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The Griffin’s Rest Holiday Envelopes Return!

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We’re pleased to announce the return of our special Holiday Surprise Envelopes. Inside every Holiday Envelope is a voucher for a discount or gift card.

How to receive your Holiday Envelope:

Visit The Griffin’s Rest Thanksgiving weekend (Friday, November 28th through Sunday, November 30th) and you will be presented a Holiday Envelope with your purchase of $30 or more. Limit one envelope per person per day.

How to redeem your Holiday Envelope:

Return to The Griffin’s Rest any day between Friday, December 6th and Tuesday, December 24th, 2019. A staff member will open your envelope for you and validate it. Discount vouchers must be used before December 24th, 2019. Vouchers for a gift card can be immediately exchanged for a gift card of the specified value. Gift cards do not expire. Do not open your Holiday Envelope yourself. The contents of envelopes that are open, torn or otherwise tampered with are VOID.

What could be in your Holiday Envelope?

An assortment of vouchers for discounts off your purchase or certain items ranging from 10% – 50%, free entry to certain events, free games or a gift card value ranging from $5 – $100.

What happens if you forget to return your Holiday Envelope by December 24th, 2019?

The contents are considered expired and may not be redeemed.

War of the Spark Prerelease

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It’s not to late to sign up for our War of the Spark Prerelease. The Griffin’s Rest will be hosting a midnight prerelease Friday night, a 5:00pm release on Saturday and a Two-Headed Giant event on Sunday at 1:00 pm. Guarantee your seat by preregistering and prepaying now! Each prerelease pack comes with 2 foil promos, one of which will be a planeswalker.

To save your spot for our prerelease event, please sign up. You will be provided with a link to prepay after completing the survey or you can pay in store!

Have access to War of the Spark a week early by pre-ordering a Booster Display box for pickup during Prerelease weekend! Pre-orders can only be picked up early during Prerelease weekend (Apr 27-28). Otherwise, pre-orders will be able to be picked up after the release on May 3rd.

While supplies last, players ordering a Booster Display box will receive a copy of Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge. This card is only available through the Buy-a-Box promotion.

Order online or stop by the store to place any pre-orders.

Getting Started with Magic League

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Starting Thursday, January 31st, we’ll be running an in-store Magic league for the Ravnica Allegiance set. This is a great way for new players to get involved.

Entry fee is $25 dollars, this covers an initial three booster packs.

Build Your Deck and Play!

  • Upon registration, you will be provided three booster packs. You will use these packs, plus any amount of basic lands to building a 30 card (minimum deck).
  • Play single-game matches. If you and your opponent prefer, you may play a best two out of three games.
  • Each player gets one free mulligan.
  • Play however many matches you’d like whenever you’d like. The only requirement is that games be at The Griffin’s Rest.
  • Try to avoid playing the same opponent twice in a row

Expand Your Deck

  • You may purchase an additional pack per week at our weekly meetup nights.
  • Lose three games and you can purchase another pack to add to your deck

Exclusive Prizes

  • Play 10 or more matches, and you’ll be awarded a Ravnica Allegiance promo card
  • Prizes for best win ratio
  • Door prize every week

Magic League is a great way to get started with Magic: The Gathering.  Still looking for more opportunities to get started? We have Magic 101 every Thursday, where new players can learn the game. Stop in and check it out!


Introducing The Griffin’s Rest Holiday Envelopes!

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This year for Thanksgiving weekend, we’d like to show our appreciation to our customers by offering special Holiday Surprise Envelopes. Inside every Holiday Envelope is a voucher for a discount or gift card.

How to receive your Holiday Envelope:

Visit The Griffin’s Rest Thanksgiving weekend (Friday, November 23rd through Sunday, November 25th) and you will be presented a Holiday Envelope with your purchase of $30 or more. Limit one envelope per person per day.

How to redeem your Holiday Envelope:

Return to The Griffin’s Rest any day between Friday, November 30th and Monday, December 24th, 2018. A staff member will open your envelope for you and validate it. Discount vouchers must be used before December 24th, 2018. Vouchers for a gift card can be immediately exchanged for a gift card of the specified value. Gift cards do not expire. Do not open your Holiday Envelope yourself. The contents of envelopes that are open, torn or otherwise tampered with are VOID.

What could be in your Holiday Envelope?

An assortment of vouchers for discounts off your purchase or certain items ranging from 10% – 50%, free entry to certain events, free games or a gift card value ranging from $5 – $100.

What happens if you forget to return your Holiday Envelope by December 24th, 2018?

The contents are considered expired and may not be redeemed.

 

 

Decrypto, Marvel Contest of Champions: Battlerealm, Twilight Struggle and more!

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We have some new games and restocks of popular favorites in store this week!

Decrypto

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Your mission: transmit secret codes to your teammates while preventing interception from the other team.

Decrypto is a party game with awesome retro feel and unique game play. Both teams are actively involved in each turn as one team is trying to transmit the code while the other team actively tries to interpret and intercept the message. The game ends when a team wins by intercepting two messages or loses by failing to successfully transmit two messages.

