Carol's pick: Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth #1 only $1.00!

Poor Gus is one of the last kids left born after the "accident". His Dad says God decided to make them special, so these kids were born with fur, tails or antlers. But not everyone thinks they're special, beware the hunters! Lemire describes his tale as a "post-apocalyptic, neo-western, action-adventure, science-fiction, road-movie hybrid." I would call it a sweet, gripping, haunting tale.

Check out Lemire's Sweet Tooth blog and take advantage of his limited offer:

Send Jeff your copy (or copies) of Sweet Tooth #1 along with a self addressed return envelope. He will sign the book(s) and return it along with an head sketch of a Sweet Tooth character! You will get a sketch for each copy sent, (so if you send 2 copies, you get 2 sketches back, 6 copies=6 sketches, Maximum 6 per reader). Jeff lives in Toronto! So not too far at all....

Jeff has received critical acclaim for his Essex County trilogy, and The Nobody.

Worldwide D&D Day Saturday, September 19, 11 AM

Come on down to L.A. Mood's on Saturday, September 19, at 11AM to play D&D 4E among friends on Worldwide D&D Day. In conjunction with the release of the Dungeon Master's Guide 2, this D&D Day has a "learn how to create your own adventure" component or you can just play the adventure provided.

Seating is limited so please sign up early, and let us know whether you want to partake in adventure building or just play.

Email, call or come on down in person to sign up!

Hey folks, back again with the monthly Magic updates!

First off, the event schedule for September:

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for September 2009:

Friday, September 4th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, September 6th: Open Play
12pm Start
Tuesday, September 8th: Draft (M10)
6:30pm Start
Friday, September 11th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, September 13th: Open Play
12pm Start
Tuesday, September 15th: Draft (M10)
6:30pm Start
Friday, September 18th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, September 20th: Open Play
12pm Start
Tuesday, September 22nd: Draft (M10)
6:30pm Start
Friday, September 25th: Standard
6pm Start
Sunday, September 27th: Zendikar Sealed Deck Prerelease Tournament
11am Start
Tuesday, September 29th: Draft (M10)
6:30pm Start


Many of you will notice that I have added a day to the regular Magic schedule. Every Sunday, we will be hosting either open play or a scheduled tournament. I want to give our players a chance to explore other variations of Magic play, from multi-player formats to Elder Dragon Highlander, and also open up another day that players can come in to pursue the singles they are looking for to finish their decks. This Sunday will be a great chance for some of our players to explore the new Planechase mechanics with Planechase available for sale this Friday.

Next, the L.A. Mood Killers team search tournament series has been put on hold for the time being. There has not been enough interest to warrant running them at this time. I will however be handpicking team members from our regular tournament attendees and trying to develop a team from there. Congratulations to Jerry Masse, our first member to join the team by winning the team search tournament held last month.

Finally, we will be holding a Zendikar prerelease tournament on Sunday, September 27th. The format is sealed deck with 6 booster packs of Zendikar to build your decks with. The cost is $25.00 to play. Stay tuned for the Zendikar prerelease card to be given away to prerelease attendees. Once the card is announced I will post it here.

Thanks for tuning in this month folks, I hope to see you at our Magic events.

Jeyo the Jester

L.A.Mood Killers Team Search Tournament update!

It may not have been clear in the original post: The tournament is being held on Sunday, August 23rd not Saturday August 22, special pre-registration price ends Saturday Aug 22 at 6PM.

Our sincerest apologies regarding the confusion!

What a fun day we had with the arrival of Archie #600!

We gave away lots of yummy cake!

We even had a visit from the London Free Press and you can watch the video here.

New in Stock!

D&D 4E Adventurer's Vault 2
D&D 4E Dragon Magazine Annual
D&D Miniatures Legendary Evils
Axis and Allies 1942 Board Game
Geist the Sin Eaters Roleplaying Game
Shadowrun 20th Anniversary Edition

Phew! check it out!



Also drop by on Wednesday for the arrival of Archie #600 The Proposal, Archie proposes marriage to....guess who....Veronica, part one of a 6 part story line! We are celebrating with free wedding cake from Cakewalkers! mmmm strawberry grand marnier cake........mmmm!

Heroclix Event
The Balance of Good vs Evil

Aug 22 Staurday
start time of 11 pm

build 2, 500 point teams
One of Heroes and the other of villians, winner of the initative roll chooses which side their opponent plays and they must play the opposite.

M10 Crisis!

This update is for our Magic players. We are currently experiencing a shortage of M10 boosters. Our expected shipments of M10 have been delayed and we are currently out of stock. This means that until M10 starts rolling in again, our scheduled M10 drafts will instead be Shards/Conflux/Alara Reborn. Hopefully the shortage will be over soon, and we can all get back to collecting duals and trying to crack those Baneslayers.

