Stop by the store after 3 today for Trick or treating. We will have candy, Pokemon Packs and comic books for trick or treaters, as well as hot dogs and cider.
Players in the D&D Game get an extra re-roll if in costume and players in Friday Night Magic get an extra promo card if in costume.
One of the most unique RPGs to have come out in the past few years is Alice is Missing. For those not familiar with the game, released by Renegade Press, it is a gamemasterless RPG, played silently by the participants, who only communicate through text messages. The Facilitator sets everything up and plays the role of Charlie Barnes, who returns to the town of Silent Falls inquiring about the whereabouts of their friend Alice Briarwood, from whom they have not heard in three days. Charlie reaches out to the other players, who take the roles of Alice’s other friends, who then work together to figure out what has happened to Alice. As all the communication in the game takes play via group and individual texts, every player must have a phone. The game itself only comes with a copy of the rules and the clue cards, which help determine what happened to Alice. A lot of the material, such as the timer, character sheets, soundtrack and props are provided online, meaning that players must have access to at least one computer during the game session. The game takes about 90 minutes to play, with the counter indicating when clue cards get flipped over to provide more information about what happened to Alice.
Given the topic, a missing teen age girl, Alice Is
Missing spends a lot of time on player safety, telling players to determine
Lines (subjects which should not be discussed in the game) and Veils (subjects
which can be mentioned but not described in detail). There is also an X-card,
which a player can play, or type X into the chat, to remove a topic from the
game. Players are then given their characters and time to look them over and
the timer is then started. Over the
course of the next 90 minutes, every 5 or 10 minutes the timer prompts the
reveal of a clue card. At 30 minutes, the suspect cards are gathered, and one
is revealed as the person responsible for Alice’s disappearance, at 20 minutes,
a location card reveals where she is and at 10 minutes, another card reveals
Alice’s condition. During the game, players are never at the same location at
the same time, giving a game reason for texting. Likewise, players are
encouraged to “Make Stuff Up” if it stays within the narrative of the game and
moves it along consistently with the cards revealed. The game requires players
to adopt the motives and relationships of their characters, meaning the more
role playing each incorporates into the game, the more enjoyable it becomes.
South Illinois from College to Elm will close tomorrow about 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. for Trick or Treating on Main Street from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. followed by the Homecoming Concert starting about 6 p.m.
We are one of the 40 stops for downtown trick or treating and will be giving away both candy and a comic book so stop by
Since pauper locally has grown in popularity, we will add a session of Magic pauper play to Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. Cost is $6. We did try running Pauper on Monday nights earlier this year but after the first couple of weeks, players stopped showing. Hoping that those really wanting to play Pauper will cover here at 1 p.m. and then head over to G&G Games for their evening Pauper session for a day's worth of Pauper play
We received a restock of the Mega Evolution Elite Trainer Kits as well as the Halloween promotional packs. Come in and play Pokemon on Saturdays between 1 and three and you will receive 1 Halloween promo pack as well as 1 promotional card for each match you play.
We would like to get the in store Pokemon play back to a level that it is worthwhile for us to get pre-releases sanctioned again and host tournaments. We currently can apply for pre-releases but do not want to until we get more instore play. If you want pre-releases in Carbondale, come play on Saturdays.
Haunted Carbondale walking tours will start up on the 10th , leaving the store at 6 p.m on the evenings of the 10th, 17, 22 and 29th . We decided to move the third and fourth ones from Friday to Wednesday so as not to conflict with the Homecoming music festival and Halloween.
