We are pleased to announce the grand opening of our new Midwest location,  located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, effective Monday, October 18th, 2010!   Grand Rapids is conveniently located to service many of the large metropolitan cities and states in the Midwest areas within a 1 to 2 day shipping service (delivery service available in some selected areas).  You can count on GTS Distribution to provide the same great products and service that you have come to expect from us.

Additionally, GTS Distribution has worked out an agreement to take over the wholesale distribution operations of Lou Brown Cards, Inc.  We are pleased that all current Lou Brown Cards employees (see list below) have agreed to be part of the new GTS Distribution Midwest Division in the same location they are currently occupying, with the same phone numbers.  The combination of the GTS Distribution factory direct relationships, coupled with the location and superior service of the Lou Brown Cards staff will be a winning combination for our customers.

GTS Distribution is an authorized master distributor for the following manufacturers; Wizards of the Coast, Konami, Pokémon, Bandai, The Upper Deck Co., The Topps Company, Panini, Ultra Pro, BCW, Monster Binder and many, many more.  Please visit our website at www.gtsdistribution.com for a full listing of our valued vendors.

Please come by or call us to see what we have to offer, we think you will be pleased with the experience.

Location and contact information:
GTS Distribution – Midwest
3530 Lake Eastbrook Blvd SE
Grand Rapids, MI  49546
(616)940-0934 – phone
(616)940-3275 – fax

GTS Distribution Midwest Staff:
Lou Brown
Brad Aupperlee
Dan Chandler
Robert Ruffin
Walt Underhill

We will have a Grand Opening Party to be announced very shortly.

Thank you,

GTS Distribution

In Wizards of the Coast’s continuing global efforts to build strong Magic and D&D player communities in hobby stores, WPN levels and benefits will apply solely to stores as of the December Friday Night Magic solicitation round starting October 15^th. This change will also appear in the Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease solicitation round starting October 18^th. This change allows Wizards to better leverage the strengths of the WPN and our programs, maximizing their impact for stores and promoting the formation of vibrant player communities.

Stores will earn WPN levels based on all sanctioned OP activity that they sponsor. All WPN programs, including Prereleases, D&D Encounters and FNM, will be given exclusively to store locations.

Most stores and organizers will notice no change with this shift. The vast majority of Organized Play already happens in retail locations. However, we do have individual organizers who are not associated with specific stores. We encourage these organizers to team up with a local retailer so their players can enjoy the great programs at the store’s WPN level!

For organizers not associated with a store, we will offer an Event Support Kit starting with Mirrodin Besieged. This kit will be identical to the Gateway Support Kit for the most recent Core Set (Magic 2011 in this case), and will refresh with each new Core Set. Organizers not associated with a store will also have access to rated and casual sanctioned events.

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