Hot on the heels of Monarch pre-releases, Skirmish Season 2 kicked off last weekend. The first two weeks of the season are Monarch First Edition Sealed Deck events, and from there it opens out to include Blitz for the back part of the season. Support from the stores has been incredible, and there are 246 events set up worldwide!
The increase in events numbers has also coincided with a lot more taking place in person, so we really hope that if your community is safely out of lockdown there will be a chance to get in store and play. If not, then there are still plenty of online events running as well for you to play in. Take a look here for a map of the events taking place!
A number of events took place over the weekend which was great to see, and we have some coverage of this below. There were also four US stores that whose events were disrupted due to problems with deliveries of product. We wanted to apologise to both the players and stores that we didn't get the product to you in time. Most of us at the studio are players and or tournament organisers, so we understand how disruptive it is when events get postponed at short notice. We're sending out some extra product to the stores and communities affected by this by ay of an apology, and we hope that the rescheduled events are a great success!
Below are some of the photos and details from the events that took place last weekend!
Timetwister Games
Host to our largest Skirmish event of the week, Timetwister Games in Florida welcomed both 32 players, both returning players and new, with some driving over three hours to attend the event!
Top 8:
- Alex Laplume
- Festus Pemberton
- Daniel Chamblee
- Camden Drash
- Kevin Ordanza
- Shannon Hill
- Will Laystrom
- Ryan Fox
Multiverse Games, Comics, and More
In North Carolina in the U.S., Multiverse welcomed their winner, Jasiel Diez, to his very first Skirmish event!
Top 8:
- Jasiel Diez
- Joshua Sung
- Joshua Alexander
- Andrew Goode
- Nathan Stanley
- Brett Smith
- Logan Vines
- Phillip Braxton
Knight Watch Games
In Texas, Knight Watch Games welcomed twenty-eight players through their doors, with George Tinkham reigning as the winner of the event.
Top 8:
- George Tinkham
- Ellison Treyten
- Matt Sullivan
- Matthew Gazda
- Kyle Gress
- Matthew Scott
- Victor Zarate
- John Chriss
LuckyGamingTCG
You may remember this tournament, which we mentioned in our Skirmish Season One Recap - LuckyGamingTCG's Monarch Blitz online event had some excellent prizes to give away, awarding a box of Monarch First Edition, a Heart of Fyendal, and an Open Championship trophy to the winner of the event.
This lucky winner was Davis Kingsley, also known as Towernumbernine, a prominent member of the community who often streamed his matches during Season One of our Skirmish events. He kicked off this Skirmish season in style with this win, streaming his matches to his Twitch channel. He also provided a stream of the Top 8 games with live commentary, which you can check out here.
Top 8:
- Davis Kingsley - Dorinthea
- George Karampinis - Bravo
- Sean Yang - Chane
- Chris Ray - Chane
- Jimmy Le - Boltyn
- Mariusz Suchanecki - Ira
- Joe Colon - Kano
- Abbas Dedanwala - Rhinar
The Week Ahead
It's a big week for Oceania, with events running all over New Zealand and Australia. This week also sees the first event of the season for Europe, in Portugal, and for Asia, in Brunei.
North America:
- Dueling Land - May 27 - CO, United States
- Vapes and Capes - May 29 - AZ, United States
Oceania:
- Table Top Warfare - May 29 - SA, Australia
- Card Merchant Westcity - May 29 - Auckland, New Zealand
- Unplugged Games - May 29 - NSW, Australia
- Valkyrie Games - May 29 - Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Card Merchant Nelson - May 30 - Nelson, New Zealand
- Gaming DNA - May 30 - Hamilton, New Zealand
- Cardtastic Collectables and Gaming - May 30 - VIC, Australia
Asia:
- Games & Lattes Cafe - May 30 - Brunei-Muara District, Brunei
Europe
- GG Lounge - May 30 - Viseu, Portugal