What started out as a Father Son activity has now gotten serious! My (Professor Merv's) son KeonC  has enough points to be invited to the Pokemon TCG World Championship Juniors Divison in London this August! I guess we'll got a trip ahead of us!! He is not the only one. One of our Sponsored Elite Trainer Duy Le is also going in the Masters Division. Good effort and shout out to Charlie (Junior), Seth (Senior), Gabriel (Junior), Myself (Masters) who came in top 8 for one of the Australia Regional Championships over the past 2 months too! In any case, in preperation for that we thought it would be fun and cool to do a series of events during the Queensland School...

What is it? Using Play-based learning as a model, we build strong communities and social connections with people who love and play the games we love and play. Download the PDF here >>> Through playing these games, we bridge the gap between fun and learning. We use play as a language to solidify and support functional learning goals in areas of the mind, emotions, and communication. Why is this good? Games support functional learning in cognitive skills such as Language, Math, Logic, and Strategy Games enable functional learning in building emotional resilience through win/loss management, regulating anxiety, and encourages sportsmanship Games enhance functional learning in social skills and community participation. Can I claim from NDIS if I'm a participant? Yes! The...

Press Release Announcement Summary Brokenvase Games has been removed from Pokémon TCG’s online Team Challenge Season 3. This decision has been made by the Tournament Center Team at Pokémon from the UK. We were informed of this removal only after the decision has been made without any recourse for appeal, repeat attempts to engage with them has failed, and we were not officially told exactly why this decision was made initially. We are sorry for this unfortunate news. All Team Challenge Qualifier events has been removed from our events calendar.   It is with great sadness and disappointment that I have to write this announcement to the community. It was indeed devastating and truly disappointing blow to the spirit of...

The Brisbane flood this year in 2022 has really impacted many of us in one way or another. We at BVG do hope everyone is safe and coping well. As promised, the crew at BVG have deliberated on what we would do this week with our operations and events we run. We have decided to continue with all scheduled and planned events and programs for now. If this changes, we will review and update the situation on a daily basis. As a recap and summary, here are a list of things that will continue: Shop's in-store experiences and play will continue with the new opening hours as planned from 3:30pm Wednesday to Friday. And business ours as usual on the...

We are safe. The Pokemon are safe. The shop is safe. The staff are safe. But for the safety of the staff, Professor Merv has stopped all order processing for now until it is safer on the roads and giving everyone a bit of a rest. This also means that any events we may have on this week is potentially postponed or cancelled. We will review the development of events on Wednesday morning. Stay safe everyone! p.s. Do take note that our opening hours have changed and the pricing for all our events has will be going up by $2 from the 1st of March.

Pokemon Championships Regionals Just Got Announced! All divisions are welcome! For many of you, this might be your first time since we didn't have this for nearly 2 years because of Covid. For some of us, this is a very long awaited news! Did you know that our very own Gym Leader Jonny coached 2 Masters Division and 1 Senior Division player all the way to the World Championships in Washington DC back in 2019?? Any of you who have been to our tournaments at any level, and have finished in top 3 even once would be hight encouraged to compete in this event. I know that quite a number of us will be going for the Brisbane Regionals, announced...

Please take note of some changes from 1st March 2022 Shop Opening Hours Changes We will be changing our opening hours to to the following: Wednesday to Friday - 3:30pm to 9:30pm Saturday - 9am to 6pm (no change) Sunday - 1pm to 6pm (no change) Order pick ups can still be done every weekday from 9:30am.   Tournament Entry Cost Changes From 1st of March all our standard tournament entry fee will increase by $2. At BVG, we are dedicated to keep the cost as affordable as possible. However, we also have many big plans to roll out this year that are new, potentially industry disrupting, and fun. Designing and developing these innovations do cost quite a bit. We...

Congratulations!! The winners for both levels are as follows: Beginner's NSGC Standings: 1st: Max M – 320pts 2nd: Matthew L – 160pts 3rd: Brad S – 160pts 4th: Billy S – 160pts 5th: Zach L – 140pts (Reserve Player) Inter-Pro's NSGC Standings: 1st: Seth Thomas – 380pts 2nd: Duy Le – 360pts 3rd: Andy Liao – 260pts 4th: Keon Chiang – 220pts 5th: Sammy Turner – 100pts (Reserved Player)   You will be receiving instructions on this season's finale details! More to come soon.

While we do want maximum participation for Pokemon's latest online Team Challenge season, the initial sign up process, if you haven't done it before, might seem confusing. Here's a guide to the sign up process and what is involved. Few things to note up-front: This is an ONLINE challenge - this means you need an equivalent deck to your physical deck to be able to enter fully. At BVG, we will help you set that up if you come in at any time. You MUST have a Play! Pokemon ID You MUST have a Gmail account You MUST have a Discord account You MUST be above 18 years old You DO NOT NEED to be a pro player to participate...