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Those tournaments run on a monthly basis by the DiMaggios. I've never met them, but I had a conversation with Brad about those tournaments a while back and he knows them apparently. I've steered clear since it sounds like they have a private thing going, but hey, they might welcome new people. I'd probably contact them if you were interested in going to make sure it's okay with them though. Suffice to say, I highly doubt anyone on the boards will be attending.

I'm sure they would love to have new people.  Ginger is always very hard to get a hold of because she has 6 kids and is very active in their church.

I hope you are able to easily find their church, the first time I went there it was a little hard to find and when I got there nobody else was there yet.  It looks more like a farm than a church grounds.

Honestly I was planing on going with a friend, its only a 1/2 hour from me.

I saw that it's an open so I hope I'm not stepping on anybody's toes if I show up.

I went, (and won) but the environment was very friendly. There are enough older players that they know most of the game. There were about 12-15 plyers and about half were 14 years of age and up. So it is a bit of a younger group but again, they knew how to play. They were very inviting and excited to see new players. Overall I wouldn't say there a competitive play group. If you would end up coming they would be very happy to see  you.

You won't need to bring starter decks. I brought Charles and a 14 year old girl that had never played before, the host heard she wasn't playing before the tournament started and said "Oh! Well the best way to learn is to play!" she grabed a starter deck and handed it to her and had her play in the multi catigorie with two others that were younger and learning the game

They haven't (as a play group) gathered cards past Diciples. Many players had cards from Diciples and Txp and the Tins, but the host wasn't supplying them.

If I went back with my main deck I would be extreamly likely to win again (that is if you don't show up ) I have a side deck that I have been messing with anyways so I'm thinking about useing that instead.

They host the tournament on the 1st Thursday of every month. If you plan on going go ahead and message me on hear and I'll be able to contact the host for you. (they are in the middle of a move between 2 houses and don't really have easy acess to the internet) the only thing she really asked is that if we come back we let her know ahead of time because she had 6 people show up that she had never seen before. We were a little pressed on time.

As long as I don't have work I plan on going back. I'm sure they would be happy if you came too.

ya i think i was at that states and yes ginger's group is great