It's Officially Announced #RetroGamersUnite - April 5th 2014

By -

It gives us great pleasure to announce our first event for RGC Winnipeg. There's been a lot of people asking about it, so here's all the details so far!

#RetroGamersUnite
April 5th 2014 11am-9pm
Sturgeon Heights Community Centre
210 Rita St. (Near PNP Portage)
$5 at the door, children 6 and under free
Get your Pre-Sale tickets now!!!

For all the retro video game collectors, we have a large collection of local vendors who are sure to bring  tons of games! We have a large retro video game lounge for your enjoyment, Chipdamage will be hosting 3 tournaments (to be announced) as well as our own 2on2 Super Smash Melee tournament. Our sponsors have provided great prizes and there's MORE announcements to come in the next following weeks. 

As for the charity component, we'll be encouraging attendees to bring donations of clothing and food to support one of Winnipeg's longest running homeless shelters. We'll have silent auctions style prizes with unlimited tickets. The more you donate, the more you get! 

We have a lot more announcements to come so stay tuned to the blog and Facebook page for details. You can also follow us on Twitter! Drop us a line if you have any questions or ideas! Thank you for the support! #RetroGamersUnite

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Amiibo Free-For-All at RGU2! Train and Win!

By -
Image
On April 25th we're holding (with PNP Games help) the first ever Amiibo's Free-for-All tournament. You'll be able to register your Amiibos at RGU2 to face off against other local trainers, winner takes all with grand prizes valuing over $75 each and a pretty slick "trophy" from Retro Gamers Winnipeg. We're already confirmed a Gold Edition Mario Amiibo as PART of the grand prize for one of our tournaments from PNP Games (there will be more added to the grand prizes of course). More prizes as they get confirmed from our sponsors. Details after the jump
Read more
By -
Image
Come support our first ever garage sale for next year's convention! We'll have tons of cool stuff to sell and even some games "on the grill" if you just want to hang out! Share with your friends and see you there! Thank you to Cookatoos for letting us use their lot! Click here for directions to their store!
Read more

Vendor Spotlight: Nerdhaven Collectables

By -
Image
Nerdhaven Collectables has been fuelling Winnipeg's geek-culture community, appearing at conventions all year round. Make sure to catch them at #RetroGamersUnite April 5th 2014. They'll be selling an array of items including some Japanese video game character figures from PVCs to Figams and Nendoroids (plus a whole lot more!). If you have any questions, just ask them  ... If you want to get started in collecting video game figures and collectables, they really know their stuff! They're happy to answer any of your questions. Like them on Facebook and don't forget to stop by their table at #RetroGamersUnite April 5th. (Tell 'em we sent you!) Click here to check out more pictures of items they'll be selling. 
Read more