Tournaments

Throughout the convention we will be holding many tabletop tournaments.  Entry into a tournament is free.  Attendees must register for the tournament they would like to be a part of beforehand. This may be done on site at the registration desk or at a link that will be provided for each tournament. Prizes will vary for each tournament

Boss Monster

Inspired by a love of classic video games, Boss Monster: The Dungeon Building Card Game pits 2-4 players in a competition to build the ultimate side-scrolling dungeon. Players compete to lure and destroy hapless adventurers, racing to outbid one another to see who can build the most enticing, treasure-filled dungeon.  Description via BGG.

This tournament will be traditional bracket with single elimination.  Winners of the first round will compete to win.

Time/Date: Friday 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Unearth

Unearth is a bend-your-luck game of dice placement and set collection. Designed by Jason Harner and Matthew Ransom, it plays in under an hour with 2-4 players. Each player leads a tribe of Delvers, represented by five dice (3 six-sided, 1 four-sided, and 1 eight-sided). Players take turns rolling and placing dice in an attempt to claim Ruins.  Description via BGG.

This tournament will be traditional bracket with single elimination.  1st and 2nd place winners of the first round will compete to win.

Time/Date: Sunday 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Red Dragon Inn

In Red Dragon Inn, you and your friends are a party of heroic, fantasy adventurers. You’ve raided the dungeon, killed the monsters, and taken their treasure. Now you’re back, and what better way to celebrate your most recent victory than to spend an evening at the Red Dragon Inn. You and your adventuring companions will spend the night drinking, gambling, and roughhousing. The last person who is both sober enough to remain conscious and shrewd enough to hold onto his Gold Coins wins the game.   Description via BGG.

Tournament rules coming soon.

Time/Date: Sunday 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Deadzone Fall Southwest GT

Deadzone is a dynamic tabletop miniatures skirmish game set in the distant sci-fi universe of Warpath in which two players take command of a crack team of upgradable elite troopers from one of four factions including powerful heroes, troopers, heavy weapons and specialists. You can even upgrade your troopers by collecting equipment and new weapons from the Battlefield, such as Machineguns, medipacks, grenades and more. But beware – you could be triggering a booby trap!   Description via BGG.

200 point list. No Merc teams, No Elite lists.

Time/Date: Saturday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Dreadball Southwest Fall GT

DreadBall: The Futuristic Sports Game is the hyper-kinetic sci-fi sports game of unparalleled speed and ferocity – a fast, fun and tactical miniature sports board game written by Jake Thornton and created by Mantic Games. Description via BGG.

Standard 1200 point teams. All Limitations listed under ‘Building A Team’ are used. Each Player may be allocated one ability at the additional cost of +25 mc per player. The ability is chosen from the Advancement Tables found under ‘Player Upkeep’ in the Rulebook. The following are NOT used: x The Renton Rejects team x The Red Planets team x Giants

Time/Date: Sunday 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Loteria!

Loteria is a traditional Mexican game combining cards and Bingo, and it has been played as a game of chance, as a pastime and for educational purposes. Description via BGG.

Throughout the hour, we will be playing many games of Loteria. The winner of each game will win a raffle ticket.

Time/Date:

  • Friday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Saturday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Sunday 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Link to event Here.

Winner of each round get 1 raffle ticket.

Bunco

Bunco (also Bunko or Bonko) is a parlour game generally played with twelve or more players, divided into groups of four, trying to score points while taking turns rolling three dice. A Bunco is achieved when a person rolls three-of-a-kind and all three numbers match the round number. Description via Wikipedia.

Time/Date:

  • Friday 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Saturday 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Sunday 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Link to event Here.

Prizes:

  • 1st: TBA (Probably more raffle tickets.)
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Last place: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Terraforming Mars

In Terraforming Mars, you play one of those corporations and work together in the terraforming process, but compete for getting victory points that are awarded not only for your contribution to the terraforming, but also for advancing human infrastructure throughout the solar system, and doing other commendable things. Description via BGG.

The Terraforming Mars tournament is run via qualifiers for a final game. Players who win the qualifiers earn a spot in the final game.

