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Gaming Hall
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All information regarding this hall is subject to change.
Animethon will be dedicating over 24,000 square feet of space just for gaming! Featuring console gaming, free-play and tournaments, Table Top Café Gaming, TAPS Card Gaming, Extra Life Edmonton, ERA Gaming Stage, and much more!
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Gaming Stage Programming
In partnership with Endless Era Gaming (ERA), who will be hosting our gaming stage! The gaming stage will be showcasing all the things going on in this gaming hall! This is where you can come to sit down and enjoy things like tournament finales, live streams, performances, and much more!More Details
Gaming Tournaments
We’ve got multiple tournaments for both serious gamers for paid tournaments to casual gamers for free tournaments. Earn your prizes and glory for the winners. Do you have what it takes?Special this year is our partnership with "The Path of Glory". SKL Esports, will be flying out the Top 2 placing players in the Alberta province for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Singles! The path is a series of affiliated tournaments where the highest placing player from that region can win bonus airfare to attend the Path to Glory event at The Grey Cup Festival, it will be held on Nov. 18th-19th, at Regina, SK with a grand prize pool of $50,000!
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Table Top Café Gaming
Table Top Cafe returns to Animethon with a large area for open board gaming from open to close! Featuring con favourites like Giant Jenga, Azul, Catan, Coup, Werewolf, Codenames, Cards Against Humanity and Superfight plus tons of hot new titles like Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, Hues and Clues, Happy City, and more . We will also have a wide range of board games and D&D accessories for sale. Outside of Animethon, Table Top Café is located at 5716 75 Street.Tabletop Cafe will be hosting Puzzle Battles ($15 per session), Dungeons & Dragons sessions with experienced DM's ($12 per session), and live mini figure painting sessions by Figuratively Speaking Minis! ($33 per session) Don't miss out!
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| D&D Session 1 [2pm - 5pm] D&D Session 2 [4pm - 7pm] D&D Session 3 [5pm - 8pm] D&D Session 4 [7pm - 10pm] | D&D Session 5 [11am - 2pm] D&D Session 6 [1pm - 4pm] D&D Session 7 [4pm - 7pm] D&D Session 8 [6pm - 9pm] D&D Session 9 [7pm - 10pm] | D&D Session 11 [12pm - 3pm] D&D Session 12 [1pm - 4pm] |
| Puzzle Battle Team [2pm] | Puzzle Battle Team [6pm] | Puzzle Battle Team [2pm] |
Figuratively Speaking Minis Painting
Welcome to Learn to Paint where you will be provided a Miniature Figure, supplied by Tabletop Game Cafe, and where you can break in your painting skills with Courtney from Figuratively Speaking Minis. In this hour and a half class, you can base paint your figure to make it tabletop ready for your next game. These classes are open to all levels so if you have any questions, or want to know more about where you can paint in the city, feel free to ask! (Note: Each class has a cost of $33)"Learn to Paint Beholder" - In this hour and a half class, you can base paint your figure to make it tabletop ready for your next game. Bring to life a terrifying Beholder to run your players out of your dungeon or add to your collection of cool monsters!
"Learn to Paint a Raging Troll" - In this hour and a half class, you can base paint your figure to make it tabletop ready for your next game. This Troll would be sure to make an impact on your table and get those dice rolling!
"Learn to Paint a Young Remorhaz" In this hour and a half class, you can base paint your figure to make it tabletop ready for your next game. With a Young Remorhaz on your table, your players will be sure to be on edge, these monsters are something else!
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| Learn to Paint Session #1 [12:30pm - 2pm] Learn to Paint Session #2 [2:30pm - 4pm] Learn to Paint Session #3 [4:30pm - 6pm] | Learn to Paint ft. Beholder [12:30pm - 2pm] Learn to Paint ft. Raging Troll [2:30pm - 4pm] Learn to Paint ft. Young Remorhaz [4:30pm - 6pm] Learn to Paint [6:30pm - 8pm] | Learn to Paint Session #1 [12pm - 1:30pm] Learn to Paint Session #2 [2pm - 3:30pm] |
Taps Games
Come join us to learn or play your favourite card games such as Pokémon TCG, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Weiss Schwarz, Cardfight, Magic The Gathering, and much more! Outside of Animethon, Taps Games is located at 2854 Calgary Trail NW.| Taps Card Gaming Programming Schedule | ||
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| Friday | 5:00pm | MTG Commander Open Play |
| 6:00pm | Digimon | |
| Saturday | 12:00pm | MTG Commander Open Play |
| 12:00pm | Pokémon TCG | |
| 3:00pm | Cardfight Vanguard | |
| 5:00pm | Learn to Play Pokémon | |
| Sunday | 12:00pm | MTG Commander Open Play |
| 12:00pm | Yu-Gi-Oh | |
| 2:00pm | Warhammer Kill Team | |
Extra Life Edmonton
We are excited to announce that Animethon will be featuring exciting activities in support of our Official Charity Partner: Extra Life Edmonton, benefitting the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation once again. We couldn't be more proud to team up to help change kids' health. Extra Life Edmonton raises money for The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation through gaming! This year, the annual 24-Hour Game Day Marathon from in-person to virtual, with over 700 gamers in our community fundraising for the kids! Stop by our booth anytime to learn more about how you can make a difference. Find out more here!Facebook: Extra Life Edmonton
Twitter: @yegextralife
Website: Extra Life Edmonton Page