This pdf would help me out a ton.  Hopefully it gets released.

Just 5 more days to go until we ENTER THE ARENA!  Hope you guys are as excited as I am.  I am trying to put together a rough headcount of how many people are planning on coming out this Saturday.  Here is my list so far (taken from this forum and BGG).  Please chime in with corrections & additions.

Attending         bold=Mage Wars forum name ; italicized=BGG name
tom ; tomlynch
NerdGuy ; NerdGuy
Spidysox ; Nosatrub
Gruven_reuven

Maybes
labartels
Evenhope
devilkept - Justin & Nicole

Interested in Future Events
ringkichard
Admiral Eggman
roundman
remus

Mage Wars events are now live on the GenCon website!  There are 22 events total.

5 hour Tournament Qualifier  events are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 4pm until 9pm.  Event description:  Participants will be grouped in 8-player pods competing in three 75 minute swiss-style rounds. Pod winners will be invited to the Tournament Championship on Sunday at 10 AM (I think that should be 9AM). Enter the Arena!

The Tournament Final is on Sunday from 9am until 4pm.  Event description: Winners of the Mage Wars Tournament Qualifiers compete in the Masters Championship for the title, trophy, and giclee print. Swiss-style 60 minute rounds based upon attendance. Enter the Arena!

The other 18 events are 1 hour learn to play with the apprentice spellbooks.  They start every hour from 10am until 3pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Event description:  Enter the Arena and try the game by playing a full game in Apprentice mode. Our staff will be on hand to guide you through your first few turns and answer any questions you may have.


I got tickets for the Thursday and Saturday qualifiers.  Hope to meet some of you guys there!

Looks like I will be able to make it on the 25th.  Hooray!  Do you know if there will be any new/interested gamers at the shop that day?  If so, I'll put the starter spell books together to teach willing people.

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!  I would really appreciate the help if we have to teach a bunch of people.  It would be fantastic if you could have a couple of apprentice spellbooks ready in case we will need them.  I will also have a selection of apprentice books pre-made as well.

I assume everyone responding here has the game and at least has an idea of how to play.  There were at least two people over on the BGG boards that expressed interest in coming out an learning to play.  We may also be able to entice a few of the regular board gamers that will be at the store that day to learn the game.  Hopefully as the date gets closer we can get a better picture of who is coming and who will need to be taught how to play.

Quote from: tom on May 05, 2013, 09:58:12 PM

Like I said above, weeknights are tough for me.  Weekends are really my only free time.  If you are out in West Philly, have you ever been to Redcap's Corner?  I wouldn't mind meeting up there sometime.

I do know where Redcap's Corner is, I go there often for board game night.  I could definitely meet you there sometime.  Ironically weekends are generally tougher for me, but I'm sure I could manage a few hours to play

Cool.  I haven't been there in a while but it is a great store.  I have actually hosted a few Heroscape tournaments there in the past.

There's two of us near Lancaster, Pa. We're about an hour west of West Chester, and this is the closest group I've seen. I'll be following this thread.

I hope you and your friend can make it out.  What is a measly hour drive to play such a great game!   

Hey Larry!

Really hope you can make it out on the 25th.  I would be great to meet you!  I have also posted this event over on this thread at Board Game Geek and it looks like there is quite a bit of interest already.  A lot of folks are interested in learning to play, but there will definitely be room for some experienced match-ups as well.

I see that Gamer's Realm is located just east of Trenton which isn't too far from my house in Northeast Philadelphia.  I would love to come out and game with you guys sometime.  When do you usually meet up?