Black Friday VII: NYs Biggest Game of Thrones LCG Event, Nov 25

By Twn2dn, in 1. AGoT General Discussion

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Black Friday VII Logo

The New York Night’s Watch organizers and New York Game of Thrones community are pleased to announce the 7th Annual Black Friday Event, November 25, 2011. Held the day after Thanksgiving, this is New York’s largest annual A Game of Thrones LCG event. Be among the participants, who will travel from as far as Italy, to test your skill and claim the title of the next Black Friday Champion!

DATE/TIME: Friday, November 25, 2011
11:30 am Registration; 12:00 pm Begins

LOCATION: Cranberry Café
115 W 45th St. (Between 6th & 7th Ave.)
New York, NY 10036

ENTRANCE FEE: $20 (cash, on-site)

CONTACTS: Dan or Chris, NYC Night’s Watch
[email protected]

IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, PLEASE NOTIFY US by emailing [email protected] with the subject line “Black Friday” AND include your T-shirt size (medium, large, XXL, etc.). Walk-in participants are welcome, but we cannot guarantee we will have the correct T-shirt size unless you register in advance.

PRIZES

1st Place Black Friday Champion Trophy

Top 4 (including 1st) LCG gift cards

Top Player of Each House 1-of-a-kind custom deck box

Sansa (last place finisher) 1-of-a-kind custom deck box

ALL PARTICIPANTS will also receive an official Black Friday VII T-shirt, designed by Jason Nicoll.


Black Friday Custom (1-of-a-kind) House Deck Boxes

COMPETE FOR CONTROL OF THE REALM!
The event will follow standard FFG guidelines for a 1 vs. 1 “Joust” competition. FFG lists full rules for competitive play on its website (www.fantasyflightgames.com).

• Five preliminary rounds of “Swiss” styled 1 vs. 1 pairing, with cut to top four or top eight (depending on turnout) for quarter- or semi-finals.
• All A Game of Thrones LCG cards released by or before November 1, 2011 are legal for this event, excluding those “banned” for competition in FFG’s most recent FAQ.
• The event will adhere to the most recently posted FAQ on FFG’s website, posted here: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=10&esem=4.

For questions about the event, prizes, or legality of cards, please contact Dan with the NYC Night’s Watch at [email protected].

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I hope I'm the only one playing my house so I can win TWO deckboxes!

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f7eleven said:

I hope I'm the only one playing my house so I can win TWO deckboxes!

Lol. Playing Neutral house? That might win you the Sansa prize.

Is there a Neutral house box, Dan?

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Image isn't working sadly, would like a look at the boxes.

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Well I was in all seriousness going to run Neutral and do my best to win.

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Hmmm...I actually hadn't really thought about the neutral deck box, but I suppose there really should be. I'll have to come up with something...so *yes* there will be a custom "neutral" deck box.

Now I just have to figure out what kind of flavor to put on it. Likely I'll go with an assortment of Brotherhood, sellswords, and Night's Watch. (I never really considered Wildlings to be completely "neutral," they're basically their own faction as far as I'm concerned. In fact, it's strange flavor-wise when I see them paired with houses, though that's definitely the "competitive" thing to do.)

@Whizzwang: Here's a link to the image. Hopefully this works for you: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BxAvkuucRC6RZmU4ODI5MjUtNDJmNy00MzY2LTg3YWQtZTQ3NjdjMjgzMWZk&hl=en_US

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I'm going to come right out and say this at the start. I will be surprised (and disappointyed) if we don't break the 2007 attendance mark of 22 players. Early response has been VERY positive and I think this will eb the biggest NYC event ever.

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Wow, sounds awesome guys. Good job, and thanks for keeping this up.

~Did you know it was the very first Iowa/Nebraska Big-10 game?!? Arrrggghhh!

It is on my bucket list though (along with Germany and CaliCon). lengua.gif

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@Erick: Awesome! Btw, you should let people know which house you're playing in advance, so that the experienced players can tech against you, and the newer players can avoid playing that house (to maximize their chances of getting a custom deck box)!

On an aside, the images above no longer show up for me...it appears to be on FFG's end, since I can still click the link and access the image of the deck boxes that way. Is anyone else having trouble seeing the images now? (Grrr...these forums!)

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The images don't show up.

I'll be attending this year with a friend, and Luigi (lalchant) might be coming with me as well, he'll find out October 1st. I think this tourney might end up being better than GenCon.

Unfortunately, the Canadian's reperesentative (darknoj) told me they pulled out and won't attend because they're melee fanatics and there's no melee event.

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Stasis said:

The images don't show up.

I'll be attending this year with a friend, and Luigi (lalchant) might be coming with me as well, he'll find out October 1st. I think this tourney might end up being better than GenCon.

Unfortunately, the Canadian's reperesentative (darknoj) told me they pulled out and won't attend because they're melee fanatics and there's no melee event.

Black Friday Melee!! We call it the melee at five points and whenever someone wins a bill the butcher look alike comes by and says "this is a kill"

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jack merridew said:

Stasis said:

The images don't show up.

