Coinciding with the highly anticipated release of the latest addition to the Harry Potter series, Saturday, July 14 (as in tomorrow) is officially Magic Game Day.
Yup. In an effort to unite Magic: The Gathering players around the world, Wizards of the Coast have organized the first worldwide Magic Game Day. Gaming stores and hobby shops worldwide will welcome Magic fans (and the curious) to participate in a daylong affair of game demos, league play, tournaments, contests, prizes, promo cards, and, exclusively for U.S. participants, the opportunity to win two round-trip plane tickets to attend the upcoming Magic World Championships, which will be held in New York City Dec. 6-9.
And for the gamers out there who like to be ahead of the rest, Magic Game Day will be the day to play Magic: The Gathering Tenth Edition Core Game and Magic: the Gathering 2 Player Starter Game, both of which are brand-new games that will be released mere hours before Magic Game Day commences.
Austin may be a small city, but it is filled with plenty of cunning little wizards who live for hours and hours spent battling for glory, knowledge, and conquest with their fellow card-traders. Saturday these kiddos (and plenty of adults) have four possible Magic Game Day locations:
Battleforge Games
2700 West Anderson Ln. #402, 323-9600
Dragon’s Lair
6111 Burnet Rd., 454-2399
Pat’s Games
2310 Hancock Dr., 451-2223
Thor’s Hammer
8650 Spicewood Springs #114, 326-4332
For more information on the day’s scheduled events or to locate participating stores the world over, visit www.playmagic.com.
This article appears in July 13 • 2007.