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Weekly Pokémon League at Gnome Games Appleton North

Calling all Pokémon Trainers! Make friends and hone your skills at our Weekly Pokémon League!

Every Wednesday from 4pm-8pm we’ll be hosting a Pokémon League night for players of all skill levels and ages! Whether you’re an experienced trainer looking to perfect your deck, or you’re just starting your Pokémon journey join us to meet other trainers and play the Pokémon TCG!  This casual event is the perfect way to experience and learn about the Pokémon TCG.

Entry is $5.00 of any Pokémon related product.

Pokémon Weekly Tournament at Gnome Games Appleton North

Calling all Pokémon Trainers! Test your trainer skills at our Weekly Pokémon Tournaments at Gnome Games Appleton North!

Every Wednesday at 4:30pm we’re hosting a Pokémon Tournament at Gnome Games Appleton North! Whether you’re a new trainer looking to start your Pokémon TCG journey, an experienced player trying a new deck, or a player looking to practice before a League Cup, this tournament is the perfect way to try out the Pokémon TCG’s Standard Format. Better yet, each round you win earns you a booster pack of Pokémon! So don’t wait, grab a deck and be the very best (like no one ever was) to start your Pokémon adventure today!

This event welcomes players of all ages and skill levels. Prize Packs will be given out to all participants at the start of round 1, with 3 more going out randomly to participants over the course of the event while supplies last.

Check out our other Pokémon events here: Pokémon Events at Gnome Games Appleton North

With Standard format rotating soon, a reminder:
For in-person Play! Pokémon events, the Standard format rotation will go into effect on April 11, 2025.
Cards with the “F” regulation mark will no longer be legal for play in the 2025 Standard format. Cards with “G,” “H”, and “I” regulation marks will be legal to use (as will any future regulation marks that may be released). A card’s legality status is no longer based on which expansion it’s from. Even if a card is from a recently released expansion, players will need to refer to the regulation mark on the bottom of the card to see whether that card is legal for play. New cards still must follow the appropriate waiting period to become tournament legal, which is typically two weeks after their release. Moving forward, players should expect cards with the oldest legal regulation mark to rotate out of the Standard format when a new one is introduced.

Weekly Pokémon League at Gnome Games Appleton North

Calling all Pokémon Trainers! Make friends and hone your skills at our Weekly Pokémon League!

Every Wednesday from 4pm-8pm we’ll be hosting a Pokémon League night for players of all skill levels and ages! Whether you’re an experienced trainer looking to perfect your deck, or you’re just starting your Pokémon journey join us to meet other trainers and play the Pokémon TCG!  This casual event is the perfect way to experience and learn about the Pokémon TCG.

Entry is $5.00 of any Pokémon related product.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Genesys Saturdays at Gnome Games Green Bay East

Yu-Gi-Oh! Genesys is at Gnome Games Green Bay East on Saturdays!

The latest format for Yu-Gi-Oh! Genesys has arrived at Gnome Games! We’re hosting Saturday tournaments each week at 12:00pm for this new format, with $5+tax entry. Like our Advanced Format tournaments it is Win-A-Match, Win-A-Pack, with OTS packs being up for grabs!

But what is Genesys?
A new format of play and deck building that allows for more potential cards to be used!

The Genesys rules are simple: 

    1. No Link Monsters or Pendulum Monsters are allowed. All other cards are allowed. The original field layout is used, with no Extra Monster Zones nor Pendulum Zones. 
    2. The standard Forbidden & Limited Cards list is not used. All those cards can be used, except Link Monsters and Pendulum Monsters. Usual limit of 3 copies max of any card still applies. 
    3. Deck construction uses a point system. Some cards are assigned a point value; most cards cost zero points. The total point cost of cards in your Main Deck, Extra Deck, and Side Deck (combined) cannot exceed the point cap for that event. 
    4.  The standard point cap is 100, but events can be run with any point cap, or even a zero-point cap! Official Tournament Stores can set their own caps for their tournaments.

Gnome Games is using the standard point cap of 100 for these tournaments. The 100 point cap is geared towards allowing players to use some otherwise Forbidden cards, but attempts to limit “First Turn Kills” that would otherwise be reliable because of their strength.

Konami developed a tool to help with deck construction in the Genesys format, available here:

There’s also a blog to help with learning this new format, as well as to keep up with changes as the point system gets adjusted!