Time/Date:

  • Qualifier: Friday 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Qualifier: Saturday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Qualifier: Saturday 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Qualifier: Saturday 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Qualifier: Sunday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Final: Sunday 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Prizes:

  • 1st: TBA
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Lords of Waterdeep

In Lords of Waterdeep, a strategy board game for 2-5 players, you take on the role of one of the masked Lords of Waterdeep, secret rulers of the city. Through your agents, you recruit adventurers to go on quests on your behalf, earning rewards and increasing your influence over the city. Expand the city by purchasing new buildings that open up new actions on the board, and hinder – or help – the other lords by playing Intrigue cards to enact your carefully laid plans. Description via BGG.

The Lords of Waterdeep tournament is run via qualifiers for a final game. Players who win the qualifiers earn a spot in the final game.

Time/Date:

  • Qualifier: Friday 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Qualifier: Saturday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Qualifier: Saturday 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Qualifier: Saturday 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Qualifier: Sunday 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Link to event Here.
  • Final: Sunday 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Prizes:

  • 1st: TBA
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Villages of Valeria

A village-building card game set in the world of Valeria. Establish resources, construct buildings, and attract adventurers to your Village to be crowned the next capitol city. Description via BGG.

This tournament will be traditional bracket with single elimination.  Winners of the first round will compete to win.

Time/Date:  Saturday 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: VoV Play mat, VoV expansion.
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket, VoV Play mat, VoV mini expansion.
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

One Night Ultimate Werewolf

One Night Ultimate Werewolf is a fast game for 3-10 players in which everyone gets a role: One of the dastardly Werewolves, the tricky Troublemaker, the helpful Seer, or one of a dozen different characters, each with a special ability. In the course of a single morning, your village will decide who is a werewolf…because all it takes is lynching one werewolf to win! Description via BGG.

This tournament will be round robin.  10 rounds.

Time/Date:  Saturday 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA.
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Smash Up

During the game, basic cards (each with their own difficulties and abilities) are at stake. You try to have the most power on the basis of your minions when the base is broken. Sounds easy? Is it easy when an opponent’s Alien-Ninja decides to tie your minions to other Bases – flat Murder them? What happens when the Pirate-Dinosaur Full Sails player and frees King Rex to trample your minions in the ground, or when wizard-zombies use their mystic power to create an outbreak, suddenly flooding minions on the base of the discard pile? Or if you were facing a Zombie-Dinosaur player instead and he created an epidemic of massive beasts at the same time?!?  Description via BGG.

This tournament will be traditional bracket with single elimination.  1st and 2nd place winners of the first round will compete to win.

Time/Date:  Friday 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA.
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Super Smash Bros. Tourney

Nintendo’s all star cast of fighters including some favorite third parties brawl it out.
Sign up the day of the event with Galaxy Gaming Lounge’s Video Game Section.

$5 per person for the pot.
We will be using Genesis 6 rule set for Smash Bros. U. Rules can be found HERE.
Please bring set ups!
Tournament starts at 2pm.
So don’t be late!
Bring your own controller!

Livestream will both be here on Facebook and on our twitch.tv/RPGfan2005

Time/Date:  Saturday 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 2-7 entrants -> 1st (65%), 2nd (35%)
  • 8-15 entrants -> 1st (50%), 2nd (30%), 3rd (20%)
  • 16-23 entrants -> 1st (45%), 2nd (25%), 3rd (18%), 4th (12%)
  • 24-31 entrants -> 1st (42%), 2nd (23%), 3rd (15%), 4th (10%), ties for 5th (5% each)
  • 32+ entrants -> 1st (35%), 2nd (20%), 3rd (15%), 4th (10%), ties for 5th (7% each), ties for 7th (3% each)
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Azul

In the game Azul, players take turns drafting colored tiles from suppliers to their player board. Later in the round, players score points based on how they’ve placed their tiles to decorate the palace. Extra points are scored for specific patterns and completing sets; wasted supplies harm the player’s score. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins. Description via BGG.

This tournament will be traditional bracket with single elimination.  Winners of the first round will compete to win.

Time/Date:  Saturday 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Exceed Fighting System

Bring the fast-paced action of head-to-head arcade fighting games to your tabletop with the Exceed Fighting System, which features fast-paced, intuitive mechanisms and gameplay that’s accessible to gamers and non-gamers of all skill levels. Choose your fighter from an ever-growing roster of diverse characters, each with their own deck of special moves and supers. Play your cards to unleash fireballs, dragon punches, and deadly combos on your opponents! Description via BGG.

This tournament will be traditional bracket with single elimination.  Winners of the first round will compete to win.

