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wizard: Don't forget YU-GI-OH! Saturday 19th July in Heston, see you there
18-Jul-2008 12:24:05 horus: THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO TURNED UP ON SATURDAY TO HESTON. MR CONNER WON HIS FIRST TROPHY CONGRATS
14-Mar-2008 16:50:11 DarkZane: Don't forget YU-GI-OH! This Saturday 08th March in Heston
07-Mar-2008 10:44:57 DarkZane: SORRY EVERYONE ITS NOT A FNM EVENT BUT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE TRYING OUT NEW DECKS AND IF WE GET 8 OR MORE PEOPLE WE WILL RUN A TORNY 
11-Feb-2008 18:41:24 DarkZane: FRIDAY THE 15th FNM IS ON AGAIN AT THE PLAYERSCLUB SLOUGH
10-Feb-2008 17:01:53 DarkZane: Hey to all vistors, Come and join are site and join in all the talks about the games you love.
03-Feb-2008 12:39:19 wizard: A Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year, from The Players Club.
24-Dec-2007 13:18:21 Dangermouse: im not =D deffinalty not gunna be up in time to go wid u guys! 
10-Nov-2007 02:18:19 sliver: Who's going to Gamesfest on Saturday?
07-Nov-2007 22:18:49 sliver: Gamesfest 2, Saturday 10th Nov 2007 @ Victoria Hall, Tring, Herts, See Total Calender for full details
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Welcome to The Players Club
Posted on Tuesday, October 31
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Games Above Board and Above The Clouds |
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Hello,
As a designer of award-winning board games, my not-so-secret weapon is, I am an international flight attendant and have my captive audience of passengers test-play my prototypes in flight at 37,000 feet.
As Herr Klaus Zoch (Zoch Spiele, Germany) said, "Martin's games are tested at the highest level!"
I also have other flight attendants and, shh, pilots too. Believe it or not, I have often had 2 of the (oh-so-secret) Federal Air Marshals playing in the galley while drinking airline 'coffee'. Bad guys, look out, these guys are armed and tactical!
My best yet was a Rabbi and his wife playing chess, which she was not enjoying as he was unbeatable. I offered them my Mozaic prototype which is luck + strategy. She beat him 3 games in a row and was ecstatic. He asked for the game (if only to practice) but as it was my only prototype at the time, I had to say, "No". However, it has since been published in 2 formats.
I have actually had repeat customers - i.e. passengers who remember me from previous flights and ask if I have any new games for them to test-play.
One genuine rocket scientist, I kid you not, explained to me that my card game was a matrix ... news to me but he was correct.
Returning from Essen Spiel, Michael Gray of Hasbro was on my flight and I was able to translate German game rules for him.
The absolute classic is, many years ago, we flew to Munich where I was befriended by an airline employee at the airport. She would invite me to stay in her home with her family - a nice change from the hotel. Lo and behold, her husband is none other than Tom Werneck of Spiel des Jahres fame!
For the most part, I receive good feedback (perhaps it's the altitude) which helps in clarification of the rules. It's amazing what people will read into the text. If I were to add a 'Do Not' list, it would be never-ending. I just say, "If it is not in the rules, don't do it - unless you wish to design your own game or, your opponent does it first!"
Turbulence has upset the games on occasion which provides a novel use for the flight attendant call-bell.
Free flight benefits are the best for attending game trade shows but a word of warning to the wise... don't eat the airline food!
My latest, Serpentine, published in Amsterdam on 01.06.2008 by Nova Carta: http://www.novacarta.nl/html/index.html
Free Flash version of my Rhumb Line, playable online by 2 or 1 against the computer: http://www.gameintellect.com/flash-games/rhumb-line.php#men
I am in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, grew up playing games and, on occasion, a local computer game Co. hires me as a consultant ~ their latest is The Lost Treasures Of Alexandria: http://www.stratogon.com/lost_treasures/?refid=413
All the best,
Martin Samuel
Games Above Board: http://GamesAboveBoard.googlepages.com
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 22, 2008 (16:30:43) (153 reads)
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The Official Upper Deck UK Players' Blog: May Edition |
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The following text is taken from The Official Upper Deck UK Players' Blog: May Edition
Hi guys,
The darkness has been shattered! The Light of Destruction booster set is now here and available, with cards like ‘Honest’ and ‘Judgement Dragon’ already proving popular, we take a better look at the set, as well as previewing the Light of Destruction Special Edition!
