May 2008

May calendar - we've got lots planned as usual:

Special Events:

• D&D Minis Sealed - Dungeons of Dread (with a buyback option) Saturday May 17th - Granville.
• World of Warcraft Gurubashi Arena Throwdown May 5th - Victoria Dr.
• World of Warcraft Marquee event - Saturday May 24th - Granville.
• Pokemon Booster Draft - Sunday May 25th - Granville.  

And don't forget these outside events:

• Trumpeter Game Night - April 11th at the Bonsor Community Center. 
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Light of Destruction Sneak Peak Sunday May 4th - Croatian Cultural Center.

Happy gaming everyone!  As usual - check out our calendar of events page for more details, or print out the attached flyer.

April 2008

Exciting news!  We've re-vamped the web-site (a little bit).  Check out our new forums - they're actually usable now .  We'll hopefully make a few more changes next month (watch out for subsrcibable newsletters).  Hopefully the colour changes we've made will make the site easier on your eyes.

As for our April calendar - we've got lots planned as usual:

Special Events:

• D&D Minis Sealed - Dungeons of Dread (with a buyback option) Saturday April 19th - Granville.
• World of Warcraft Servants of the Betrayers Release event Saturday April 5th - Granville.
• Chaotic Demo Day - Sunday April 27th - Granville.
• Wayward Con - Saturday April 5th - Victoria Dr.
• Star Wars Minis Legacy of the Force Day - Saturday April 12th - Granville.
• Marpole Community Rainy Day Sale - April 19th - Granville.

And don't forget these outside events:

• Trumpeter Game Night - April 11th at the Bonsor Community Center. 
• Magic - Shadowmoor pre-release event, on April 19-20 at the Bonsor Community Center.
• Boardgaming for Diabetes - April 26th-27th at the Marpole Curling Club (we have tickets in the store).

Happy gaming everyone!  As usual - check out our calendar of events page for more details, or print out the attached flyer.

March 2008 - Calendar of Events

Regular scheduled Events:

Special events at Granville this month:

• D&D Mini's 300 pt. Constructed Saturday Mar 15th, 6pm
• Pokemon Booster Draft, Saturday Mar 29th, 1pm

Special events at Victoria Dr. this month:

• World of Warcraft: Servants of the Betrayer Sneak Peak, Mar 29th, 10:30am

Check out our calendar of events page for more details or give us a call.

For printable copies of the calendar of events, check out the link below.

February 2008 - Calendar of Events

NOTE: Both stores will be closed on Monday Feb 11th - sorry for any inconvenience.

Regular scheduled Events:

Special events at Granville this month:

• D&D Mini's 300 pt. Constructed Saturday Feb 23rd, 6pm 
• Magic Morningtide release event Sunday Feb 3rd, 10:30am

Special events at Victoria Dr. this month:

• Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Great Encounters Pre-Release Feb 3rd 10:30am 
• Magic Morningtide release event Saturday Feb 2nd, 10:30am

Check out our calendar of events page for more details or give us a call.

For printable copies of the calendar of events, check out the link below.

January 2008 - Calendar of Events

Regular scheduled Events:

Special events at Granville this month:

• Pokemon Unlimited tournament - Sunday Jan 27th, 3pm
• D&D Mini's 300 pt. Constructed Saturday Jan 19th, 6pm 
• L5R Honor's Veil Pre-release Event - Jan 26th, 6pm 

Special events at Victoria Dr. this month:

• GRAND OPENING WEEK CELEBRATION - Jan 13th - Jan 19th
  • 10% of all mini's games and accessories all week
• Grand Prix Vancouver Trial (Magic the Gathering) - Jan 13th 8:30am 
• Board Game Tournament - Jan 15th, 6pm
• Warhammer "Battle Arena" - Jan 19th, Noon 

Check out our calendar of events page for more details or give us a call.

For printable copies of the calendar of events, check out the links below.

December 2007 - Calendar of Events

We're open times two!  Come check out our new digs in the basement at 5395 Victoria Dr.  Stay tuned for our Grand Opening celebration (which we're holding off on until January so that we can iron all of the kinks out of the new systems).  In the meantime, we have some new regular events scheduled for our new store.

At Granville we have:

At Victoria Dr. we have:

Special events at Granville this month:

• Pokemon tournament - Sunday Dec 2nd, 3pm
• Heroclix Constructed events Sundays Dec 9th, 16th, and 23rd
• D&D Mini's  Sealed events - Saturdays Dec 8th & 22nd
• Vs. DC Legends Release Event - Thursday Dec 20th, 7pm
• The Spoils Seed "pre-release" re-do (TBD - may be at Victoria Dr.)
• HUGE BOXING DAY SALE - UP TO 90% OFF SELECTED DISCOUNT ITEMS!

Check out our calendar of events page for more details or give us a call:

Granville: 604-261-4588,  Victoria Dr. 604-327-4585

And finally - we will be closed all day on Christmas Day in both locations.  Merry Christmas everyone, and thanks for your continued support.

