Time: 6pm Tuesday Nights for 6 weeks

Format: Standard Constructed

Cost: $10

Prizes: $5 per player that night. $5 per player towards end-of-league prizes

League Points: 1 point for participation +1 point for each player below you on the evening’s standings list.

From the publisher:

To help honor his work and his memory, we created limited-edition reprints of the original 1st Edition core rulebooks: the Monster Manual, Player’s Handbook, andDungeon Master’s Guide. These premium versions of the original AD&D rulebooks have been lovingly reprinted with the original art and content, but feature an attractive new cover design commemorating this re-release. Available in limited quantities as a hobby channel exclusive in North America.

We’re currently accepting preorders, as we do not yet know how limited this print run will be.

Well, we tried contacting Facebook, but they don’t do customer support. So, we’re out of luck.

We’ve made a new page and we hope our fans will join us there:

http://www.facebook.com/thehauntedgamecafe

Wizards of the Coast has just announced a new edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

The New York Times broke the story early Monday morning, followed by a press release from Wizards.

The Times article does a good job of explaining the history of the game, but also their present difficulties:

“Edition wars have also wounded the game. Various rules systems have been released over Dungeons & Dragons’ 38-year history: Basic, Advanced, Advanced 2nd edition, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0. Devotion to particular rules can be fanatical. Hostilities about how to best play the game — for example, how a sorcerer casts spells — flare up among the core fan base.

A result, said David M. Ewalt, a senior editor at Forbes and the author of a forthcoming history of Dungeons & Dragons, has been a fractured fan base. The game is a group activity, he said, and playing together is tricky when players use different rules. “Imagine trying to organize a basketball team, if the point guard adheres to modern league rules, but the center only knows how to play ancient Mayan handball.”

The biggest part of the story is Wizard’s emphasis on open playtesting of the new rules. Again, from the Times article:

Greg Tito, games editor for The Escapist, an online games culture magazine, will be one of them. “The long open testing period for the next edition, if handled correctly, could be exactly what’s needed to make players feel invested in D&D again,” he said.

Read the Times story here.

Read Wizard’s press release here.

These events will be a 300 point sealed event in which players purchase two Hulk Booster packs to form their teams from.

BOOSTERS FOR THESE EVENTS ARE SOLD AT 20% OFF THE RETAIL PRICE.

Adam Warlock with Infinity Gauntlet LE Figures to be awarded to First, Second and Fellowship players.