Come celebrate the release of the new D&D Essentials line of products and the new Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game with a classic-style adventure and a retro game experience!

Sunderpeak Temple
Long a bastion of good on the edges of the wilderness, Sunderpeak Temple has succumbed to an unknown threat. You have been tasked to journey to the site of the temple and find out what has befallen its residents, as the priests are needed to destroy an enchanted skill imbued with necromantic magic. Will you face down the dark denizens that dwell within and learn the truth of the temple’s fate? A Dungeons & Dragons adventure designed for 4-6 pregenerated characters of 2nd level.

We’re going to have four DMs available for this event, meaning four tables and four times the fun! Considering the popularity of the D&D Encounters events, we recommend you sign up early to make sure you get a seat.

Bring your friends and join in the fun as we celebrate the return of the beloved fan-favorite world Dark Sun, a campaign setting of harsh survival and savage enemies in a blasted land.

The Lost Cistern of Aravek
A remarkable device has been discovered in the wastes near the city-state of Tyr – a magical cistern created by a long-dead preserver named Aravek. You are charged to journey through the harsh desert lands, brave fierce monsters, and retrieve the cistern before your enemies can claim it for their own cruel master. Can you bring a font of live-giving water to a parched populace? Or will you succumb to dangers beyond the gates of Tyr? A Dark Sun adventure for 4-6 pregenerated 4th-level characters.

We’re going to have four DMs available for this event, meaning four tables and four times the fun! Considering the popularity of the D&D Encounters events, we recommend you sign up early to make sure you get a seat.

If you haven’t heard the news, our D&D Encounters in-store play experience is taking off, and a new season begins on June 9. We started off with Undermountain, which is nearing its season finale in the next few weeks. Response to our new Wednesday D&D program has been overwhelming. Players from around the world are participating in a weekly in-store campaign that plays out in one-encounter sessions, taking one to two hours each. It’s a great way to play in a regular D&D game without straining your schedule.

For those who haven’t yet experienced D&D Encounters, love Dark Sun, or are veteran players wanting to continue their in-store play, you’ll want to mark June 9th as the day to come down to the store. That’s when we launch an exciting preview campaign of the Dark Sun campaign world! Return to the fan-favourite world of Athas, explore the savage environment and terrible dangers of a blasted land, and do it all months before the books are available.

This upcoming season, you’ll receive pregenerated characters to play for the duration of the 15-week campaign, which ends on September 15. Every five sessions of play equals one chapter in the story; you can take a short rest between sessions but can take an extended rest only after the chapter concludes. You’ll want to show up every week, because we have a compelling adventure in Fury of the Wastewalker. This adventure will take you all around the Tyr Region, giving you a classic Dark Sun feel of gritty survival and bold action. Here’s a little bit more on the adventure to whet your appetite:

Fury of the Wastewalker

On a trade road to the city-state of Tyr, a caravan is assaulted by a deadly obsidian shardstorm. The survivors are forced to band together and navigate the wastes to safety. But the force of nature that destroyed the caravan is under the malevolent control of the being known as the Wastewalker, who will stop at nothing to see the end of those that escaped his initial wrath. Can the heroes reach the Ringing Mountains before it’s too late?

Characters will be provided for this season, and will include all sorts of great previews of new races and other cool rules options that will appear in the Dark Sun Campaign Setting. The thri-kreen and mul are back—and they’re playable characters in this season! Every character also has one of the new theme options (like gladiator or wasteland nomad), which better define a character’s role in the setting. Since you’ll be playing these characters for the duration of the season, we’ve also given them great backgrounds and roleplaying hooks that help to integrate them into the story of the adventure.

We’ve got two GMs for this season – Kevin and Barry – but there are limited seats, so make sure to sign up, starting on Wednesday, June 2, to guarantee a place at the table.

This coming Saturday, March 13, I’m going to be at Imagine Games from noon until about 4:00, answering questions and helping people create characters if they wish. I’ll even have my computer with the Character Builder there, so we can run any characters created through the Character Builder for an extra bonus of renown points. Extra points are also awarded if you create a character using a race, class, or feat from Player’s Handbook 3, which releases next week.

