Brave New Worlds

Get your dancing shows ready because the date has been set (Saturday, April 24), the time has been penciled in (7 p.m.) and the next book in the Willow Grove Book Discussion has been selected.

Darwyn Cooke’s adaptation of Richard Stark’s Parker The Hunter will be the next book chewed up and spit out (so to speak) by our group of top notch critics.

Brave New Worlds Willow Grove has plenty of copies in stock, if you have not already picked up this classic tale of a man who hits New York head-on (because is there really any other way).

Granted he hits it head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest, he is betrayed by the woman he loved and to add insult to injury, he is double-crossed by his partner.  Okay, at least his dog doesn’t leave him.  Then again, he did not have a dog.

Even if you have not been to a Brave New Worlds book club discussion, now s the perfect time to come out and meet some people who like to talk about one of our favorite things in the world – the funnies, or comics.

For TWO NIGHTS ONLY, Old City’s own, Rob Lefevre will return to his Magician roots in Willow Grove as he’ll be running the Tueday 4/20 Magic Booster Draft and Thursday 4/22 Booster Draft! With Eric out of the country all WG MTG norms are going to be tossed out the door as Rob rules supreme. His word will be law, like that of Hammurabi, as he lays out suckas and takes names of those who think they can defeat him! So come test your skills against this true master of his craft!

Tuesday 4/20 @ 7:30pm in Willow Grove

Thursday 4/22 @ 7:30 in Willow Grove

Brave New Worlds Willow Grove weekly Warhammer 40k game is moving to Saturdays, beginning Saturday, April 10 @ Noon.

And just in case you may have forgotten, this weekly game is for everyone, fans, veterans, rookies and even people who are like “what the heck are those people doing over there,” – as we will teach you how to play and even supply you with an army for the day.

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 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

Check out the 501st Star Wars Legion of Stormtroopers, Spider-Man and the 8′ Zombie Hulk (cos-play that you gotta see!) along with local artists groups doing sketches all day long.

Now that Brave New Worlds took that next step and got itself a new fangled Twitter Account (that i am sure you are all following…that is if you do in fact have a twitter account yourself) you out there in internet world should have an even greater pulse on all things BNW. Links! Read the rest of this entry »

Brave New Worlds Willow Grove has added a fourth day to its successful Magic lineup, introducing Saturday Open EDH play, beginning Saturday, April 3 at Noon.  For just $4 (which covers prizes), you and your friends can join other fans of the Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) format with open game play.

This is a friendly environment with a style of play fostered, not to build the most broken combo deck possible that kills the entire table by turn 5-7. The point of EDH (besides winning) is that everyone have as much fun as possible. Insane combo decks is not what we want.

We will use standard EDH banned and restricted list, with the only addition being Rofellos, Zur and Iona. If a card proves to be too good, it may be added to the store banned list if it is continued to be used.

We will not use the Brittany Mulligan, rather each player will receive one free mulligan and then not have to paris.

Players are required to use the same deck for each pod on the same day, but may change decks from week to week.

For players who do not know about the format or have any questions, go to Dragon Highlander Rules.

In a few days Marvel will be releasing the X-Men: Second Coming #1 and to be sure you get all of the issues in this series that is promising Death and Leadership(?) [as well as some sort of Second Coming] we’re putting the oh so handy Checklist, that we have been giving out actual copies at the shops, here in a nice digital form, that you can save on your computer forever. You’re welcome.

Wizards of the Coast has unveiled a new program called Dungeons & Dragons: Encounters will allow RPG fans to organize and unite on a weekly basis.  Starting Wednesday, March 17th and running until June 2nd, Encounters will encourage in-store gaming in the same manner that Friday Night Magic provides a weekly gathering for Magic players.  The first adventure is called “Undermountain”, and games will begin in our Willow Grove store at 6 PM.  For more detailed information, visit the official site : http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Event.aspx?x=dnd/4new/event/dndencounters

THIS JUST IN! Both Brave New Worlds have just added all sorts of goodness to our already busting-at-the-seams $10 Soft cover and $12 Hardcover tables! These books are total must owns and at these prices you can’t say no! Read the rest of this entry »

Brave New Worlds Willow Grove will serve as the host for the 2010 White Day Anime  Minicon sponsored by the Delaware Anime Society (with a special assist by its Pennsylvania Chapter).

So stop by on Saturday, March 20 from 7-11 p.m. to get your anime on.  There will be a $10 admission fee at the door.

Activities will include screenings of Shoujo, Ranma 1/2 and Kare Kano; video game tournaments in games like Mariokart and Wario Ware Smooth Moves; a trivia contest and a cosplay contest.

There will also be food and a raffle with awesome prizes like DVDs, magazines, toys and more!

For more information on DAS, which hold their monthly meetings at Brave New Worlds Willow Grove the last Saturday of every month, click the jump Delaware Anime Society – D.A.S. Kanameiji