Charity Through Board Games
Dave and Naomi Persinger both donated to our charity. Dave not only drew the zombie picture to donate to the silent auction, but he came early and illustrated most of our signs and posters. Naomi gave us dozens of cookies to sell during the event, and they were delicious. Thanks for all of your help! …
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Fireside Games donated a lot of hit games to our convention, helping us rocket past our goal of $3000 to SafePlace. Castle Panic is a great family game for all types of gamers. Fireside recently released Dead Panic, a co-op that might not be as cooperative by the end, if you turn into a zombie! …
Tribe Comics and Games gave us Horus, an ancient Egyptian-themed game. In keeping with the theme, Tom donated some papyrus from Egypt. The silent auction bundles are separated into themed packages, with a few randoms here and there that we lumped together. Check out the bundles here.
Molly and Alicia made some great-looking dragon and dinosaur coasters. We’ll bundle them with dragon and dinosaur-themed games, respectively. The convention is this weekend, and we can’t wait to see everyone there. Consider this the best $20 you ever spend! It’s all going to SafePlace. You can’t go wrong when you help someone out.
We got some great questions by e-mail, so I’ll post here with some answers: 1) Since Saturday lasts most of the day, what’s the plan for food? Are there restaurants nearby for people to go to? Will there be food sold on the premises? We will sell light snacks. Here’s a link to a quick …
Melanie Lewis donated two reversible game bags! One has Star Wars blueprints, and the other side displays Star Wars comics. The other has Marvel comics on both sides. Come bid on them and their associated games at the silent auction!
Renaissance Miniatures donated two model buildings with accessories, and 150 model-building kits. The first 150 people at the convention will get a wagon model-building kit at sign in. Renaissance Miniatures produces 15mm and 28mm gamer products. They are local to Austin, and will fulfill orders via their website. Go check them out, and come get a …
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Mike McCarthy generously donated Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2nd edition) with the Lair of the Wyrm expansion. Mike is not new to charity, as he’s donated to Give to Game in the past as well. Come bid on his donation at the silent auction!
Bananagrams donated several fun fruit games! In fruit cases! Bananagrams is a fun word game that sky-rocketed in popularity the past couple of years. Come bid on their donations at the silent auction!
Sarah Morse makes jewelry, and donated one of her pieces to our convention. Come check it out and make a bid at our silent auction!
