It always gets here quicker then any of us realizes and this year is no different.

The 2016 date for Gamers for Cures 24 hour Board Game Marathon for Turner Syndrome Society of US/NC will be Sat Nov 12th 2016. As in the past we are happy to be holding the event at The Gamer’s Armory in Cary NC!

The 2016 First Giving site has now been activated for donations and we will be getting more info out on how you can be a part of this great event in the coming weeks.

The Link to donate is HERE. And it’s also located above.

Just in case you don’t know what our event is like from a participant’s point of view I wanted to post a couple of testimonials from two recent attendees.

Thanks for your continued support and interest in our event and please stay tuned to this site for more info in the coming weeks.

–Dan

The First comes from long time supporter Chris M.

This was my second year participating in the 24 hour board game marathon.  Last year I signed up because I had been listening to The Geek Allstars podcast and Dan seemed like a nice guy.  The charity event was a good excuse to play a bunch of board games and meet a bunch of people with common interests. What I didn’t anticipate was how much of an impact it would have on me in the coming year. I met some of the nicest people I have ever met (and Linus) last year and have been playing games with them as regularly as I can since then. I started pitching in writing some of the show notes for The Geek Allstars and State of Games podcasts and then started writing all of the show notes for both shows. I started following some of these knuckleheads on Twitter and attended my first convention (Who’s Turn Is It Anyway?) in February where I gave Adam O’Brien the weakest hug I have ever given anyone for turning me on to La Fin Du Monde.  Adam, I really need to give you a full on bear hug for that.  Anyway, what I am trying to say is that the event was a catalyst for allowing me to connect with people and enjoy the board game hobby in a way I had not experienced before.  I know this has nothing to do with the charity but it is one of the side benefits for those of us who participate.  The fact that Dan’s daughter, Lauren, has Turner Syndrome and I can contribute in a small way to her and other women with Turner Syndrome makes it all the more meaningful.  I will be signing up every year for this event and will continue to do my small part in raising money for the Turner Syndrome Society..

The Second one we have… well just also happens to be from another, different, Chris M!

As Adam said this year was simply an amazing year. Not only did we raise just over $22,000 for Turner Syndrome Society of the US but everything went amazingly smooth and everyone seemed to have a blast! Food was great the giveaways were even better then ever and people had a smile on their face all day long!

I cannot thank Scott and Crystal from The Gamers Armory enough for their hospitality over these 5 years. They have been great and we simply could not have had such success without them.

Also I would like to thank Adam S who manned this site extremely well and ran a killer contest leading up to the event. And his graphic design skills for the programs were simply second to none. THANKS so much for your help and guidance Adam!

Another person who I wanted to thanks for his help with this and that and also for running the play to win games is Chris Mosley. Thanks buddy!

Not to be forgotten as well is our social media Guru herself Laura Drew, well done as always!

I cannot leave out Matt Wolfe who has helped me all year long from cons to extra bags for the swag bags and taking the time to do the geek list of the WALL on BGG. Thanks so much buddy.

And of course I cannot thank the volunteers from TSSUS NC chapter who came out to help us man the tables and talk to people and spread more information and awareness about Turner Syndrome.

Last but MOST important of all, thanks to my beautiful wife and family. Janice Lauren, and DJ helped out for months and months and put up with my stressing, and did a fantastic job helping out the day of the event. I love you guys so much.

I am going to put the list of the winners of the wall items and the big ticket items at the bottom of this post. If you are on this list and have not heard from us or the store please let me know by commenting on this post and I will get in touch with you ASAP.

In the coming weeks I will be posting some re-caps from marathoners who would like to share their experiences with GFC with all of you out there. If you would like to share with us as well PLEASE comment on the posts or mail us directly!

Thanks so much for all of your support. Stay tuned in weeks to come for more re-caps and more information for next year as well.

–Dan

BIG Ticket Raffle Information

The drawing will take place at 10:00 pm on
Saturday, November 7th during the
24 Hour Board Game Marathon at
The Gamer’s Armory in Cary, NC

