole. M10 will be the first expansion to contain new content, as 1/2 of the printed cards are brand new to the game, including a new set of allied colored multi lands. M10 introduces a small number of major rules changes, especially to combat, a quick cleanup of a few complicated rules, and a few changes to names of zones. You can, and should read about the changes on magicthegathering.com here. These changes will go into effect for these prerelease events and all events going forward.

About Sealed Deck: Sealed deck is a format where instead of bringing a deck to an event, you receive 6 boosters from M10 to build a deck from this limited card pool. Players will have 40 minutes to put together a 40 card deck from the packs they receive. Basic lands are provided but must be returned at the end of the event. For each round, there will be 5 rounds where players play best 2 out of 3 games with the deck against other players. Top placing players will receive additional prize booster packs from M10 as a reward. Players keep playing until the end of the tournament or until they drop out from the tournament. Players are encouraged to play games casually with their deck as well with players in open dueling or other players with sealed or drafted decks.

About Booster Drafts: Each player in a draft receives 3 packs of M10 to draft a deck from. Drafting is a process where you pick cards one at a time matching strategies and colors to cards you have already drafted, building your deck as you go. Once the drafting part is finished, you build a 40 card deck from this limited card pool in 25 minutes. Basic lands are provided but must be returned at the end of the event. Draft pods have 8 players, and you'll play a 3 round tournament with your drafted deck. Each round is 50 minutes long and is best 2 out of 3 games. Top placing players win store credit, $25 to first and $15 to second, or $20 each player if the top 2 players split. Drafts will be run single elimination, however if you have a loss, you can still play casually against other draft players, sealed deck players, or players in open dueling.

About Open Dueling: Players in open dueling receive a random intro pack from M10 which contains a 40 card deck, a foil rare, and a booster pack. Players may modify the deck with cards from the booster pack. Intro packs also contain a rules insert, deck lists for all 5 intro packs, and simple strategy tips to help players who have never played before get started with Magic: the Gathering. With the intro pack in hand, all you have to do is play 5 games with other players who are at the prerelease, either with sealed decks, draft decks, other intro pack decks, or even against constructed decks. Keep track of who you play against on a provided card, turn it in and players will receive a free bonus pack of M10 for coming out to the prerelease.

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