Iiiiiaaaaeeeee! There's so much stuff going on in the next few months, it's driving me insane!!! Hi everyone! Here's a special news update for the end of this month and what's coming up next month. Death Star II Pre-Release- On the morning of Friday, June 16th, Neutral Ground offically declared the Death Star 2 Pre-Release tournament event sold out! I hope all of you that wanted to go, got in. It might please you to know that of the six location world-wide, we were the third location to sell out. That tells Decipher that we're hungry for events like that and we don't take it lightly! For those of you that signed up, here's how it's going to work: The tournament is set for Saturday, June 24th at 12:00noon. Neutral Ground itself opens at 11:00am. I will start having people fill out command cards then. Remember to fill out your command card as completely and as legibly as possible. I will then cross-reference the filled out command cards with the list of players, Neutral Ground has been keeping track of. Once everything checks out and we have all of our players together, I'll pair you up and sit you down. Once you've been seated, I will then hand you your cards. When I tell you to, you may then open up, the packs and, without looking, hand your opponent's affiliation to your opponent. The rest of the tournament will be followed according to normal Sealed Deck rules. Play will begin at 12:00 noon. You will be asked to construct 60 card decks... Not 40. You will also play in 4 games. The top two players will then participate in the final playoff match. The winner will recieve both sheet of the uncut Death Star 2 Rares. I will then randomly select a plyer from the remaining group to get the uncut pre-constructed started deck sheets. "The Rebel Fleet is massing near Sacramento..." I'm starting a Death Star 2 Attack Run Fleet to head to Neutral Ground on Saturday morning. I will leave Great Escape Games in Sacramento at 9:00am. The Fleet will then travel south on the I-5 to the I-205 to a rallying point at the Tracy Mall at 9:45am. The Fleet will then make a final check point stop in Livermore at 1st and 10 Sports Cards at 10:15am before making the final jump to hyperspace and our final destination of Neutral Ground in Mountain view. If you would like to be apart of the Fleet, meet us at any one of these rallying coordinates. If you need exact directions, email or call me. >> Star Wars CCG- Many of you have already seen the new cards for Death Star 2 up on Decipher's website. A few of you have begun asking quesitons about it. This means you are already starting to develope gaming ideas for the new cards. This also means that Death Star 2 isn't far off on the horizon! We are within mere weeks of having this expansion in our hands!!! Which card will have the most impact in the game? Some of you may say the Emperor or Luke... Some may even say Vader or the Death Star 2 itself. I however say it will be the new Starting Interupts Prepared Defenses (for the Dark Side anyway). We read about this new card from Tom Lichke's article yesterday. It lets you start with any three effects as long as they are 1) Immune To Alter, 2) Deploys for free and 3) Deploys on the Table. The possibilities of this card is endless... Start with There Is No Try, Opressive Enforcement and Imperial Arrest Order and you can kiss Sense, Alter and Neibrun Lieds good-bye! Crush The Rebellion, Imperial Decree and Biker Scout Gear can fuel a ROps deck from heck that will obliterate both Yavin and EBO strategies! You see where I'm getting with this. Something like this card will open up a lot of great strategies for the Dark Side! Keep you eyes open for the Battle Of Endor closed tournament formats. Once DS2 releases, this new tournament format will be insanely popular. I personally, am in love with the concept of playing with just Endor and DS2 cards. New players are going to dig on it too! For those of you that are interested, the time is now to get your Endor cards. Many areas are reporting that it's sold out and they can't get any more. J&B Cards (http://www.jbcards.com) still ahs 'em and they sell 'em pretty cheap. The Card Table (http://www.cardtable.net) has got great priced singles and they're pre-selling DS2 at $65 a box (that's less than $2 a pack, people!)! >>Young Jedi CCG- Has all this great Star Wars CCG news got you jealous? I don't blame you... I'm holding a special YJ tournament just for you at California Card Company on Sunday the 25th. I've got great YJ prizes like a T-shirt, a plaque, a foil Sebulba and a special Menace Of Darth Maul collector's box! All that and you get booster packs and other foils too! The California Card Company is located in Elk Grove off of Hwy 99 at the Laguna/ Bond Rd. exit. Right across the street from Staples! Need directions? Call me! >>TGN- Short for the Thursday Gaming Nights! Held every Thursday Night at Great Escape Games in Sacramento starting at 7:00pm! Last Thursday I had 7 people show up to play and test their new Third Anthology decks! You too can join in the fun! Every Thursday, rain or shine! Come and visit me! >>Enduro- Are you ready for some serious Card Gaming action? Can you survive 20 straight hours of Star Wars CCG goodness? Do you have waht it takes to endure the Enduro? I got a Foil Darth Vader for the winner if you can... On July 15th perpare for tournament experience of a lifetime! Immediately after the DS2 Pre-Release, keep your eyes on my website for all the details! >>Alderaan Regional Championship- On July 29th the battle will be raged to see who is the supreme champio0n of the Alderaan Region. The information for this can also be view on my website after the DS2 Pre-Release. >>ICQ- I have an ICQ address! Starting next week, I will be available to chat, answer questions and to just shoot the bull in the Wednesday Weekly ICQ Web-meet! Every Wednesday at 7:00-9:00pm I'll be online to hear what you have to say! My ICQ # is 17151720 and my nickname is "The Flight Leader". Let's Jam! >>Sac-town vs. Mo-town- Starting in August, I'm planning a Star Wars CCG player's League that will pit two communitees against each other. The Sacramento Area declares war against the Modesto/ Sonora area! Each commnity will compete in an 8 week long League season. Then the best players of each community will duel for supremacy in a playoff for a really cool trophy and other awesome prizes! >>The Squadron Member Bounty- Also starting in August, I'm hearby placing a bounty on all Squadron Members. If you can beat a Squadron Member in a Sanctioned Tournament game, I will award you with a kill stripe (that you can iron on to your shirt or whatever). Collect ten of these kill stripes and you will be awarded a hefty bounty of 5 Death Star 2 packs! The rules for this conest will be up on my website soon... Stay tuned for that! Well, I'm getting ahead of myself! Besure to visit me at tonight's Thursday Gaming Night and see you at the DS2 tournament on Saturday!!! Until then... "Stay in Attack Formation..."