April 29 - May 1, 2011

 

When:

April 29-May 1, 2011

  • Friday: 3PM – 12AM
  • Saturday: 8AM – 12AM
  • Sunday: 9AM – 6PM

 

Where:

Rochester Senior Center

aka "The Castle"

121 North Broadway

Rochester, MN, 55906

 

 

 

 

Card Game Event Listing

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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
Friday
 

Players will select heroes, gather allies, acquire artifacts, and coordinate their efforts to face Middle-earth’s most dangerous fiends. By cooperating to overcome the obstacles drawn from the encounter deck, you will complete the quest before you and claim victory!
 
Location: FFG3
Slots Available: 2
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: LCG by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 7.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

FNM: Standard Constructed Tournament
Friday
 

Friday Night Magic: Standard Constructed Sign-up until 5:30pm, actual event starting at 5:30pm. Bring your own pre-constructed, tournament legal deck. There will be at least 4 swiss rounds, cutting to a single-elimination top 4, 8, or 16 (based on attendance). Regular prizes will be awarded, along with additional Games By James gift certificates based on attendance.
 
Location: 20-25
Slots Available: 36
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Some Game Experience Required
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Magic: The Gathering by Wizards of the Coast
End Time: 12.00AM
GM: James Abernathy
Min Players: 8
Sponsored by Games By James - Rochester
Max Players: 36
Entry Fee: $6.00

Forbidden Island
Friday
 

Dare to discover Forbidden Island! Join a team of fearless adventurers on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and make some pulse-pounding maneuvers, as the island will sink beneath every step! Race to collect the treasures and make a triumphant escape before you are swallowed into the watery abyss! A cooperative game that has been descibed as Pandemic lite.
 
Location: Table 10
Slots Available: 1
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: Card/tile game by Gamewright
End Time: 7.00PM
GM: Mike Heine
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 3
Entry Fee: $0.00

Sumonner Wars Demos
Friday
 

Summoner Wars is a fast-playing, action-packed 2-4 player card game. Players take on the role of Summoners: powerful beings who harness the power of mysterious Summoning Stones to lead their race to conquest on the war-torn planet of Itharia. These Summoners wield terrible magic on the battlefield, freezing their foes in place, draining their enemies of power, and even bringing rains of fire down from the heavens. But most notoriously, they summon their great race’s hordes of warriors to the battlefield, to clash in the never-ending struggle for supremacy. A Summoner is both mage and general, and must combine their wizardly might with clever tactics to defeat the enemy Summoner on the opposite side of the battle.
 
Location: Table 4
Slots Available: 3
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: Summoner Wars by Plaid Hat Games
End Time: 7.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

Bohnanza
Friday
 

As card games go, this one is quite revolutionary. Perhaps its oddest feature is that you cannot rearrange your hand, as you need to play the cards in the order that you draw them. The cards are colorful depictions of beans in various descriptive poses, and the object is to make coins by planting fields (sets) of these beans and then harvesting them. To help players match their cards up, the game features extensive trading and deal making.
 
Location: Table 4
Slots Available: 3
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 8.00PM
System: Bohnanza by Rio Grande Games
End Time: 9.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 7
Entry Fee: $0.00

Nightfall
Friday
 

A new fast, furious and fun deck-building game from Alderac Entertainment Group. Featuring direct head-to-head combat, amazing art, a new AEG world, and unique mechanics.
 
Location: Table 11
Slots Available: 4
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00PM
System: Nightfall by AEG
End Time: 10.00PM
GM: Jeff King
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

Citadels
Friday
 

A medieval city destined for greatness, immense power and importance beckons you. There is only one problem: it isn’t built yet. This vacuum presents the perfect opportunity for you. You must wisely spend your gold, bluff, intimidate and outmaneuver your rivals as you seek to build and control this new city. Along the way you will enlist the help of the powerful figures of the city: the King, Bishop, Merchant, Warlord, and Architect. At the same time, you must remain on your guard against the Assassin, the Thief and the Magician... or you can use their shadowy influence against your opponents! Each round you must choose your allies and stay guarded against your enemies whoever they may be as they can change every round.
 
