News Letter Feb 16 2010
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Hello Everyone,
This past week has been fabulous for the Source and our community! We got really good news last Wednesday at 7PM.
Our peerless leader, Barbwire Bob and his wife Kim called us at the store to report the birth of their first Grandchild!
 Amelia Lee Brynildson said hello to the world at approximately 7PM on Wednesday February 10th, 2010. She is the child of Bob and Kims son Jared and his wife Katie. It was a long labor but the result was a beautiful bouncing baby girl who’ll make a welcome and wonderful addition to our family and community!Special congrats to Jared and Katie and we encourage you all to address Barbwire by his new and improved nickname “Grandpa Barbwire”.
This weeks e-mail includes info about the way cool Source Drive In movies happening this Saturday night, the giant Warhammer 40K event a mere week and a half away, an updated Magic schedule, other Tom foolery and of course the weekly new comic book list.
Thanks for spending time with us!
Your Friends at the Source!
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SOURCE DRIVE IN MOVIES! A WORLD PREMIERE!
Saturday Night February 20th 2010 6PM to ? – FREE!
 Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the first Source Drive In Movie Night, we’ve decided to try and make it it a regular feature around here! As usual we’ll be showing all features on a giant screen utilizing a high res projector and an outstanding sound system! Other bells & whistles include FREE popcorn and a few treats here and there! Not only that! That’s right! The cast and producers of the local TV series Translyvania Television will be in the house premiering their brand new not yet released to the public Season 2 DVD and whoopin it up with the Saturday night Drive In Crowd! How totally cool is that going to be!
There will be many other features & goings on! Don’t miss it!
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WARHAMMER 40K – THE BLACK CRUSADES BEGIN!
Report for Duty! – Saturday – February 27 -2010
 One of the largest Games Workshop Events ever held at the Source Comics and Games and you’re invited! Hosted by our very own Travis Winter it’s the GW event of 2010! Here’s the skinny… The final apocalypse is here! Join our forces as we engage in one of the most mega-jacked Warhammer 40K battles ever! Over 330 square feet of raw killing fields featuring hundreds of thousands of points in play! All and any current Games Workshop or Forgeworld units are welcome and encouraged! Sound the alarm and muster your forces! All grunts are welcome to not only play but to recruit fellow soldiers to participate in the forthcoming battle of the end times! Without exception all players, observers, hangers on are welcome and shall thrust into the void! COMMISSARS DIRECTIVES: * Gather as many people as you can and bring them to this event! * Bring a canned food shelf donation to play and bring more cans to cheat! *Prepare and deliver your unit list in advance! * Bring your appetite for destruction! BLESSINGS PROVIDED BY THE EMPEROR: * FREE Hot Dogs – Meat of Dubious Origin! * FREE soda – of dubious value! * DOOR PRIZES! * Valor Prizes! * Crap Nobody Wants! * 2 Space Hulks for Prizes! * Verbal Lashings! GRAND INQUISITOR: Direct Questions, data, free stuff & anger management issues at Travis: |
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LOCAL ARTISTS WORK AT THE ART ACADEMY!
Winter 2010 Classes Now Available!
 Local comic art superstars, Matt Wendt and Becky Grutzik, are busy working away as art instructors at The Art Academy in Saint Paul. The Art Academt specializes in excellence in children’s art education also featuring quality art instruction for Begining to advance adults!For More Info: www.theartacademy.net
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AEG SCORES AGAIN! – INFINITE CITY BOARDGAME!
Hot Boardgame Back In Stock & Worth Checking Out!
 The fine folks over at AEG have scored again with the new Infinite City boardgame. Source staff and insiders have responded very favorably to the newest AEG Offering! Here’s the dealio: A rich new world has opened up. Resources are plentiful, the economy is booming, and the capital city of this new world is expanding like never before! Even though many corporations scramble to stake a claim in the exploding prosperity, only one can claim ownership! Who will take over the Infinite City?
