IQ Games Centre - Heroclix World's Finest Pre-release

Date: 7th February
Time: Registration 11-11:45 Packs opened at 12pm
Place: IQ Games Centre, 23 Byram Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1DR
Entry: £15 

Get your hands on the newest set of the World's Finest before it is out for sale!

Force construction: DRAFT
Tournament Structure: SWISS

Drafting works in the following way:

Each player opens their booster and picks one figure then passes it to the left.

They then pick out a figure from the booster that has been passed to them and this continues until everyone has all five figures in front of them.

Once everyone has drafted we'll be running the event using Swiss pairings.

Prize Support: Players keep the team they have drafted in addition there will be other prizes added into the prize pool dependent on turn out - more information on this will be coming soon.

If you would like to register for the event please email: iqgamescentre@gmail.com

Parking/ travel:
Public transport: We are a 2 minute walk from the train station and just a little further from the bus station.

Parking: there is pay and display parking around the shop but can be very expensive and busy on a Saturday, there is an all day car park across from this post code HD1 5BE that is between £4 for the day and is very close to the shop.

If you have any questions please contact us either by email: iqgamescentre@gmail.com or phone us on 01484 511019

IQ Games Centre Star Wars Imperial Assault Store Championship

Ready your blaster, gather your squad-mates and prepare for ground assault in our Star Wars Imperial Assault Store Championship!

Never played Imperial Assault before but want to give it a go? Come down to the store on Tuesdays and Wednesday from 18:00 and we will be more than happy to teach you how to play.

Date: Sunday 7th February 2016

Entry: £10

Time: Registration period: 10.00 - 10.45 First round begins at 11am

Address: IQ Games Centre, 23 Byram Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1DR

Players will require one squad built using the standard rules, and all tokens, templates and cards they will need during the day.

Players will also need to fill out a squad list

Tournament rules and the latest FAQ can be found here: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-imperial-assault/

Prize Support will be given out on the day and will contain:

Champion: The winner receives a Store Championship plaque and a card granting one first-round bye at a Regional Championship of the player’s choice.

Top Four: The top four players each receive one challenge coin.

Top Eight: The top eight players each receive one acrylic neutral mission tokens.

Top Thirty-Two: The top thirty-two players each receive one Bantha Rider alternate art card.

There will be extra prize support provided and we will be putting all entry back into the prize pool so the more people we get the more prizes we can give out!

The number of rounds will depend on the number of players and will be created using the swiss system:

Swiss system details:

Number of Players (Rounds)

8 (3)

9-16 (4)

17-32 (5)

33-64 (6)

65+ (7)

After the swiss rounds, there will be a cut to the top in which the top 4 (for 16 or fewer players) or top 8 (for more than 16 players) play elimination games to determine our store champion!

Parking/ travel:

Public transport: We are a 2 minute walk from the train station and just a little further from the bus station.

Parking: there is pay and display parking around the shop but can be very expensive and busy on a Saturday, there is an all day car park across from this post code HD1 5BE that is between £4 for the day and is very close to the shop. If you have any questions please contact us either by email: iqgamescentre@gmail.com or phone us on 01484 511019

Last FNM before Gatecrash Pre-release

So tomorrow and Sunday (26th and 27th) we have our Gatecrash prerelease. As is usual for a Friday we have our Friday Night Magic (FNM) which for those who don't know starts at 6pm and currently standard format although we will be running soon modern events for FNM. We also have a draft running tonight and next month to celebrate the release of Gatecrash we will be running a draft alongside every single FNM which is a perfect chance to get all those cards you need and test out different deck styles.

Final FNM before Gatecrash Prerelease

If you are wanting to play in the Gatecrash Prerelease don't worry we still have spaces!

Both days we start at 12pm but if you are wanting to take part please turn up beforehand. Each day costs £25.

As with Return to Ravnica there are a set of guilds to pick from, as part of the prerelease you will be given a guildpack which matches that guild and can use the cards from within it.

The guilds are:

Boros Legion: Red White colours

House Dimir: Blue Black colours

Gruul Clans: Red Green colours

Orzhov Syndicate: Black White colours

And 

Simic Combine: Blue Green Colours

Each guild pack as one guild specific booster and then there are five Gatecrash boosters, a certificate welcoming you to your chosen guild, a spin-down lift counter and a sticker of that particular guild. 

With these boosters you can then create a 40 card deck to play against everyone else!

Yu-Gi-Oh Regionals

Saturday 19th January we held our first Yu-Gi-Oh Regional in the new store. Although it was snowing and bitterly cold outside 112 players risked the weather to turn up!

Once we had managed to seat everyone it began and with everyone's help it went very smoothly. With that many people we ran 7 rounds and had some side events once people had started to drop out of the tournament.

Registration started at 9.30 and the first game went underway at 11.30.

The quiet before the tournament

The tournament went well although didn't get finished till at least 7 in the evening!

When the final few matches ended the overall winner was Jake Quinsee with Chris Morell coming a very close second

Round 1

Top 8 players

Jake Quinsee

Chris Morell

Matthew Holt

Ashley Bradbury

Ben Sherman

Axl Bell

Gehan Amaranayake

Samantha Golding

Congratulations everyone who took part and thank you all for making it such a great event!