Marvel Contest of Champions: Battlerealm

marvel-contest-of-champions-battlerealm-89188Play as your favorite heroes from the popular Contest of Champions mobile game in the new strategy combat dice game. The last hero standing wins.

Roll custom six sided dice to determine the actions available to your hero. Each hero has special abilities and can use additional abilities available on location cards to combat their opponents. A hero is knocked out when their PVP points are reduced to zero.

Do you have what it takes to be the last hero standing?

Twilight Struggle

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“Now the trumpet summons us again — not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need, not as a call to battle, though embattled we are — but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle…”

—John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Speech, January 1961

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game simulating 45 years of the Cold War between the United State and the Soviet Union. Players move units and exert influence to gain allies for their side. Players decide how to best use their cards and units with continually limited resources. There are multiple ways to achieve victory in the end or even end in a draw.

Takenoko, Munchkin: Rick and Morty, Dream Home and much more!

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We have some new games and restocks of popular favorites in store this week!

Takenoko

TakenokoGrow bamboo and take care of the Emperor’s panda in this beautifully illustrated board game. Two to four players will take turns completing multiple types of actions to score points and earn the Emperor’s favor. But watch out! Weather plays a key role in how your garden grows. Will rain help your bamboo grow or will a rogue thunderstorm frighten the panda into your plot to gulp down some of your precious bamboo?

With colorful pieces, cute figues and quick to learn rules, Takenoko is a perfect game for casual players and young gamers just starting out. More advanced players will appreciate the rich strategy involved, making this game a great addition to your board game collection.

Munchkin: Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty.jpgGet Schwify! Rick and Morty join the collection of Munchkin monster-slaying card games from Steve Jackson Games. Join Rick, Morty, Jerry and more as they knock down dungeon doors and loot treasure while facing the greatest advisaries from the Rick and Morty universe(s).

Rick and Morty fans will appreciate the characters and items from the Adult Swim TV show that appear throughout game play as they race their friends to reach level 10. Munchkin: Rick and Morty is geared toward fans of the show and appropriate for players age 17+. Have a young player that wants to give Munchin a try? We have the classic version and many other family friendly editions of Munchkin.

 

 

Dream Home

dream homeDesign and build the perfect home with two to four players in Dream Home. Players will take turns collecting room cards and outfitting them with the perfect pieces of furniture.

Players earn points by collecting rooms, expanding them, stocking them with furniture and having the most functional home. Top it off with the perfect roof! The player with the most points by the time moving day arrives (after 12 rounds) wins the game!

Dream Home is appropriate for players as young as 7 and will make the perfect edition to family game night.

Magic League: Dominaria

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Starting Thursday, May 3rd, we’ll be running an in-store Magic league for the Dominaria set. This is a great way for new players to get involved.

Entry fee is $25 dollars, this covers an initial three booster packs and collection box.

Build Your Deck and Play!

  • Upon registration, you will be provided three booster packs. You will use these Dom_leaguepacks, plus any amount of basic lands to building a 30 card deck.
  • Play single-game matches. If you and your opponent prefer, you may play a best two out of three games.
  • Each player gets one free mulligan.
  • Play however many matches you’d like whenever you’d like. The only requirement is that games be at The Griffin’s Rest.
  • Try to avoid playing the same opponent twice in a row

Expand Your Deck

  • You may purchase an additional pack per week at our weekly meetup nights.
  • Lose three games and you can purchase another pack to add to your deck (max 2 per week)

Exclusive Prizes

  • Play 10 or more matches, and you’ll be awarded a Dominaria promo card
  • Prizes will be awarded to top performers as well.

Magic League is a great way to get started with Magic: The Gathering.  Still looking for more opportunities to get started? Join us for Magic: The Gathering 101 every Thursday to learn how to play from some of community members, and you’ll be more than ready for Magic League.

Rivals of Ixalan Store Championship

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Say farewell to Rivals of Ixalan and compete to win an exclusive Dominaria Playmat in our Store Championship.

Participants will compete in a Swiss Style Booster Draft, with the Top 8 moving on to a playoff round to determine the champion. Entry is $15. Tournament will begin at 1:00 pm on Sunday, April 8th. Please arrive no later than 12:30 pm to register.

Participants will receive a foil rare full-art Steel Leaf Champion card just for signing up!

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The Top 8 performers that advance to the playoff round will receive an Ultra Pro Deckbox featuring art from Dominaria and the winner will receive the Champion Playmat.

Pre-Order Dominaria Booster Box for Pickup at Prerelease

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Have access to Dominaria a week early by pre-ordering a Booster Display box for pickup during Prerelease weekend! Pre-orders can only be picked up early during Prerelease weekend (April 21 – 22). Otherwise, pre-orders will be able to be picked up after the release on Apri 27.

While supplies last, players ordering a Booster Display box will receive a copy of Firesong and Sunspeaker. This card is Commander and Standard legal and only available through the Buy-a-Box promotion.

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Stop by the store to place any pre-orders or with any questions related to Prerelease weekend!

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