Saturday 19 December 2015

Gambit Games End of Year Tournament 2015


The time has finally come to invite players to the KD Games/Gambit Games end of year grand tournament! As we did last year we will be inviting 20 players, allowing that up to 4 can not come, meaning there will still be a minimum of 16! If it goes below 16 then I will invite the next players on the rankings!

Since January we have had a total of 81 players attend one of our events which include prereleases, launch parties, game days, junior competitions and of course KD Magic Nights (Friday Night Magic)! There have been over 72 different events of various formats and types!

Firstly last years champion will get a chance to come back and defend his title,so Michael Pike is the first on the list! Sam Chapman, Simon Wright and David Sanders are the next as they won in previous years.

Our winner from gaming convention 'CONQUEST' which was Mike is already on the list so onto pre-release events

The grand tournament is invite only and anyone that has won an individual pre-release during the year will automatically get an invite, so this adds in the following players:

Nathan Minter, Daniel Bonnett and Aaron Burns Lees!

Also included will be the player who has scored the highest average in all the events they have played in this year (they must have played in at least 5 events) which is Michael Pike with an impressive 8,97! As he is already on the list we moved down the highest average scores to the next player not already invited which will be Chris Sisley at 7.17!

Finally we then add in the top 12 ranked players not including those already selected to take the total to 18 players which are:

Paul Da Vall, Ivan Miles, Elliott Miles, Nick Murphy Cunningham, Faron Young, Bell Benstead, George Lake, Nick Lewis, Marc Le Cras, George Kennedy, Gibby Gumbrell and Piers Kennedy.

All players will receive an invite in the next day or so via facebook and I would ask that you please reply as soon as possible as if you can not attend then I can invite the next players on the list!

The Grand Tournament will be held on Sunday 27th December (as part of our last Gambit Sunday) starting at 10am and finishing at 6pm.

The event will consist of a draft lasting 3 rounds, followed by a break for lunch and then 1 rounds of STANDARD and 2 or MODERN. Entry to the event will cost £13 (£4 for Gambit Games and £9 to cover the Battle for Zendikar draft)

The winner will receive a signed John Avon Playmat...


Good luck to everyone that has qualified and I hope that you can make it to fight for the right of being the 2015 Gambit Grand Master!

Saturday 28 November 2015

Conquest 3

Thank you to everyone that has attended this years CONQUEST. We are delighted that we will hosting CONQUEST 3 in 2016. We will be returning to a fully functional Shoreham Center and have a provisional date of :

Saturday 29th October 2016

We will be able to confirm this in the next few days once we have the booking email from the center. Please keep watching this blog for more details of what to expect next year.

Thursday 19 November 2015

2015 Pokemon Tournament

Of all of the tournaments that we held at CONQUEST in 2015 the most attended was the Pokemon TCG League Challenge.




We had 22 players in total across a range of ages and experiences. There where prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the three different age groups ...

JUNIORS


1st      Tavah
2nd     Elliott
3rd      Tobey
4th      Evie

SENIORS


1st     Toby
2nd   William
3rd     Beau
4th     Joe

and MASTERS


1st      Jamie
2nd     Samuel
3rd      Jake
4th      Nathan 

Well done to all our winners, Jason from Shoreham Pokemon League for being our Judge and thank you to everyone that played for making it such a great event. Hopefully see you all next year!

Friday 13 November 2015

2016 - War Machine Tournament

War Machine is always one of our most popular tournaments and this year was no different. Here are some pictures from this years event...


Here are the final results of the event ...

1st David
2nd Lewis
3rd Adam
4th Nick
5th Aaron
6th Dan
7th Stonie,
8th Ed
9th Achilleas
10th James
11th Craig
12th Alex H
13th Alex G
14th Mat

Friday 25 September 2015

KD Games

The KD Games stall is ready for tomorrow including the brand new Gambit Games Dice. There are three different sizes to choose from in 6 different colours. Some of you will be lucky enough to get a couple in the goodie bags but I am sure you could do with a couple more.


Colonel Bills

The first of our suppliers arrived on Friday at 4pm. Colonel Bills have got a great range of stock for you to buy. There stand is looking great and they are really nice people, so there really is no reason not to buy something tomorrow.


Ready for Battle

There is still a bit to do in the morning but the battlefields for Bolt Action and Flames of War are ready and waiting for our tournament players...


 

The quiet before the storm

A big thank you to all our volunteers who gave up there time tonight to help set up the main hall. People have been moving boards and boxes, setting up tables, mopping floor, building stands and getting goodie bags ready. Put simply we could not have done it with out you.



Goodie Bags

The goodie bags are ready to go (they just need the gambit dice added)...


Last year we gave out 50 goodie bags to the first 50 people through the door. This year we are doing something slightly different.

