Welcome to GrandLAN — The best gaming experience in Grand Rapids. GrandLAN delivers lag free, real time, ultra-fast gaming. Your opponent won't know what hit'em!

LEFT 4 DEAD GAME NIGHT RETURNS

Due to overwhelming response, Monday nights are once again Left 4 Dead Game Nights! Come in and play Left 4 Dead from 7 PM to midnight for just $5. While supplies last, players will also receive limited edition Left 4 Dead t-shirts! For just five bucks, there's no better bargain in town!

NEW: TABLETOP LEAGUES

Come check out the new tabletop leagues at GrandLAN! Meetings for Magic the Gathering, Axis & Allies, Legend of the Five Rings and Yu-Gi-Oh are held weekly in the new league suite!

Each league awards prizes monthly to the best players as well as free promo items from the parent company. MTG, Yu-Gi-Oh and L5R league members will have exclusive access to a boosters discount for draft play. There will be a reasonable monthly membership fee for each participant.

Come check out the new GrandLAN tabletop leagues! Have fun with competitive or casual gaming and just have a good time. For more information, contact 709thCraig@gmail.com

FREE RPG DAY 2009 COMES TO GRANDLAN

On Saturday June 20, RPG stores across the world will participate in Free RPG Day.

Join us for a full day of RPG quickstart rules and samplers! Bring a pen (or pencil), some dice, paper, and your imagination!

Available games:

• Hero's Bane by Claymore Entertainment (4 copies)
• Hollow Earth by Exile Game Studios (4 copies)
• Rogue Trader by Fantasy Flight Games (15 copies)
• 4th Ed Flipbook featuring Amethyst by Goodman Games (15 copies)
• Hero Lab character generation software by Lone Wolf (7 copies)
• The Troubleshooter Reference Manual by Mongoose Publishing (15 copies)
• Dragon Warriors by Mongoose Publishing (7 copies)
• Corporation by Mongoose Publishing (4 copies)
• Pathfinder Bonus Bestiary by Paizo Publishing (15 copies)
• Castles & Crusades by Troll Lord Games (4 copies)
• Geist by White Wolf (15 copies)
• Eberron by Wizards of the Coast (22 copies)

NEXT HALO 3 TOURNAMENT: JUNE 27

The GrandLAN/Play N Trade Halo tournaments return, this time with MLG settings!

Signups are now open at Play N Trade Grandville (4365 Canal Ave) and GrandLAN (56 North Division). Entry is $20 per team, and must be paid at signup.

There will be NO signups taken at the door! You MUST pre-register by Friday June 26!

Due to a scheduling conflict, Play N Trade will not be hosting half of the bracket for this event. All matches will take place at GrandLAN. Play N Trade is still taking signups for the event, however.

The event will start at 1 PM. Each team will share an Xbox 360 and screen. The bracket will be double elimination. ALL MATCHES WILL USE MLG SETTINGS!

Contact GrandLAN (975-7911) or Play N Trade (608-3408) if you have any questions.

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC AND MAGIC 2010 DEBUT

Friday Night Magic makes its long-awaited debut at GrandLAN on Friday, July 10! We will be celebrating the release of Magic 2010 with a sealed deck event.

Just $18 gets you a tournament pack and three boosters, with additional product available as prizes for those that make the top cut.

This is the beginning of a new era of Magic events, as our scene has grown enough to warrant Core level events through the Wizards Play Network. Come see the newest Magic core set in action!

WIN A SWORD ON JULY 4TH

Celestial Edition, the newest release for the L5R CCG, comes to GrandLAN during Independence Day weekend…and we'll be giving away the Sword of the Heavens to the winner!

Just an $18 entry fee gets you a starter and three boosters from Celestial Edition for this sealed event. L5R has been one of the fastest-growing games at GrandLAN in the past month, so come check out the new scene in downtown Grand Rapids!

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Upcoming Comic Releases

Comic Book Wednesdays

New comic books come out on Wednesdays, so what better way to stay on top of these new selections then by visiting the GrandLAN blog at http://blog.myspace.com/grandlan.

We can special order your favorite titles so stop by and create a pull list or use the My Pull List link in the upper right.

Game Nights

Game Night is a fun competitive activity which will run on Tuesday evenings at 50+ iGames locations across the United States and Canada.

Prizes will be awarded (cash and/or product) to winning and participating players. More prize details will be announced in the coming weeks.

1. Call of Duty PC Game Night
2. Call of Duty XBox Game Night
3. Halo 3 Game Night

more info »

Other news at GrandLAN

BOARD GAME NIGHTS
Thursday's and Saturday's are board game nights! Come in to play Settlers of Catan or bring in a game you want to play!

ALL NIGHT LAN PARTIES
Every Friday is an ALL NIGHT LAN PARTY! Fridays we are open from 10PM until 10AM for overnight LAN Gaming byoc or use one of ours! $10 FOR byoc $20 to rent a grandlan system. (6 overnight participants must be paid in full by midnight or the LAN center will close at the normal time and overnight money refunded)

XBOX 360'S
GrandLAN has Xbox 360s! Starting September 12th GrandLAN will have 5! Count them 5 Xbox 360s! All hooked into xbox live each with 4 wireless controllers! One of them is on our hi-def 92” projection screen for the BEST XBOX 360 Experience ANYWHERE!

PSP REPAIR
Is your PSP bricked out? GrandLAN Gaming Center can restore it in 24 hours – only $50

NEW GAMES
Tom Clancy's EndWar	Fable II	Fallout 3
Gears of War 2	Guitar Hero: World Tour	Rock Band 2

Don't forget that you can rent GrandLAN's facilities for big parties. We've put together an easy to read pricing chart for any size party and for durations up to 14 hours.

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We are conveniently located at the corner of Fountain and Division. Across the street from Kendall College, GRCC, and a short walk from Davenport University.

Be sure to ask about our student discounts. We were students once too!