Location: Table 5
Slots Available: 3
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00PM
System: Card by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 11.00PM
GM: Charlie Covault
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 7
Entry Fee: $0.00

Apples abound
Saturday
 

It's as easy as comparing "apples to apples"...just open the box, deal the cards, and you're ready to play! Select the card from your hand that you think is best described by a card played by the judge. if the judge picks your card, you win that round. And everyone gets a chance to be the judge! Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people,places, things, and events.
 
Location: Table 6
Slots Available: 9
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00AM
System: Apples to apples by Out od the Box
End Time: 1.00PM
GM: Joelle Odeen
Min Players: 4
 
Max Players: 9
Entry Fee: $0.00

7 Wonders
Saturday
 

Come try this popular card drafting/civilization building game. Rules will be taught and it plays quick, so we will have time for 2 or 3 games.
 
Location: Table 4
Slots Available: FULL
 
Alternate Slots Available: 1
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: 7 Wonders by Asmodee
End Time: 12.00PM
GM: Zachary Stackurski
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 7
Entry Fee: $0.00

Besieged Draft Tournament
Saturday
 

Draft Tournament Sign-up until 5:30pm, actual event starting at 5:30pm Boosters will be provided. Players will draft cards and construct a deck from the cards they've drafted. There will be at least 4 swiss rounds, cutting to a single-elimination top 4, 8, or 16 (based on attendance). Regular prizes will be awarded, along with additional Games By James gift certificates based on attendance.
 
Location: 2nd Floor - 3-7
Slots Available: 36
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Some Game Experience Required
Start Time: 12.00PM
System: Magic: The Gathering by Wizards of the Coast
End Time: 8.00PM
GM: James Abernathy
Min Players: 8
Sponsored by Games By James - Rochester & Gamers Reunion
Max Players: 36
Entry Fee: $16.00

Fluxx multiple varations
Saturday
 

Simple? Fluxx has but one rule: "Draw one card and then play one card." What cards could you play? Well you could play Time, or War or perhaps Love. I shall play Chocolate - its fine to have Chocolate. You payed the "Play 2", well then play a second card. The rules are this "Draw one card and then play two cards" Perfectly simple...The goal of the game? Sorry no one has played one yet!!!!
 
Location: Table 6
Slots Available: 10
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 2.00PM
System: Fluxx by Looney Labs
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Joelle Odeen
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 10
Entry Fee: $0.00

Hunt The Wumpus
Saturday
 

Hunt The Wumpus is a game nearing production that is a simple to learn party game where you takes turns laying traps to catch the elusive Wumpus. The fun part starts when you realize you have to destroy and steal your traps from the other players to succeed!
 
Location: Table 32
Slots Available: 8
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 4.00PM
System: Hunt The Wumpus by The Phoenix Studio
End Time: 5.00PM
GM: Joe Robertson
Min Players: 3
 
Max Players: 8
Entry Fee: $0.00

Summoner Wars Demo
Saturday
 

Summoner Wars is a fast-playing, action-packed 2-4 player card game. Players take on the role of Summoners: powerful beings who harness the power of mysterious Summoning Stones to lead their race to conquest on the war-torn planet of Itharia. These Summoners wield terrible magic on the battlefield, freezing their foes in place, draining their enemies of power, and even bringing rains of fire down from the heavens. But most notoriously, they summon their great race’s hordes of warriors to the battlefield, to clash in the never-ending struggle for supremacy. A Summoner is both mage and general, and must combine their wizardly might with clever tactics to defeat the enemy Summoner on the opposite side of the battle.
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: FULL
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: Summoner Wars by Plaid Hat Games
End Time: 7.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
Saturday
 

Players will select heroes, gather allies, acquire artifacts, and coordinate their efforts to face Middle-earth’s most dangerous fiends. By cooperating to overcome the obstacles drawn from the encounter deck, you will complete the quest before you and claim victory!
 