To say thank you to the people that paid early we have decided to reward you with a bag of goodies. We will have a full list of tickets at the entrance and you will get your bag when you enter if your one of the lucky people. These bags will only be available until 1pm...

The Early Payment Bag - for the first 50 that paid.
(Just the dice to be added)

However, we would also like to thank people for getting there early so we have got a further 50 bags ready. If you did not qualify for one of the early payment bags then you will still get something if your among the first to arrive on the day...

Even if you missed out on the early payment
bag you may still get one of these if your
early enough!
Many thanks to Esdevium, Colonel Bills and Warlord Games for there contributions.




Thursday 24 September 2015

Battle for Zendikar


This year CONQUEST is on an MTG prerelease weekend, which means that we have a very special event lined up. If you play MTG and not been to a prerelease before then you are really missing out.

It is a chance to get boosters from the new set a week earlier than the release date. With Battle for Zendikar there are some really exciting cards on the way as well.

The prerelease starts at 1pm so there is plenty of time to have a look around the rest of the show and will finish about 5pm which will allow players to take part in the STANDARD tournament that follows. 

If you have not already purchased your ticket then there is still time ...

Eventbrite - CONQUEST

Wednesday 23 September 2015

Gaming Books



We are very pleased to announce that Gaming Books with be coming along to Conquest on Saturday! If you want a cheeky look at what they will be bringing you can check it out at www.gamingbooks.co.uk. We are happy to say that they will be donating one of their Game Mats as a raffle prize on the day. 

Black Box Games

The designers of the increasingly popular Lords of War will be with us again this year. They will be demoing this very easy to learn card game as well as hosting a 'mercenary tournament'


The tournament may be free but the prize is still pretty awesome. Everyone will get a prize and the winner will get there name engraved on the 'Sword of Champions'. It looks like we may have some existing champions there as well!

There is still time to enroll in this event, there will even be people on hand to help you build your deck ready to do battle.

There will also be a chance later in the day to have a go at some of there new games ideas that are due to be released in the coming months.


Tuesday 22 September 2015

The Pond Cafe

The cafe will be open on Saturday at 8:30 for stall holders and for people waiting to get in. The main hall will open at 10am. So to help people plan their day her is a list of food that should be available during the event...


Working on Saturday?

So this weekend it is CONQUEST and I like many of you I am really looking forward to it, but what if you have to work on Saturday?

Well we will be reducing the entry price after 4pm which means that it might still be worth popping along. The trade hall should be open to 5pm and there are many tournaments and events that are scheduled for after 6pm, with the last tournaments starting at about 7:30pm.

If you still can not make it at all then why not join us on Sunday for our normal Gambit Gameday. We are at the scout hut in Vale Park which is in Portslade. Doors open at 10am and normally close at 10pm, however we may close a little earlier this weekend depending on attendance.

If you have never attended a Gambit Gameday then your entry fee will free! So even if you have managed to get along on to CONQUEST, if you are new to Gambit you can get another day of gaming for nothing.


Gambit Sunday's are casual gaming events that offer a wide range of tabletop, card games and board games for you to pay. If you want to set a game up simply let us know on Facebook. If your not a member of the Facebook group then send us a request and we will get you added.



Monday 21 September 2015

Dice Master Rainbow Draft

This weekend we had hoped to run a Dice Masters Rainbow Draft, but unfortunately due to a problem with the delivery we have had to delay the two event until this week. I am hoping to do one tomorrow and one at Conquest (on the Friday)

There will be a Marvel event which will be with boosters from Uncanny Xmen and Age of Ultron (6 of each). The prices for this event will be...

16 Iron Fist dice
16 Iron Fist full art cards
16 Iron Fist no-art cards (blanks)
4 Storm: Wind-Rider for the top four
2 Namor: Atlantean one each for first and second
1 Cable: Time Traveler for the winner


and a DC event which will be with Justice League and War of Light boosters (6 of each). The prizes for this event will be...

16 Batmobile dice
16 Batmobile full art cards
16 Batmobile no-art cards (blanks)
4 Aquaman: Arthur Curry for the top 4
2 Robin: Boy Wonder one each for first and second
1 Joker: Clown Prince of Crime for the winner


How it works:

Each player should come to the event with 8 Sidekick Dice, 12 Basic Action Dice, 4 Indicator Cards, and 2 Basic Action Cards (players may choose which Basic Action Cards they’d like to use after completing the draft, but must use the same two throughout the event).

Each player in the draft sits down with 12 packs of Dice Masters to draft with. A set of six packs is opened. As each player opens their packs they should verify that the cards and dice match. Keeping their cards secret, players should set them aside into a pile of 12 cards. The next six packs are opened and when complete are placed into a separate pile of 12 cards in front of the player (the piles are not to be mixed). All dice are placed into the center, and arranged as below so players can see exactly which dice and how many of each will be available during the draft. We call it Rainbow Draft as players may elect to sort them by color to allow for easier visual spotting of which cards correspond to which dice during the draft.


