Winter Blast 2020

Much like the inaugural Winter Blast, 2020 will feature an oldschoolmtg tournament! So get those decks ready.

Basic details (to be fleshed out further in the near future)

  • Charity auction (if you want cool stuff, donate cool stuff!)
  • Orb Flips and other non-gaming side events
  • Vendor(s) on site
  • Prizes for Top 4, plus the coveted City of Brass for #1
  • Additional prizes for spicy brews, and other fun things at random ( prizes post 1 & post 2)

Schedule

Saturday:

  • 11am – doors open, getting setup and registered
  • noon – round 1 starts, bar opens
  • sometime around 2 – lunch break
  • 7pm – Raffles and Top 8 announcement and prizes awarded for >8 positions
  • 8pm – out of the hall
  • after 8pm – yet to be decided, but likely doing Top 8 at O’Grady’s Pub around the corner to make Sunday more relaxed
  • All day – Face to Face games vending, sign ups for reSealed event Sunday, raffle ticket purchases
  • Orb flipping contest sometime during the day

Sunday:

  • 10am – doors open
  • 11am – bar opens
  • 11am – Top 8 starts (if not done the night before)
  • 11:30am – reSealed event kicks off
  • 6pm – out of the hall
  • Scryings Cube and OS95 Cubes will fire whenever we have 8 players
  • Other formats and pick-up games happening all day

Sponsors

If you wish to help out, some ways that you can do that are:

  1. Share the website with your playgroups/social networks and spread the word http://thewinterblast.ca
  2. Donate cards/posters/alters/art/etc to the charity auctions
  3. Talk to your favorite shops/vendors to see if they would like to donate prizes and/or have a booth at the venue
  4. Anonymously (or not) provide more information/input/suggestions/etc here https://forms.gle/vvgmCKev9dmLyTyt9