The Continuing Committee is proud to announce the return of 1E US Nationals for the Stampede Challenge in Lexington, Kentucky for the 2022 year during Labor Day weekend! It's been a long 6 years since Lexington hosted a high level tournament, but we are super excited to have the Continuing Committee return. Lexington, Kentucky is the Horse Capital of the World and is surrounded by lavish green fields and white picket fences, with plenty of horses to see and bourbon to be drunk and collected by all. The weekend will have many events which will be hosted by Derrick Marsh at Casa de le Marsh: 648 Millpond Rd, Lexington, Kentucky. Please see the schedule of events we're excited about bringing!
Saturday September 3rd, 2022 Saturday will be the main event of the weekend. The 2022 First Edition US Nationals event will be a 6-round event to crown this year's Stampede Challenge winner. As many folks remember, the last time Lexington hosted this event, the top winners received tee-shirts designed for the year's event and a trophy was on the line. This year will be no different as the top 3 finishers will get special shirts to congratulate them on their achievement of placing in the top 3! There will also be a fun derby trophy for the winner and plenty of prize support! You will be able to pre-register for the event and that day signups will begin at 10AM, before the 6 round tournament begins at 11AM EDT (local time). After 4 rounds we will break for dinner and then conclude afterwards the remaining 2 rounds to crown our champion.
Sunday September 4th, 2022. Sunday will host 2 side events for First Edition. First at 11AM there will be a 4 round Limited OTF event for The Motion Pictures. All challengers will be tasked with creating a standard OTF deck, but all personnel and ships must be from the original six The Motion Picture movies in their property logos. This will be to promote the last 2 major current sets the CC will have released - Second Star to the Right and the next untitled set, continuing the focus of The Motion Picture movies. Both Tournament Kit prize support along with other prizes will be on the line! Afterwards, there will be a Sealed event using sealed OTSD's. The Official Tournament Sealed Decks are getting harder and harder to come by. However, we have 12 limited sealed decks available for folks to relive the glory days of large tournaments run by Decipher with this great product. Once this event is available for pre-register, we suggest signing up as this will be limited. Additional prize support will be available for this tournament that will conclude the fun festivities for the weekend.
We look forward to having a fun time and hope folks look forward to attending during the Labor Day weekend. Outside of the tournaments, there is plenty to do in Lexington and the surrounding area. Whether that's visiting the Horse Park, going to Keeneland to place bets on horse racing, doing a bourbon distillery tour, or just enjoying the beautiful fall weather at this time, we look forward to seeing you. There are numerous affordable hotels close to great restaurants and shops that will be close to where the event's festivities will be as well.
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