I'll be attending this year with a friend, and Luigi (lalchant) might be coming with me as well, he'll find out October 1st. I think this tourney might end up being better than GenCon.

Unfortunately, the Canadian's reperesentative (darknoj) told me they pulled out and won't attend because they're melee fanatics and there's no melee event.

Black Friday Melee!! We call it the melee at five points and whenever someone wins a bill the butcher look alike comes by and says "this is a kill"

Daniel Day Lewis FTW. He should have won an Oscar for that part.


Speaking of melee - where the hell have you been lately, BTW?

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finitesquarewell said:

Twn2dn said:

@Erick: Awesome! Btw, you should let people know which house you're playing in advance, so that the experienced players can tech against you, and the newer players can avoid playing that house (to maximize their chances of getting a custom deck box)!

i'm pretty sure the newer players wouldn't care which house i play, since the chance i give away such a trinket to a new player if i win one is around 100% lengua.gif the only things i keep are the trophies

~and as to what house i'll play, it's always pretty easy to determine -- there are two methods:

(1) find the most solid and consistent deck in the environment, and note the house in which that deck resides, or

(2) ask corey what he would play if he intended to win the tournament, because it's likely he's already determined (1) through playing multiple viable decks from each house against himself 100+ times at his kitchen table

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Stag Lord said:

jack merridew said:

Stasis said:

The images don't show up.

I'll be attending this year with a friend, and Luigi (lalchant) might be coming with me as well, he'll find out October 1st. I think this tourney might end up being better than GenCon.

Unfortunately, the Canadian's reperesentative (darknoj) told me they pulled out and won't attend because they're melee fanatics and there's no melee event.

Black Friday Melee!! We call it the melee at five points and whenever someone wins a bill the butcher look alike comes by and says "this is a kill"

Daniel Day Lewis FTW. He should have won an Oscar for that part.


Speaking of melee - where the hell have you been lately, BTW?

Brother i am sorry but this wedding is running my life. between venues and tuxes and favors and planning. i have no life anymore

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I may still make it but most of the other Players from Ottawa that i play with like to play two events or if they had to chose melee....its weird i know....Orignaly we had though it was a two day event with melee and joust.

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darknoj said:

I may still make it but most of the other Players from Ottawa that i play with like to play two events or if they had to chose melee....its weird i know....Orignaly we had though it was a two day event with melee and joust.

As the game grows in the area (and it is, though not as quickly as I'd like), we'll look at options for melee and joust together.

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I should know in a couple weeks if I can make it. My girlfriend is in a wedding the next day in South Carolina. That may prohibit my attendance. I'm hoping the wedding is later in the day and I can work it out to make it to both.

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Who is your girlfriend marrying? I kid! I kid!

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Stasis said:

I kid! I kid!

~Why? It's a valid question.

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If you are coming to Black Friday VII, please email your name and t-shirt size to [email protected] by tomorrow (Nov 16) as I need to finalize the t-shirt order with the print shop and having an accurate count for each size will help ensure we have one in your preferred size. Btw, the shirt's logo is this:

AGoT_BFVII_small.gif

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Man, I'm super bummed I can't make this one! Especially since this is going to be the best one, with Stags wearing a spiky blond hair and a giant sword!

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Twn2dn said:

Hmmm...I actually hadn't really thought about the neutral deck box, but I suppose there really should be. I'll have to come up with something...so *yes* there will be a custom "neutral" deck box.

Now I just have to figure out what kind of flavor to put on it. Likely I'll go with an assortment of Brotherhood, sellswords, and Night's Watch. (I never really considered Wildlings to be completely "neutral," they're basically their own faction as far as I'm concerned. In fact, it's strange flavor-wise when I see them paired with houses, though that's definitely the "competitive" thing to do.)

@Whizzwang: Here's a link to the image. Hopefully this works for you: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BxAvkuucRC6RZmU4ODI5MjUtNDJmNy00MzY2LTg3YWQtZTQ3NjdjMjgzMWZk&hl=en_US

Just realized you wrote this. :) I think the neutral deck box should just be a very plain cardboard box with no graphics on it whatsoever. It should also not have any openings.

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WolfgangSenff said:

Twn2dn said:

Hmmm...I actually hadn't really thought about the neutral deck box, but I suppose there really should be. I'll have to come up with something...so *yes* there will be a custom "neutral" deck box.

Now I just have to figure out what kind of flavor to put on it. Likely I'll go with an assortment of Brotherhood, sellswords, and Night's Watch. (I never really considered Wildlings to be completely "neutral," they're basically their own faction as far as I'm concerned. In fact, it's strange flavor-wise when I see them paired with houses, though that's definitely the "competitive" thing to do.)

@Whizzwang: Here's a link to the image. Hopefully this works for you: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BxAvkuucRC6RZmU4ODI5MjUtNDJmNy00MzY2LTg3YWQtZTQ3NjdjMjgzMWZk&hl=en_US

Just realized you wrote this. :) I think the neutral deck box should just be a very plain cardboard box with no graphics on it whatsoever. It should also not have any openings.

+1