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Friday
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| 9am | Historical / Military games |
| 10am | Knizia Redux (8/8) Warm Up for the Weekend (5/8) |
| 12pm | Lunch Save the Earth, Slay the Spire! (8/8) These animals need a home redux (10/10) |
| 2pm | Game Point pop-up store (1) Under the Sea (8/8) Welcome aboard it's . . . games! (8/8) |
| 6pm | The 2026 Tennessee State Finger Guns at High Noon Championship (2/16) |
| 7pm | Wits & Wagers |
| 8pm | The 2026 U.S. National Bicycle Spades Championship Qualifier (3/16) Blood on the Clocktower Teaching Session (7/15) |
| 9pm | The 2026 Tennessee State Coup Championship (0/16) Tabletop Curling (2/16) |
| 11pm | Blood on the Clocktower (13/15) |
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Saturday
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| 8am | RPG: Marvel Multiverse - X-Men (5/6) |
| 9am | RPG: Dungeons & Dragons 5e: Dragonguts (5/5) |
| 10am | The 2026 Tennessee State boop. Championship (4/12) Math Trade Meetup Great Taste, Less Filling (7/8) The Hive (8/8) |
| 11am | The 2026 U.S. National Bicycle Euchre Championship Qualifier (2/16) Virtual Flea Market Meetup Game Point pop-up store (2) |
| 12pm | Lunch Unmatched Tournament (14/32) |
| 1pm | The 2026 Tennessee State Rebel Princess Championship (1/16) RPG: Learn to play D&D: Heroes of the Borderlands (1pm) (5/6) Loopin' Louie Kids Tournament Save the Earth, Slay the Spire! (2) (8/8) Spain! (8/8) The Hive (2) (0/8) |
| 2pm | Great Taste, Less Filling (2) (8/8) Oceanic Pursuits (8/8) |
| 3pm | The 2026 U.S. National Doomlings Championship Qualifier (3/16) RPG: Learn to play D&D: Heroes of the Borderlands (3pm) (5/6) |
| 4pm | The 2026 Tennessee State Cat in the Box Championship (1/16) |
| 6pm | Crokinole Tournaments |
| 7pm | The 2026 U.S. National Bicycle Hearts Championship Qualifier (4/16) RPG: Dungeons and Dragons 4th Ed. (6/6) RPG: Call of Cthulhu (6/6) The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth (5/16) Camels! (6/10) |
| 8pm | The 2026 Tennessee State Skull King Championship (6/16) |
| 9pm | Gleeful Meeple's Boardgame Trivia Challenge |
| 11pm | Blood on the Clocktower (9/15) |
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Sunday
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| 10am | Take it Easy |
| 11am | Play to Win Drawing Game Point pop-up store (3) |
| 12pm | Lunch |
| 1pm | Dominion (11/32) |
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Friday
| Arabian A | Arabian B | Clydesdale A | Clydesdale B | Franklin A | Franklin B | Quarter Horse | Williamson | Ballroom A | Ballroom B | North Hallway | Foyer | Morgan | |
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| 9am | Historical / Military games 9am–9pm Craig Hebert will have a curated selection of bangers to choose from. This is a come and go all day affair. | ||||||||||||
| 10am | Warm Up for the Weekend (5/8) Dominion, Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One, Crokinole, The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth 10am Guide: Aric Mitchell All these games have events later in the weekend. Come learn them and get ready for the big time! | Knizia Redux (8/8) EGO, Gazebo, High Society, Money! 10am Guide: Jay Fox The man is prolific, especially when he takes his old designs and gussies them up. Here are four that are back on the market with a facelift, you should check out them out! | |||||||||||
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| 12pm | These animals need a home redux (10/10) New York Zoo, Zooloretto, Creature Comforts 12pm Guide: Lisa LaFountaine What's cuter than filling your zoo with baby animals? | Save the Earth, Slay the Spire! (8/8) Slay the Spire: The Board Game, Daybreak 12pm Guide: Layla Mitchell Both of these co-op titles use cards to ramp up your team's power over the course of play. **** Slay the Spire can be stopped after any Act. If the tour is running long, the group can choose to continue or call it finished. Nothing will be scheduled immediately following on that table. | Lunch 12pm–1:45pm Hot lunch includes one (1) protien, veggies, a salad, tea/coffee, and dessert. The menu is chef's choice, so changes daily. We post in Discord as soon as we know the menu. No need to drive, it's only $15, and helps TGD pay for the space. Quantities are limited. Purchase tickets at registration. TGD is cashless. | ||||||||||