Will you place the capital next to the port, claiming both as your own? Will you use the transit station to move another player’s military base out of the way, or place your embassy to steal his temple? Will you try for a greater area under your control, or move to capture key buildings? Infinite City is a stand-alone tile game where players become the leaders of corporations building an ever-sprawling city, maneuvering to control the largest districts while holding on to the most valuable buildings. · Infinite City comes with 120 building tiles featuring art by Charles Urbach, known for his strongholds in Legend of the Five Rings
· 2-6 players · Ages 10+ · 45 minutes playtime · Designer: Brent Keith
Available at the Source for $34.95
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VIDEO GAMES LIVE! - MN ORCHESTRA! – APRIL 30 2010
Groundbreaking Live Event Celebrating Video Game Music!
 Experience the Minnesota Orchestra accompanied by game footage on giant video screens, as it performs the music of the most popular games from the beginning of video gaming to the present. Plus, there will be an interactive segment: selected audience members will play a game live onstage while the orchestra performs the music!
“A touring multimedia show that has already been seen by more than 250,000 people is playing at the world’s finest concert halls – with the world’s finest orchestras powering through some of the world’s most popular video-game music. And it’s attracting a decidedly different audience. There were more than children and teenage gamers … [there were] a lot of grandmas out there.” NPR – National Public Radio
Games include: Mario™, Zelda®, Halo®, Metal Gear Solid®, Warcraft®, Myst®, Final Fantasy®, Castlevania®, Medal of Honor™, Sonic™, Tron, Tomb Raider®, Advent Rising, Headhunter, Beyond Good & Evil™, Splinter Cell®, Ghost Recon™, Rainbow Six®, EverQuest® II and a special retro Classic Arcade Medley featuring more than 20 games from Pong® to Donkey Kong®, including such classics as Dragon’s Lair, Tetris, Frogger, Gauntlet, Space Invaders and Outrun! For Info & Tickets : www.minnesotaorchestra.org
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| THE IMAGINATORS MEETING THE SOURCE!
Saturday March 13th 2010 - 6:30 to Close!
For More Info, please e-mail Carl at: cborg@juno.com |
From Our Good Friend Carl Borg: The Imaginators is a fellowship and “support” group for Christians in the Minneapolis / St. Paul MN area who share an interest in comic books. Pro, fan, whatever – it doesn’t matter; we want to meet you! We gather together on an almost regular schedule, usually here at the Source, to discuss secular comics, Christian comics, how comics affect our faith, vice versa and sometimes other things, too. Visitors, new members and friends are always welcome.|
GAMER’S REUNION! APRIL 23-25 2010
Rochester Center – 121 N. Broadway, Rochester MN 55906
 Are you ready to reunite with some of your gaming friends? How about make a few new ones to hang out with on an annual basis? Then the Gamer’s Reunion is the right place for you! Gamer’s Reunion is an annual gaming convention held in Rochester, MN. The Gamer’s Reunion will host all types of table-top gaming. So if you enjoy board games, collectible cards games, role-playing games, and miniatures games then Gamer’s Reunion is definitely worth your time to visit. The Gamer’s Reunion promises to be the one reunion you look forward to going to each year!
For More Info: www.gamersreunion.com
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MCBA COMIC BOOK CONVENTIONS 2010!
The Two Do Not Miss Events of 2010
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MARSCON 2010 – DARK LORDS & FEMME FATALES!
Mach 5 to 7 2010 – Holiday Inn – Bloomington – MN
 We always enjoy participating at Marscon and this years theme look to be awesome! MarsCon is a volunteer-run sci-fi/fantasy convention for all ages, with food, parties, gaming, music, costumes, prizes, famous guests, an art show and other fun stuff! Sponsored by the Fans Educational Network for Science Fiction (FenSF). Below we’ve listed the sites where you can go for more info! Hope to see you there!Main Website: http://marscon.org/2010/index.php
Specific Questions: info10c@marscon.org
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CAPTAIN AMERICA #603 – AT THE SOURCE THIS WEEK!
Steve Rogers is back!
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TIM’S BACK ISSUE CORNER NEWS & NOTES!