Each player then takes the deck they most recently prepared and after a short amount of time to review the cards, they select one, setting it face down in front of them, and passing the remaining cards to the player to their right. This card begins a pile of cards that players will be able to use in their team. After all players have selected a card, they take the pile from their left to select their next card and repeat the process until they are passed a single card to be placed into their pile.

After the first stack of 12 cards have been depleted, players should take a moment to review the cards they drafted (each player should have 12 cards at this point). After reviewing their cards, players will return them to a face-down pile in front of them and draft the second pack the same way as they did the first, this time passing in the opposite direction (left).

After drafting all packs, players should take dice from those that were set aside to match each of their cards. They will then construct a tournament team based on the Basic Action Cards they own and the cards they drafted. This tournament team can have up to eight cards and up to 20 dice across those cards (many teams will have less than this). The Basic Action Dice and cards and Sidekick Dice do not count against this limit of eight cards and 20 dice.

Only a few days to go...

Esdevium Games

We are delighted to have a demo team from Esdevium at this years CONQUEST. Esdevium is the biggest distributor of games in the UK and stock a massive range of gaming titles.

They will be demonstrationg the following games for us...

Pandemic

In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each of four plagues before they get out of hand.


The game board depicts several major population centers on Earth. On each turn, a player can use up to four actions to travel between cities, treat infected populaces, discover a cure, or build a research station. A deck of cards provides the players with these abilities, but sprinkled throughout this deck are Epidemic! cards that accelerate and intensify the diseases' activity. A second, separate deck of cards controls the "normal" spread of the infections.

Taking a unique role within the team, players must plan their strategy to mesh with their specialists' strengths in order to conquer the diseases. For example, the Operations Expert can build research stations which are needed to find cures for the diseases and which allow for greater mobility between cities; the Scientist needs only four cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal five—but the diseases are spreading quickly and time is running out. If one or more diseases spreads beyond recovery or if too much time elapses, the players all lose. If they cure the four diseases, they all win!

Seven Wonders

You are the leader of one of the 7 great cities of the Ancient World. Gather resources, develop commercial routes, and affirm your military supremacy. Build your city and erect an architectural wonder which will transcend future times.


7 Wonders lasts three ages. In each age, players receive seven cards from a particular deck, choose one of those cards, then pass the remainder to an adjacent player. Players reveal their cards simultaneously, paying resources if needed or collecting resources or interacting with other players in various ways. (Players have individual boards with special powers on which to organize their cards, and the boards are double-sided). Each player then chooses another card from the deck they were passed, and the process repeats until players have six cards in play from that age. After three ages, the game ends.

In essence, 7 Wonders is a card development game. Some cards have immediate effects, while others provide bonuses or upgrades later in the game. Some cards provide discounts on future purchases. Some provide military strength to overpower your neighbors and others give nothing but victory points. Each card is played immediately after being drafted, so you'll know which cards your neighbor is receiving and how his choices might affect what you've already built up. Cards are passed left-right-left over the three ages, so you need to keep an eye on the neighbors in both directions.

Munchkin

Go down in the dungeon. Kill everything you meet. Backstab your friends and steal their stuff. Grab the treasure and run. Admit it. You love it.


This award-winning card game, designed by Steve Jackson, captures the essence of the dungeon experience... with none of that stupid roleplaying stuff. You and your friends compete to kill monsters and grab magic items. And what magic items! Don the Horny Helmet and the Boots of Butt-Kicking. Wield the Staff of Napalm... or maybe the Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment. Start by slaughtering the Potted Plant and the Drooling Slime, and work your way up to the Plutonium Dragon...

And it's illustrated by John Kovalic! Fast-playing and silly, Munchkin can reduce any roleplaying group to hysteria. And, while they're laughing, you can steal their stuff.

Splendor
Splendor is a game of chip-collecting and card development. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. If you're wealthy enough, you might even receive a visit from a noble at some point, which of course will further increase your prestige.


On your turn, you may (1) collect chips (gems), or (2) buy and build a card, or (3) reserve one card. If you collect chips, you take either three different kinds of chips or two chips of the same kind. If you buy a card, you pay its price in chips and add it to your playing area. To reserve a card—in order to make sure you get it, or, why not, your opponents don't get it—you place it in front of you face down for later building; this costs you a round, but you also get gold in the form of a joker chip, which you can use as any gem.

All of the cards you buy increase your wealth as they give you a permanent gem bonus for later buys; some of the cards also give you prestige points. In order to win the game, you must reach 15 prestige points before your opponents do.

and finally...

