REPORT of RESULTS The 4th annual Old School Magic Summer Derby is in the books! This year's event saw a record-shattering 258 participants, representing 20 countries (Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) and at least 55 regional Old School clubs … Continue reading 2020 Old School Magic Summer Derby Results and Deck Photos
NEOS Monthly Season 3 Recap and Top 8
The 3rd Season of the NEOS Monthly Tournament Series came to a close at the end of July. This season, we saw over 120 players compete in this Online Tournament Challenge. This season I spiced things up a bit, and added some brewing/deck building restrictions to keep things fresh and/or to challenge the players with … Continue reading NEOS Monthly Season 3 Recap and Top 8
The Havenwood Battle: Organizer’s Report
The Havenwood Battle, a one-day webcam Old School Magic tournament, was held on Saturday, May 16, 2020. A total of 96 players representing at least ten or eleven different countries and more than two dozen U.S. states participated. The structure of the event was straight Swiss pairings, 50-minute rounds, just as one might expect at … Continue reading The Havenwood Battle: Organizer’s Report
The Pestilence Open: Organizer’s Report
The Pestilence Open, a one-day webcam Old School Magic tournament, was held on Saturday, March 28. A total of 52 players representing at least six or seven different countries and more than a dozen U.S. states participated. The structure of the event was straight Swiss pairings, 50-minute rounds, just as one might expect at a … Continue reading The Pestilence Open: Organizer’s Report
2020 Old School Magic Winter Derby Results and Deck Photos
REPORT of RESULTS The 4th annual Winter Derby is in the books! This year's event saw 164 participants, representing 18 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) spread across 13 different time zones. Over the span of six weeks, we played … Continue reading 2020 Old School Magic Winter Derby Results and Deck Photos
NEOS Monthly: Season 2 Top 8!
The Second Season of the NEOS Monthly Online Tournament series has come to a close. It has been another wildly successful season with 95 different players participating in at least one month, and an average over 50 players per month. This season we had the same high-level competition we have come to expect. We saw … Continue reading NEOS Monthly: Season 2 Top 8!
LOBSTERCON 2: Organizer’s Report
LOBSTERCON 2: The Quest for the Pearl Trident, an Old School Magic tournament hosted by New England Old School, was held on September 21, 2019 at the George Dilboy VFW Post 529 in Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts. The field was 122 players representing 23 U.S. states and Canadian provinces, England, and The Netherlands. Old School … Continue reading LOBSTERCON 2: Organizer’s Report
2019 Old School Magic Summer Derby Results and Deck Photos
REPORT of RESULTS The 3rd annual Summer Derby is in the books! This year's event saw 144 participants, representing 14 countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) spread across 10 different time zones. Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 550 matches of Old … Continue reading 2019 Old School Magic Summer Derby Results and Deck Photos
NEOS Monthly: Season 1 Top 8!
Starting in February of this year, I began hosting a series of monthly tournaments online through the New England Old School (NEOS) Facebook group. The purpose of these monthly tournaments was to build the NEOS community and get people playing games with a little bit of structure and competition. It is difficult to do a … Continue reading NEOS Monthly: Season 1 Top 8!
Hartfordfestivalen! Organizer’s Report
On April 6, 2019, New England Old School and Diamonds Mined co-hosted a multi-event Old School Magic "festival" in Greater Hartford, at Elks Lodge #1893 in Manchester, CT. Enthusiasts of antique cardboard traveled from eight states in the Northeastern U.S. to participate, along with mages hailing from Maryland, Ohio, Wyoming, and Serbia/parts unknown, who journeyed … Continue reading Hartfordfestivalen! Organizer’s Report