Spread the Word about the Event, Win a Prize! by Norma Gallien

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It's back, our ever popular Invite/Share/Tweet Thread! For every event we put on this promotion by asking you to do some promoting for *us.* Help us boost the signal and you could win some loot from our gaming prize pool. To enter, look for the pinned post on our Facebook Event Page. It'll ask you to invite/share/tweet our event and let us know what you did. That's it!

Now, these have been our tried and true social routes the past couple of years, but if you're interested in signal boosting for us in other ways, just let us know! Ask us for some event flyers that you can hand out (at your next game night, at work, etc), post on reddit, on BoardGameGeek, so forth, the sky's the limit! Just let us know what you did and we can count them as more entries. 

We'll select one (or possibly more) winner(s) at random and they'll have already won a game before they even walk into the event!

Thank you! You're awesome!

SAVE THESE DATES! Our Next Event and a reminder for Prime Day by Norma Gallien

It's that time of the year again! The heat is upon us in more ways than one as we slip into steady summer and the countdown to PAX West begins. We've got a couple of dates for you to pencil into your calendars!

Our Next Event

Ready to play more games on the 76th floor? 
We're excited to announce our next Night of Gaming for Good on Top of the World, PAX Edition! Tickets will be available soon on Shindigg and we'll let you know when that goes live. (But pssst, word on the street is that you'll be able to purchase super early bird tickets at the next FTW Game Night on July 16)

Support us on Prime Day 

July 16-17 is Amazon Prime Day!
FTW Events is now a recognized AmazonSmile non-profit organization! This is a simple way for you to support us every time you shop at Amazon, including on Prime Day. Make purchases through AmazonSmile and a portion of the purchase price will be donated to our cause! 

Using your Amazon account, sign into smile.amazon.com and enter FTW Events as your charity of choice. Then just shop as normal!

Be sure to use smile.amazon.com on Prime Day and every time you make an Amazon purchase to ensure that a donation gets made each time. 

Good luck to all the teams participating in The Gauntlet! by Norma Gallien

Today our friends at Mox Boarding House Bellevue will be throwing down The Gauntlet and pitting 20 teams against each other in a board game battle royale!  Mox Boarding House and Card Kingdom have been our awesome partners during our last few events, bringing their well-stocked pop-up store all the way up to 76 floors so you can use all your vouchers to bring home some new treasures. Today we're excited and proud to be sponsors of The Gauntlet: Realms, their annual charity tabletop gaming tournament that benefits Wellspring Family Services, a Seattle based non-profit that works to build emotionally healthy, self-sufficient families.  

The prizes in this fundraising tournament include SIX tickets to our Night of Gaming for Good on Top of the World, PAX Edition this August 31, 2018! We're cheering on all the teams and wishing our friends at Mox a fantastic event. If you're local, be sure to head down there to Bellevue and check out the festivities!

They're live streaming the action on their Card Kingdom channel, so be sure to tune in and give them, the players, and the community some support!

It's Over 9000!! by Norma Gallien

We're always on such a high after our events. Our most recent Night of Board Gaming for Good on Top of the World, held on March 2nd, was another one for the books! Thanks to you, our sponsors, volunteers and everyone who helped make it possible, we've managed to break another record!

FTW Events' officers and volunteers present a check to Danny and Jennifer Kramer from the Imagine Guild.

FTW Events' officers and volunteers present a check to Danny and Jennifer Kramer from the Imagine Guild.

Yesterday at our April Game Night at the Tower some of our officers and volunteers presented this awesome and comically huge check to Danny and Jennifer Kramer, representatives and members of the Imagine Guild, to the tune of $9,900. 100% of the amount will go towards helping kids and their families at Seattle Children's Hospital. This blows away any previous record we've had for our Comic-Con events.

And we couldn't have done it without you. Thank you so much. Let's do it again in the Fall, yes? :) See you there!

Have a Seat at the VIP Table with our Guests of Honor by Norma Gallien

 
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As a VIP, we try our best to drown you in swag and swank! 

 
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First, your VIP Swag bag will be waiting for you when you arrive, stuffed with amazing games and goodies. You'll be seated in a private dining room with gorgeous views of Seattle and served your selections from a three-course dining and drink menu, including many dishes that are exclusively for our VIPs. You'll also be dining with other VIPs that include many luminaries and special guests from the tabletop industry.

 
 
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Guests of Honor

 

Trin Garritano

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Trin is a games industry veteran, presenter, and moderator who loves talking into microphones. Thank goodness, as we've asked her to be our emcee for the evening! Trin has brought you crazy things like the Cards Against Humanity Mass Effect Pack, the 2017 San Antonio NerdWalk, Tabletop Deathmatch, and the Friendshipping podcast. We've asked her to watch her language and not to bring her T-Shirt cannon, so this will probably go fine.

 

"Every week Jenn & Trin answer your questions about friendship! We try to advise on the tricky stuff that's making you feel weird."

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Theresa Duringer

As a designer at Temple Gates Games, Theresa Duringer spends her time adapting board games for digital devices, where she is tasked with clarifying complex designs onto a small device. She and the Temple Gates Games crew recently released Race for the Galaxy on iOS, Android, and Steam.   Prior to Race, she digitized the deckbuilder Ascension for VR, a medium that brings back tabletalk and social interaction to digital games. Up next she’s tackling Roll for the Galaxy, bringing the dice version of Race to PC, phones, and tablets.