Dobble

Dobble is a speedy observation game where players race to match the identical symbol between cards. Reliant on a sharp eye and quick reflexes, Dobble creates excitement for children and adults alike while keeping every player involved in the action.


In Dobble, players compete with each other to find the matching symbol between one card and another. Every card is unique and has only one symbol in common with any other in the deck. The match can be difficult to spot as the size and positioning of the symbols can vary on each card. As the game is based on reactions and visual perception, rather than knowledge or strategy, there is no advantage for adults over children, making it the perfect family game.

Suitable for ages 6+ and playable by 2-8 players, Dobble is simple to learn, quick to play but a challenge to master. Dobble's game play and its pocket sized tin make it the ideal party or travel game.

KD Games will have stock of these games to sell on the day, but it is recommended that if you are interested in anything in particular that you send us a message to reserve it.

Sunday 20 September 2015

Magic the Gathering

We will be joined by Simon Wright who will be selling single Magic the Gathering cards.


Simon has an extensive collection of rates from almost any set of MTG and at exceptionally good prices.

If you want anything in particular then please send Simon a message.

Saturday 19 September 2015

KD Games

KD games will not be open next weekend because we will be at CONQEST!!! We will have a selection of products to sell but as the shop is so close if there is anything we have left behind that you want let us know and we will arrange to go and get it.

In addition we will also be demonstrating a couple of really great games. Firstly there is the new Magic the Gathering board game which at just £30 offers really great a value for money...

A great game that's easy to learn and only £30:

It is a really simple game to learn and as it is played to a set number of turns will not take up a whole afternoon. 

Next is a game that I am really enjoying which may well have something to do with the subject matter. Firefly the Shiny Dice game is .. well Shiny!

Demos available at Conquest:

This game is for 1-5 players. Yes that's right you can play this one by yourself and try and beat your personal best. All you favorite characters are here and the mission cards bring back some great memories of the series.

Limited Edition



So as you may know Mad Robot Comics will be with us at this years CONQUEST. What you may not know is that they will have a limited edition of Mad House available.

The latest in this series is edition 3 and we will have just 50 copies of this special cover. It really will be a great memento of CONQUEST but if you want one then please get your order in fast.

John Avon Art

John Avon Art

We are delighted to have johavonart with us for CONQUEST. The company is
a partnership between MTG artist John Avon and lifetime science fiction fan
Guy Coulson. Johns work is simply brilliant whether it is on an MTG card,
playmat or hanging on a wall it is bound to impress. The will be in the main hall
in the morning but will move to the MTG hall in the afternoon once the MTG
event starts. They will have a selection of John's art, his new book and maybe even
some signed MTG cards.


When he was around zero years old, John Avon realized that the only thing he was
ever 'really' good at was Art. As a school kid he began painting many surrealistic
images, including a house being filled with toothpaste and a submarine being
 attacked by a shrimp... a pattern was emerging!


Having mastered classical oil painting as a teenager, John furthered his education
on graphic design degree in Britain’s most bohemian city, Brighton.

On graduating John embarked upon his by career painting book covers for some of
 the world’s most famous authors including Stephen King, Arthur C Clarke, Peter
James, Harry Harrison and Terry Pratchett. After about 5 years he moved over to
acrylics and airbrushing, so his art would arrive at the publishers actually dry! By
chance in 1996 John met one of the art  directors for Magic: the Gathering and that
was the start of a long and beautiful relationship. John’s first painting for Magic was
Purple Mountain.

John lives in Brighton with his wife Patricia and two teenage sons. 

Thursday 17 September 2015

Mad Robot Comics


Local comic producer 'Mad Robot Comics' will be with us this year with a very special edition of their 3rd comic in the 'Mad House' series.

They will also have copies of the first two for those that have yet to read it.

Both the writer Matt Hardy and the artist Ed Bentley will be there and I am sure will be happy to talk about their creation or even sign a copy for you.


The Mad Katter

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We will be joined at CONQUEST by the Mad Katter. She will be with us for the who day to demonstrate games for Esdevium and to sell her range of gaming T-shirts and accessories. More details can be found at ... http://www.themadkatter.co.uk/

Whovian Occasions

Most of us love Dr Who, but some go that little bit further. This is the case the guys behind Whovian Occasions. They have collected some truly wonderful bits of Dr Who memorabilia and props which they are bringing to this years CONQUEST.


From large items such as a TARDIS, Dalek and K9 to smaller items such as masks and costumes there is plenty to have a look at. They will be selling some Dr Who items as well as offering a chance for you to have your picture taken with some of these items.


50% of the money made on the photographs will go to charity so we hope that you decide to get a great memento of your day in Shoreham. Depending on the weather we hope that the Dalek might get a chance to have a look around Shoreham's Artisan Market.


But even if the weather is not good enough both the Imperial Dalek and K9 will be on patrol around the main hall through out the day.