November 12th, 2007

We have 3 special events planned that I wanted to let people know about:

1. Star Wars Minis - Force Unleashed release event.  This Saturday November 17th at 3pm at The Connection Games on Granville (8283 Granville St.)  This will be a 150 point sealed event (with huge figs).  Entry fee is $50, for which you will receive 2 boosters of the new set from which to build your force.  Please bring maps if you have them.  Great prizes and lots of fun to be had by all.
2. The Spoils Seed: Children of Lingamorph pre-release event.  Saturday November 24th at 1pm at The Connection Victoria Dr (in the basement of POW! Comics).  This will be a sealed event - you get a competition pack and boosters from which to build your deck.  Entry fee $25.
3. Pokemon - unlimited tournament with official prize support.  At The Connection on Granville St. on Sunday December 2nd - immediately following our Hobby League at 3pm.  Entry fee is $5 - everyone that enters gets at least a booster pack.

Also wanted to let everyone know that we are getting close with the new location - should have the doors open some time this weekend - I'll put up a post as soon as we are "officially" open for business. 

This months intro page is going to read a little more like a blog entry than usual as this has been a very busy month.

First - my apologies for not having the web calendar of events page updated on time. I'll try to get this done before we're to far into the month, but rest assured the regular lineup of events will still be happening:

The reason we are so busy lately - we're opening a second location!  In conjunction with the guys at POW! Comics - starting about mid-November, you'll also be able to come visit us in the basement at 5395 Victoria Dr. in Vancouver.

We don't have any events planned for the new location in November, but stay tuned - we may post some before the month is done.

At our Granville location, special events this month include:

• World-Wide D&D Game Day - Saturday November 3rd - 6pm.
• Star Wars Minis - Force Unleashed Release event - Saturday November 17th at 3pm.
• Pokemon unlimited tournaments on Sunday November 11th, and Sunday November 25th.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Structure Deck Battle - in place of the regular Hobby League tournament on Wednesday November 14th.

The Connection Games October Events

New and Special in-store events this month:

• Thanksgiving - Support the Food Bank - Board Game Day.  All day long on Thanksgiving Monday (October 8th) we'll be playing board games.  Bring in a non-perishable food item for the food bank and we will give you $2 in store credit.  Have fun and support a good cause.
• Heroclix - Starro Attacks - Week 3 Oct 7th, Week 4 Oct 14th, and the Final to win the Starro figure on Oct 21st.
• Vs. System - Marvel Build a Legend Hobby League event on October 9th.
• Vs. System - ELITE Series Store Event (C-30) - Silver Age Constructed Tournament - October 20th, 6pm.
• Magic the Gathering Lorwyn Release Events October 13th at The Connection and October 14th at POW! Comics.
• D&D Mini's "Unhallowed" Sealed Event - October 27th.
• L5R Constructed Tournament - Saturday October 6th at 6pm.
• Pokemon Halloween Unlimited Tournament (after Hobby League) - Sunday October 27th 3pm.  Prizes and treats for people that come in costume.

And we have our regular lineup of daily events:

Also - check out these cool outside events:

VCON 32: Vancouver's Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Gaming Convention.  October 19-21, Radisson Hotel in Richmond.

Magic - Pacific Championships.  Standard format, Bonsor Community Center, Burnaby BC.  Saturday October 27th.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Regionals.  Saturday October 27th, Croatian Cultural Center, Vancouver.

Board Games Meetup - Me-n-Ed's Pizza in Burnaby, October 2nd.

Trumpeter Club Game Night - Bonsor Community Center, Burnaby, October 19th.

Richmond Chess and Games Club - Minoru Cultural Centre, Richmond, Fridays 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

Download the attached printable flyer, calendar grid, or click on our calendar of events for more details.

The Connection Games September Events

New and Special events this month:

• Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R) - Stronger than Steel Pre-release event on September 16th.
• Heroclix - Starro Attacks - Week 1 Sep 23rd and Week 2 Sep 30th.
• Vs. System - Marvel Legends release event on September 4th.
• The Spoils - Invitational Qualifiers on the 13th and 27th.
• Summer of Magic Booster Drafts on Saturday nights!  Win a special foil Treetop Village or Faerie Conclave!  (Ends September 22nd).
• Magic the Gathering Lorwyn Pre-release September 29th and 30th at the Engineer's Auditorium in Burnaby. 
• D&D Mini's Sealed event - September 29th.

And we have our regular lineup of daily events:

Also - check out these cool outside events:

Board Games Meetup - Me-n-Ed's Pizza in Burnaby, September 4th.

Trumpeter Club Game Night - Bonsor Community Center, Burnaby, September 14th.

Richmond Chess and Games Club - Minoru Cultural Centre, Richmond, Fridays 5:30pm to 9:30pm.

Download the attached printable flyer, calendar grid, or click on our calendar of events for more details.