40″ LED Television
…
Winner: Chris Mosley

Xbox One
…
Winner: Sam White

Apple 16GB iPad Mini
Winner: Damien Griffiths

$100.00 Visa Gift Card
…
Winner: Susan Balker

$50.00 Home Depot Gift Card
…
Winner: Matt Lousahimer

$25.00 Briggs Resturant Gift Card
…
Winner: Lynn Dunbar

Raffle Wall Winners for 2015

Raffle Number	Item Name	Winner
1	Alchemy!	Douglas
2	Animal Upon Animal	Joshua Mills
3	Car Wars the Card Game	Chris Kirkman
4	Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark	Andrew Roberts
5	Elysium	Soumitra Choudhury
6	MTG From the Vault: Angels	JG Willliams
7	Snake Oil	Daniel Warlick
8	Star Wars E7 Assault Walker + Elite Speeder Bike	Collin Gloauoer
9	Star Wars Risk	Y.Rodriguez
10	Takenoko + Takenoko Chibis	Scott Blanton
11	Wits & Wagers, Party Edition	Jeremy Baker
12	Munchkin Steampunk Deluxe	Josh Baker
13	Yu-Gi-Oh! Dice Masters Booster Box	Daniel Warlick
14	Duck Duck Go	Jason Willis
15	Duck Duck Go Safari	Carol Everett
16	Rarrr!!	Justin Bradshaw
17	Mouse Guard RPG HC	Ronald Watkins
18	Boss Monster Bundle	Scott Vaughn
19	Tsuro	Samuel Manilla
20	Hawaii	Chris Courdney
21	Istanbul	Daniel Edwards
22	Justice League Strategy Game	Bryan Henrick
23	Legendary Encounters Predator	Jed Humphries
24	Pandemic Legacy Blue	John Howell
25	Thurn N Taxis	Becky Blassingmane
26	Wilderness War	Michael Smith
27	Dead Drop + Expansion	Travis Bryant
28	YardMaster + Yardmaster Express	Chris Meyer
29	X-Wing New Starter + 17 Alt. Art Promos	Rod Ruiz
30	Fire Fly Base Game + 2 Expansions + Promos	Gary Cooper
31	Nothing Personal	Brandanel
32	Princess Bride: A Battle of Wits + As You Wish + Miracle Pill	Matt Wolf
33	Villains and Vigilantes + Expac	Donald Watkins
34	Age of Sigmar Starter Box + Citadel Hobby Starter Set	Mike Hartshorn
35	Churchill	Burke Drew
36	Commands & Colors: Napoleonics Expansion 5	Burke Drew
37	Genesis: Ancient Middle East	B. Rueben
38	No Retreat 4: The Italian Front	Dan Freedman
39	Thunder Alley – 1st Edition	Adam O’Brian
40	US Civil War	Paul Hetrick
41	Wing Leader	Jason Tessendorf
42	Battlestations	Dan Patriss
43	Monster Derby	Ronald Watkins
44	Sentinels Tactics Bundle	Donald Watkins
45	Crash Cup Karambolage	Chris Mosley
46	Gary Gouda	Peter Saad PPA
47	Golem Arcana Bundle	Phil Show
48	Machi Koro	Zemuel Roman
49	Rattus the Card Game	Eric Booth
50	X-Files Board Game	John Weaver
51	Yedo	Lynn Dunbar
52	Dungeon Fighter	Dan Patriss
53	King of Tokyo	Janice Patriss
54	Steam Park	Chris Meyer
55	Doomtown Reloaded	Christian Ovsenick
56	Munchkin Zombies Collection	Andrew Webb
57	Patherfinder RPG Beginner Box	Ronald Watkins
58	BattleCon: Fate of Indines + War of Indines	Alex Berry
59	Dreadball Xtreme + Player’s Guide	Butch Arthur
60	Age of Steam + 2 Expansions	Casey Guthrie
61	Railways of the World	Andrew Webb
62	City of Remnants	B. Rueben
63	Beyond the Rhine	Jamie Cribbs
64	Day of Days	Wrey Ferrell
65	Kawaguchi’s Gamble: Edson’s Ridge	Ronald Watkins
66	Salerno	Richard Bailey
67	The Mighty Endeavor	Scott Blanton
68	Evolution	Chris Meyer
69	Fools Gold	John Pace
70	Quantum	James Myers
71	Samurai Spirit	Brian Johnson
72	Tokaido	Timothy Edwards
73	Hordes 2 player Battle Box	Chris Mitchell
74	Undercity	Alex Hamilton
75	War Machine 2 player Battle Box	Alex Peladerie
76	Eight-Minute Empire: Legends + Lost Lands	Chris Norwood
77	Paths of Glory	Shane Jackson
78	Imperial Settlers + 5 Packs of Sleeves	Joshua Mills
79	Space Cadets: Away Mission	Mark Edwards
80	Aquasphere	Robin Trew
81	Autographed Star Wars Photos	Brian Colon
82	FOW Guards Armoured Reece Company	Christopher Rasmusson
83	Jamberry Jar	Joshua Mills
84	Space Hulk	Chris Kirkman
85	Firefly Shiny Dice	Roxanne Estrada
86	Legendary Villains	Joseph Abernathy
87	VS Sytem Box	Mike Hartshorne
88	D&D Icons Gargantuan Black Dragon	Peter Bierfeldt
89	Pandemic + The Cure	Bryan Hennsley
90	Pandemicn the Brink+  In the Lab + State of Emergency	Mike McMullen

Yet another contest for this year’s Gamer for Cures!!!

