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Bay Area Open 2012

The Bay Area Open 2012 tickets are up for sale! Click on the links below for information about and tickets sales for each event.

This year we will be bigger, and better than last year. This will be the biggest Tabletop Gaming event west of Texas!

Come out and join the community for a weekend of dice chucking and good times. Last year’s event got universally glowing reviews, and this year looks to sell out rapidly. Be sure to grab your tickets soon, as you don’t want to miss out on this year’s event.

If you don’t see tickets up for sale for your event yet, just hang tight, they’ll be up for sale very soon!

Schedule of events:

  • Friday, March 2nd
  • 40K Team Tournament: Start Time: 11:00am
  • Warmachine Blood, Sweat and Tiers event: Start Time: 11:00am
  • Saturday, March 3rd
  • 40K Championships day 1. 1750pts: Check In: 9:00am
  • Fantasy Championships day 1. 2500pts: Check In: 9:30am
  • Warmachine / Hordes 50 point tournament: Check In: 10:00am
  • Flames of War championships Day 1: Check In: 9:00am
  • 40K Narrative  Event: Check In: 9:30am
  • Sunday, March 4th
  • 40K Championships  day 2. 1750pts: Check In: 9:00am
  • Fantasy Championships day 2. 2500pts: Check In: 9:30
  • Warmachine / Hordes 35 point tournament: Check In: 10:00am
  • Flames of War Championships Day 2: Check In: 9:00am

Where:

The Contra Costa County Fairgrounds. Same location as last year, which means ample parking, lots of space and affordable tickets!
When you pull into the Fairgrounds, you will see a red chain linked fence (shown here). Pull through the gate, and drive up the road about a quarter mile. On your right hand side you will see 2 very large buildings next to one another. We are in the back building, Cypress Hall. There is plenty of parking there. We will have a sign up to help you find where you are going.

Food

We will have reasonably priced food vendors there, and drinks for sale as well. Please bring CASH! We are working on getting a mobile card reader but may not have it in place in time. Come prepared as with 1/2 hour lunch breaks, leaving to get food isn’t really a viable option.

Rules Info and Tickets:

Hotel:

We’ll be staying at the Days Inn and Suites of Antioch again this year, and the rooms will be available to reserve starting Monday, December 19. We have negotiated a group rate of $66 a night, so it will be a really affordable way to come and join us, particularly if you split the room! The Hotel is walking distance from Battle Bunker Games, where we will be holding our Friday Night meet and greet events!

Give them a call at 1-925-522-0010 to reserve your room. Just use my name, Reece Robbins, to get the group rate. Be sure to reserve your spot by February 16 to get the lower rate!

Friday and Saturday Night Meet and Greet:

For those of you who didn’t make this last year, the meet and greets are great fun. We hang out at Battle Bunker Games, which is right next to the Days Inn and Suites hotel where most attendees will be staying, and we play games, talk nerd, and play Battletech in the actual Battletech video game machines that you get inside and play! This is a great way to make new friends and meet the players you’ll be up against.

Battle Bunker Games also has a great selection of hard to find miniatures from way back when that you can’t find easily. Armorcast, Rogue Trader minis, etc. You can find some real gems there, I myself just picked up two boxes of 2nd Edition Chaos Raptors and Doom Rider!