Whether you have qualified or you are just interested in taking part in the Premier Event of the Yu-Gi-Oh! calendar, take a look at our events section for all the latest on the Yu-Gi-Oh! UK and Irish Nationals. We also have all the details on prizes, side events and the location details of the World of Warcraft TCG Realm Championships. You can also get more expert duelling tips, find out about upcoming tournaments for Yu-Gi-Oh! and World of Warcraft TCG as well as win cool prizes, so read on……
Posted by MERLIN on Saturday, May 10, 2008 (06:17:18) (349 reads)
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YU-GI-OH: Light of Destruction Sneak Peak |
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The Players Club Heston
will be holding a
Light of Destruction
Sneak Peak
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Saturday 03rd May 2008
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The 7th Heston Scouts Hut
176 Cranford Lane (opp Berkley School)
Heston/Hounslow Middlesex
TW5 9HE
Posted by MERLIN on Monday, April 21, 2008 (20:36:25) (418 reads)
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YU-GI-OH: TPC (Heston) 2nd Monthly YU-GI-OH! Tournament |
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The Players Club
will be holding its Second Monthly YU-GI-OH! Tournament in
Heston
ON Saturday 12th April 2008
at
The 7th Heston Scouts Hut
176 Cranford Lane (opp Berkley School)
Heston/Hounslow Middlesex
TW5 9HE
Once again a trophy is up for grabs
Posted by MERLIN on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 (09:33:46) (462 reads)
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The Players Club
will be holding its first Monthly YU-GI-OH! Tournament in
Heston
ON Saturday 08th March 2008
at
The 7th Heston Scouts Hut
176 Cranford Lane (opp Berkley School)
Heston/Hounslow Middlesex
TW5 9HE
Posted by DarkZane on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 (11:46:26) (623 reads)
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A FREE AND EASY WAY TO PLAY AND PRACTICE MAGIC THE GATHERING ON THE NET |
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For all the players who have been playing since the beginning of time you probably already know this.
But if you don’t know there is a programme you can download of the internet for FREE it is called magic workstation
All you need to do is go to; http://www.magicworkstation.com/
Then Download Evaluation.
Then Visit this page to download ur required patch; http://www.mwsgames.com/index.php/Main_Page currently the most recent is lorwyn but there are ways to add Morningtide. (Also im sure a new patch will be ready soon)
Once installed ur ready to play. However at this point the cards only have text and no pictures.
HOW TO ADD THE PICTURES TO THE CARDS??
Ok if I start taking you thru all this, I mite as well retype how to use MWS.
There is lots of info if u type Magic workstation into Goggle or other Search engines. But a site I find useful is; http://www.mwsdata.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=413 this site should answer 90% of ur questions if not just look a little harder.
Any further Questions feel free to message me or add ur question to the New MWS forum
(There is a version of magic workstation where you can pay however there really is no need thats just for extra features, i use my free version to Deck Build and play online)
Regards
Vincent 
Posted by vinnie on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 (22:32:29) (593 reads)
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The Players Club Heston |
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Over The Years... |
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Just before I start, this could get a little soppy...
Over the years The Players Club Slough has thrown up many good times and memories, from its FNM's and events running on the Wednesday nights, to the Playercon open day which was a big success and the monthly tournaments, whether they were Berkshire county champs, Jss qualifiers, Sneak Peaks, Pre-Release or just plain monthly's, looking back at it all and remembering all the good times we all had, makes me think about it and miss it...
Along with all the good times there were a few issues with some of us younger lot, "growing up" as it were, and unfortunatly had some of us part from the games. But after hearing The Players Club is being re-opened with the help of Jimmy I understand, I will hopefully be making a return to magic and getting back into the swing of things, and talking to a couple of my mates, they are eager to also. So with the approval of the organisers I would like to get a couple more of the younger lot back into it and hopefully both increase the numbers, but also start making new memories.
So as everything begins to launch again I would just like to make a couple of special mentions, being :
* George Coker - Founder and organiser of the players club. He has run this club for more years than I've had hot dinners, and has never failed to produce the goods !
* Vicki Coker - For putting up with us and help making the club great.
* Jimmy Chung - Our on site card man, a great laugh and his support towards re-opening the club.
* George Young - A legend in his own right ! For all his time and effort into www.theplayersclub.org.uk and for being one of those players no-one in the world can ever read or understand ! Some would say he's similar to a woman !
And to everyone else that makes it what it is !
So come on people lets get this thing going properly like it used to be !
Hope to see you all back !
Luke
Posted by magicman on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 (08:37:18) (780 reads)
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Players Club Reopens |
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Welcome back to existing players and a big welcome to all new players.
Thanks for all the hard work George has put in over the last 10 years for such a successful club.
The Players Club will restart on 13th April.
We will start with running Yu Gi Oh, World of Warcraft and Magic Constructed events. If there is still interest for UFS please let me know and I will get that sanctioned as well.
For the first night entry is a bargain £1.50.
Posted by firestorm on Saturday, April 07, 2007 (14:18:21) (779 reads)
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Welcome to The Players Club, we meet every Friday to play Magic the Gathering, World of Warcraft, Yugioh and other fine games
Friday - Slough
MTG, WOW, YUGIOH + Other Games
Open 18:30 to 22:15
To find out more please look under The Players Club on the main menu.
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