News & Notes Regarding Back Issue Activity at the Source!  Hello again from Tim’s corner, in the land of the ice and snow. Last week the inventory restock included titles from Wonderman through various X-Men mini series. More packs were put out, both new and restocks, along with a number of comics recently pulled off the racks. From collections, there were a number of titles. These included Flash vol2 in the 20-50 range, Hellblazer from 125-169, a couple of issues of JSA, Punisher vol2 39-49 and a couple of annuals, Robin, the No Man’s Land issues, Savage Dragon 40-62, Spawn 70-90, Spiderman Maximum Clonage, Spiderman Megazine, the Marvel Star Wars title 2-14, Superman, the Man of Tomorrow, and Thor vol 3 33-78. Live long, and read lots of comics. Tim
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FOLLOW THE SOURCE COMICS & GAMES ON TWITTER!
Expect a Flow of Randomness!  http://twitter.com/SourceCandG
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HEROCLIX ACTION AT THE SOURCE!
Every Wednesday Night at the Source!
 It’s true! Heroclix, is rocking at the Source! We play every Wednesday evening and we always welcome new players! Invite everyone you know to come on down and join us! HeroClix Organized Play Schedule at the Source! New players are always welcome! FEBRUARY 17 – 6:30PM – HAMMER OF THOR FLOOR
Build a 200 point team. featuring 50% figures from Hammer of Thor. No feats, no duplicate figures. 3 Swiss rounds. LE Feat #104 Prize Support.
FEBRUARY 24 – 6:30PM – WATER, WATER, WATER
Build a 400 point team. At least one figure must have the aquatic speed power. Scenario explained prior to start of event. 10% feats. No pogs, 1 BFC. Prize Support
All Wednesday Events Will Be Awarding Prizes! For More Information: Fridgedoor@hotmail.com
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MAGIC THE GATHERING AT THE SOURCE! Tuesday, Friday & Special Event Schedule!
Tuesday Night Magic at the Source
Lots of great tournaments are coming up Fall at the Source. We are now running Friday Night Magic every Friday night so you don’t have to travel far anymore for chance at those exclusive foil prizes.
Tuesday, February 16th Standard – 5:30PM Start – $5.00
Tuesday, February 23rd – Booster Draft – 5:30PM Start – $14.00 Tuesday, March 2nd – Booster Draft-5:30PM Start – $14.00 Tuesday, March 9th – Standard-5:S0PM Start – $5.00 Tuesday, March 16th – Booster Draft-5:30PM Start – $14.00 Tuesday, March 23rd – Standard-5:30PM Start – $5.00 Tuesday, March 30th – Booster Draft-5:30PM Start – $14.00
Booster Draft – DCI Sanctioned 2 Packs of Worldwake and 1 pack Zendikar to draft, Worldwake Boosters for prize support. Other Promos for Tuesday Tournaments. Special Promo Foils for Friday Night Magic.
Standard Format – DCI Sanctioned Decks constructed of minnimum 60 cards, plus optional 15 card sideboard from Magic 2010, Shards of Alara, Conflux, Alara Reborn, and Zendikar sets only. (after February 5th, add workdwake)(before February 4th) Zendikar boosters for prize support. (After February 5th) Worldwake boosters for prize support. Other promo cards for Tuesday Tournaments. Special Promo Foils for Friday Night Magic. Sealed Fromat – DCI Sanctioned -3 Packs Worldwake and 3 Packs of Zendikar are used, along with any amount of basic land to build a 40 cards minimum deck. Worldwake Boosters for prize support. Special Promo Foils for Friday Night Magic.  Friday Night Magic at the Source – Sign up begins at 5PM
Friday, February 19th – Sealed – 6PM Start – $25.00 Friday, March 5th – Standard – 6PM Start – $5.00
Friday, March 12th – Booster Draft – 6PM Start – $14.00 Friday, March 19th – Standard – 6PM Start – $5.00 Friday, March 26th – Booster Draft – 6PM Start – $14.00 Everyone is Welcome!
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WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND INPUT!
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