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‘Magic’ Duel Deck Anthology Unboxing

Friday, October 17th, 2014

 

Check this out! We found this on YouTube, on the official Magic the Gathering YouTube channel. Enjoy!

 

Duel Deck Anthology will be available at Battleground Games & Hobbies on December 5th!

 

 

 

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‘Magic the Gathering’ Board Game Announced at Pro Tour

Saturday, October 11th, 2014

 

During the live stream of Magic Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir this weekend, Wizards of the Coast announced a Magic the Gathering board game! Unfortunately, other than this announcement, details are hard to come by. The only other information give is the date October 16, 2014, which just happens to be the large Essen game show in Germany.

 

What do you think this board game will be? Will it be a RPG-in-a-box game, in which you assume the role of a Planeswalker trying to gain power and defeat evil?

 

Will it be a deck building game like Netrunner, DC Deck Building game or Ascension?

 

Or perhaps a economy-based strategy game or a cooperative game?

 

What do you think the Magic the Gathering board game will be? Sound off in the comments below!

 

 

 

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UPDATE: Ari Lax Wins Pro Tour ‘Khans of Tarkir’!

Saturday, October 11th, 2014

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UPDATE: Ari Lax, from Boston, Massachusetts, WINS Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir!!

UPDATE: Top 8 Decklists and Profiles

UPDATE: Day two of Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir has come to an end and with that, we have our final eight players who will do battle tomorrow on the Sunday stage:

  • Shaun McLaren – Canada
  • Ari Lax – USA
  • Ivan Floc – Slovak Republic
  • Lei Shi Tan – Hong Kong
  • Mike Sigrist – USA
  • Tiago Saparito – Brazil
  • Ondrei Strasky – Czech Republic
  • Yuuya Watanabe – Japan

 

UPDATE: Local Magic Pro Mike Sigrist lone undefeated player after ten rounds!

UPDATE: Join in for day two of the Khans of Tarkir Pro Tour!

UPDATE: Additional Disqualifications announced. What do you think of this unprecedented number of reported disqualifications at Magic the Gathering‘s highest level?

 

The Magic the Gathering Pro Tour returns to Honolulu, Hawaii this weekend after a long hiatus. Players will be testing their mettle in Khans of Tarkir booster draft and showcasing their hard work in a brand new Standard format.

 

Day one an day two are now in the books with the final eight players announced. Who will emerge victorious? Join in tomorrow for the top eight! Tune in all weekend along to follow your favorite pro Magic player and watch the action live!

 

Big Announcements:

Featured Articles on DailyMTG.com:

 

Don’t forget to follow the action all weekend long and let us know what you think in the comments below!

 

 

 

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WizKids to Produce ‘D&D’ Board Games Under License

Tuesday, October 7th, 2014

 

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WizKids has entered into a license agreement with Wizards of the Coast to publish a new Dungeons & Dragons Adventure System board game, with the first, currently untitled game planned for March release, according to news website ICv2.com.

WizKids posted a preorder sell sheet last month (which has since been removed) announcing details of D&D Adventure System Game #4.  The game was touted as “(c)ontinuing the grand adventures of Wrath of Ashardalon, Castle Ravenloft, and The Legend of Drizzt,” which were all hot sellers in their day (Wrath of Ashardalon even made our Top 10.

 

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The game will include multiple scenarios, quests and cooperative game play, and can also be combined with the contents of previous D&D Adventure System games.  WotC Senior Manager of Dungeons & Dragons R&D Mike Mearls explained in an August interview with Clever Move that the rule set for future D&D board games will remain very similar.  “That game system is very adaptable with different storylines,” Mearls said in the interview.

WizKids is not designing the game; the sales sheet states that “Wizards of the Coast… is designing and developing the game.”

The box will include 40 figures, 8 Hero cards, 4 Villain cards, 200 cards, 55 interlocking tiles, 4 double-sized interlocking tiles, 168 tokens, a 20-sided die, an adventure book and a rulebook.  The game is for 1-5 players, ages 14 and up and plays in an hour.  Release is planned for March 16th.

 

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Trial to Decide ‘D&D’ Movie Rights Begins

Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

The trial to decide who owns the movie rights to Dungeons & Dragons opened in federal court in Los Angeles last week, with the two sides introducing their cases, as reported by Deadline and ICv2.com. The case, which began in May 2013, will turn on the question of whether Sweetpea Entertainment, which had the D&D movie license since TSR was an independent company (two acquisitions ago), satisfied the “use it or lose it” clause in the contract with its 2010 Syfy movie based on Book of Vile Darkness.  Dungeons & Dragons owner (Hasbro subsidiary) Wizards of the Coast moved to suit when it looked like Sweetpea was going to make a film with Warner Bros. based on Chainmail, a precursor to D&D.

The judge ruled that Chainmail would have been an infringement had it been made, but in the meantime Sweetpea signed a multimillion dollar deal with Warners to make a new D&D movie this summer.  Warners even kicked in around a million dollars for legal fees in the battle with Hasbro, which wants to make a movie with Universal, making this what Deadline called a “proxy war” between Warner Bros. and Universal.

It looked for a while like the two sides were moving toward a settlement, but talks apparently broke down and the case was scheduled for trial.

The two sides presented their positions on last Tuesday (i.e., Book of Vile Darkness is/was not a film sequel), and in the process got in an exchange about Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast’s plans for the property if it prevailed.  Hasbro wants the rights back so it can “sell it to their new best buddy, Universal,” Sweetpea’s attorney argued; but “Hasbro has no agreement with Universal,” Hasbro’s attorney replied.  That’s surprising, given that Hasbro said back in 2013 that it had a D&D movie set up at Universal with Chris Morgan to direct.  Hasbro does have an umbrella deal with Universal.

 

 

 

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Wizards of the Coast Announces 2014 Holiday Gift Box

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

Wizards of the Coast will release its annual Holiday Gift Box for Magic: The Gathering, featuring cards from the Khans of Tarkir set, on November 14th.

Like last year’s gift box, the illustrated box will come with four booster packs, 20 basic lands, six illustrated plastic dividers, a sticker sheet to customize the dividers and an alternate art card, all from the first set in the Khans of Tarkir block, which releases  on September 26th (with pre-releases THIS weekend!).  The box has storage capacity for over 2,000 Magic cards.

This product makes a fantastic holiday gift for friends and family! Look forward to seeing this great product at your local Battleground Games & Hobbies.

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