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| 2pm | Welcome aboard it's . . . games! (8/8) Galactic Cruise 2pm Guide: Shance Galactic Cruise isn't the Love Boat but people have been enamored with this weighty behemoth. It was everywhere in the fall, don't miss the boat and try it out! | Under the Sea (8/8) Endeavor: Deep Sea, Fishing 2pm Guide: Eric Morrison Explore the depths with your submarines, and then come back to the surface and catch some dinner! | Game Point pop-up store (1) 2pm–8pm Game Point (a board game cafe in East Nashville / retail boutique in Hillsboro Village) will have a selection of the games for sale in the lobby. | ||||||||||
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| 6pm | The 2026 Tennessee State Finger Guns at High Noon Championship (2/16) Finger Guns at High Noon 6pm–9pm A fast-paced game of strategy, negotiation, and pure hilarity - battle royale style. Craft your plan, convince the crowd to join in, then count down and draw your finger guns. Hand gestures show everyone's actions and targets. Eliminate players with pistols, dynamite, and power shots, or stand to the side and lasso up an ally. Last player standing is the winner! The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat at the final round of the Southeast Regional Championship at CharCon 2026 (as well as a free badge to CharCon 2026)! | ||||||||||||
| 7pm | Wits & Wagers Wits & Wagers 7pm–8pm Grab two other people or come as a free agent to fill out a team of three. Score the most points by answering trivia questions typically related to TGD, its anniversary (starting in 2006), or board games AND by making savy wagers on those answers. No actual trivia knowledge required. This Friday night event will last about an hour and the winning triumvirate will take home $150 in Game Point gift cards! | ||||||||||||
| 8pm | Blood on the Clocktower Teaching Session (7/15) Blood on the Clocktower 8pm–11pm It's never too late to learn this wildly popular social deduction game. Every role will be discussed before the game is played. There is even room for 2 people to learn the ways of the Storyteller. | The 2026 U.S. National Bicycle Spades Championship Qualifier (3/16) Spades 8pm–12am The United States Playing Card Company and Double Exposure present an official qualifier for the U.S. National Spades Championship at Gen Con 2026. Hoyle rules will be used for partnership Spades. Two preliminary rounds followed by Elimination rounds. The winning team will receive trophies and a free entry into the first elimination round of the U.S. National Spades Championship at Gen Con 2026 (plus a free 4-day badge for Gen Con 2026!). You can enter with an established partner or find one at the event. | |||||||||||
| 9pm | Tabletop Curling (2/16) Curling Table Game 9pm–10pm Olympic curling is the hottest game on ice this winter. Come try out the tabletop version. | The 2026 Tennessee State Coup Championship (0/16) Coup 9pm–12am You are head of a family in an Italian city-state, a city run by a weak and corrupt court. You need to manipulate, bluff and bribe your way to power. Your object is to destroy the influence of all the other families, forcing them into exile. Only one family will survive... In Coup, you want to be the last player with influence in the game, with influence being represented by face-down character cards in your playing area. The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat at the final round of the Southeast Regional Championship at CharCon 2026 (as well as a free badge to CharCon 2026)! | |||||||||||
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| 11pm | Blood on the Clocktower (13/15) Blood on the Clocktower 11pm–11:59pm A long time ago in the sleepy town of Ravenswood Bluff, during a hellish thunderstorm, on the stroke of midnight... you hear a scream. **** Join the social deduction game that has unseated the likes of Two Rooms and a Boom and Warewolf in the hearts of TGD nightowls. |
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Saturday
| Arabian A | Arabian B | Clydesdale A | Clydesdale B | Franklin A | Franklin B | Quarter Horse | Williamson | Ballroom A | Ballroom B | North Hallway | Foyer | Morgan | |
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| 8am | RPG: Marvel Multiverse - X-Men (5/6) Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game 8am–12pm The Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying game puts you in the role of Marvel's most famous Super Heroes to fight some of the most dangerous Super Villains in the Marvel Universe! The game features the All-New and All-Different d616 System. This one shot is inspired by the X-Men/X-Men 97 cartoons. Step into the role of your favorite heroes and defeat the forces of evil. No experience with the system or RPG experience is required. Pre-gen characters will be provided and dice will be available to borrow. GM: Adam | ||||||||||||
