PAX Prime 2014 Tabletop Tournaments (Board Games/Card Games/Miniatures)

Lackey

We're pleased to present to you the PAX Prime 2014 Tabletop Tournaments schedule!

Tabletop Freeplay is awesome, but sometimes you just crave competition. Join us for some organized play with PAX's Tabletop Tournaments, held on the third and fourth floor of the Motif Seattle Hotel (formerly the Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Ave - above the Elephant & Castle restaurant). Sign-ups open 10:00 AM each day for that day’s events, in the Emerald Ballroom on the 3rd Floor. Please arrive 15 minutes before your event for check-in. For events with First Round Heats: You may join ANY Heat of an event to qualify for later rounds. Many of the tournaments will use expansions - inquire at sign-up for specifics. Please remember, a Badge is required to participate in all PAX events, including our tournaments.

FULL EVENT DETAILS WITH DESCRIPTIONS HERE

Really, you should click that link - every event has a description that gives you more details about the event. Also, here's a Map with directions from the WSCC to the Motif Hotel (formerly called the Red Lion Hotel)

I'll be adding to this writeup as we get closer to PAX. Please feel free to reply below with any questions you may have. But if you just want to know the game names and times, here's the list:

Friday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Warhammer 40,000
Friday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Dominion
Friday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM X-Wing Miniatures
Friday 11:30 AM - 6:00 PM Ticket to Ride
Friday 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Yu-Gi-Oh Battle Pack Booster Tournament
Friday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM 7 Wonders
Friday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Settlers of Catan
Friday 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Warmachine/Hordes
Friday 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM Dragon Dice Novice Events
Friday 1:30 PM - 8:00 PM Alien Frontiers
Friday 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM High Command
Friday 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM Power Grid
Friday 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Yu-Gi-Oh Advanced Tournament
Friday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Social Deduction Freeplay
Friday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Team Building Exercise
Friday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Yu-Gi-Oh Pegasus Challenge

Saturday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Warmachine/Hordes
Saturday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Warhammer 40,000
Saturday 11:00 AM - 3:30 PM Race For The Galaxy
Saturday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Android: Netrunner Icebreaker
Saturday 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM King of Tokyo
Saturday 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Keyflower
Saturday 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Yu-Gi-Oh Battle Pack Booster Tournament
Saturday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Settlers of Catan
Saturday 12:00 PM - 6:30 PM Munchkin
Saturday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Boss Monster
Saturday 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM Dragon Dice Novice Events
Saturday 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM Ascension
Saturday 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM Takenoko
Saturday 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM King's Forge
Saturday 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Star Realms
Saturday 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Yu-Gi-Oh Advanced Tournament
Saturday 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Love Letter
Saturday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Saturday Night Showdown
Saturday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Social Deduction Freeplay
Saturday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Yu-Gi-Oh Pegasus Challenge

Sunday 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM Agricola
Sunday 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Golem Arcana
Sunday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Dominion
Sunday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Marvel Dice Masters - Sealed
Sunday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Warmachine/Hordes
Sunday 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Galaxy Trucker
Sunday 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM 7 Wonders
Sunday 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Ogre Designer's Edition
Sunday 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Yu-Gi-Oh Battle Pack Booster Tournament
Sunday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Settlers of Catan
Sunday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Wild West Exodus
Sunday 1:00 PM - 11:00 PM Dragon Dice Novice Events
Sunday 3:00 PM - 6:30 PM Puerto Rico
Sunday 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Evolution
Sunday 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM Small World
Sunday 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Smash Up
Sunday 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Yu-Gi-Oh Advanced Tournament
Sunday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Social Deduction Freeplay
Sunday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM The Resistance
Sunday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Yu-Gi-Oh Pegasus Challenge

Monday 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM High Command
Monday 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM HeroClix
Monday 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM Suburbia
Monday 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Marvel Dice Masters - Constructed
Monday 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Ticket to Ride
Monday 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Sushi Go!
Monday 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Robo Rally
Monday 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Yu-Gi-Oh Battle Pack Booster Tournament
Monday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Settlers of Catan
Monday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Dragon Dice Novice Event
Monday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Coup
Monday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Tsuro

Winners of most events will win a PAX '14 1st Place medal. Some specific events will have additional/alternate prizes. As with all PAX show activities, a PAX badge is required to participate in all tournaments.

NEW ADDITIONS:

Here's the Magic: the Gathering schedule of events:
http://cascadegames.com/events/982

Here's the D&D event info:
http://dnd.wizards.com/playevents/conventions/paxprime

This schedule is subject to change, up until and including the day of the event.
Please arrive early, and check with the Tabletop Tournaments HQ on the Motif Hotel 3rd Floor Emerald Ballroom for details the day of the event.

Again, if you have any questions, please let me know!

