AZ gaming events, RinCon announcements
Greetings, and happy July to all you tabletop gamers! We’ve got some important announcements and dates, as well as information about events across southern AZ, so buckle up!
First, though, is the big news – after some behind-the-scenes coding magic (thanks John and Tony!!), the game submissions site for RinCon (Oct 3-5) is NOW OPEN! We’ve found that the Firefox browser doesn’t always play nicely, so please use Chrome, Safari, or Edge. Visit the submission site to get started earning your free or discounted badge – for every 4 hours of game session that you run, you’ll get one day free.
The hotel has also given us the instructions the RinCon hotel block. MAKE YOUR RESERVATION EARLY!! There’s a Kevin Hart comedy show at Ava Amphitheater that weekend, and they’re likely to be in a full sell-out situation earlier than usual. This means that we’ll only be able to add rooms to our block if WE SELL OUT EARLY – so go ahead and make that happen! 🙂
On to the events:
———–
July 5-6 (THIS WEEKEND!): CritHit 7: Cosmic Calamity!
Doubletree by Hilton Phoenix Mesa
Click here for details and to get tickets.
————
July 13th, 10AM – 10PM
RinCon Family Game Day Fundraiser
Casino Del Sol Conference Center
5655 W. Valencia Rd., Tucson AZ
Join us at the Casino Del Sol Conference Center for games, raffles, and tons of fun, including ARTEMIS spaceship bridge simulator blasting off every hour on the hour!!! Got a game you’ve been itching to get to the table? Share it with family and friends this weekend. Otherwise, come check out all the restaurants and amenities Casino Del Sol has to offer, borrow a board game from our library, and enter the raffles we’ll have going all day long.
———–
July 27, 11AM – 9PM
MOD Pizza Fundraiser
Bring the attached flyer (give the other 5 copies to friends and family – everybody loves pizza!!), mention the fundraiser at any of the locations listed below, or use the code MODGIVES25 for online or in-app purchases, and 25% of sales will go to support special programming at RinCon2025. We’ll be at the Broadway/Wilmot location from 11AM to 9PM with some great board games. Bring some fellow gamers and a game you’ve been looking to get to the table, buy yourself some pizza and salad, and hang out as long as you’d like!!
6351 E Broadway Blvd., Tucson
4386 N Oracle Rd., Tucson
3460 South Kino Pkwy., Tucson
4177 E Hwy 90, Sierra Vista
20320 N John Wayne Parkway, Maricopa
3121 W Peoria Ave., Phoenix
830 W Warner Rd., Gilbert
2000 E Rio Salado Pkwy., Tempe
————
August 15-17: MaricopaCon 2025
The Wigwam
Click here for details and to get tickets.
————-
Saturday, August 23, 10AM – 10PM
RinCon Family Game Day Fundraiser
Casino Del Sol Conference Center
5655 W. Valencia Rd., Tucson AZ
You know the drill – bring your friends and some games to play (or borrow one from our library) and help raise funds for special programming at RinCon in October. And we’ll have special events at this one!
- Professional GM Malcolm Brewmaster of Encounter: Mastering Dungeons will be offering two private, “bespoke” RPG sessions with gift bags and snacks for players and table props and special effects to set the mood. At 10:00, he’ll be running Cyberpunk:RED and at 2:00 Call of Cthulhu. Seats are limited, so click here to get your tickets to these one-of-a-kind events.
- Then at 7:00, the genius team who create the murder mystery LARP every year at RinCon will be presenting a second run of last year’s event, An Untimely End in the Enchanted Forest, complete with treats and a prize for the one who solves the mystery. Click here to see the list of characters and reserve your spot.
————
August 29-31: Tucson Comic-Con
Tucson Convention Center
Click here for details and to get tickets.
————
October 3-5: RinCon 2025
Casino Del Sol Conference Center
5655 W. Valencia Rd., Tucson AZ
We’ll be opening the site for purchasing tickets soon! We’re working out final details with the casino for this year’s food concession stand, so be patient for juuuuust a bit longer…