Just like last year, Darrell Louder, game designer extraordinaire and head honcho over at Unpub.net has graciously given us a table to raffle off to raise some money for Gamers for Curee.

We will be Raffling off a DESIGNER TABLE FOR Unpub 6!! This is the real deal folks. If you are a budding game designer this is the best place on the planet to show off your prototype, get it tested by amazing game testers, and get tons of great feedback. Some feedback even by the likes of publishers and fellow designers.

How to enter: Simply go to our First Giving donation site by clicking HERE. For every $5 donated you will have one entry into the drawing. Just simply put UNPUB in the comments field when you sign up. Also all donations are Tax Deductible, and you can print out a tax receipt right when you donate.

Any Q’s please post in the comments to this announcement and good luck!

Also for more info for Unpub head to Unpub.net

–Dan

I will be posting my yearly wrap up sometime later in the month when I wrangle some pictures but I wanted to report how amazing the event turned out and thank a few people.

With the semi-official numbers in, it looks like our 4th annual Gamers For Cures 24 hour board game marathon to benefit Turner Syndrome Society of The US raised just over $17,000!!!

An amazing event and an amazing turn out.

Hard work sure pays off, and I am so thankful to our sponsors/game publishers and players for an amazing turnout.

I want to thank Adam Skelding for basically being my right hand man throughout all of this year’s planning and for doing an amazing job on all the printed material, the printouts and all things graphical! Thanks buddy!

Thanks to Laura Drew for being an amazing social media Guru!

Thanks as always to Scott and Crystal from the Gamers Armory for hosting and allowing us to have our event at their amazing store each year.

Thanks to CEI for donating the programs. They are simply amazing!

Thanks to Gary Delorenzo for donating our shirts and all the amazing support for our event!

Thanks to all the great ladies of the Turner Syndrome Society of the US for joining us and  volunteering at our event and helping us spread awareness!

Thanks so much to everyone who donated and play and came out to support us.We cannot do this without your support and the fact that all of you out there take the time to join us, donate, or spread the word about our amazing event!

See you next year!!!

Dan

PS– I will be posting all the winners of all the items from the raffle wall to the big raffle winners in the coming days!

As more an more donations and sponsorships come in I wanted to take the opportunity to thank a few of them. A list ( and logos) to all of our great board game sponsors will be up real soon.

Special thanks to the Carolina Hurricanes, Dr. Jodi H. Foy, UNC and NC State athletics for donating items to our silent auctions.

I would like to also thank Ilene Stacey of Origami Owl for her donations of two gift certificates for our prizes to the event as well.

Also thanks to Cinnabon, Chick Fil- A, Mimi’s Cafe, Jersey Mikes, Dairy Queen,  McDonalds, and Craft Public House, all for sponsoring food for our marathon players!

This weekend will be a truly exciting event with plenty of ways for people to win some exciting prizes.

If you cannot attend in person and would like to donate to the event go to our Tax Free Donation Page.

OR if you would like to buy some raffles for games or to win one of our big ticket items (TV/ XBOXONE/ iPad Mini/ 100$ Visa/ $50 Home Depot Gift Cert) go to the Gamers amory online store HERE

A quick announcement about a great contest to help raise some money for Gamers For Cures/ Turner Syndrome Society of the US.

Darrell Louder, game designer extraordinaire and head honcho over at Unpub.net has graciously given us an AMAZING gift.

We will be Raffling off a DESIGNER TABLE FOR UNPUB 5!! This is the real deal folks. If you are a budding game designer this is the best place on the planet to show off your prototype, get it tested by amazing game testers, and get tons of great feedback. Some feedback even by the likes of publishers and fellow designers.

How to enter: Simply go to our First Giving donation site by clicking HERE. For every $10 donated you will have one entry into the drawing. Just simply put UNPUB in the comments field when you sign up. Also all donations are Tax Deductible, and you can print out a tax receipt right when you donate.

Any Q’s please post in the comments to this announcement and good luck!

–Dan