Watch for this and other events on our calendar

Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League at Gnome Games Appleton North

Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League- Gnome Games Appleton North

Explore the wonderous world of Disney Lorcana with your fellow Illumineers every Monday! Join us from 4pm-8pm during our Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League to play with a favorite deck (or build a new one), trade, or just hang out with your fellow Illumineers. This event is an Open play style of event for all ages, where promos will be given out randomly to participants.

Entry for this event is $5 or the purchase of $5 in Disney Lorcana Product.

Looking for something more competitive? We’ll also be running a 3 Round tournament beginning at 5:30pm.

Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League at Gnome Games Appleton North

Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League- Gnome Games Appleton North

Explore the wonderous world of Disney Lorcana with your fellow Illumineers every Monday! Join us from 4pm-8pm during our Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League to play with a favorite deck (or build a new one), trade, or just hang out with your fellow Illumineers. This event is an Open play style of event for all ages, where promos will be given out randomly to participants.

Entry for this event is $5 or the purchase of $5 in Disney Lorcana Product.

Looking for something more competitive? We’ll also be running a 3 Round tournament beginning at 5:30pm.

Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League at Gnome Games Appleton North

Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League- Gnome Games Appleton North

Explore the wonderous world of Disney Lorcana with your fellow Illumineers every Monday! Join us from 4pm-8pm during our Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League to play with a favorite deck (or build a new one), trade, or just hang out with your fellow Illumineers. This event is an Open play style of event for all ages, where promos will be given out randomly to participants.

Entry for this event is $5 or the purchase of $5 in Disney Lorcana Product.

Looking for something more competitive? We’ll also be running a 3 Round tournament beginning at 5:30pm.

Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League at Gnome Games Appleton North

Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League- Gnome Games Appleton North

Explore the wonderous world of Disney Lorcana with your fellow Illumineers every Monday! Join us from 4pm-8pm during our Disney Lorcana Illumineer’s League to play with a favorite deck (or build a new one), trade, or just hang out with your fellow Illumineers. This event is an Open play style of event for all ages, where promos will be given out randomly to participants.

Entry for this event is $5 or the purchase of $5 in Disney Lorcana Product.

Looking for something more competitive? We’ll also be running a 3 Round tournament beginning at 5:30pm.

Learn to Play with the Gnomes: Bunny Kingdom

Learn to Play Bunny Kingdom with Gnome Games!  Wednesday, November 5th at 7pm, one of the Gnomes will be helping players learn to play Bunny Kingdom, where players take turns picking cards and placing their bunnies to try to have the most points at the end of the game!

This is a Free event! Seating is limited, but we’re looking to help introduce more players to great games every Wednesday during our Board Game night!

We’ll go over the basics of the game and then jump into playing the game with the Gnome community!

Curious about the game? You can read a few reviews or find videos here while you wait for Wednesday!

Ready to play? Check our calendar for event times and opportunities!

Magic: Friendly Neighborhood Friday Night Draft! – Green Bay West

Friendly Neighborhood Draft

Ultimate Green GoblinEveryone knows Spider-Man is the friendly neighborhood hero! Well in his honor, Gnome Games and Wizards of the Coast invite you to a season of Friendly Neighborhood Drafts! Each Friday night during the Spider-Man season Gnome will be hosting these special drafts!

Friday, November 7th
$30
Pick-Two Draft style event.
Event Code: 7G8YMZY

Unlike traditional eight-player drafts, Pick-Two Drafts allow each player to select two cards per pick, reducing the number of participants needed while maintaining strategic depth and fun. Games are played in pods with a minimum of four players; recommended pods based on attendance this way:

  • 3–7 players: 1 pod
  • 8–11 players: 2 pods
  • 12–15 players: 3 pods
  • Etc.

Players then compete in two rounds of Swiss. The undefeated (2–0) player from each pod should receive the event promo card (while supplies last).

What is drafting?

How to Pick-Two draft:

First, players sit around a table in a semi-circle. Each player then opens a booster pack. Remove a token, art card, or advertising card. Then pick two cards without showing the other players.

Each player then passes the remaining cards to the left, and continues drafting from the new cards they get from the player on their right. This continues until all of the cards in those packs have been distributed (drafted). Then each player opens a second pack, but this time, pass the pack to the right. After all those cards are drafted, you do the same with the third pack, passing to the left again. At the end, each player will have about 45 cards (along with any number of basic lands) which they can use to build a 40 card deck.

Gnome Games provides basic lands for the purpose of building decks (Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains & Forests) as each player needs.

Watch for other opportunities to play Magic and other games on our website: www.gnomegames.com/events

Learn about the new Spider-Man mechanics here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/spider-man-mechanics