Heroclix Event Today Aug 12

Short Notice Event
start time of 6 pm

Build a team of 400 pts

Next Graphic Novel Group will be discussing Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross on Saturday, September 12. The feature book will be on sale for 25% off! Reserve a copy now!

If you can't make it out to a meeting, you can always check out our on-line discussions on facebook. Log in to Facebook and search LA Mood Graphic Novel Group and join in!

Hey folks, back again with the monthly Magic updates. First off, lets start with our August schedule:

Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events for August 2009:

Tuesday, August 4: Booster Draft (M10) @ 6:30 pm
Friday, August 7: FNM (Standard) @ 6:00 pm
Tuesday, August 11: Booster Draft (M10) @ 6:30 pm
Friday, August: 14: FNM (Booster Draft with M10) @ 6:00 pm
Tuesday, August 18: Booster Draft (M10) @ 6:30 pm
Friday, August 21: FNM (Standard) @ 6:00 pm
Sunday, August 23: The L.A. Mood Killers Team Search Tournament Series (#1) @ 12:00 pm
(registration is 11:00 am - 11:50 am)
Tuesday, August 25: Booster Draft (M10) @ 6:30 pm
Friday, August 28: FNM (Booster Draft with M10) @ 6:00 pm

Players attending our FNM tournaments this month will have a chance to win a foil version of Lightning Greaves. These incredible boots of speed are enough to make even The Flash jealous.

As most of you are now aware, prizes for drafting at L.A. Mood are awarded by rare redraft. If you win first place in the draft, you will be rewarded by selecting first any rare card opened during the draft. Second place picks second and so on until all the players have made their first picks, resuming from the top down again until all the rares have been drafted.

Next up, The L.A. Mood Killers Team Search Tournament Series (#1) will be held on Sunday, August 23'rd. We are looking to put together a team of skilled magic players to represent the L.A. Mood magic scene when our team brings it's game to local, national, and global venues. This will be the first of four team search tournaments culminating with a finalized team roster to be announced on December 1'st, 2009. We are looking for team members who are passionate about the game and are willing to contribute their time to developing a well rounded team. Team members will test, share ideas, and provide feedback with each other in an effort to achieve the following three goals:

Succeed - We want our team members to achieve their own personal goals of winning consistently. We do not condone cheating or unsportsmanlike conduct however, and any such behaviour may result in expulsion from the team.

Represent - We want our team to be recognized and respected at tournament venues for play skill as well as demeanor. While representing the L.A. Mood Killers, we expect our members to act maturely. Win with style, lose with grace.

Grow - We are looking to develop a team of players that strive to play at a professional level. With regular testing and communication between members, we are confident in our team members achieving this caliber of play.

Without further ado, here are the details:

The L.A. Mood Killers Team Search Tournament Series (#1)

Format: Standard

Entrance Fee: $20.00
$18.00 to preregistered players if paid by 6:00 pm, Saturday, August 22'nd.
The first 8 players with paid registration will receive an M10 release foil Ant Queen

Start Time: 12:00 pm (registration will begin at 11:00 am and end at 11:50 am)

Tournament Structure: Swiss pairing with cut to Top 8. Number of rounds will be determined by player attendance

Prizes: Two boxes to be awarded to Top 8 competitors as follows:

1'st: 1 Box of M10
2'nd: 18 Booster Packs of M10
3'rd: 7 Booster Packs of M10
4'th: 3 Booster Packs of M10
5'th - 8'th: 2 Booster Packs of M10

In addition to this, our 1'st place finisher will receive an invitation to play for the L.A. Mood Killers. Team members will receive a 20% discount when purchasing Magic singles, packs, and supplies (excluding booster boxes). If declined, the invitation will be offered to the next highest finisher in the tournament.

Door Prizes will also be awarded.

For a current list of standard legal sets, click here.

I hope to see you all there!

Next Graphic Novel Meeting

Saturday, August 8, 11AM

This month's pick is Y the Last Man volume 1: Unmanned. Join us at the store and discuss the first book to Brian K. Vaughan's epic tale of the last man on earth and his monkey in a post apocalyptic world where only the women survived. If you can't make it to our meeting, join in on the discussions on Facebook, just search LA Mood Graphic Novel Group!

All volumes of Y the Last Man are on sale now for 25% off until August 8!

BACK ISSUE BONANZA!

50% OFF ALL BACK ISSUES
YES, ALL BACK ISSUES CURRENTLY OUT FOR SALE!
YES, PREMIUM BACK ISSUES TOO!

