Under the Head Gnomes Hat

The musings of the Head Gnome, CEO of Gnome Games in Green Bay Wisconsin on the topics that inspire me.

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Frontier Format FNM starts the week at Gnome Games East

Frontier Format FNM starts the week at Gnome Games East

Gnome Game will host Frontier Format FNM starting this week at Gnome Games Green Bay East!

Gnome Games hosts Friday Night Magic every week at all our stores, and starting this week we’ll offer a Frontier Format FNM event every week at Gnome Games Green Bay East at 6:30.

The Frontier Format FNM events will be free, four rounds of swiss with special prizes every week. Each round we will select a…

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Weiss Schwartz Shop Challenge this weekend at Gnome Games!

Weiss Schwartz Shop Challenge this weekend at Gnome Games!

Gnome Games will host a weekend of Weiss Schwartz Shop Challenge events this weekend!

Weiss Schwartz Shop Challenge weekend is here! Gnome Games will host a pair of Weiss Schwartz Shop Challenges Janu 28 – 29 at the Green Bay stores.

THESE EVENTS WILL BE Neo Showdown Format with only English cards allowed.

Here’s the Weiss Schwartz Shop Challenge Schedule:

Saturday January 28

Gnome Games Green…

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Buddyfight Shop Challenge Saturday Gnome Games Green Bay West

Buddyfight Shop Challenge Saturday Gnome Games Green Bay West

Gnome Games Green Bay West is hosting a Buddyfight Shop Challenge on Saturday January 28th!

Buddyfight Shop Challenge – Saturday Jan. 28th at Gnome Games Green Bay West – stating at 10 AM SHARP! Entry for this event is $10, everyone gets a participation booster, win promos, play mats and other cool stuff every round! PLUS earn byes for regionals! Gnome Games Green Bay West is the only store in…

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Cardfight Vanguard Touken Ranbu Vol 2 Sneak Preview

Cardfight Vanguard Touken Ranbu Vol 2 Sneak Preview

Gnome Games hosts Cardfight Vanguard Touken Ranbu Vol. 2 Sneak Preview Jan 28 – 29.

Gnome Games will host a pair of Cardfight Vanguard Toulen Ranbu Sneak Preview events this weekend at our Green Bay Stores. Cardfight Vanguard Touken Ranbu is another exciting collaboration between “Touken Ranbu -ONLINE-” and “Cardfight!! Vanguard”!!

Here is the Touken Ranbu Sneak Preview schedule

Saturday January…

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Yu Gi Oh! Day Jan 28 – 29

Yu Gi Oh! Day Jan 28 – 29

Gnome Games hosts Yu Gi Oh Day tournaments January 28 & 29 at our Green Bay stores!

Gnome Games are the only Konami Official Tournament Stores (OTS) in northeastern Wisconsin and we are hosting Yu Gi Oh Day Tournaments at our Green Bay stores on January 28 – 29. Yu-Gi-Oh! Day is a day for all to celebrate the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand, create excitement for Yu Gi Oh! at Konami Official Tournament Stores…

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Pokemon Sun & Moon Prereleases this weekend

Pokemon Sun & Moon Prereleases this weekend

Gnome Games will host a full weekend of Pokémon Sun & Moon Prerelease events January 21 – 22 at all Gnome Games Stores!

Gnome Games is Wisconsin’s Pokémon Headquarters and we are excited to be hosting a series of Pokemon Sun& Moon Prerelease events at all of our stores. Prereleases are where you can get the new boosters, build decks and play with the new cards before you can purchase them! They…

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Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck Challenge – Friday Jan 20 Gnome Games Appleton East

Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck Challenge – Friday Jan 20 Gnome Games Appleton East

Gnome Games Appleton East will host an Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck Challenge Friday January 20 at 6:30 PM

Magic players – Aether Revolt hits the tables Friday January 20th and Gnome Games has a full weekend of events to draft, build and play Magic the Gathering at all of our stores. One of the signature events is the Aether Revolt Planeswalker Deck Challenge held at Gnome Games Appleton East…

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Aether Revolt Bundle Brawl – Friday Jan 20 - Gnome Games Green Bay East

Aether Revolt Bundle Brawl – Friday Jan 20 – Gnome Games Green Bay East

Gnome Games Green Bay East will host an Aether Revolt Bundle Brawl Friday January 20 at 6:30 PM

Magic players – Aether Revolt hits the tables Friday January 20th and Gnome Games has a full weekend of events to draft, build and play Magic the Gathering at all of our stores. One of the signature events is the Aether Revolt Bundle Brawl held at Gnome Games Green Bay East on Friday January 20th…

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Game of Thrones LCG comes to the tables at Gnome Games

Game of Thrones LCG comes to the tables at Gnome Games

Gnome Games welcome Game of Thrones LCG to the tables!