Enforcer Lackey
PAX Prime Tabletop Tournaments Co-coordinator
@Lackey

Wote

Well done!

Drain

What's going on in this thread?

rahnawyn

I won't be participating in any tournaments, but I think I'm gonna try and make it to one of the 9 pm Dragon Dice Novice events! Looks fun and not as intimidating as the rest of the freeplay area. :P

Is that something I need to sign up for beforehand?

DDiceDave

@rahnawyn, it's probably a good idea to sign up as early in the day as you can (after 10am). Last year we had to turn a few people away. This year, we scheduled more 2-hour events! Hopefully you can find one to fit your schedule. I also changed the format this year to just novice/teaching events to create a more relaxed and enjoyable experience (I hope). I look forward to seeing you there!
Thank You for your enthusiasm and your support!

JesusInHD

What's the general atmosphere for these tournaments? This is my first year at PAX, and I'm interested in joining a tournament, but should I be worried if I'm there just to have fun? Am I going to make enemies if I'm not there to be intensely competitive?

zerzhul

Some people will always be intensely competitive, so that's just a thing you'll have to be able to expect, even in friendly tourneys. For official pax tourneys though, there isn't much in the way of prizes, because they're designed to be friendly tourneys, so ideally it will attract a less competition-centric crowd (although, again, anyone can sign up, so it will likely be full of all sorts).

Spud387

zerzhul wrote: »

Some people will always be intensely competitive, so that's just a thing you'll have to be able to expect, even in friendly tourneys. For official pax tourneys though, there isn't much in the way of prizes, because they're designed to be friendly tourneys, so ideally it will attract a less competition-centric crowd (although, again, anyone can sign up, so it will likely be full of all sorts).

^ This.
Unfortunately it is just in some people's personalities and you have to work around it. I just tell people to calm down, remind them it's for fun and/or apologize if they got mad because of a mistake I made.

Lackey

JesusInHD wrote: »

What's the general atmosphere for these tournaments? This is my first year at PAX, and I'm interested in joining a tournament, but should I be worried if I'm there just to have fun? Am I going to make enemies if I'm not there to be intensely competitive?

We do our best to structure the events to skew more towards casual play - Zerzhul's correct - many of the tournaments have a PAX 14 Medal as the prize for the winner. Which is totally awesome, but not some kind of $10,000 cash prize.

A few of the events DO have big prizes though. The winner of the Settlers of Catan Regional Championship wins a trip to Gen Con 2015 with airfare. The Android: Netrunner and Star Wars: X-Wing events will have prizes from Fantasy Flight Games. A few other tournaments may have copies of games as prizes, and/or promos for participating.

But by-and-large, we think of the events as casual experiences. The goal is for people to have FUN, not to crush your opponents. Come play in a tournament for a couple hours, to see how others play some of your favorite games, and then head back to the Expo Hall for another walk-through.

Lackey

Also, while it's not officially a part of PAX Prime itself, if you are a Krosmaster Arena player, Japanime Games will be holding the National Championships at the next hotel over!



Japanime Games has an online signup sheet for this, at http://www.japanimegames.com, with the following information:

Our National Championships will be held in Seattle, WA at the Crowne Palaza Evergreen Room, On August 31st. Sign up here for this FREE tournament with fantastic prizes! Top 4 get a full trip to go to FRANCE for the Worlds! Please understand that Registration opens at 10 AM, and if you are not registered, your seat is not guaranteed.

Since this event is not an official part of PAX, you don't need a PAX badge to attend. But it's happening right next to us, and due to...reasons...it's not an official PAX event, so it won't be in the program booklet or in Guidebook.

spikevash13

So it looks like there is no 50 point warmachine/hordes tournament this year, is that correct?

Lackey

spikevash13 wrote: »

So it looks like there is no 50 point warmachine/hordes tournament this year, is that correct?

Correct. Each Warmahordes event is 35pts

ahwing

Is there going to be Magic card tournaments this year?

RavenHusky

ahwing wrote: »

Is there going to be Magic card tournaments this year?

Magic: the Gathering events are put on by Cascade Games, and are over in the Annex.
http://cascadegames.com/events/982

ahwing

RavenHusky wrote: »

ahwing wrote: »

Is there going to be Magic card tournaments this year?

Magic: the Gathering events are put on by Cascade Games, and are over in the Annex.
http://cascadegames.com/events/982

ahhh i see....thanks!!!

JesusInHD

Lackey wrote: »

We do our best to structure the events to skew more towards casual play - Zerzhul's correct - many of the tournaments have a PAX 14 Medal as the prize for the winner. Which is totally awesome, but not some kind of $10,000 cash prize.

A few of the events DO have big prizes though. The winner of the Settlers of Catan Regional Championship wins a trip to Gen Con 2015 with airfare. The Android: Netrunner and Star Wars: X-Wing events will have prizes from Fantasy Flight Games. A few other tournaments may have copies of games as prizes, and/or promos for participating.

