We're growing the group and planning more big things for tabletop wargamers in the Cinci area and beyond.
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Each BOLTERCON is uniquely themed by our staff – it’s a ton of work and is worth it as each year is special & distinct. And how do you commemorate special things? Well, you get the t-shirt! We’re pleased to announce our BOLTERCON 2025 Event Shirt that is available for purchase in our online store. Buy today and pickup at BOLTERCON 2025 in November! Our VIP registration holders get an EXCLUSIVE shirt available only to them. Why not check it out and consider upgrading your registration?
Additionally, we're excited to welcome new vendors Fold Forge and Level A Nerd!
Today we bring you tidings of GREAT HYPE – BOLTERCON 2025 registration is now live for all! Our blessed club members have had the past few days of early access to lock in their preferred events and secure their spots at our annual event. Each and every year, BOLTERCON attendees support the ceaseless efforts of our Bolters at Dawn staff & officers to bring out the absolute best tabletop experiences in the universe. BOLTERCON is Cincinnati’s dopest tabletop convention (because we say so and do so) and it is a cool 12 weeks away!
Spanning November 13th through 16th, 2025, BOLTERCON is going harder than ever. We’re trimming back on some events to make room for massive expansion in others. What do we have in store? Well, read on for more!
Check out BOLTERCON 2025 for registration and more links to details. Click below for more blog!
We here at Bolters at Dawn tend to plan in two chunks: BOLTERCON season and everything else. The latter is the easygoing first half of the year, which wraps up around Bolters at Dawn Day on July 11th. The former (and scarier) is only a few weeks away, and boy is it wilder than ever! We’re entering our fifth (5!!!!!) year of this auspicious season change, but that doesn’t mean we’re any better at things like not panic painting terrain or 250 zombies or giant ass walls or any other (incredibly dope) thing for our club members to enjoy (rage).
With all that being said, exactly what do we have going on in the second half of 2025? Go read the blog post for all the details!
We’ve been feeling it for a while now, right? Warhammer 40k 10th Edition has smoothed off so many edges that it feels less like solving battlefield puzzles and more like playing chess with dice rolls. Sure, it is more “balanced,” but at what cost? A lot of the things that made 40k feel like 40k are quietly disappearing beneath the surface.
It’s time to get back to wargaming. We have learned a ton of things running BOLTERCON and our most blessed clubhouse. What is at the top? The people crave effort, they crave immersion, they crave a realtime challenge. Predetermination may be the way the winds blow, but we’re thinking that we will be the change we want to see in the world – bring the hobby + sportsmanship + challenge back to tabletop.
Please note that our events are all scheduled using our Discord events. Sign up for a game today!
We're a growing group of hobbyists and tabletop wargamers who thoroughly enjoy learning games and expanding our skills. Focused on Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000, Horus Heresy, and Age of Sigmar, we are always hype for the next event or game day! Tons of good advice, content from current projects, and discussions about the future of the game can be found at all hours of the day in our Discord. Come share with us and get in on the action.
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