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DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 10/19/2018
TIME: 5-11pm
NAME OF VENUE: Heroes & Fantasies
VENUE ADDRESS: 4923 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229
ATTENDANCE BRIEF: 14 viewers, 1 demo
COMMENTS:
Fishing for a demo thus far. I have faith that there will at least be an interested YGO player who will sit down and learn by 9pm.

Meanwhile, true to their amazing plan, a bunch of teenagers at the Royal Rangers event had planned to hold Redemption gaming at the 15th birthday party tonight of one of the commander's sons. I was blessed with a pic that the commander just texted me. Amazing! The group shopped for starters and booster packs last weekend. Tonight they celebrate a birthday with Redemption gaming. God is good!


Edit to first paragraph:
Have great faith! Surely, a little before 9pm, a YGO player who finished his round early approaches our demo area wanting to learn the game. I declare a fruitful Redemption gaming future for this UTSA student. He already asked a few pertinent powerful questions on strategies on the starters. God is infinitely good!

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 11/09/2018
TIME: 5-11pm
NAME OF VENUE: Heroes & Fantasies
VENUE ADDRESS: 4923 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229
ATTENDANCE BRIEF: 9 viewers, 2 demos
COMMENTS:
Tonight our now regular UTSA player arrives with his girlfriend from college. He presents me with a gift tin that he got online from TLG. While his gf watched while we played a couple of games, she also learned how to play it. I declare a great Redemption player is born!

God is good!

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 11/30/2018
TIME: 5-11pm
NAME OF VENUE: Heroes & Fantasies
VENUE ADDRESS: 4923 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229
ATTENDANCE BRIEF: 19 viewers, 0 demo
COMMENTS:
Our regular UTSA player has continued practicing with starters apart from practicing with a Nats-worthy T1 deck. We declare much fruit in terms of attendance at the year-end back-to-back tourneys especially from the new players. God is good!

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO/TOURNEY
DATE: 04-05 Jan 2019
TIME: 5-11pm Fri  / 10am-7pm Sat
NAME OF VENUE: Heroes & Fantasies
VENUE ADDRESS: 4923 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229
ATTENDANCE BRIEF: 12-14 players/day , 27 viewers, 5 demos
COMMENTS:
Both days were blessed with lots of competition and fellowship. Later part of Day 2 was more intimate but with more demos late during the day. Blessings to the Houston, Dallas, and Austin contingents for attending and helping promote the game. God is good!

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 25 Jan 2019
TIME: 5-11pm
NAME OF VENUE: Heroes & Fantasies
VENUE ADDRESS: 4923 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229
ATTENDANCE BRIEF:  14 viewers, 4 demos
COMMENTS:
Harrison and Alejandro helped teach 4 new players who currently play YGO & MTG. Three actually started playing for a few minutes before getting called to their next YGO round. One just wanted to read Scripture on the cards. God is good!

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 26/27 Apr 2019
TIME: Whole Day
NAME OF VENUE: Camp Williams
VENUE ADDRESS: 1345 Co Rd 444, Hallettsville, TX 77964, USA
ATTENDANCE BRIEF:  400+ viewers, 40+ demos
COMMENTS:
https://www.stxroyalrangers.com/event-calendar/powwow/

Extremely amazing and one of my most fruitful endeavours.

With Joe S. helping out immensely (he was a former Royal Ranger himself), new players were BORN.

Existing players from last year's derby in San Antonio rehashed playing the game and have since been helping teach the game.

I can't say more....it's just over....whelming.

Our last demo day (update):
ALL STARTERS & GIFT TINS SOLD!!!

GOD.....IS......GOOD!!!




Update: Sunday 28Apr2019
Below is a text message from a Royal Rangers commander about two of his youth paying it forward after returning from camp. Keep on teaching the game brethren! Plant seeds. God takes care of the Harvest Time!

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 14Jun 2019
TIME: 5-11pm
NAME OF VENUE: Heroes & Fantasies
VENUE ADDRESS: 4923 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229
ATTENDANCE BRIEF:  11 viewers, 1 demo
COMMENTS:
Yet another blessed night. Travis gets to teach a new player George. He also gets some practice done for Regionals. I may also have struck a deal for a nationally-ranked YGO player for him to teach Redemption on-call.

God is good!

Two of our main San Antonio players (Travis & Harrison) practicing for the upcoming huge tournaments.

DEMO/TOURNEY: TOURNAMENT
DATE: 30 Jul 2019
TIME: 4-7pm
NAME OF VENUE: Dragon's Lair (Hou)
VENUE ADDRESS: 21151 Tomball Pkwy, Houston, TX 77070, USA
ATTENDANCE BRIEF:  9 viewers, 0 demos
COMMENTS:
Amazing impromptu T1 2P local tournament preparing Nats players as well as training Royal Rangers players.

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 23 Aug 2019
TIME: 5-11pm
NAME OF VENUE: Heroes & Fantasies
VENUE ADDRESS: 4923 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229
ATTENDANCE BRIEF:  27 viewers, 3 demos
COMMENTS:
Yet another blessed night. Travis M. brings a couple of great friends to H&F to teach them the game for the first time.  Shortly after my friend and D&D DM Rico who is also a PoGo friend learned the game. It was easy for him to learn coz he played MTG before. God is good!




Just posting tonight's gaming hall attendance. Lots of YGO and Pokemon players back to college and Friday night gaming. A great season for teaching Redemption is once again at hand!

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 20 Sep 2019
TIME: 5-11pm
NAME OF VENUE: Heroes & Fantasies
VENUE ADDRESS: 4923 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229
ATTENDANCE BRIEF:  19 viewers, 2 demos
COMMENTS:
Two MTG players, Sam & Noble, were playing a game at my demo table when I arrived for my usual grind. After I finished setting up and they were done with their game they asked me if they should leave the table. I told them to take their time and that they did not need to move. Their curiosity to play Redemption kicked in. They then decided to learn to play the game instead of doing another MTG game.

It's how amazing how God does the rest when we just do our best.

I will begin working with the game store in this area shortly. Thanks for what you do ReyZen. It is encouraging.

Godspeed,
Mike

Thank you for the inspiring words Mike.

Most if not all local gaming stores in each State most often than not encourage game demos. Once you have established a regular sked and table occupancy for your presence in the store, the store owner adopts you and the game like family. Then you set the pace for God to work his wonders. I am witness to this per my experience both when I was in Long Island NY and here in San Antonio TX. In fact, I am shorthanded as a couple more stores want me to demo weekly as well. God is good.

Peace and Blessings.

DEMO/TOURNEY: DEMO
DATE: 12 Oct 2019
TIME: 9am-2pm
NAME OF VENUE: Iglesia El Jordan
VENUE ADDRESS: 13003 SW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78224
ATTENDANCE BRIEF:  90 viewers, 8 demos
COMMENTS:
Yet another amazing successful Redemption event celebrating its 2nd year at the South Texas Royal Rangers Sectional Derby.

Soon as I finished setting up, a couple of junior Royal Rangers who Joe and I taught and trained since last year showed up to volunteer to demo the game. Even more existing RR Redemption players showed up to help teach the game. I literally just had to show guests starter decks and booster packs and explained the game's history and mechanics.




I had asked the Junior RRs today to pray pray with me for Commander Ken as he alone had to introduce the game to his co national leaders this weekend.

We pray for God's will for Camporama 2020.