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By John Cmar 15 Aug, 2024
DCC Day is an annual event by Goodman Games that celebrates their role-playing games, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Mutant Crawl Classics and Xcrawl Classics. The official DCC Day for this year was on July 20, but Goodman Games endorses stores running their DCC Day event on a day of their choice, and for us that is this Saturday, August 17. Here are our plans for Saturday at Omnihedral: We will be running two free one-shot RPG events ! The links below are to reserve a free ticket to play in the games to help us keep track of attendance. Walk-ups are encouraged as room allows, new players are welcome, and all game materials will be provided: Saturday, August 17, 1:00pm - Dungeon Crawl Classics DCC Day 2024 One-Shot: The Grinding Keep - reserve your free ticket! Saturday, August 17, 6:30pm - Xcrawl Classics DCC Day 2024 One-Shot: Tucson Death Storm! - reserve your free ticket! We will have copies of the free DCC Day 2024 Adventure Pack available on a first-come first-serve basis, with no purchase required. We will also have the DCC Day 2024 exclusive items for sale : the limited edition foil cover of giant sized DCC adventure module #104: Return to the Starless Sea, as well as the DCC Day #5 adventure: Gods of the Earth. As always, please go to our Discord for updates and with any questions. We look forward to gaming with you!
By John Cmar 21 Jun, 2024
Free RPG Day is an annual global event that celebrates role-playing games, creators and players. This coming weekend, we will have free exclusive content for a wide variety of tabletop roleplaying games, including new RPG adventures, quick-start guides, accessories and more. Here are our plans for the weekend at Omnihedral: We will be running multiple free one-shot RPG events throughout the weekend! The links below are to reserve a free ticket to play in the games to help us keep track of attendance. Walk-ups are encouraged as room allows, new players are welcome, and all game materials will be provided: Friday, June 21, 6:30p m - Deathmatch Island one-shot - Deathmatch Island is the new RPG of over-the-top reality show competition (think Survivor, Squad Game, Deathloop, Battle Royale etc) utilizing the Agon RPG engine - reserve your free ticket! Saturday, June 22, 1:00 pm - Pathfinder 2E Free RPG Day 2024 adventure: The Great Toy Heist - reserve your free ticket! Saturday, June 22, 6:30pm - Dungeon Crawl Classics Free RPG Day 2024 adventure: Across the Veil of Time - reserve your free ticket! Sunday, June 23, 1:00pm - Return To Dark Tower one-shot - Return To Dark Tower RPG is based on the Return To Dark Tower board game utilizing the Polymorph system - reserve your free ticket! We will have plenty of c opies of all Free RPG Day 2024 modules available on a first-come first-serve basis, with no purchase required. We will also have other more limited freebies (dice, dice trays, dice bags) that will be free with any RPG purchase. Omnihedral will be opening at 10am on both Saturday and Sunda y this weekend . As always, please go to our Discord for updates and with any questions , and to see previews of all of the freebies we will have available. We look forward to gaming with you!
By John Cmar 30 Oct, 2021
It is with immense pleasure that we announce, at long last, the Launch Party Celebration for Omnihedral! Here are the updated details for the party: When : Saturday October 30, 1pm-midnight; Sunday October 31, 1pm-9pm There will be free open gaming throughout the weekend, and we will be featuring the following games: Disney’s Mickey & Friends Food Fight! Dinosaur Rawr ’n Write Shaky Manor Rival Networks Decrypto We will have a store-wide Launch Party discount ! For this weekend only, our usual game rentals from our huge game library will be $1 only . We will be hosting the Omnihedral Scavenger Hunt - those who complete the hunt will be able to take a free grab from the Omnihedral Box of Holding , while supplies last! On Saturday October 30 at 7:30pm , John will be running a Star Trek Attack Wing tournament, Halloween Havoc : The pumpkin-headed Kazons have endured enough mockery as a second-tier adversary for the Federation, and have chosen Halloween to mete their rage out at their enemies, tribbles in tow! Time : 7:30pm, Saturday October 30 Entry fee : $10 Scenario : Obstacles Build rules : 120 points total, with any Kazon ships costing 10 points less, and Cyrano Jones costing 0 points Structure : 3 rounds, each 60 minutes maximum, following standard STAW tournament rules Prize : Winner's choice of either STAW: Alliance, Klingon Faction Pack Blood Oath , Federation Faction Pack To Boldly Go , Vulcan Faction Pack To Live Long And Prosper , or Dominion Faction Pack The Cardassian Union On Sunday October 31 from 2-5pm , we will have a Halloween-themed pick-up game of the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG . No role-playing experience is required, and pregenerated characters will be provided. We will have a selection of celebratory cupcakes , and a spooky amount of Halloween candy . Last but definitely not least, we will be kicking off our 2nd Annual Charity Drive for the Toys for Tots Campaign ! Please note Omnihedral's COVID Policy: we require masking while in the store and event areas, with the exception of when eating and drinking. Laura and John are very excited for this milestone, and we look forward to seeing you all!
Tower of Toys for Tots!
By John Cmar 18 Sep, 2021
Omnihedral is focused on curating events for fun, education, and charitable causes. Thus far in 2021, we have run outdoor gaming sessions in conjunction with our fantastic neighbors at the Brewing Good Coffee Company, and coordinated charity drives for Toys for Tots as well as Hearts and Homes for Youth.
Sköll and the Pop-Up Gen Con exclusives
By John Cmar 18 Sep, 2021
Tomorrow, Saturday September 18, Gen Con 2021 will be Popping Up at Omnihedral! Gen Con is the largest annual board game convention in North America, and is taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana, this weekend. We are excited to be able to celebrate with those unable to make the trip to Indy by hosting our own official Pop-Up Gen Con event here at Omnihedral in Savage, Maryland! Gen Con has partnered with multiple game publishers to offer up a number of Early Release games available to Pop-Up Gen Con retailers. In order to participate, attendees need to sign up on Gen Con’s official website with a registration fee of $5. You will receive an official Pop-Up Gen Con badge when you arrive at Omnihedral on September 18, and you will be able to play and purchase the Early Release games on site, well before their official release date. The following games are the exclusive Pop-Up Gen Con 2021 titles: Bayou Bash - Wyrd Games Disney Mickey And Friends Food Fight - Usaopoly | The Op Dungeon Decorators - Slugfest Games Dungeon Party Starter Set - Forbidden Games (demo only) Godtear: The Borderlands & Eternal Glade - Steamforged Games Gravwell (2nd ed) - Renegade Games Studios Taco Bell Party Pack Card Game - Ravensburger The link to register for Pop-Up Gen Con at Omnihedral is here . We will be open from 1pm - midnight on Saturday, September 18, for Pop-Up Gen Con. If you miss us on Saturday, we will be open for special hours on Sunday, September 19, from 3:30pm - 8pm, and we will be having a store-wide sale all weekend. Please excuse our clutter, as we are still setting up and in our “soft open” phase. Given the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks are required while in the store. Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to sharing some new gaming goodness with you!
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