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www.games-workshop.com<br />
Games Workshop Announces Its 10 th Annual Games<br />
Day Hobby Celebration and Gaming Convention<br />
Games Day USA is the annual gaming extravaganza for<br />
the Games Workshop series <strong>of</strong> hobby games such as<br />
Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000, the<br />
world’s most popular tabletop battlegames. This year’s<br />
event is our 10 th Anniversary Games Day and should be<br />
the biggest and best ever! There will be gaming events<br />
ranging from beginner to expert for all the games, plus<br />
painting contests, seminars, demo games, special guests,<br />
and more. There will be lots <strong>of</strong> new Lord <strong>of</strong> the Rings<br />
tabletop battlegame events too, including displays and<br />
promotions plus <strong>of</strong> course sneak peeks at the new The<br />
Two Towers figures and game for the upcoming motion<br />
picture!<br />
Scheduled Guests include Warhammer 40,000 Game<br />
Designer Pete Haines, longtime favorite figure sculptors<br />
Alan and Michael Perry (lead designers for The Lord <strong>of</strong><br />
the Rings miniature line), author Dan Abnett (the bestselling<br />
Gaunt’s Ghosts novels), Robin Dews <strong>of</strong> the<br />
upcoming Warhammer Online project, Jervis Johnson <strong>of</strong><br />
Fanatic, and Forge World’s Tony Cottrell. Also in<br />
attendance will be Sabertooth Games, running events for<br />
the new Warhammer 40,000 Collectible Card Game.<br />
Show Dates: June 28th - 29th<br />
Location: Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD<br />
Friday Hours: 2pm - 7:30 pm<br />
Saturday Hours: 10am - 7pm<br />
Tickets: Call 1-800-394-GAME<br />
Games Day History<br />
Long a tradition in England where the Games Workshop<br />
hobby started, Games Day in the USA started 10 years<br />
ago in one <strong>of</strong> Maryland’s Games Workshop Hobby<br />
Centers. Despite the small venue, nearly 100 dedicated<br />
fans showed up for the full day <strong>of</strong> fun! The next year the<br />
show was moved to a real convention hall, where the<br />
show grew even larger. So big in fact that two years later<br />
the show moved to the Baltimore Convention Center and<br />
spread into a 2 day event. Each year the show has<br />
expanded in both size and attendance, with thousands<br />
arriving each year to play, paint, and celebrate the<br />
miniature gaming hobby.<br />
Each year has seen such wild events as Squig Hopper<br />
Races, fun (but messy!) Speed Painting competitions, and<br />
Formula Waaaagh! demolition derbies. One highlight has<br />
always been the Golden Demon miniature painting<br />
competition, showcasing the best figure painters in the<br />
country and their work with the finest miniatures in the<br />
world. Last year’s Games Day drew nearly 4,000<br />
enthusiastic hobby fans, and even more are expected this<br />
summer.<br />
This year the USA will see two Games Day events, one in<br />
Chicago as well as the annual Baltimore event. This will<br />
be the first Games Day in America outside <strong>of</strong> Baltimore,<br />
and the Windy City will never be the same! Set for July 27<br />
in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, the show<br />
will start the spread <strong>of</strong> these conventions throughout the<br />
country in years to come. This year will also see the<br />
second annual Games Day convention in Canada on<br />
August 17, at the International Centre Hall 1 in<br />
Mississauga, Ontario. Both events are expected to draw<br />
thousands <strong>of</strong> gaming fans<br />
About Games Workshop<br />
For over 25 years Games Workshop has designed,<br />
manufactured, distributed and sold tabletop wargame<br />
systems and associated miniatures, marketed as a<br />
complete hobby for teenagers and older. Its key brands<br />
are Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000. The latest<br />
addition to the range is The Lord <strong>of</strong> the Rings line <strong>of</strong><br />
battlegames and miniatures produced under an exclusive<br />
global license from New Line Cinema, with imagery based<br />
on the Oscar winning series <strong>of</strong> films directed by Peter<br />
Jackson.<br />
With its international headquarters in Nottingham<br />
England, the company also has wholly-owned<br />
subsidiaries in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain,<br />
and Australia. Over 2,200 people are employed by the<br />
company through these operations. Games Workshop<br />
USA has its headquarters in Glen Burnie, Maryland and<br />
oversees a coast to coast operation which includes<br />
independent retailers, direct sales, and GW operated<br />
retail hobby centers.<br />
Games Workshop owns over 250 retail stores worldwide<br />
and its products are featured in over 2,000 independent<br />
outlets internationally. Games Workshop is a public<br />
company quoted on the London Stock Exchange.<br />
Games Workshop controls every aspect <strong>of</strong> its business,<br />
from initial concept and design through to manufacture,<br />
distribution and retail. Its long-running publication White<br />
Dwarf is available via the stores, by mail order, on<br />
newstands throughout the world (in several languages),<br />
and through its website.<br />
www.games-workshop.com/news/us/events/GamesDay2002/Baltimore/Balt_intro.htm<br />
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