Location: FFG3
Slots Available: FULL
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 6.00PM
System: LCG by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 8.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Filler Fun
Sunday
 

Start your day off with some light fillers to get you going. For Sale, Coloretto, Monopoly Deal, Mini-Fits, Roll Through the Ages, Aquarius... maybe more if I pick up something cheap between now and the Con. We won't have time to play them all, but if there's one you really want to try I'm sure we can get it to the table.
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: 3
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 9.00AM
System: Various - See Description by Various
End Time: 10.00AM
GM: Zachary Stackurski
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 10
Entry Fee: $0.00

Dominion
Sunday
 

Four player card game. I have Alchemy and Seaside at this time, maybe I will have the other sets by then. Come play a game its easy to learn and a lot of fun.
 
Location: Table 9
Slots Available: 1
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Dominion by Rio Grande Games
End Time: 12.00PM
GM: Jean Mlynczak
Min Players: 1
Sponsored by Lady Dragon's Treasures
Max Players: 3
Entry Fee: $0.00

Summoner Wars Tournament
Sunday
 

Come test your metal against the other summoners in this swiss style tourney. Bring your own constructed deck or borrow a pre-constructed one. Demos will be offered on Friday and Saturday to learn to play. Prizes: Plaid Hat Games - www.plaidhatgames.com Guild Dwarves vs. Cave Goblins Grungor's Charge Rukar's Power Fallen Kingdom Vanguard Sairooks Thorkurs Thought Hammer - www.thoughthammer.com $25 Dollar Gift Certificate Sci Fi Genre - www.scifigenre.com 2 10 dollar gift cards Noble Knight Games - www.nobleknightgames.com 10 dollar gift certificate.
 
Location: 18-19 24-25 29-31
Slots Available: 29
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Rules Knowledge Helpful
Start Time: 10.00AM
System: Summoner Wars by Plaid Hat Games
End Time: 4.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 32
Entry Fee: $0.00

Malta
Sunday
 

Game of cutthroat strategy (and not losing). Quick set up and quick to teach, great filler game for game nights.
 
Location: Table 32
Slots Available: 4
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 1.00PM
System: card game by Z-Man
End Time: 2.00PM
GM: Chris Bany
Min Players: 2
 
Max Players: 5
Entry Fee: $0.00

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
Sunday
 

Players will select heroes, gather allies, acquire artifacts, and coordinate their efforts to face Middle-earth’s most dangerous fiends. By cooperating to overcome the obstacles drawn from the encounter deck, you will complete the quest before you and claim victory!
 
Location: FFG3
Slots Available: 1
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 1.00PM
System: LCG by Fantasy Flight Games
End Time: 3.00PM
GM: Ron DeValk
Min Players: 2
Sponsored by Fantasy Flight Games
Max Players: 4
Entry Fee: $0.00

Red Dragon Inn III
Sunday
 

Coming soon from SlugFest Games! You and your ever-expanding party of adventuring companions have spent another day slogging through the dungeon, killing monsters and taking their stuff. Now you're back in town, healed up, cleaned up, and ready once again to party at the Red Dragon Inn. Drink, gamble, and roughhouse with your friends. But don't forget to keep an eye on your Gold. If you run out, you'll have to spend the night in the stables. Oh... and try not to get too beaten up or too drunk. If you black out, your friends will continue the party without you... after they loot your body for Gold of course! The Red Dragon Inn 3 The last conscious adventurer with Gold wins the game! The Red Dragon Inn 3 introduces four new adventurers, each with a unique game mechanic to add new strategies to the original game. The Red Dragon Inn 3 may be played alone or in combination with other versions of The Red Dragon Inn to allow games of up to 12 players!
 
Location: Table 2
Slots Available: FULL
 
Alternate Slots Available: 3
Player Knowledge Needed: Beginners Welcome
Start Time: 5.00PM
System: Red Dragon Inn by SlugFest Games
End Time: 6.00PM
GM: Michael Jordal
Min Players: 1
 
Max Players: 6
Entry Fee: $0.00