A couple weeks ago a player told me that he didn’t really understand what Cascade Games does. I was thinking about what he said and that he has a really good point. I haven’t done much to communicate what we do or why.
I’m hoping to use this Blog to give readers picture of what we do and who we are. I’m a fairly action focused person so this is going to be pretty heavy on the “were working on X” and “we did Y” kind of thing.I don’t expect to spend much time on personality or motivations.
To start out, Cascade Games LLC is an event management and consulting company based in Portland Oregon. We run events all over the west coast and do a bit of consulting for publishers as well. Cascade Games is owned by Tim Shields (me) and has two full time employees, Dave Nobel and Mike Goodman.
For a quick profile – I’m 42 years old, married and the father of a 2 year old son – Patrick. I have been working in the game industry most of my career. I have taken a few years off to work as a counselor (I have a MA in Psychology) however I can’t seem to stay away from games. It is just more fun than discussing problems.
Thats probably enough about me for now. See you at an event.
Tim
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intereseted in putting on a sneak preview with new yu-gi-oh boosters. can i have some information about how you go about this.please let me know. thanks
January 21, 2009 – Chance for Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Duelists to Experience Sneak Peeks at Their Favorite Hobby Stores
Dear Duelists,
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KDE) is putting the final touches on the company’s plans to launch nationally its Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) sneak peek events beginning with the soon-to-be released Crimson Crisis booster set. Crimson Crisis (MSRP $3.99 per nine-card pack) will be released at local hobby stores participating in KDE’s sneak peek extravaganza on February 28 and March 1, depending on the stores’ preference. The Crimson Crisis booster set will be available nationwide at those hobby stores not participating in the sneak peek event and retailers on March 3.
Duelists won’t have to look around to find the best deal in town; they just need to head to their favorite hobby gaming store for Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG sneak peek events. We are offering kits featuring Crimson Crisis to all hobby store owners who would like to host a sneak peek. Crimson Crisis will introduce new cards used by Yusei, Jack and Aki from the hit TV show, “Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s,” in addition to the introduction of the mega powerful Assault Mode monsters.
Every participant will receive five packs from the Crimson Crisis expansion set, plus an additional pack for playing and the Colossal Fighter/Assault Mode promotional card, while supplies last. Duelists interested in participating in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Crimson Crisis TCG sneak peek should tell their hobby store to contact KDE customer support at 310-220-8630 or us-cardsupport@konami.com.
Crimson Crisis establishes the all-new Assault Mode monsters and Synchro Monsters which can be transformed to Assault Mode, making them incredible fighting forces with massive attack points and potent effects. This all-new 100-card booster set will improve any Duelist’s collection with the new Synchro Monsters, Tuners, and new themes like the Dark “Blackwing” monsters. Duelists everywhere beware because the onslaught of Crimson Crisis is drawing near! Each box contains 24 packs.
We look forward to seeing all of you at these and future events.
Happy gaming!
Yumi Hoashi
Vice President of Card Business
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
is there somewhere to see the results of your magic tournaments? for example, how the PTQ in Portland finished up yesterday?
I’m working on a system to do so but right now there is not a way to do it. The event results should be in the wotc database later today. Im not sure how long it takes for them to display it to the public.
Hi guys,
I’m goint to Lynnwood for the weekend from Vancouver, Canada. Anybody can tell me where I can buy Huntik cards? Seems that Target doesn’t sell them, on my last trip down the the US of A.
Any help would be appreciated greatly.
TKS,
Chris