So, if you’re in Winnipeg, and you’re interested in D&D Encounters, come on down to the store on Saturday afternoon, and I’ll do my best to answer any questions you have. I’ll even help you get set up with a character.

Also, remember that there are limited slots available on Wednesday nights – and I have already had two people reserve seats at the table. If you want to make sure you don’t miss out, drop me a line here, or leave your name at the store. The adventure is designed for 5 players, but I can probably scale it up as high as 7 if required.

D&D Encounters
Get your game on each Wednesday with D&D Encounters, an ongoing mini-campaign where you’ll play one encounter each week at Imagine Games and Hobbies. Earn exclusive rewards as you gain Renown Points for accomplishments made during each season!

What is D&D Encounters?
D&D Encounters is an in-store weekly mini-campaign played out one encounter per session, with sessions every Wednesday run by veteran DM Rick Neal. Each week, you gain Renown Points for accomplishments made both in-game and out-of-game. Points earn you exclusive rewards that you can apply to your current and future D&D Encounters characters.

D&D Encounters seasons rotate every few months, giving you the opportunity to try new adventure settings multiple times per year!

What Do I Need to Play?
Each D&D Encounters season is a new mini-campaign experience. You can jump in anytime. Pre-generated characters are always available for play, or you can create and bring your own 1st-level character. Spots are limited, so if you want to reserve a space for you, contact neal.rick@gmail.com, or leave your name at the store.

What Kind of Rewards Do I Earn?
Players earn exclusive D&D Encounters cards that provide your character with in-game benefits that can be applied to your current season’s character and future seasons’ characters.

Tell Me More!
For information on the current D&D Encounters season, rewards for players and DMs, play reports, connecting with the community, and more, visit the Official D&D Group on the Wizards Community site.

In addition, enhance your D&D Encounters play experience by getting special content updates and news through our official Twitter channel @Wizards_DnD and our official D&D Facebook page.

This Season

D&D Encounters: Undermountain
March 17 – June 2
Explore lost passages of the infamous Undermountain dungeon as you play through the mini-campaign Halaster’s Lost Apprentice! 1st-level characters are provided, or you may create a 1st-level character for play. As a special bonus this season, characters created are compatible with Living Forgotten Realms! Character creation rules for this season will be available by March 10 on the Official D&D Group. We’ll also try and schedule a character creation and info session or two before the season starts.

Celebrate the release of Player’s Handbook 3 with a day of adventure! Psionic characters, skill powers, and hybrid classes abound in this essential rulebook. Test out the new classes and rules as you play a unique adventure and grab a copy of Player’s Handbook 3 while you’re there.

Imagine Games and Hobbies is proud to host the 10th Annual Game Day for
Winnipeg Harvest on Dec. 19 starting at noon.

This year there will be three games running:
Hordes/Warmachine
The Polar Express

Warhammer 40K
Battle for Santa’s Workshop

Wings of War
Sleigh vs the Hun

Entry fee is donations to Winnipeg Harvest. Every donation gets you a ticket for the door prizes!
So come on down! Good times, good charity, Christmas-theme mayhem to ensue!

Thank you Dave V. and Kyle B. for all your hard work for what I know will be a fabulous time.

Chris Douglas will be running a talisman demo! First come, first serve!

We are hosting the Flash Point Warmachine Tournament on Sunday November 15. Thank you Chris.

Games will be 50 points, MK2 rules. We have a store copy of the new cards and they are available on line for those of you who haven’t done that yet.

Cost will be $10 to cover the spiffy medals that are on display at the store and please remember your
Tin for the Bin.

See you there!

Mid-war (to celebrate the release of North Africa)

11:00 – setup
12:00-1:30 – Game 1
break
2:00-3:30 – Game 2
break
4:00-5:30 – Game 3
6:00 – tear down, awards

The event is a Mid-War, 1500 point tournament using 2nd edition Flames Of War rules and armies from any of the Mid-War Intelligence Handbooks:

- North Africa or Afrika (for those who haven’t bought NA) and Ost Front.
— or—
- any of the Official Mid War 1942-43 Intel Briefings

No Retreat Mission
Bone up on the ‘No Retreat‘ mission, the replacement mission for ‘Hold the Line’