SUNDAY, JULY 12 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

July's Magic: The Gathering Schedule of Events:

Friday, July 3: FNM (Standard) @ 6:00 pm
Tuesday, July 7: Booster Draft (Shards, Conflux, Alara Reborn) @ 6:30 pm
Friday, July 10: FNM (Standard) @ 6:00 pm
Tuesday, July 14: Booster Draft (Shards, Conflux, Alara Reborn) @ 6:30 pm
Friday, July 17: FNM (Booster Draft with M10) @ 6:00 pm
Sunday, July 19: M10 Launch Party (Sealed Deck) @ 12:00 pm
Tuesday, July 21: Booster Draft (M10) @ 6:30 pm
Friday, July 24: FNM (Booster Draft with M10) @ 6:00 pm
Tuesday, July 28: Booster Draft (M10) @ 6:30 pm
Friday, July 31: FNM (Standard) @ 6:00 pm

This month, our FNM foil is Murderous Redcap. Let me tell you, this is some kick-ass new artwork on our big-nosed goblin assassin friend. Tournament prizes and door prizes are awarded for our FNM tournaments. For our drafts, our prizes are awarded by rare redraft (in addition to FNM prizes on Fridays). Our 1'st place finisher gets first pick of all the rares opened, 2'nd gets second pick, 3'rd gets third pick, and so on. This month is also the launch of the new core set M10. We will be celebrating this new core set release, chock of full of new goodies and old favourites, with back to back FNM drafts featuring M10 and also an M10 Launch Party on Sunday, July 19'th. Players attending the the Launch Party will receive a sick-looking release foil version of this card:

WHAT A FREAKIN' HOUSE!

Before I go, here our some pictures of our last FNM held on June 26'th:

16 players showed up to sling spells and summon armies to crush their opposition!

The Spoils of Conquest (and attendance)

Betty or Veronica?
Archie #600

Archie proposes to Veronica in the upcoming Archie #600 issue out in August, part of a 6-issue story arc! Pre-order your copy now! Making headlines across North America, A-Channel visited our store to get the details! Check it out:

June's Short Notice Heroclix Event

June 18th 6pm
Moving Day Force Attack

Build a 600 pt team all characters must
have super strength at some point on their dial

Sorry for the Short Notice. Life & work got in the way
A better & full fledged schedule should be up for July in 2 weeks time

Free RPG Day, Saturday, June 20

Pick up your free RPG or accessory, visit www.freerpgday.com to see a list of participating sponsors.

All RPG's 25% off Saturday, June 20 only!

Sign up and play! GM's are standing by to run:

1.Pathfinder

2.Eberron

3.Geist

4.Castles and Crusades

5.Paranoia

6.Corporation

Limited seating available, contact the store and reserve your place today! Games begin at 11AM.

Meet the Graphic Novel Group!

Our first meeting was a success! Attendance was 8 people, including myself. Don't worry if you couldn't make it, the GNG's doors are always open and you can join any time on Facebook!

Our first meeting began with introductions and sharing our graphic novel picks. We decided that we definitely wanted to meet in person on a regular basis and the 2nd Saturday of each was chosen. Having said that, we know that Saturdays are not convenient to everyone and in order to allow as much participation as possible, we would have an on-line component. We decided that Facebook allows us an easy forum for discussion and all of us, and many of our customers, are already on it. Tom volunteered to start up the page and it is ready to go, just search LA Mood Graphic Novel Group. After a discussion of our favourite graphic novels, Watchmen and Maus came up more than once! We thought we could postpone Watchmen until the release of the DVD and then we could combine movie and book discussion, so Art Spiegelman's Complete Maus was chosen as our first book.

Currently, we have volume II in stock and we will be getting more in. It will be our featured graphic novel in the store and will be availbable for 25% off!

Graphic Novel Group

First Meeting

Saturday, June 13 at 11AM

Bring your coffee (or morning beverage of choice), ideas and a top 3 list of your favourite graphic novels for the first ever Graphic Novel Group! Moderated by Dan Brown (London Free Press, on-line editor) and Carol Vandenberg, our first hour long meeting will involve listening to you and what you want out of a Graphic Novel Group. This meeting will set the path for meetings to come and we will pick our first book to discuss. We hope to see you there!

For all of our Magic players out there, here is our June Schedule of Events:

Tuesday, June 2: Booster Draft
Friday, June 5: FNM Booster Draft
Tuesday, June 9: Booster Draft
Friday, June 12: FNM Standard
Tuesday, June 16: Booster Draft
Friday, June 19: FNM Booster Draft
Tuesday, June 23: Booster Draft
Friday, June 26: FNM Standard
Tuesday, June 30: Booster Draft

Our FNM foil card this month is Mulldrifter first seen in the Lorwyn set.
Door prizes and tournament prizes available. Come out and play!