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Isle of Gamers' Weekly Newsletter
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL EVENTS
BACK TO SCHOOL SALE
BUY GAMES FOR THE CLASS
Many kids are starting back to school this month. Most of us parents are used to buying school supplies and forget the other things that teachers need- Books and Games!

Thursday-Sunday, this week, buy any children's game- marked as appropriate for kids ages 2-10- and get double stamps on your Loyalty Card!
FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC
This week we feature Core 2019. Draft starts Friday at 7:15pm. Preregister and the price is only $13.99. The discount ends as of 4pm on Fridays. After 6pm you can only register in-store or via phone.
BATTLEBOND 2HG SEALED
SATURDAY AT 11:30a
Check-in starts at 11:30, and the event begins at Noon. Each registration is for two players. Teams will receive 6 packs of Battlebond to build their two decks, together. Prizes: Two Prize Packs of Battlebond, per team Round Win.  (And we have a couple special prizes we'll be adding!)

Preregister by 4p Friday for the discount!
NETRUNNER FINAL EVENT
SUNDAY AT 11:30a
Prizes: Top 2 players will receive Shaper Turn Counter and an additional Data Raven. Top 3 player will get Nero Severn, Top 12 players will get a Data Raven. If we have 8+ players we will give away a Terminal Directive. 

Preregister by 4p Friday for the discount!
BUY YOUR COMMANDER NOW
It's your last chance to purchase all 4 Commander 2018 Decks at 10% off! Once they release on Friday, they will be priced individually at Market Rate.
COMMANDER EVENT SAT AT 5
Play with one of the new 2018 Commander Decks (we will have all of them in stock). Players will be set in pods of 4. At the end of each round, players will vote on who should receive a prize pack for the round, based upon who they enjoyed playing with the most.
GAMER OVERBOARD- SAT AT 7
Join us Saturday evenings at 7p to learn new boardgames and make friends! If you have copies of the featured games, please bring them so even more people can participate. Get 20% off the featured games's expansions each week.

This week you can learn Dice Forge and Carcassonne.

Next week we'll be teaching Ticket to Ride and all Legendary Deck Builder Games.
STANDARD SHOWDOWN SUNDAYS AT 1P
Bring your Standard deck or buy a Planeswalker Deck from us for this weekly tournament. Win a Standard Showdown pack as a prize or reward including bringing someone new. Everyone will go home with at least one Core 2019 booster pack or Showdown Pack.  
DONATE TO REBUILD REDDING
Many of us have loved ones whose houses were damaged or completely burned down over the past couple of weeks. Or are perhaps still in danger.

We are collecting Home Depot and Lowe's Gift Cards to give to affected families, as they work to rebuild. Please drop off Gift Cards and we will make sure they're delivered directly into the hands of folks who truly need them in Redding and surrounding areas.
WONDERCON IS NEXT WEEK
If you're attending WorldCon, you'll be happy to know that we've got a booth in the Dealer's Area and we'll be running some games in the Game Room.

For those of you who haven't decided to attend, there are Day Passes  available for purchase   .
NEW RELEASES
• DC Deck building Crisis Exp 4
• DC Spyfall
• Detective
• Legendary Encounters The X Files
• Lost Citys Rivals Exp
• Munchkin fowl play
• Samurai Jack Back to the Past
• Targi
PREORDERS
BUY ONLINE AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO
PICK UP IN-STORE OR HAVE US SHIP TO YOU
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
PRELIMINARY PRO TOUR QUALIFIER 8/18 AT 11AM
This is a Sealed Deck Tournament using Core 2019 product.

The top 8 players will play a Draft after the Sealed event, and the winner of the PPTQ earns an invite to a Regional PTQ. 2 packs of Core 2019 will go into the prize pool that will be doled out among the top players.

The prerelease discount ends the week before this event.
Judges: Carter de Leo and Kendra Staver.
THE STRANGE CASE OF THE PALMER HOUSE RPG
Sun, August 19th at 2pm. Max: 6 players so be sure to register!
Colonial Gothic is a supernatural historical horror role-playing game set during the dawn of the American Revolution.

The characters are hired to look into what is happening at a mysterious house. As the mystery unravels the horror grows!

Knowledge of the system is NOT required.
BREAK ZONE FFTCG OPUS VI EVENT 8/25
Come on out to earn points towards qualifying for the Opus VI Championship and earning the title of Warrior of Darkness! Will we continue to see a heavy presence of Scions and Mono Ice? Will the Dark Lord rise again? Or will a new challenger claim victory this time? That's up to YOU!
LEARN TO PAINT MINIS 8/26
Isle's Manager, Ian, will be teaching folks how to paint minis in this two-hour hands-on tutorial.

Preregister to save your seat as this is a limited space event.
GUILDS OF RAVNICA PRERELEASE 9/29-9/30
We're doing things a bit differently for the Guilds of Ravnica Prerelease.

Saturday, 9/29, we will hold 4 Prerelease events, instead of the usual 3. Each of these events will run only 3 rounds.

Sunday, 9/30, we will hold 2 events and these will run 4 rounds.

For each event you will need to choose which Guild you want to play. Choose carefully, as there will be a service fee if you want to change Guilds. There are a finite number of spaces per Guild, per event, so register early to be sure to get the Guild you want!
GUILDS OF RAVNICA BOX
You will again be able to pick up your booster box(es) of Guilds of Ravnica during Prerelease Weekend, ahead of the official release on 10/5. You will receive one Buy A Box card for each booster purchased for in-store pick up (while supplies last).

 Buy early. Buy often.
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