This year’s event will be held on 11-11-23 once again at the Gamer’s Armory in Cary NC

To participate in the event please fill out the Registration form and either bring it in to the Gamers Armory or mail it to GamersForCures@gmail.com.

Then be sure to go to our DONATION SITE for the $125 donation to register to be a Marathon player.

Once, you have sent in the form and made the donation we will contact you and let you know you are all set! We have limited space, food and swag bags for marathon players so we have to limit to 50, and we will let you know you are all set as your registration is completed to ensure there is still space.

What will I get being a Marathon Player?

Marathon Players will have access to the store Sat at 8am and play until approx. 2am Sunday morning.

We will supply Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for the Marathoners (all dependent on donations from sponsors).

You will receive a Swag bag and T-shirt for participating as a marathon player as well!

Please be sure to send your friends and family to the DONATION SITE to help us raise as much money as we can for Turner Syndrome Society of the Carolinas and TSS US!

Any Questions feel free to email us!

We are happy to announce we will be holding our 10th event this year after a few years off due to COVID.

Our 10th event is tentatively scheduled for 11-11-23. More information to come soon!

Any Questions about being a sponsor this year please mail us at gamersforcures@gmail.com!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year to everyone!

Gamers for Cures 9th Annual 24 hour charity Board Game Marathon Benefitting TS Carolinas and US was a great success this year!
Thanks to all who joined us, donated and spread the word. We could not have done it without you!

This year we Raised just over $16,000 which is an amazing effort by all, bringing our totals over the 9 years to over $145,000 raised.

As always there are a ton of people to thank from our Marathoners, to Scott at the Gamers Armory, to Adam Skelding, and of course all of the amazing Game Publishers who continue to help us with great game donations!

You can find all the winners of the raffles HERE!

I cannot forget a few before and after pictures of the event. We have our whole marathoners from about 9am and then those who made it the full 24 hours from 8am Sunday morning!

For more great pictures during the event please check us out on Twitter at GamersForCures.

Thanks again for such a great event and we look forward to 2020 for our 10th annual event!

Some Quick news today!

It’s less than TWO WEEKS from the event and we are ALL FULL on full marathoners! If you would like to be an overnight player there are still some slots left. Overnight tickets allow you to stay in the store from opening at 11am and stay overnight until 8am Sunday. The cost is $50 and that includes a T-Shirt. (sorry this does not include a swag bag or meals throughout the day). If you would like to be an Overnight marathon player please shoot us a mail at Gamersforcures AT Gmail.com

ALSO the WALL is currently up at the Gamers Armory. If you would like to see what is on there GO TO THE STORE. Or of course you can check out this AMAZING GEEK LIST that our wonderful longtime Marathoner Matt Wolfe has done again. And if you are NOT LOCAL you can also buy tickets for items by clicking on the link on the geek list and it will take you to the Gamers Armory site where you can buy as many $1 tickets as you would like! Or just click HERE and you can buy them as well. Just find what game you would like to buy for and add them to your cart. Your name will be put into the drawing, and you do NOT need to be present to win! You will however, need to pay for shipping for your winnings.

And finally if you would like to just make a tax free donation to Gamers for Cures you can do so HERE! And you can print our your tax receipt right there as well.

Thanks everyone and see you in less than two weeks!

Dan

This year’s event will be held on 11-9-2019, and as always we will hold the event at The Gamer’s Armory in Cary NC!

We are excited for this 9th annual event and already have had a ton of donations to make this year better then ever!

Stay tuned for more info and how you can sign up to be a part of this great event!

We will be at Gen Con as always this year so if you are a game publisher please reach out to me and I would be happy to stop by the booth for any and all donations you would like to make!

And if you would like to donate prizes or games after Gen Con please see the contact link at the top of the page or reply to this post with your info and I will get back to you ASAP!

–Dan

Each year it’s harder and harder to top the amount of fun and comraderie we are able to have during the 24 hour marathon but each year we somehow manage to surprise me!

This year was no different. We had another amazing turnout for the 6th annual event, once again hosted by The Gamers Armory in Cary NC!

We had 50 24 hour players and about 28 Overnight players for this year’s event. And thanks to the amazing support by them and our whole GFC community both locally and across the country we raised $22,000 yet again for TSSUS/Carolinas.

I cannot thank everyone enough for the amazing support. From Players to Publishers and designers and also the local business community as well, we have some of the best support anyone could ask for.

In the coming weeks we will be posting some recaps of the events as well as some pictures from the big day.

Here are our “WALL” winners from this year.

And the winners of our silent auction items!

Silent Auction Items:

Massage from Massage Hand won by Edward Burr

Duke Basketball Tickets won by Barbara Bao

NCSU Basketball Tickets won by Charlie Greg

UNC Basketball Tickets won by  Chris Kirkman

NEW Game Lot #1 won by Rick Longoria

NEW Game Lot #2 won by Rob Mattics

Signed Mechs Vs Minions won by John Hanna

Carolina Hurricanes Justin Fault Signed Stick won by James Meyers

As with every year we have THE WALL which is up at the Gamers Armory. However, you DON’T NEED TO BE PRESENT to win, nor to even buy raffles for the items!

You can buy raffles for the items on the wall from The Gamer’s Armory Web store right on the site!

And easy way to get to the store and see what is on the wall is by checking out this list on board game geek. (Thanks to Matt W. For doing this again) Links to purchase the tickets are on the list.

2016 GeekList for THE WALL

If you win the item and are not local you will be responsible for shipping on any items won.

You can also purchase some of the big raffles as well, prizes are as follows.

And of course again for the link to just donate to our cause is HERE as well. You can print out your tax receipt right there!!
Thanks for all your support out there to our great cause!

Dan

Here we are, about a month out from the Marathon. Look for more details coming out over the next few weeks about all the great happenings at the event, such as the:

• Big Ticket Raffle
• Silent Auction
• The Wall
• Play to Win
• Brewery Items Raffle

Also, thank you to all of the gamers who have already signed up for the marathon! Remember, you can donate at our First Giving Site.

See you soon!

-Adam

Hello again everybody,

Well, it’s Monday afternoon, and I think I have finally recovered from a lack of sleep and overdose of board games this past weekend. So, just a quick update about the Gamers for Cures 24 Hour Board Game Marathon to benefit the Turner Syndrome Society of the US, which was held this past Saturday (and into Sunday) November 7th, 2015. Dan (Geekjock) will have a more formal writeup about the event soon, with lists of prize winners, the exact amount raised, so many thank yous, etc.

The two big highlights are:

First off, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Thank you to so many people and organizations for donating time, money, products, services, the list goes on and on. Whether you were a participant, volunteer, sponsor, donator, we could not have done any of it without you.

Secondly, earlier today, Dan announced on Twitter that with your help we raised $20,000 about $22,000! Wow. That is well beyond our wildest dreams. We had a goal of $17,500. This is just mind numbing.

Good news/bad news –> bad news looks like money raised was off a bit. Good news looks like we actually raised $22k!!!

— GeekJock (@GeekJockBlog) November 9, 2015

That’s it for now, look for Dan’s writeup soon!

-Adam

We finally made it to the big day, the marathon! Lots of games are being played, everybody is having a good time and we are raising a lot of money for the Turner Syndrome Society of the US. If you want to see what’s going on, the best way would be to follow us on our Facebook or Twitter accounts. Come out and join us!

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