Brave New Worlds

Will you sway the tide of battle?

Imperial Worlds in the Galactic South are caught in the crossfire between Saim Hann Elder and the Orks of Octavius.  The forces of the Imperium unite to defend the embattled planets from the aliens.

This is where you come in.

Come out to Brave New Worlds Willow Grove on Saturday, July 10 for a special Warhammer 40K tournament all-day long (11 a.m. – 7 p.m.).  Open gaming and painting will be available, with additional entertainment and contests.  Prizes available for all participants and spectators!  All are welcome! Only 1 Spot Remaining, Contact Dave Immediately to Register.

There is a participant fee $15.

What You Will Need Registration Fee ($15), Your Army (2-Color Minimal Painted), Six- Copies of Army Roster, Dice and Most Recent Army Codex.

You May Also Want Tape Measure, Templates, Objective Markers and Additional Figures.

Spectators will be welcome to participate in a “speed painting” competition for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place prizes.

Participants will wage war in short campaign based tournament which will last for Three Sessions.

Sessions broken up into three (3) 850-point battles and three (3) 200-point kill team battles.  Each 850-point battle will last one (1) hour, each kill team battle 30 minutes.  Battles not concluded at expiration of time limit will end immediately and victory points counted.

Scoring cards also provided.

E-Mail Dave with questions.

ATTENTION ALL FANS OF MEMORIAL DAY AND COMICS! MONDAY MAY 31st WILL BE A DAY FOR YOU! Hit the jump to see how…

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Join Brave New Worlds Willow Grove Book Discussion on Saturday, May 29 @ 7 p.m. as we argue the merits of Craig S. Thompson’s Eisner and Harvey Award Winner Blankets!

What “They” Are Saying About Blankets

Has set new bars for the medium not just in length, but breadth – Time Magazine

I thought it was moving, tender, beautifully drawn, painfully honest, and probably the most important graphic novel since Jimmy Corrigan. – Neil Gaiman

A superb example of the art of cartooning: the blending of word and picture to achieve an effect that neither is capable of without the other – The Bloomsbury Review

Thompson manages to explore adolescent social yearnings, the power of young love and the complexities of sexual attraction with a rare combination of sincerity, pictorial lyricism and taste. – Publishers Weekly

And the Award Goes to

▪ 2004 Harvey Awards Best Artist, Best Graphic Album of Original Work and Best Cartoonist

▪ 2004 Eisner Awards Best Graphic Album and Best Writer/Artist

▪ 2004 Ignatz Awards Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection

▪ 2005 Prix de la critique

What It’s About Thompson’s autobiographical tale is wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith.

Brave New Worlds Willow Grove will be hosting Rise of the Eldrazi Gameday on Saturday, May 22 at Noon.  Hit the jump for all the details.

Rise of the Eldrazi Gameday

Brave New Worlds Willow Grove

Saturday, May 22

Noon

Cost $6

Deck Type Constructed

Receive Participation Card

Prizes Foil Prize Card, Packs

Ever want to get into Warhammer 40k but were overwhelmed by all of it?  Well now is the time to jump in as the our crack Warhammer 40k team will be hosting a day of painting, converting, modeling and basing workshops on Saturday, May 15 beginning at 2 p.m. and running until 7 p.m.

This is a free workshop that will teach beginners and veterans tips and methods on painting, converting and modeling.

Even if you play a different miniature game, all are welcome to come.

For more information about Warhammer 40k @ Willow Grove, click HERE.

And don’t forget to check us out on Facebook and Twitter for daily updates and events.

Save the date and check back as Brave New Worlds Willow Grove will be starting a new Warhammer 40K campaign on May 10 and running until June 28.

Check back for more information.

For more information about Warhammer 40k @ Willow Grove, click HERE.

And don’t forget to check us out on Facebook and Twitter for daily updates and events.

Click here for a preview of some of the books that will be available on Free Comic Book Day (psst it’s Saturday! this Saturday!)…

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Saturday is Free Comic Book Day and we at Brave New Worlds couldn’t be more excited to have some great comics pros in store(s) with us throughout the day!

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Free Comic Book Day 2010 is almost here – Saturday, May 1.  So the real question is, which Brave New Worlds location are you planning on attending for the day’s festivities?

Brave New Worlds Willow Grove

Marvel Comics artist Billy Tan (Thor) and Marvel Comics writer Duane Swierczynski (Cable, Iron Fist) will both be signing autographs from 1-3 p.m.

But wait, there’s more – the  Zenescope Comics’ 2009 Girl of the Year and Runner-Up will both be in attendance dressed as DC Comics Zatanna and Marvel Comics Black Cat, respectively.

Plus, Brave New Worlds Willow Grove will also be hosting Warhammer 40k, Dungeons & Dragons and (Just Announced) HeroClix demonstrations during the day.

And of course, we will also have a select group of free comic books available as well.

Brave New Worlds Old City

501st Star Wars Legion of Stormtroopers (Brave New Worlds sadly has to announce that word has come down from the Galactic Empire’s Offices on Coruscant that the 501st will not be deployed on saturday due to increased Rebel hostiles/sympathizers in the sector of Old City but will be moved to the Death Star II orbiting the planet Endor for hopefully safer conditions for the weekend. We wish them well and send them off with high hopes for safety and a relaxing time on the space station…)

Spider-Man and the 8′ Zombie Hulk (cos-play that you gotta see!)will be appearing though out the day with local artists groups doing sketches and now just announced the Broadzilla DJs will be spinning all sorts of tunes all afternoon long! Free Comic Book Day in Old City is gonna be hoppin’!

Because you demanded it (you know who you are), Brave New Worlds Willow Grove’s next book club discussion will be on the second seminal crisis event that shook the foundations of the DC Universe.

Brad Meltzer’s acclaimed Identity Crisis is next on the docket for the Brave New Worlds Willow Grove Book Discussion on Saturday, May 15 at 7 p.m.

Identity Crisis also marks the first of two monthly discussions at Brave New Worlds Willow Grove beginning now through the end of summer.

Each month the Willow Grove-ites will discuss one mainstream superhero classic  (such as Identity Crisis) and then wrap up the month with its usual independent selection – which for May will by Craig Thompson’s Blankets on Saturday, May 30 at 7 p.m.

Blankets was the winner of the Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz Awards Best Graphic Novel and Best Cartoonist.  Blankets is a tale that takes place in the frozen tundra of a Wisconsin winter, exploring the rivalry between two brothers growing up in what felt like Siberia.  It’s also a coming of age romance for two young lovers, in a tale that features self-discovery, tragedy and fall from grace.

If you have yet to participate, now you have two chances a month to stop by and talk comics with people just like you (scary, isn’t it?).

And coming up for June Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier, volumes one and two!