| 9am | RPG: Dungeons & Dragons 5e: Dragonguts (5/5) Dungeons & Dragons (5th Edition) 9am–1pm A friendly copper dragon, Zothitrixsrriplin, mascot to the village of Cold Hills, has fallen terribly ill. The village council has ruled that she have no visitors after the advice of the cleric hired to diagnose the dragon advised isolation and rest would solve the issue. Zoth's caretaker is worried that won't be enough and is looking for someone willing to scope out the situation in the belly of the beast. This adventure is played with level three characters. No experience necessary. This event is designed for new players, but veterans are welcome, too. Pre-generated characters and all materials are provided. GM: Mel | ||||||||||||
| 10am | The Hive (8/8) ANTS, Apiary 10am Guide: Luna Pollinate and Dominate. These are pretty heavy titles by modern eurogame standards, so expect it run a bit long. | Great Taste, Less Filling (7/8) Sanctuary, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition 10am Guide: Catherine Johnson It's the Miller Lite Tour, two games that are a second pass to make their meaty parent a little easier to get to the table! | Math Trade Meetup 10:30am–11am If you have participated in the Math Trade, this is where you meet. https://tngamedays.com/events.html#mt | The 2026 Tennessee State boop. Championship (4/12) boop. 10am–1pm A deceptively cute, deceivingly challenging abstract strategy game for two players. Every time you place a kitten on the bed, it goes "boop." Which is to say that it pushes every other kitten on the board one space away. Line up three kittens in a row to graduate them into cats… and then, get three cats in a row to win. The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat at the final round of the Southeast Regional Championship at CharCon 2026 (as well as a free badge to CharCon 2026)! | |||||||||
| 11am | Virtual Flea Market Meetup 11am–11:30am If you have participated in the VFM, this is where you meet. https://tngamedays.com/events.html#vfm | The 2026 U.S. National Bicycle Euchre Championship Qualifier (2/16) Euchre 11am–3pm The United States Playing Card Company and Double Exposure present an official qualifier for the U.S. National Euchre Championship at Gen Con 2026. Hoyle rules will be used for partnership Euchre. Two preliminary rounds followed by Elimination rounds. The winning team will receive trophies and a free entry into the first elimination round of the U.S. National Euchre Championship at Gen Con 2026 (plus a free 4-day badge for Gen Con 2026!). You can enter with an established partner or find one at the event. | Game Point pop-up store (2) 11am–7pm Game Point (a board game cafe in East Nashville / retail boutique in Hillsboro Village) will have a selection of the games for sale in the lobby. | ||||||||||
| 12pm | Unmatched Tournament (14/32) Unmatched Game System 12:30pm–4:30pm Sponsored by The Game Board and Restoration Games *** More early signups = more/better prizes *** Unmatched is "the ultimate battle between unlikely fighters" - the game pits heroes from multiple timelines and genres against each other to see who will be the last one standing! The Game Board will be on hand to teach any players new to the game for the first half hour. Dozens of heroes will be on hand to choose from and Restoration Games are donating prizes. | Lunch 12pm–1:30pm Hot lunch includes one (1) protien, veggies, a salad, tea/coffee, and dessert. The menu is chef's choice, so changes daily. We post in Discord as soon as we know the menu. No need to drive, it's only $15, and helps TGD pay for the space. Quantities are limited. Purchase tickets at registration. TGD is cashless. | |||||||||||
| 1pm | Spain! (8/8) El Grande, Sagrada 1pm Guide: Joanna Clark Ven a jugar algunos juegos con temática de España. | The Hive (2) (0/8) Ants, Apiary 1pm Guide: Mathias Stewart Pollinate and Dominate. These are pretty heavy titles by modern eurogame standards, so expect it run a bit long. | Save the Earth, Slay the Spire! (2) (8/8) Daybreak, Slay the Spire: The Board Game 1pm Guide: Tessa Cullen Both of these co-op titles use cards to ramp up your team's power over the course of play. **** Slay the Spire can be stopped after any Act. If the tour is running long, the group can choose to continue or call it finished. Nothing will be scheduled immediately following on that table. | RPG: Learn to play D&D: Heroes of the Borderlands (1pm) (5/6) Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands 1pm–3pm Brave the legendary Caves of Chaos! In