But by-and-large, we think of the events as casual experiences. The goal is for people to have FUN, not to crush your opponents. Come play in a tournament for a couple hours, to see how others play some of your favorite games, and then head back to the Expo Hall for another walk-through.

Thanks for the feedback! I'm definitely going to try to sign up for one. Takenoko looks like it'll fit in with my schedule, and giant Tsuro sounds like it'd be fun to at least watch.

Do these things fill up pretty fast? Should I plan on being there at 10am to sign up, or could I stroll in half an hour before the tournament and expect to play?

Solelron

bummed all tourneys are like massively down the street. I rarely leave the con center. but..I really want to try the dice masters tourneys

Drain

Drain was warned for this.

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Lackey

JesusInHD wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback! I'm definitely going to try to sign up for one. Takenoko looks like it'll fit in with my schedule, and giant Tsuro sounds like it'd be fun to at least watch.

Do these things fill up pretty fast? Should I plan on being there at 10am to sign up, or could I stroll in half an hour before the tournament and expect to play?

In the past 3 years, Tsuro has had room to accommodate players right up until the event started.

This is the first time we're running Takenoko, so I can't predict how quickly it'll fill up. I don't think it'll be nearly as large of a draw as old standbys like Dominion, or new hotness like Star Realms. But each signup sheet will have a Waiting List - if people sign up at 10am, and the list fills, you might still get in if people fail to show up at the start of the event.

Safest, of course, is to sign up at 10am.

PrivateNewbie

Any word on the Dungeons and Dragons DM Challenge?

Spud387

So why was Tabletop moved to Motif this year? Things seemed to go much better at the Olive 8 which also had more space.

Lackey

PrivateNewbie wrote: »

Any word on the Dungeons and Dragons DM Challenge?

D&D info will be released very soon. But D&D events will also be located at the Motif Hotel, on the 4th Floor.

Spud387 wrote: »

So why was Tabletop moved to Motif this year? Things seemed to go much better at the Olive 8 which also had more space.

The Olive 8 was not available for PAX use this year. But at the Motif, we now are using two floors for Tabletop, instead of just the 3rd Floor like we did in 2012. So it should be comparable to the space we had at the Olive 8 last year.

spikevash13

I am trading my Monday Pass for a Friday pass as I wanted to play in the Warmachine tournament, but the person with the Friday pass won't be able to meet me until 11 Friday, so I was wondering if it will be full by then or not? Or if there is any way I could sign up, as I probably can't get in until I get my pass.

Requies

spikevash13 wrote: »

I am trading my Monday Pass for a Friday pass as I wanted to play in the Warmachine tournament, but the person with the Friday pass won't be able to meet me until 11 Friday, so I was wondering if it will be full by then or not? Or if there is any way I could sign up, as I probably can't get in until I get my pass.

Along with Mer I'm running the Warmachine tournament. PM me and we can try and work something out.

Spud387

Is the warmachine tournaments appropriate for beginners (ppl who have lists, but haven't played much)?

TelanisWSU

As a logistical question, are we able to get swag bags from the main convention before needing to head over to sign up for tournaments? Meaning, since both things open at 10am, I'm assuming I'm going to have to pick one or the other.

whypick1

Swag bags haven't been available for people to pick up until 11:30 or so for the past few shows. I'd expect that to continue.

Complexity

You honestly might as well wait anyway. Even if you can get there at 11:30, there usually ends up being no line half an hour before the hall closes, and everything is still available.

Darq Hunter

Spud387 wrote: »

Is the warmachine tournaments appropriate for beginners (ppl who have lists, but haven't played much)?

It's a rough question to answer. The non-Spell Draft ones probably are. 35 points tends to be more new player friendly but with any steamroller it is tough to gauge.

CelticKevin

Does it vary from game to game whether it is a sign up or some sort queue line?

CelticKevin

@lackey, I sooo appreciate your work here! Applause! (*)

I see one discrepancy on the Google Doc schedule. The timing for the D&D Adventurers League's epic event Corruption in Kryptgarden is logged as Saturday night at 8PM, but according to the official WOTC site it is the same time on Sunday night. I'd hate to see any of my fellow D&Ders miss out!

And now I am following you on Twitter, because you know much that is hidden!

Lackey

Good catch on the D&D times! Thank you.

Sir WinsALot

Hi. Where can I find the tabletop board game tournament schedule for 2015 Pax East?

zerzhul

Sir WinsALot wrote: »

Hi. Where can I find the tabletop board game tournament schedule for 2015 Pax East?

So this is the wrong section of the forums for that. You are posting in the pax prime 2014 tabletop thread.

The schedule will be available on http://east.paxsite.com in the next few weeks.

Geth, close this thread

Geth

Affirmative zerzhul. Closing thread...