Metro News has posted an article covering our upcoming Pandemic Party to benefit Doctors Without Borders in their fight against Ebola.

A Winnipeg game and hobby shop is hoping some fun and games can help the ongoing battle to stop Ebola.

Imagine Games and Hobbies has organized a tournament of the Canadian board game Pandemic later this month at their Exchange District shop and all proceed will go to help Doctors Without Borders in their fight against Ebola.

Read the full article here.

With the release of the 2014 Steamroller rules it seems like a perfect time to run the first event of the year!

First, here is the link to the rules:

And here are the event details:
Date: Feb 1, 2014 (Saturday)
Place: Imagine Games and Hobbies
Time: First round starts at noon
No entrance fee
No painting requirement
The winner will get a set of 4 Privateer Press dice
More Details:
3 rounds
50pts
2 lists
Deathclock timing
Conversions and proxies need to be approved in advance

Just a reminder on player responsibilities:
Read the updated Steamroller rules, especially the parts about controlling, contesting and dominating.
A copy of the scenario will be available at each table before the start of the match but it doesn’t hurt to be familiar with them before hand.
Make sure you have all the dice, tokens, measuring devices, cards and models you need. You will also need templates for any effects that you generate on the table (excluding ones that are CMD or CNTRL).
If you’re running a tier, it’s up to you to have a copy of the tier on hand for your opponent to see (this can be a photocopy, pdf they can read, hand written, etc.).

Looking forward to seeing everyone come out and have a great time!

Do you have your costume?

Do you need some gear?

Come on down!

We have lots of surplus for your zombie needs!

And Hey, the Zombie Walk is on the 13th!

Ron Bowes is the proud new owner of the sword from our sword draw. Congatulations.

Thanks everybody who left comments, it was really flattering and we plan to continue earning your praise and get bigger and better in the future.

Thanks,
Wendy, Pedro and family

D&D day is June 7th, but why wait until then?
We have our very own Rick Neal, celebrated game author, doing demos of the new 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons!
When? May 24th and 31st. Starting at 1pm and a second demo later on.
What to bring? Nothing at all! We will provide what you need!
June 7th D&D day will feature free dice, minis and pre-generated characters too!
The demos will be going on all day on the 7th but come down for a sneak peek in May!
See you there!

Prairie Con tickets are now on sale and we’ve got ‘em.
June 6-8 in Brandon, pretty much every game you can think of and more. Lots of prizes and really affordable. $15 for over 14 and $5 for under.

We have the programs so you can check out what games are going on, and they’re free!

The Exchange District, in the past, had a bad reputation and unfortunately that reputation is still in the minds of some people.

In the last ten years, the area has become a clean, well-lit vibrant part of the city with wonderful restaurants, cafes and stores -like us! There are many artists who live and work in the area and more upscale condos are being renovated everyday. With the addition of Red River Downtown campus along with other technical training colleges and paramedic training (next door to us) more students and other soon-to-be professionals frequent the area. There is also the Exchange District Biz with Community Foot Patrols always watching.

No one can guarentee your safety. However, speaking as a woman who regularly walks in the Exchange either with a small child or alone at night, I have no more concerns here than I do anywhere else. At most I have been approached by panhandlers and the majority of them are polite and even apologetic.

So please come down to this Historic and beautiful part of the city. Don’t let old reputations prevent you from exploring and enjoying the Exchange District.

Imagine Games will be open late on Thursday nights for Warmachine and Hordes League.

We will be open until 9:00 starting March 6, Extra special thanks to Chris A. for organizing the League, so you know it’s going to be fun.

More details to follow so keep posted.

If you’ve been thinking of picking up some minis, now’s the time. We have Confrontation minis from Rackham on for 50% off (yes that includes the HUGE dragon at the front) we also have War gods of Aegyptus and Magnificent Ego’s minis for 30% off.
Hey with all these minis being sold for so cheap, I think it’s time we had a painting contest.
Stay tuned for further details.

In case you haven’t heard, we’re open Mondays again. We close an hour earlier (most days at 6Pm) but we’re open all week now.