I know the picture doesn’t make it look like much but this was just after set-up. Imagine this, but surrounded by a sea of costumed anime fans. Intense.


Gray, Martin, Steve, and Phu just got back from Anime North yesterday, and we’re off again to another convention. This time it’s the Ottawa Children’s Festival. It takes place down at the War Museum from June 1st to 5th and the admission is free! Come on down to do some activities, learn about some good products for children, and maybe do a little shopping too. Our friends from the Game Summit will be there too!



More pictures to come from Anime North!

Blessed are we, the board gamers of Ottawa, for we have two wonderful conventions that we can attend in our fine city! The next one on the ol’ ‘genda is CanGames – Ottawa’s oldest board game convention. CanGames is always a good time and it seems to attract the majority of the really hardcore gamers in the city. Not that that means the not-so hardcore can’t come and participate – quite the contrary – there’s always something cool going on. Whenever I go to CanGames, I never venture too deep into the game room, instead I focus on digging through the dealer’s room to find awesome deals and rare wares (and hope that these things are one in the same.)

Want the details? You do, I know you too well:

Rideau Curling Club (715 Cooper Street)

May 20-22, 2011

Weekend Pass is $28 ($33 if you register after May 1st)

Kids get in for $10

You can play:

• RPGs (role playing games) such as Dungeons and Dragons
• Board games such as Carcassone, Risk, and Settlers of Catan
• Collectable card games such as Magic the Gathering
• Miniatures games such as Warhammer, Flames of War, DBA
• and many more!

Another great line-up of hockey stars will be showing up at this spring Expo 2011….Mark Messier, Chris Chelios, Johnny Bower, Yvan Cournoyer, Bobby Hull, Fergie Jenkins, Rod Carew and more.  Show date is April 29, 30 and May 1. Check out http://sportcardexpo.com/ for the full schedule.

With over 100,000 square feet of convention space, this is the largest show in Canada.  As usual, we will be there shopping.   Last year, we picked up some nice signed Ottawa Senators jerseys (Daniel Alfredsson, Nick Foligno, to name a few).   Admission is $12 for adults and $3 for kids aged 6 to 12.  The weekend pass is just $25 and well worth it for a weekend of fun.   We also have some McFarlane hockey figures that you can bring to the show and get autographs.

Happy New Year! Now get ready, Ottawa’s upcoming gaming event is just over a month away: Game Summit is back for its fifth and biggest event ever, February 18th, 19th and 20th at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa. Bringing more to the table than ever before for dice-throwers, role-players and war-gamers alike, Game Summit is the place for good times this winter.

Early bird registration’s 25% off special is over on January 19th, if you haven’t registered yet, this is your chance!

Friday Night Open Gaming

For the first time, Game Summit is opening its doors on the Friday night (5pm – 11pm) for an evening of open gaming in all three areas.

• In the Pavilion, what about some big expansion games, example: Settlers of Catan with all its popular expansions and the maximum players.
• In the Arena war tables are available for historical and specialist gaming: Blood Bowl, Battlefleet Gothic, Inquisitor or anything else you’d like to plan with your friends.
• In the Den reserve a table and run any RPG with your friends or pass the word around and plan a CCG / TCG event.

Let us know what you have in mind and how we can help.

Sunday’s Tri-Game-A-Thon

We’ve got the Great Canadian Board Game Blitz (GCBGB) on Saturday, then on Sunday, Game Summit is hosting its Tri-Game-A-Thon Tournament with the help of the Kanata & Ottawa Games Clubs. Play three different games and you could win tons of other great prizes! Each of the games will be available to play all day on Friday and Saturday, so you can learn to play and practice up for Sunday. This year’s selected games are:

1. Dominion or Bohnanza
2. Stone Age or Puerto Rico
3. Galaxy Trucker or Power Grid

The final selection of the three games will be announced at the event. Be sure to register online in advance to reserve your seat!

Munchkin Invasion

If you’re a Steve Jackson Games addict, our next event will fill up your prescription. We’ve got demos and open gaming of Stars are Right, Frag , Revolution and dice games all weekend + the following main events (but not limited to):

Fri 18:00-22:00: Munchkin + All Expansions Game
Sat 12:00-16:00: Zombie Dice Mini-Tournament
Sat 14:00-18:00: Revolution Mini-Tournament
Sat 10:00-14:00: Munchkin Quest + All Expansions Game
Sun 10:00-18:00: Munchkin Tournament
Sun 14:00-18:00: Zombie Dice Mini-Tournament

Bring your tokens and sign-up at the event!

Our good pals from the Ottawa Anime Convention Naru 2 U are going to be at our Halloween Party! They’ve graciously donated some tickets for Naru 2 U as prizes (anime fans, this is your chance) and they’ll also being selling tickets to a big New Years Eve party they’ll be hosting as well. They will also be giving you information on their great convention so you can finally make up your mind over whether you should go (you should.)

Remember, the Naru 2 U convention happens November 12 – 14 at the Travelodge on Carling Ave. See you there!

Hey Folks!

Just a reminder that the 2009 Summer Game Summit is coming up soon! Some of you are wondering what that is right now, and I’ll tell you. It’s Ottawa’s bi-yearly classic gaming convention. Good old fashioned dice rolling or minature moving or card playing. It’s fun for everyone, with a plethora of board games for people to rent out and try! There’s also lots of Warhammer, W40k and Lord of the Rings tournaments for those with miniatures armies itching for a fight, and an RPG den for people to learn how to play D&D ! I’ve also heard there will be Pokemon and Chaotic tournaments as well. For those more artistically inclined, there’s (miniatures) painting workshops, where you get your very own little miniature that you can practice your painting on and keep after! There’s gonna be loads of paints and and paintbrushes for people to use. Of course, the most obvious reason to go is because we’re gonna be there!

So without further ado, here’s all the info:

Date: August 29th-30th

Place: Nepean Sportsplex

Website: http://www.gamesummit.ca/

Who wants to play games all weekend? Pick me, pick me! The store’s going to be at CanGames too! We’ll be having all sorts of tax-free deals all weekend! CanGames has always been a blast! It’s always full of great deals, and hard-to-find items. You know those games that you see every once in a while, and they look neat, but they’ve been out of print for 20 years? Yeah, they have those. You know those miniatures you needed for your army, but they’ve always been too expensive? Yeah, they have those ON SALE. You know that really complicated board game none of your buddies ever want to play with you – people here will play. It’s going to be epic!