Set your phases to fun!  Race for the Galaxy, the classic strategy card game set in space, is now available on phones, tablets and PC. Advance your empire in this engine builder by playing cards to develop technology and settle worlds. Play against the neural net driven AI or join your friends in multiplayer mode to see who can build the most prosperous empire.  

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The VIP experience offers all of this: swag, swank, and a chance to rub elbows with tabletop gaming elite! Secure your
tickets to the event here.
Already have a current general admission ticket?
It's not too late to upgrade to VIP! 

Boost the Signal, Win a Prize! by Norma Gallien

It's time for our popular Invite/Share/Tweet Thread!  

Before each event, we put on this promotion by asking you to do some promoting for *us*! We need all the help we can get in boosting the signal and you could win some loot from our gaming prize pool! 

To enter, look for the pinned post on our Facebook Event Page. It'll ask you to invite/share/tweet our event, let us know what you did, and that's it! We'll select one (or more) winner(s) at random the night before the event, and they'll have already won a game before they even walk into the event!

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The Prize List: ECCC 2018 Event Edition! by Matt Winberry

The Prize Table from our PAX event in 2017

The following is an evolving list of the prizes we are giving away on March 2nd! We'll be adding to this up until the event, so check back often to see what's new. We are literally receiving boxes from our sponsor donors every day! Be sure to check our sponsors page often, too, as sometimes, even though they've committed, we don't know what they're sending us (it's like Christmas when we get them)!

Also, we're more than excited to have a few new names joining us! We welcome them and can't wait to see what they send us. 

Don't have tickets yet? If you like games and helping kids to boot, you definitely don't want to miss this one!

Here's the Prize List!

Platinum Sponsors

Calliope Games
12 Days (x4)
Ancestree (x4)
Capital City (x4)
Dicey Peaks (x4)
Double Double Dominoes (x4)
Hive Mind (x4)
Menu Masters (x4)
Roll For It! Deluxe Edition (x4)
Roll For It! Purple (x4)
Roll For It! Red (x4)
Running With the Bulls (x4)
Shutterbug (x4)
Thieves! (x4)
Tsuro (x4)
Tsuro of the Seas + Veterans of the Seas Expansion (each x4)
Ugh! (x4)
Wordoku (x4)

Czech Games Edition
Alchemists & The King's Golem
Codenames: Duet (x2)
Dungeon Lords: Happy Anniversary
Pulsar 2849
Tash-Kalar (x30)
That's a Question! (x32)

Gold Sponsors

Art's Ideas / Jenga Giant
Jenga Giant JS7 (x2)
Jenga Premium Hardwood Game (x4)
Jenga Ocean Game (x6)
Jenga Throw 'N Go Hardwood Game (x6)

Cheapass Games
Brawl Complete Set: Bennett, Chris, Darwin, Hale, Morgan, Pearl
Button Men (x2)
Deluxe Pairs (x3)
Doctor Lucky's Mansion that is Haunted
Get Lucky
Give Me the Brain

Kill Doctor Lucky
Lord of the Fries
Secret Lair of Doctor Lucky
Stuff & Nonsense
Tak: University Edition (x2)
Unexploded Cow

Iello Games
Bunny Kingdom (x2)
Decrypto (x4)
King of Tokyo (x4)
Mountains of Madness (x2)
Tem-Purr-A (x3)
Welcome to the Dungeon (x3)

Japanime Games
Heart of Crown + Playmat (x18)

Lone Shark Games
Apocrypha Adventure Card Game: World Base Set (x4)
Maze of Games (x4)

USAOpoly
Clue: The Legend of Zelda Edition
Code Names Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Gear Up and Rock Out!
Lift It! Deluxe
Monopoly: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Edition
Munchkin Marvel
Nefarious & Becoming a Monster (x2 each)
Rollers Deluxe
Star Trek Panic (x3)
Super Mario Level Up!
Telestrations
Yahtzee: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Edition

Silver Sponsors

Ankama Games
Kingdom Run (x3)
Stellium (x2)

Brain Games
Ice Cool (x6)

Slugfest Games
Red Dragon Inn 2
Red Dragon Inn 3
Red Dragon Inn 4
Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains

Smirk & Dagger
Cutthroat Caverns
Dead Hand Chaos Poker (x30)
Paramedics Clear

Steve Jackson Games
Bill & Ted's Excellent Board Game
Illuminati
Munchkin 2: Unnatural Axe
Munchkin 3: Clerical Errors
Munchkin 4: The Need for Steed
Munchkin GLOOM
Munchkin Monster Box
Munchkin Nightmare Before Christmas
Zombie Dice

Stronghold Games
Animals On Board
Bear Valley
Crazy Creatures of Dr. Gloom (x2)
Diamonds
Five Cucumbers
Get The Cheese
Little Devils (x2)
Pit Crew
Stellar Conflict

Bronze Sponsors

Blue Heron Games
Affectionate: Cats & Cuddles

Fireside Games
Castle Panic!

Passport Game Studios
CV Pocket
Tokaido

Top Shelf Fun
Red Meepillow
Orange Meepillow
Green Meepillow
Blue Meepillow
Purple Meepillow

Other Miscellaneous Donations

Incredible Expeditions: Quest for Atlantis Grand Tour Edition (x2, donated by Liz Spain)
The Mazing Game (x2, donated by designer Clint Amstrup)