Time/Date:  Saturday 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Orléans

During the medieval goings-on around Orléans, you must assemble a following of farmers, merchants, knights, monks, etc. to gain supremacy through trade, construction and science in medieval France.

In the city of Orléans and the area of the Loire, you can take trade trips to other cities to acquire coveted goods and build trading posts. You need followers and their abilities to expand your dominance by putting them to work as traders, builders, and scientists. Knights expand your scope of action and secure your mercantile expeditions. Craftsmen build trading stations and tools to facilitate work. Scholars make progress in science, and last but not least it cannot hurt to get active in monasteries since with monks on your side you are much less likely to fall prey to fate.

In Orléans, you will always want to take more actions than possible, and there are many paths to victory. The challenge is to combine all elements as best as possible with regard to your strategy. Description via BGG.

This tournament will be traditional bracket with single elimination.  Winners of the first round will compete to win.

Time/Date:  Saturday 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Dice Throne

Dice Throne is a game of intriguing dice, tactical card play, powerful heroes, and unique abilities. It’s a fast-paced 2-6 player combat game (1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 2v2v2, or free-for-all). Select from a variety of heroes that play and feel completely distinct from one another. Attack opponents and activate abilities by rolling your hero’s unique set of five dice. Accumulate combat points and spend them on cards that have a large range of effects, such as granting permanent hero upgrades, applying status effects, and manipulating dice directly (yours, your teammate’s, or even your opponent’s). Description via BGG.

Games will be 1v1, 30 minute rounds, with Swiss pairings. 16 player cap. Players will need to bring their own character to play. Charaters can be borrowed from Game Vault’s Demo copy or from Three Wizards library. Extra charaters are first come first serve.

If you would like to learn how to play Dice Throne, feel free to stop by Game Vault anytime between now and the day before the tourney.

Time/Date:  Saturday 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: TBA
  • 2nd-4th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Third Wheel Tournament

Daniel McKinley Games is back with the third annual convention tournament.

Third Wheel is a set collection and drafting/trick taking game for 3 players. In a post apocalyptic setting, wheels are your only resource, and the goal is to build the futuristic vehicles for points. Easy to learn, easy to play. And the winner of the tournament will take home a copy of the game!

Time/Date:  Saturday 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 1st: Third Wheel game
  • 2nd-3th: +1 raffle ticket
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Mario Party 8

Bracket Style Mario Party 8 Tournament.
Groups of 4 compete to get the most stars in the turns alloted.
Top 2 move on until Top 4 Compete for the championship.

$5 per person for the pot.

Time/Date:  Saturday 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 2-7 entrants -> 1st (65%), 2nd (35%)
  • 8-15 entrants -> 1st (50%), 2nd (30%), 3rd (20%)
  • 16-23 entrants -> 1st (45%), 2nd (25%), 3rd (18%), 4th (12%)
  • 24-31 entrants -> 1st (42%), 2nd (23%), 3rd (15%), 4th (10%), ties for 5th (5% each)
  • 32+ entrants -> 1st (35%), 2nd (20%), 3rd (15%), 4th (10%), ties for 5th (7% each), ties for 7th (3% each)
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Board Game Top Shop – PS1

Think you got what it takes to be a good virtual entrepreneur? Prove it. Up to 8 Players can play this PS1 Hidden Gem. Pick a Token, Roll the dice, and conquer each empty mall space with your very own business. Whenever a customer (another player) lands on your owned space they must purchase something. Each purchase earns points which you can redeem for possible perks or bonuses to sabotage your competition. Top 4 Move on to the grand finals.

$5 per person for the pot.

Time/Date:  Friday 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Link to event Here.

  • 2-7 entrants -> 1st (65%), 2nd (35%)
  • 8-15 entrants -> 1st (50%), 2nd (30%), 3rd (20%)
  • 16-23 entrants -> 1st (45%), 2nd (25%), 3rd (18%), 4th (12%)
  • 24-31 entrants -> 1st (42%), 2nd (23%), 3rd (15%), 4th (10%), ties for 5th (5% each)
  • 32+ entrants -> 1st (35%), 2nd (20%), 3rd (15%), 4th (10%), ties for 5th (7% each), ties for 7th (3% each)
  • Everyone: 1 raffle ticket

Cards Against Humanity 18+

Details are a thing that sometimes matter.  This is not one of those times.

We’ll start playing Friday night.  Ask around.  Must be 18+

More tournaments will be added as we get closer to the convention date.