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Upcoming Events !

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NEW COMIC BOOK DAY! (Every Wednesday)

It's what we're all about.  We love comics, and we love talking about them.  Stop by on Wednesdays and check out the new releases -  and all the new comics NOT on the new release wall are 25% off the cover price!   So stop in and take a look at what's available before they vanish.   Or consider getting a subscription - we'll hold your favorites for you so you'll never miss your favorite title.

GAMES and EVENTS!

We are currently running organized Magic: The Gathering events , Heroclix, Lorcana and Star Wars events.  If there's any organized games that you and your friends would like us to sponsor (Warhammer, Cards Against Humanity, Yu-Gi-Oh, Competitive Twister, whatever....) please get in touch with us and we'll talk about adding it to our gaming schedule. 

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LORCANA: ARCHAZIA'S ISLAND Championship Event

Sat. May 10th  (1:00 p.m.)  -  Entry Fee  - $20

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This is one of the most competitive games of the Lorcana season – it’s the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!   This may be an all-day event, so please be here no later than 12:30 so we can begin the game promptly at 1:00 p.m.

 

 

For this game, bring your very best LORCANA deck and prepare for a full day of enchanted warfare!

 

• Limited to 32 players only – please pre-register on the Lorcana website to confirm your spot.   You are allowed to pay at the door when you arrive.

 

• Preliminary rounds are scheduled for FIVE 50-minute matches and three final elimination rounds.   The top EIGHT will be identified at that time, prizes passed out to all runner-ups,  and we will take a thirty minute break.   After that, our Top Eight goes to our final elimination rounds…

 

• Round 6 will be a face-off against the Top Eight.

• Round 7 will be a face-off against the Top Four

• Round 8 will be the final battle against the top two players.

 

1st place wins the Champion Playmat, the HAMADA: ARMOR DESIGNER top 8 Card and an entire box of ARCHAZIA’S ISLAND

 

2nd place wins a HAMADA: ARMOR DESIGNER card and 12 packs of LORCANA

 

3rd and 4th place each win a HAMADA: ARMOR DESIGNER top 8 card and 6 booster packs of LORCANA

 

5th – 8th place wins the HAMADA: ARMOR DESIGNER top 8 card and 4 packs of LORCANA.

 

9th – 32th place receives 2 packs of LORCANA packs!

 

• Please plan your parking accordingly.   Our neighbor businesses (and our non-tournament playing visitors) also need a place to park, so please park for the day in the back of our store, or across the street at the grocery store.

 

• Thank you, good luck, we’ll see you here!

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

Wed. May 7th  (6:00 p.m.)  -  Free

 

Every other week, our sadistic Dungeon Master Jeff guides players through another chapter of role-playing adventure.    If you’re a new player that would like to try a session, our DM will get you set up with a ready-to-play character to join our regular group so you can get a taste of this popular RPG, and you’re also welcome to just sit in and observe.    The game begins at 6:00 p.m., the game is free, so stop by, make some new friends and have fun!

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MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS Role Playing Game

Wed. April 30th (6:00 p.m.)  -  Free

Always wanted to play a tabletop role playing game? Did you wish it was set in the world of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers? Then do we have an event for you!

 

Beginning this week, our Morphin' volunteer Derrick will be running the POWER RANGERS RPG here at Screaming Monkey Comics. It's free, and Derrick will have ready-to-play character sheets ready to go to get your started. If everyone likes it, we'll add a bi-weekly game to our schedule where you can have a chance to design your own characters. So grab your morphin' ring (or whatever, I don't know I never watched the show) and be at the game table at 6:00 p.m

 

 

MAGIC: OMNISCIENCE DRAFT EVENT

Fri. May 2nd  (7:00 p.m.)  -  $20 entry fee

 

 Each player chooses three packs from our inventory of draft packs. After the draft is completed, we play a normal set of three rounds with the following special rules:

 

Each player has an omniscience emblem that changes all creatures and spells to a cost of zero mana, and you may tap the emblem once per turn to give yourself one mana of all five colors for the turn.

 

You begin the game with three cards in your hands. Since everything has a zero cost, you can summon creatures immediately.

 

 It's quick and chaotic mayhem - but make sure you draft the right cards....it's not as easy as you think!

 

1st place – 6 packs of MAGIC + Special MAGIC Enamel Pin

 2nd place - 4 packs of MAGIC

 3rd place – 3 packs of MAGIC

4th – 6th place - 2 packs of MAGIC

 All other players – 1 pack of MAGIC

 

 

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

Sat. May 3rd  (11:00 a.m.  -  7:00 p.m.)  

 

The first Saturday in May is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY – one of our most exciting days of the year!

 

• Stop by for two comics from the annual FREE COMIC BOOK DAY promotion.  (Additional ones cost 25¢ each.)

 

• All comic books, back issues and trade paperbacks are 15% all day

 

• Everything else (games, action figures, statues, funko pops, supplies, etc.) are 10% off!

 

• ARTIST ALLEY is back – artists from Divinity Comics and Guerrilla Publishing will be here, and check out the new comics from Ranefea, Sanzaki Kojika, and John Yeo

 

• Members of the South Shore Ghostbusters will be here to hang out with the kids today!