this beginner-friendly two-hour Dungeons & Dragons session, you'll learn the basics of the world's greatest roleplaying game while exploring perilous caverns packed with danger and discovery. No experience necessary. This event is designed for new players, but veterans are welcome, too. Pre-generated characters and all materials are provided. All you need is a sense of adventure! GM: Jason (Also happening at 3pm) | The 2026 Tennessee State Rebel Princess Championship (1/16) Rebel Princess 1pm–4pm Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and many other fairy tale princesses are celebrating a five-day party. The prince charmings, who have not been invited, will try to infiltrate the ball to propose marriage to the girls. As a princess, you have to avoid marriage proposals and remain single and independent after the celebrations. The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat at the final round of the Southeast Regional Championship at CharCon 2026 (as well as a free badge to CharCon 2026)! | Loopin' Louie Kids Tournament Loopin' Louie 1pm–3pm This barnstormin' good time has been a TGD kid's tradition for well over a decade. Guaranteed fun and prizes for all! | |||||||
| 2pm | Great Taste, Less Filling (2) (8/8) Sanctuary, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition 2pm Guide: Brianna Frederick It's the Miller Lite Tour, two games that are a second pass to make their meaty parent a little easier to get to the table! | Oceanic Pursuits (8/8) Finspan, Sanibel, Sea Salt & Paper 2pm Guide: Jessica Prellberg From the beach to the depths of the ocean, explore these games some of which have connections to Elizabeth Hargrave. | |||||||||||
| 3pm | RPG: Learn to play D&D: Heroes of the Borderlands (3pm) (5/6) Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Borderlands 3pm–5pm Brave the legendary Caves of Chaos! In this beginner-friendly two-hour Dungeons & Dragons session, you'll learn the basics of the world's greatest roleplaying game while exploring perilous caverns packed with danger and discovery. No experience necessary. This event is designed for new players, but veterans are welcome, too. Pre-generated characters and all materials are provided. All you need is a sense of adventure! GM: Jason (Also happening at 1pm) | The 2026 U.S. National Doomlings Championship Qualifier (3/16) Doomlings 3pm–7pm Doomlings, LLC and Double Exposure present an official qualifier for the U.S. National Doomlings Championship at Gen Con 2026. Slightly modified tournament rules for standard Doomlings play, no expansions. Two preliminary rounds followed by Elimination rounds. The winner will receive a trophy and a free entry into the first elimination round of the U.S. National Doomlings Championship at Gen Con 2026 (plus a free 4-day badge for Gen Con 2026!). | |||||||||||
| 4pm | The 2026 Tennessee State Cat in the Box Championship (1/16) Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition 4pm–7pm The quintessential quantum trick-taking card game for cool cats, where your card's color isn't defined until you play it! Hypothesize how many tricks you will win, and record your bid. Place tokens on the community research board as you play your hand, and connect large groups of tokens to score even more points. Plan your tricks carefully as you cannot claim the color of a card with the same number that has already been declared. Doing so would be pawsitively catastrophic as you have just created a paradox! The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat at the final round of the Southeast Regional Championship at CharCon 2026 (as well as a free badge to CharCon 2026)! | ||||||||||||
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| 6pm | Crokinole Tournaments Crokinole 6pm–9pm Warm up that flicking finger for the annual TGD Crokinole Tournament, both singles and doubles will be rewarded with $50 Game Point gift cards each. No sign-ups or experience necessary. Go solo or grab a partner or both! This Canadian parlor pastime has been a Saturday night staple at TGD Spring since 2011. | ||||||||||||
