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Don’t forget to let your gamers know about the latest release of new Yu-Gi-Oh TCG. The new cards from Konami are booster packs titled Photon Shockwave. The packs will be priced at a suggested price of $3.99 with a release date of November 15. This is only a few weeks away, then gamers will need to start checking out their local stores that carry Yu-Gi-Oh cards. A couple of the cards will be “Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon” and “Rescue Rabbit”.
Some of the products that gamers will be looking forward to in 2012. In January there will be a Star Trek Expansion and Naruto CCG Tournament Booster Packs. The next month of February will have another Naruto release, Naruto CCG Series 24 Booster Packs. Then in March horror fans will get their turn with the release of the Resident Evil Expansion: Mercenaries.
Cryptozoic is releasing another expansion set for World of Warcraft. This expansion set is called Aftermath: Crown of Heavens and it is the second Aftermath expansion set. Alert your gamers to start looking for these in their local stores.
Konami’s website is showing a new structure deck that you can talk to your gaming patrons about. Gates of the Underworld Structure Deck will have 40 cards in it and is slated for an October 11, release with a suggested retail price of $9.99. If your Yu-Gi-Oh players don’t already know about this, tell them about it.
Let your TCG gamers now that this November there will be a new Pokemon: Black & White – Noble Victories expansion set. The set will have 50 never before seen Pokemon that fans will definitely want to get.
Here is something you can relay to your patrons that enjoy gaming. Wizards of the Coast will be releasing the Magic the Gathering Innistrad set September 30. The set will have 264 cards, which will be double faced. The main thing though you will want to tell your patrons about is that some stores will have pre-release parties on September 24 and 25. At these events participants will receive a “Mayor of Avabruck/Howlpack Alpha” promo card and an “Achievement” card, while supplies last. So tell them to check with their local store to see if their store will be participating in this pre-release event.
Librarians might want to tell their Trading Card Gamers (specifically Yu-Gi-Oh gamers) about Kanomi’s next release. Coming in October, Kanomi is releasing the Yu-Gi-Oh, Legendary Collection 2: The Duel Academy Years binder. The binder will have 58 cards, which 28 will be foil cards. Rumored cards that come with the binder are 7 exclusive cards to the binder, 3 sacred beast cards and 3 Darkloid monsters (these monsters were previously only available as championship prizes). The suggested retail price for the binder is $29.99. Thanks to ICv2 for the news.
Here is what some of your gamers will be talking about shortly. Scheduled for release tomorrow, Tuesday, is the new booster packs Yu-Gi-Oh Generation Force. The set will contain 100 cards, which will include two of the most powerful XYZ Monsters “Tiras Keeper of Genesis” and “Adreus Keeper of Armageddon”. Let your gamers know your keeping up with the hobby by mentioning the new set to them. Make a jump over to ICv2 for more information.
Another story for the gaming crowd. It has been announced by ICv2 that Redakai: Conquer the Kairu TCG is getting a “Metacharged” expansion set. It will have 75 new monsters and have a ratio of out of 11 cards there will be one rare and one super rare card per pack. There will also be Gold Packs that will only have 6 cards, which will have the same rare and super rare cards, but will also have a Gold Pack rare card. The expansion packs are due out this October.
Here is some interesting numbers for libraries that have gaming fans. ICv2 spoke with Yumi Hoashi, VP of Konami Digital Entertainment, and she reports that Yu-Gi-Oh tournament participant numbers are up for 2011. The Regional Qualifiers was up 27% and the Championship Series was up 17%. This might be something to consider and possibly make libraries think about hosting game play for the different trading card games as events.