 

• Check out the new things we’ve added, such as more pinball machines and classic arcade games – and we’re now carrying the best ice cream from Blue Bunny!

 

• Don’t forget to spin the prize wheel for some door prizes – and if you want any information about getting your favorite comics or cards graded by CGC, we can help you with that too.

 

• And of course, we’ll have cookies.

 

 

If this day is anything like previous years, please be aware that there will a lot of crowds, so you may have to plan your parking accordingly.    See you Saturday!!

LORCANA: WEEKLY PLAY EVENT

Sun. May 4th  (1:00 p.m.)  - Entry Fee: $10
 

It’s another chapter in the Lorcana Weekly Play event – today’s game is CONSTRUCTED!   Put your best deck together and prepare for four rounds of Lorcana!   Every player will win at least one booster pack, somebody takes home a deck box, eight people will get promo cards and First Place takes home their choice of a BOLT or a MAD HATTER enamel pin!

 

1st Place receives 5 booster packs of LORCANA
All other players receive 1 booster pack for each round they win

(And if you don’t have a very enchanted day and get swept, you still get a pack.)

 

And every player who shows up to a weekly LORCANA game gets their name tossed into the LORCANA BUCKET OF DESTINY!  (If we draw your name next week, you’ll receive one of the coveted Amber Pins!)

 

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• A flag on a plane indicates this player has conquered the entire plane.    

• Partial segments means that it's partially controlled by the player matching that color.  (Clear or pure white segments   are uncontrolled territories.)

•  The flags on the bottom of the chart indicates their place on the leaderboard, going from first to last.    To get on the leaderboard, you have to finish in the top eight in any of the Friday night games this season!

MAGIC: THE BLIGHTS OF SPRING

(What is this all about?)

THE BLIGHTS OF SPRING is an extra layer of fun that we're adding to our Friday Night Magic events!

Your goal is to control the entire multiverse of planes in MAGIC - but to do that, you'll need to finish in the

Top Eight of as many of our Friday Night games as you can!

• Each individual event will be it's own game.   Three 50-minute rounds, best of 3.    

   (Rules will vary slightly for our COMMANDER events)

• There are 15 worlds on each map, and each plane is made up of 5 territories.

At the end of every game....

• 1st place wins 5 booster packs

• If you get a 3 - 0 record (but didn't win 1st place) you win 3 booster packs

• If you get a 2 - 1 record, you win 2 booster packs 

• If you get a 1 - 2 record (or a 0 - 3), you take home one booster pack. 

 

1st place conquers an entire plane  (each plane is divided into five territories)

2nd - 4th place conquers 3 territories

5th - 8th place conquers 2 territories 

TERRITORY CONQUEST RULES:

At the end of each night's event, players will tell the host which territory they wish to claim.   There are fifteen worlds on the map, and each world is divided into five territories.    We begin with the person at the top of the ranks, moving down. 

Rule 1. You may claim any unclaimed territory on the map.    The current map is listed above.

Rule 2.    If you wish to STEAL a territory owned by another player, you may.......as long as they are:

     •  Not in attendance for that evening's game

     • They ARE in attendance, but they ranked lower than you for that evening's game

 

Rule 3.    A player's controlled plane is immune from capture as long as he/she has loose territories on other planes.   These smaller territories must be claimed first before you can begin cutting into that player's controlled plane.

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THE PRIZES!

This tournament ends with the DUMPSTER FIRE game on May 23rd.     At this time, we will be giving prizes to the Top Eight players in this tournament.

At this time, John D. and Nikola are tied for First Place with One Flag and Three Territories each.

Robert H., Sasha and Henry and tied for Second Place with One Flag and Two Territories each.

Any night one of the leaders are not attending a game (or if you outrank them) you can steal from their territories and add to your own!

The player who ends up in 1st place gets first choice of the available prizes up for grabs.

Second place gets the next choice, third gets the next  choice, and so on!    Here's what we're giving away at the end of the current tournament!

• 12 Booster Packs (you choose) of MAGIC: THE GATHERING packs

• 8 Booster Packs (you choose) of MAGIC: THE GATHERING packs

• 6 Booster packs (you choose) of MAGIC: THE GATHERING packs

• 3 -  MODERN HORIZOS III booster packs

• CRIMSON VIEW Pre-Release Kit

• AETHERDRIFT Pre-Release Kit

• DUSKMOURN Pre-Release Kit

• BOULDER GUARD  - Boulder n Tray 100+ case

• AETHERDRIFT - Living Energy Commander Deck

• EISENGARD Players Mat

• MYSTIC SPACE Flexxfolio 18-Pocket Binder

WHAT'S NEXT?

We're going to start a new Friday Night Summer Tournament in June!     Same general idea, but here's how it's going to be different....

• If you WANT to be a part of the League, just pay an entra $10 at any event.   It's a one-time fee, once you pay, you'll be in the game for the rest of the 12-week period.

• We'll be offering bigger prizes to the top eight players of the league - such as full booster boxes of TARKIR: DRAGONSTORM - as well as other tempting loot.   We'll release the full list of prizes before the new Friday Night Magic League begins!

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SCREAMING MONKEY COMICS is a comic speciality store located in Munster, Indiana.  We're always adding cool stuff to both the main and on-line store, so please visit often

to see if we have something you just can't live without!

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