The Game of Thrones LCG comes to the tables at Gnome Games Green Bay East and Gnome Games Appleton East starting January 24th. We will be hosting casual league with monthly tournament style opportunities to win promo cards or seats at the Game of Thrones LCG regionals. Most events will be free, with a fee charged for tournaments with prize…

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Checkmate at West DePere Middle School

Checkmate at West DePere Middle School

West DePere Middle School will host a Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation Tournament on Saturday January 21st.

Elementary, Middle and High School chess players – here’s a local tournament just for you! West DePere Middle School will host a Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation Tournament on Saturday January 21st starting at 8 AM. Here’s your chance to play competitive chess against other…

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Run the Table - GO PACK GO!

Run the Table – GO PACK GO!

We get to enjoy the best of gaming in the Shadow of Lambeau – and the Gnomes just want to say GO PACK GO!

  RUN THE TABLE: Go Pack Go from Nial Nelson-Hopkins on Vimeo.

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Company of Iron League

Company of Iron League

We play Warmachine at Gnome Games Green Bay East – every Saturday! Currently we are in the Company of Iron League and new players are always welcome.

Company of Iron pits players against one another using small groups called Platoons. Each platoon has specific models that it may include.

Winning games with your platoon you platoon ranks up. With each rank you get special bonuses with your platoon…

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Win a Box of Shadows over Innistrad FNM’s at Gnome Games Green Bay West

Win a Box of Shadows over Innistrad FNM’s at Gnome Games Green Bay West

Gnome Games will host THREE Win a Box of Shadows over  Innistrad events at Gnome Games Green Bay West, Friday March 18m 15 and April 1st!

Magic is returning to the dark realms of Innistrad in April and we are so excited that we want to give away a box of Shadows over Innistrad Boosters at Friday Night Magic every week for 3 weeks leading up to the Shadows over Innistrad prereleases on April 2 – 3…

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The Gnomes will be playing at the Midwest Gaming Classic!

The Gnomes will be playing at the Midwest Gaming Classic!

Gnome Games is headed to Brookfield for the Midwest Gaming Classic and we have a full weekend of Tabletop Game events for the MGC attendees to play!

The Midwest Gaming Classic is being held at the Brookfield Sheraton April 8 – 10 and Gnome Games will be hosting a weekend of tabletop events for all of the guests to enjoy. We’ll have our demo game library with us so you can try a lot of great…

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Charles Urbach comes to Gnome Games Green Bay East – April 13

Charles Urbach comes to Gnome Games Green Bay East – April 13

Gnome Games is honored to welcome the world renown artist Charles Urbach to Gnome Games Green Bay East on Wednesday April 13th!

Charles Urbach is a writer and colored pencil artist with more than two decades of work in design, publishing, and illustration. His artwork, like the techniques employed in its making, is a blend of ancient and modern, drawing on a rich tradition of spiritual, literary,…

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Catan National Championship Qualifier and Catan Teen Tournament Saturday April 30

Catan National Championship Qualifier and Catan Teen Tournament Saturday April 30

Gnome Games will host a Catan National Championship Qualifier and a Catan Teen Tournament on Saturday April 30th at Gnome Games Green Bay East! Play Catan, have fun, win fabulous prizes!

Catan fans – it’s time for the Catan National Championship Qualifier at Gnome Games – with the winner heading to Gen Con to play in the US National Championship. Plus for the first time ever we have a Catan Teen…

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Dark Lords wanted for Shadows over Innistrad Prerelease Weekend

Dark Lords wanted for Shadows over Innistrad Prerelease Weekend

Magic players, Shadows over Innistrad Prerelease weekend is April 1 – 3 and we’ve got a lot of fun planned at all of the Gnome Games stores.

Tonight we are sharing an EXPANDED Prerelease schedule and opening up preregistration for the Dark Lords of Innistrad – the players that will be give reserved seating for 5 events of their choice, food and drink, and the Gnome Games Shadows over Innistrad…

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