It's Fan Boy FREE RPG DAY this Saturday at Fan Boy three and all good roleplaying game retailers throughout the country.
Come in store Saturday to pick up your goodies, intro games, copies of Hunter: the Vigil, brand new exclusive D&D 4th edition adventures, promo miniatures, participate in one of our RPG demos and more!
In other news, Fan Boy Three has had a full restock of Dungeons and Dragon's Fourth Edition. Grab yours now - and then play in our all new D&D campaigns running most evenings - including mine ("Shadow's Fall" - 1st level Forgotten Realms) every Friday.
Go Fourth and multiply - at Fan Boy Three!
Thanks to Fan Girl Dans you can now check out exactly what came in store this week at Fan Boy Three by clicking Check out our complete here.
2008 at Fan Boy Three
Win me at Three this Father's dayee
It's Stabcon weekend this weekend, so most of the shop will have decamped to the Britannia Hotel Stockport for Manchester's best boardgame and roleplay convention. This year, why don't you come along and join us for a weekend playing our favourite games from dawn till dusk!
It really is worth attending so we hope to see you there.
Tuesday July 1st
(6pm) Helldorado plus Warmachine
(7pm) roleplaying
Wednesday July 2nd
(6pm) Casual Magic/Gateway
(7pm) Warcraft: Standard
(7pm) L5R
(7pm) roleplaying
Thursday July 3rd
(5pm) Yugioh Hobby League Week One (FREE)
(5pm) Yugioh Advanced Hobby League (£3)
(7pm) Magic: Standard decktesting throughout Nationals season
(7pm) roleplaying
Friday July 4th
(7pm) Naruto Learn2Play
(7pm) Friday Night Magic:
(7pm) an all new D&D 4E campaign continues here!!!! (£2)
STABCON @ BRITANNIA HOTEL, STOCKPORT
Saturday July 5th
(10am) Pokemon league
(noon) D&D Miniatures: Against the Giants Prerelease (£25 - it's a 'huge' set!)
(1pm) World of Warcraft: Hunt for Illidan Release Event (£10 draft)
(1pm) Pokemon Tournament (£3)
STABCON @ BRITANNIA HOTEL, STOCKPORT
SONG OF STEEL LARP
Sunday July 6th
(1pm) Yugioh: Summer Cup II (£5)
(1pm) HeroClix: World Championship Qualifier II (£2, 300 points restricted)
(7pm) Magic: Shadowmoor Drafts of Praise (£6)
STABCON @ BRITANNIA HOTEL, STOCKPORT
SONG OF STEEL LARP
It's Eventide Prerelease Weekend this weekend. Yes - with FOUR Magic sets this year, they have come around quickly. As ever, £15 buys you one Prerelease, £25 buys you any two and £40 buys you all three Prereleases AND a complimentary draft to use at your leisure at some time over the weekend.
With more players, more prize boosters and more side event drafts than any other venue outside of London - not just once, but at all five of the last Magic Prereleases - we're looking forward to seeing Evenmore of you playing at Fan Boy Three this time out.
Tuesday July 8th
(6pm) Helldorado plus Warmachine
(7pm) roleplaying
Thursday July 10th
(5pm) Yugioh Hobby League Week Two (FREE)
(5pm) Yugioh Advanced Hobby League (£3)
(7pm) Magic: Standard decktesting throughout Nationals season
(7pm) roleplaying
Friday July 11th
(7pm) Naruto Learn2Play
(8.30pm) Friday Night Magic: Ross' Big Cube Draft (16 players) - FREE!
(7pm) Shadow's Fall - our new D&D 4E campaign - continues here!!!! (£2)
(midnight) Magic: Eventide Prerelease I (£15)
Saturday July 12th
(10am) Pokemon league
(11am) Magic: Eventide Prerelease II (£15)
(3pm) Magic: Eventide Side Drafting (£7.50)
Sunday July 13th
(noon) Magic: Eventide Prerelease III (£15)
(1pm) Yugioh: Under 14's Summer Cup Special!
(1pm) HeroClix: Fantastic Four Challenge
(7pm) Magic: Eventide Drafts of Praise (£7.50)
Team Fanboy
Congratulations to Fan Boy Three's very own Tomas Kasinski who won our UK Nationals Qualifier outright. Lee Houldsworth (again!) romped in second, and the following Manchester players also qualified: Lee Houldsworth, Joe Davis, Shifeng Teng, Nick Lote & Glenn Lloyd.
Congratulations to Sam Gibbs, Ross Silcock and Alex Mardsen who all made the Top 8 in the World of Warcraft Regionals, and double congratulations to Lee Houldsworth, who lost out in the final to finish second.
Congratulations to Yie Yie Xie, our top performing Yugioh player at this year's UK Nationals with a Top 8 finish (and brickbats to Simon Ho, who overslept and missed his train!)
Congratulations to Jacky Yu - the first ever Steel Champion of L5R. He'll be playing off against the Spirit Champion at the Spirit and Steel Storyline event later in the year!
Peter Dun beat Michael Hebky to win PTQ Hollywood - the biggest Magic tournament held in Manchester in the last eight years!
Congratulations to Vince Turner, winner of the first ever Fan Boy Spectral Safari!
We're proud to call William Tseng the Manchester City Yugioh Champion 2008, after he triumphed over UK Nationals 2006 winner Wayne Pinkney at last week's Fan Boy City Champs. Well done Will - and well done Wayne for a truly dynamic return to form after only dropping one match all day.
Congratulations to Steven Hutchinson, winner of the 2008 Fan Boy Three Winter Cup, and to both Simon Ho and Anthony Tiplady for top eight-ing in last week's Pharoah Tour Final - the biggest Yugioh tournament the country has EVER seen (and it happened here in Manchester!) Simon finished top on points after the swiss rounds, but lost out to Jamie Stafford in the final.
Want to join Team Fanboy? Your Fan Boy card is a one stop shop - we'll keep a track of your DCI, UDE or DGMA number, WizKids or RPGA player ID and update your results on line.
We'll need your name, address, age, e-mail, and details of any organised play programs you currently have an identity for. Register for your own Fan Boy Card online and start playing in our in store events today.
Getting There
Situated at the heart of Manchester's transport hub, literally a stone's throw from Picadilly Station, it's easy to reach us by road, rail or coach.
Newton Street is situated at the edge of the Northern Quarter, and it's readily accessible right off the A6 ring road. There's local on street parking off Newton Street, but we recommend the Dale Street Car Park as it's £4.50 for the entire day.
Opening Hours
Fan Boy Three is open when you want to shop, then open again for Fan Boy Three card holders when you want to game.
Mon - Closed (Except Bank Holiday Monday)
Tue - Noon to 7pm, then organised play 7pm to 11pm.
Wed - Noon to 7pm, then organised play 7pm to 11pm.
Thu - Noon to 7pm, then organised play 7pm to 11pm.
Fri - Noon to 7pm, then organised play 7pm to 11pm.
Sat - 10am to 7pm (Evenings for special events)
Sun - Noon to 6pm. (Evenings for Sunday Night Boardgaming every week!)
Credits
We'd like to take the time to thank everyone who've helped turn our dream of an independent central Manchester based games shop and national level organised play venue into reality. Check out our Credits Page for more details.
It's never too late to play your part. Promote your favourite games, donate us demo copies, sign up as a card carrying Fan Boy and join us on the quest to make your fun our serious business.
