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Games Workshop Announces Its 10 th Annual Games
Day Hobby Celebration and Gaming Convention
Games Day USA is the annual gaming extravaganza for
the Games Workshop series of hobby games such as
Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000, the
world’s most popular tabletop battlegames. This year’s
event is our 10 th Anniversary Games Day and should be
the biggest and best ever! There will be gaming events
ranging from beginner to expert for all the games, plus
painting contests, seminars, demo games, special guests,
and more. There will be lots of new Lord of the Rings
tabletop battlegame events too, including displays and
promotions plus of course sneak peeks at the new The
Two Towers figures and game for the upcoming motion
picture!
Scheduled Guests include Warhammer 40,000 Game
Designer Pete Haines, longtime favorite figure sculptors
Alan and Michael Perry (lead designers for The Lord of
the Rings miniature line), author Dan Abnett (the bestselling
Gaunt’s Ghosts novels), Robin Dews of the
upcoming Warhammer Online project, Jervis Johnson of
Fanatic, and Forge World’s Tony Cottrell. Also in
attendance will be Sabertooth Games, running events for
the new Warhammer 40,000 Collectible Card Game.
Show Dates: June 28th - 29th
Location: Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD
Friday Hours: 2pm - 7:30 pm
Saturday Hours: 10am - 7pm
Tickets: Call 1-800-394-GAME
Games Day History
Long a tradition in England where the Games Workshop
hobby started, Games Day in the USA started 10 years
ago in one of Maryland’s Games Workshop Hobby
Centers. Despite the small venue, nearly 100 dedicated
fans showed up for the full day of fun! The next year the
show was moved to a real convention hall, where the
show grew even larger. So big in fact that two years later
the show moved to the Baltimore Convention Center and
spread into a 2 day event. Each year the show has
expanded in both size and attendance, with thousands
arriving each year to play, paint, and celebrate the
miniature gaming hobby.
Each year has seen such wild events as Squig Hopper
Races, fun (but messy!) Speed Painting competitions, and
Formula Waaaagh! demolition derbies. One highlight has
always been the Golden Demon miniature painting
competition, showcasing the best figure painters in the
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country and their work with the finest miniatures in the
world. Last year’s Games Day drew nearly 4,000
enthusiastic hobby fans, and even more are expected this
summer.
This year the USA will see two Games Day events, one in
Chicago as well as the annual Baltimore event. This will
be the first Games Day in America outside of Baltimore,
and the Windy City will never be the same! Set for July 27
in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, the show
will start the spread of these conventions throughout the
country in years to come. This year will also see the
second annual Games Day convention in Canada on
August 17, at the International Centre Hall 1 in
Mississauga, Ontario. Both events are expected to draw
thousands of gaming fans
About Games Workshop
For over 25 years Games Workshop has designed,
manufactured, distributed and sold tabletop wargame
systems and associated miniatures, marketed as a
complete hobby for teenagers and older. Its key brands
are Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000. The latest
addition to the range is The Lord of the Rings line of
battlegames and miniatures produced under an exclusive
global license from New Line Cinema, with imagery based
on the Oscar winning series of films directed by Peter
Jackson.
With its international headquarters in Nottingham
England, the company also has wholly-owned
subsidiaries in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain,
and Australia. Over 2,200 people are employed by the
company through these operations. Games Workshop
USA has its headquarters in Glen Burnie, Maryland and
oversees a coast to coast operation which includes
independent retailers, direct sales, and GW operated
retail hobby centers.
Games Workshop owns over 250 retail stores worldwide
and its products are featured in over 2,000 independent
outlets internationally. Games Workshop is a public
company quoted on the London Stock Exchange.
Games Workshop controls every aspect of its business,
from initial concept and design through to manufacture,
distribution and retail. Its long-running publication White
Dwarf is available via the stores, by mail order, on
newstands throughout the world (in several languages),
and through its website.
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