| 7pm | The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth (5/16) The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth 7pm–9pm Craig Hebert's 7 Wonders Duel has been a popular event over the years. It's time to up the stakes. This one's for the fate of Middle Earth! This tournament will have prizes and is sponsored by Let's Roll Games. 1st/2nd/3rd/4th = $60/40/30/20 | Camels! (6/10) Through the Desert, Camel Up, Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala 7pm Guide: Michael Lundy They're mean. They spit. They haul stuff across inhospitable lands. They inspire excellent board games. What can a camel not do? | RPG: Dungeons and Dragons 4th Ed. (6/6) Dungeons & Dragons (4th Edition) 7pm–11pm Mrs Miggins' pie shop is the first place any self-respecting adventurer would head to on their way out to seek their fortune in the world… her delicious meat and flaky crust are the talk of every frontier tavern, and many carefree ventures into the wilderness have started here. Naturally, as you venture into the Dark Forest, you'd stop here first… but when goblins have stolen her secret spice mix, you must rush to Mrs Miggins' aid so that adventurers will be sustained. Pregenerated characters and dice will be provided! GM: Lampley RPG: Call of Cthulhu (6/6) Call of Cthulhu (7th Edition) 7pm–11pm What was supposed to be a routine passage by ship to Boston, Massachusetts turns into disaster as the ship runs aground on a moonless night thanks to a malfunctioning beacon on the lighthouse on Beacon Island. The Players are investigators thrust together by chance and fate who must work together to survive the perils of the night and the horrors of the Island. Even if they survive, the night will change their lives forever! Pregenerated characters and dice will be provided, players should bring inquisitiveness and a paranoid sense of adventure and be ready for some supernatural fun! GM: John | The 2026 U.S. National Bicycle Hearts Championship Qualifier (4/16) Hearts 7pm–11pm The United States Playing Card Company and Double Exposure present an official qualifier for the U.S. National Hearts Championship at Gen Con 2026. Hoyle rules will be used for single-player Hearts. Two preliminary rounds followed by Elimination rounds. The winner will receive a trophy and a free entry into the first elimination round of the U.S. National Hearts Championship at Gen Con 2026 (plus a free 4-day badge for Gen Con 2026!). | |||||||||
| 8pm | The 2026 Tennessee State Skull King Championship (6/16) Skull King 8pm–11pm Brent Beck's Skull King is a trick-taking game similar to Oh Hell!, Wizard and Spades, with players needing to state how many tricks they think they'll win each round. Pirates and other special cards add to the strategy. The winner of this tournament will get a trophy, a copy of the game, plus a seat at the final round of the Southeast Regional Championship at CharCon 2026 (as well as a free badge to CharCon 2026)! | ||||||||||||
| 9pm | Gleeful Meeple's Boardgame Trivia Challenge 9pm–11pm The Gleeful Meeple brings the "Game Challenge" straight out of their podcast and into TGD. Get ready for boardgame themed riddles, brain teasers, and more. Teams of four preferred, free agents will be paired up on site. Fabulous prizes will be awarded to the winners! No signup required, just show up. Top 3 teams will win a beefy prize package from our friends at IV Studio. | ||||||||||||
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| 11pm | Blood on the Clocktower (9/15) Blood on the Clocktower 11pm–11:59pm A long time ago in the sleepy town of Ravenswood Bluff, during a hellish thunderstorm, on the stroke of midnight... you hear a scream. **** Join the social deduction game that has unseated the likes of Two Rooms and a Boom and Warewolf in the hearts of TGD nightowls. |
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Sunday
| Arabian A | Arabian B | Clydesdale A | Clydesdale B | Franklin A | Franklin B | Quarter Horse | Williamson | Ballroom A | Ballroom B | North Hallway | Foyer | Morgan | |
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| 10am | Take it Easy Take it Easy! 10am–11am The first and longest running TGD event. Prizes to the winner and loser! No signup required, just show up. | ||||||||||||
| 11am | Game Point pop-up store (3) 11am–2pm Game Point (a board game cafe in East Nashville / retail boutique in Hillsboro Village) will have a selection of the games for sale in the lobby. | Play to Win Drawing 11am–12pm Show up and win! https://tngamedays.com/events.html#ptw | |||||||||||
| 12pm | Lunch 12pm–1:30pm Hot lunch includes one (1) protien, veggies, a salad, tea/coffee, and dessert. The menu is chef's choice, so changes daily. We post in Discord as soon as we know the menu. No need to drive, it's only $15, and helps TGD pay for the space. Quantities are limited. Purchase tickets at registration. TGD is cashless. | ||||||||||||
| 1pm | Dominion (11/32) Dominion 1pm–4pm The deckbuilder that started it all... join this tournament for the chance to win one of the many varieties of Dominion or its expansions. | ||||||||||||
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