Nearly 500 stores have run free Open Beta events for The Spoils, the new TCG from Tenacious Games (see 'Tenacious Games Lays Plans'), according to Tenacious Communications Manager James Chott, an impressive number for a new game based on house intellectual property from a new company.  Many of those stores have over 50 unique players, Chott told us.  Over 1800 Spontaneous Tournament Kits were used, and 2.2 million free cards were distributed.

The next major event for The Spoils is the November 16th retail release of the first products, Booster Packs and Tournament Packs, for which Tenacious is currently organizing Pre-Launch events, to be held the weekend of November 11th and 12th.  Stores that ran Open Beta events and hit a threshold number of unique players will be eligible to run Pre-Launch events.  Tournament Organizers will likely be running Pre-Launch events as well. 

According to Chott, Pre-Launch kits will include enough product to run a 32-player event, with sealed Competition Packs, foil prizes for the top 8 plus participation prizes for everyone who plays, card sleeves, schwag, and a Spoils engraved Ipod Shuffle for the winner.