Celebrate International Tabletop Day in Windsor on April 11th

2015 marks the third year for International Tabletop Day. A day in celebration of all kinds of tabletop gaming started by Wil Wheaton and the people behind the Tabletop YouTube channel. A channel that is likely responsible for bringing more people into modern board gaming than anything else out there.

The goal of Tabeltop Day matches the goal of the Windsor Gaming Resource: to get people out there and gaming. It's a day to celebrate sitting down with friends, face to face and playing games.

Last year Tabletop Day was celebrated in 80 countries over all 7 continents and they expect it will be even bigger this year. Windsor has participated every year to date and this year is no exception.

Here in the City of Roses, two FLGS (Friendly Local Game Stores) will be participating in the Tabletop Day events:

Brimstone Games: is located at 3298 Walker Road and will be hosting 12 hours of gaming. They open at 10am and will be hopping until 10pm. 

In addition to open gaming Brimstone will be giving away a copy of Three Kingdoms Redux, there will be an in store X-Wing tournament and an Android Netrunner Tournament. The local Dice Master's players are also setting something up.

Check out their Facebook Event page for more into.

The CG Realm: is located at 3147 Tecumseh Rd. East and will be open from noon until 11pm.

In addition to Tabletop Day stuff, it's also the usual CG Realm Game Day which will be running from 5-11 where they will be featuring Dungeons & Dragons Dice Masters. You can win a copy to take home.

Both venues will have their gaming areas open for free gaming all day. There are also a slew of cool Tabletop Day Promos that each store will be giving out throughout the day.

It doesn't matter which store you head out to, just get out there, join in the fun and play some games!

Wil Wheaton Talks International TableTop Day Goodies!

Quick reminder: International Tabletop Day is this Saturday, July the 5th.

Here in Windsor we will be celebrating at the Green Bean Windsor Star News Cafe (3rd floor of 300 Ouellette Ave) from noon until 11PM.

Check out the message from geek icon +Wil Wheaton above for some details of the awesome swag and giveaways we are going to have.

For full details about how you can celebrate #TabletopDay here in Windsor click here.

International Tabletop Day comes to Windsor on April 5th

It's that time of year again. Time for International Tabletop Day! The biggest tabletop gaming day of the year.

This is the second year for this awesome event. It's put on by +Wil Wheaton and the folks at the Geek & Sundry YouTube Chanel. Last year there were 3123 different gaming event scheduled in over 64 different countries. Here in North America every single Canadian province had multiple Tabletop Day events and every US State had at least one event.  It's looking like 2014 is going to be even bigger and the Windsor Gaming Resource and Hugin & Munin are happy to be a part of that, by bringing Tabletop Day back to Windsor.

To quote the Tabletop Day website:

International TableTop Day is a celebration for all the fans of tabletop gaming. A single day where the whole world is brought together in a common purpose of spending time together and having fun.

Last year the event was hosted at Hugin & Munin and the place was packed. More people stopped in than we could count and we had so many games going on that people were playing on the floor and on the dice counter. Due to this, we've decided to move the event to the Green Bean Windsor Star News Cafe downtown. Hugin & Munin is still hosting but at a much bigger more comfortable venue. The Windsor Star News Cafe hosts the Windsor Gaming Resource Games & Grub events every month and has proved to be an awesome venue. 

Wil Wheaton and I at least years event.

The local Windsor Tabletop Day event starts at noon on April 5th and will go until 11pm at night. You can find the Windsor Star News Cafe at 300 Ouellette Ave - 3rd floor. The location where the Palace Theater used to be. There will be all kinds of games going on all day so feel free to stop in when you can.

We invite gamers to bring in their favourite games to play. In addition we will have a selection of games on hand for people to play. Like all Windsor Gaming Resource events, there's always people there willing to teach you the games they love, so there's no experience necessary. It's also worth noting that this is an all ages event. Board games are for everyone, all ages.

The swag from last year.

In addition to lots of free open gaming, there will also be some awesome swag. What you see there on the left is all of the swag that was given out last year. 

This event is a big deal and lots of publishers realize this and will be sending promotional material. Sponsors this year include Board Game Geek, Calliope, DriveThruRPG, Fantasy Flight, Fireside Games, Rio Grande Games, Tasty Minstrel Games, Asmodee, Days of Wonder, Mayfair, Indie Boards & Cards, Steve Jackson Games, AEG, Atlas Games and Blue Orange Games.

Hope to see you downtown on the 5th!

International Tabletop Day - March 30th

Saturday March 30th is International Tabletop Day. This event is sponsored by +Wil Wheaton's Tabletop YouTube channel which is part of the Geek & Sundry series of shows.

Here's +Felicia Day explaining what International Tabletop day is all about:

Sounds awesome doesn't it? So how can you take part? Well the Windsor Gaming Resource and Hugin and Munin have teamed up to provide an all day long gaming event. The store will be opening at noon on the 30th and won't close it's doors until 10pm.

Throughout the day you can expect a huge range of gaming goodness. There's going to be a table for miniature gamers which will showcase some great newer games like Malifaux. There's going to be a huge variety of board games available to check out and play including TableTop favorites like Catan, Gloom and Small World. There will be people on hand to teach you how to play these games. You are also welcome to bring your favorite game. Through the day there will be give aways as well. There will be stuff going all all afternoon and into the night so show up when you can and stay as long as you like.

Check out some of this awesome swag we've got to give away:

- Alderac Entertainment Group - Smash Up Bases
- Asmodee - 7 Wonders Catan Board
- Atlas Games - TableTop Gloom Expansion
- Blue Orange - Sample Pack
- Calliope Games - Tsuro Tiles
- Fireside Games - Castle Panic Multi-Color Hero
- Floppet - Guild Floppets
- HL Games - Word Winders Download
- Iello - Wil's Favor
- Indie Board & Card - The Resistence
- Looney Labs - Star Fluxx Promotional Card
- Mayfair Games - Tile Expansion
- North Star Games - Promotional Cards
- Playroom Entertainment - Killer Bunny Promo
- Steve Jackson Games - Munchkin Bookmark
- Wiggity Bang - Quao
- Wizards of the Coast - D&D Buttons

Hope to see you there!

Hugin and Munin is located at 1664 Tecumseh RD. E. in Windsor Ontario

Hugin & Munin on the web: http://www.huginmunin.com/

Hugin & Munin on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hugin.munin.790

Facebook event page for this event: https://www.facebook.com/events/118952168289428/

The Windsor Gaming Resource on the Web: http://w-g-r.com

The Windsor Gaming Resource on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/windsorgamingresource/

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