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thursday night magic
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Every Thursday Night!
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Saturday, October 12th
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Magic Draft; Bloomburrow
$25
Come join us for a Magic: the Gathering Draft!
Put your best paw forward and enter the world of Bloomburrow; fight beside mice, frogs, bats, birds, lizards, squirrels, and other critters as you restore the balance of peace in the Valley and prove that bravery comes in all sizes!
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Every participant will get three Draft Boosters to begin building their decks, and each round that you win will earn you a Set Booster. Grand Prize winners will earn a special prize!
Thursday, September 26th
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Above the Table w/ Jasmine Chiong!
FREE!
Above the Table is a monthly presentation of guest speakers at The Hero Workshop.
For the month of August, we are excited to welcome Jasmine Chiong!
Jasmine (she/her) is a screenwriter and TTRPG performer from the Bay Area. She has over ten years of entertainment industry experience and got started playing D&D after finding a group of other nerds in the writers' room who wanted to learn how to play too. When she's not rolling dice, she can be found playing video games that stress her out, buying books she doesn't need, and singing songs to her dogs.
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Come hang out for a casual conversation with Jasmine. She'll be sharing her experiences from starting her first game with a group of fellow writers to joining the ReSlayer's Take as a cast member playing Farah Valleri, an old half-elven monster hunter.
A high octane live action, sci-fi/fantasy sword fighting experience!
Saturday, September 7th
4:00pm - 8:00pm
FREE!
Thursday, August 22nd
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Above the Table w/ Dekan Wheeler!
FREE!
Above the Table is a monthly presentation of guest speakers at The Hero Workshop.
For the month of August, we are excited to welcome Dekan Wheeler!
Dekan Wheeler is the Senior Product Manager at Ultra PRO International that manages and incepts licensed accessories for Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Games Workshop and Critical Role lines from start to delivery. His favorite recent product that he has worked on recently in our TTRPG space is our Multi-Ring, Premium Dungeon Master's Screen for D&D and Critical Role's Caleb Widowgast GM Spell Book. In his free time he plays as many games as he can with his 7-year-old daughter and wife while playing a weekly RPG game for the past 5 years
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Come hang out for a casual conversation with Dekan Wheeler. He'll be sharing his experience in creating a lot of the very cool things that we play with when we're playing Tabletop games. Since this year is the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons, there are a lot of very cool new projects in the works that we can talk about!
Thursday, June 27th
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Above the Table w/ Mike Fatum
FREE!
Above the Table is a monthly presentation of guest speakers at The Hero Workshop.
For the month of June, we are excited to welcome Mike Fatum!
Mikey Fatum is the Creator of The League of Swords, a high octane, family friendly, sword fighting stunt show. Two years ago, Mikey combined his life-long loves of stage combat, professional wrestling and fighting games to create The League of Swords, and has been writing and choreographing their shows ever since. He is also the host of three podcasts on The Ace of Geeks Podcast Network, and is the Senior Community Manager for Cryptic Studios.
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Come hang out for a casual conversation with Mike Fatum. He'll be sharing his experience in creating a WWE-style show about sword fighting, Live Action Role Play design, and creating content around our shared hobbies.
Saturday, June 8th
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Thursday, May 23rd
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Above the Table w/ Ivan van Norman
FREE!
Above the Table is a monthly presentation of guest speakers at The Hero Workshop.
For the month of May, we are excited to welcome Ivan van Norman!
Ivan Van Norman is a storyteller, host, and producer. He is currently head of Critical Role's Darrington Press and a co-owner and Head of Media and Publishing at Hunters Entertainment. Formerly, he was a Geek & Sundry Twitch host.
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Come hang out for a casual conversation with Ivan van Norman. He'll be sharing his experiences working in the board game industry, heading up Darrington Press, and working on games such as For the Queen!, Ukatoa!, and Candela Obscura.
Saturday, May 18th
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Magic Draft; The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
$25
Come join us for our first ever Magic: the Gathering Draft!
We will be avoiding The Smiling Flood as we explore the Lost Caverns of Ixalan. This setting is rife with first world mythology, drawing especially from southwest Native American, Aztecan, and Incan influences. It's a super cool setting with colorful feathered dinosaurs, zombies, and a giant axolotl called "The Smiling Flood". What's not to like?
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Every participant will get three Draft Boosters to begin building their decks, and each round that you win will earn you a Set Booster. Grand Prize winners will receive a Box Topper!