In this issue of the newsletter:

• News
• Weekly Calendar Update
• Special Events in January
  
• Releases Expected in January
  

News

• Magic the Gathering - Standard (T2) at The Connection on Victoria Dr.  Starting in January we will be running "un-official" Friday Night Magic events - we did not get our act together in time to make these official events.  We will work during January to make these official events in February if we can.  We will have some foils from past events to give out in January as prize support. 
• SALE Continues: Axis & Allies Guadal Canal, and Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge Board Games.  Both of these variants of the classic Axis & Allies game are great additions to anyones collections.  While supplies last they are on sale for $35.00 taxes included!  Theses games normally sell
  for well over $50.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! update - Upper Deck won the first round in the legal battle with Konami over the right to produce and distribute Yu-Gi-Oh! in North America and Europe.  So it looks like there will be no changes to organized play or our supply chain in the near future.  Hobby league, Shonen Jumps, regionals and all other events will continue as planned.  Speaking of Hobby League, Champion Pack Game 8 arrives in early January (expected on the 5th), so we will be using those for prizes as soon as they arrive.
• World of Warcraft Miniatures - our official hobby league kit is scheduled to arrive on January 15th.  We will be running events every Thursday in January using older prize support (from the release kit) plus store credit until the kit arrives.
• The Wizards of the Coast promotions started in December continue in January while we still have the bonus materials. 
  • Buy any box of Magic the Gathering boosters and receive a Euro Lands pack.
  • Buy any Wizards of the Coast branded D&D product and receive a Dungeons of Dread D&D Minis booster pack for free.
  • Buy any Wizards of the Coast branded Star Wars product and receive an Alliance and Empires Star Wars Minis booster pack for free.

Weekly Calendar Update:

For details on any of these events, please see our calendar of events page.

Special Events in January & February:

• Saturday Jan 3rd: Pokemon City Champs - Craving for a Game - Surrey.
• Sunday Jan 25th: Pokemon Booster Draft - after Hobby League at Granville.
• Saturday Jan 31st: Magic the Gathering Conflux pre-release (the big one) - location TBD.
  
• Sunday Feb 1st: Magic Conflux Pre-release - Granville (NOTE: No Pokemon on Sunday Feb 1st)
• Saturday Feb 6th: Magic Conflux release event - Granville 6pm start.  (NOTE: No Dungeon Delve on Saturday Feb 6th)
• L5R Release or pre-release event - if we have enough interest, we may run a pre-release or release event for the new L5R "Glory of the Empire" set.  Please send us an e-mail if you would be willing to attend such an event (probably on a Sunday afternoon). We still have some Imperial Gifts left, so come by and pick them up at Granville if you are interested in L5R.

New Releases for January 2009:

All dates are approximate and based on the best information we have at the moment:

• Warmachine & Hordes
  
  • Cygnar Arcane Tempest Gun Mage Officer Unit Blister - early Jan
    
  • Khador Kovnik Markov Cavalry Char Solo Blister - early Jan
    
  • Trollblood Trollkin Hero Solo Blister - early Jan
    
  • Minions Char Solo Brun Cragback & Lug Unit Box - early Jan
    
  • Cygnar Sword Knight Officer & Standard Unit Blister - late Jan
  • Khador War Dog Warcaster Attachment Blister - late Jan
  • Circle Druids of Orboros Overseer Unit Attach Blister - late Jan
    
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Legends - Jan 16th
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Pack Yusei - Jan 27th
  
• Board games and card games (just released or expected in January)
  • Dominion (if you haven't tried this yet, come in for a demo - card gamers love this game)
  • Pythonopoly
  • Carcassonne the Catapult
    
  • Hey That's My Fish Deluxe Edition
  • Formula D - reprised version of Formula De
  • Zooloretto XXL
    
  • Killer Bunnies - Jupiter Blue Starter
  • Fluxx 4.0 (a revised version)
  • Android
  • Call of Cthulhu Card Game
  • Munchkin 7 - More Good Cards
  • Strozzi
  • St. Petersburg Expansion
  • Munchkin Quest
  • Munchkin Quest 2 - Looking for Trouble
    
  • Municipium
  • Titan - re-print
    
  • and more...
    

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!  Happy New Year! 

See you all in the stores and happy gaming everyone. As usual, e-mail questions or concerns to info@tcgaa.ca.