Hear Ye Hear Ye Hear Ye

All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. 

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!

A little vibe-check from last year to conjure memories of a BOLTERCON past:

If this is all the info you need, then go register immediately and tell your friends about the easy-to-remember URL —> BOLTERCON.COM

The Schedule

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, how about:

Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament – 48 players, 5 rounds
Age of Sigmar Grand Tournament – 32 players, 5 rounds
The Old World Grand Tournament – 18 players, 5 rounds
Horus Heresy Narrative Event (3 days of HH, ZM, and LI)
Blood Bowl: Bolter Bowl II
Battletech: Death Throes of the Republic
OnlyPaints

Wow! That’s a lot of events to chew on, spread across the four holy days of BOLTERCON. But what if I told you we have even more? Peep this:

Warhammer 40,000 Doubles
Age of Sigmar Spearhead
Age of Sigmar Sigmarpocalypse
The Old World Doubles
Trench Crusade demo games presented by Level A Nerd
Many more things planned for our dedicated hobby space and Open Play…

Now that your head is spinning, realize our grand strategy for BOLTERCON – you as a one-system or multi-system tabletop enjoyer can attend and find something each and every day. Plenty of events of all kinds and such a great way to get to know our community of hobby rage-enthusiasts, game masters, and generally just cool people to be around.

Have more questions? Check out the BOLTERCON 2025 Player Packet for all the juicy details.

More To Come

Over the next few weeks, we’ll continue to send updates via our Discord, this very blog, our Patreon, and maybe maybe even Instagram if I gather the strength. The large events are set for schedule and we may move attendance limits around, so please do not delay in acquiring those event tickets.

Everyone’s favorite – SHIRTS – are a work in progress. We anticipate having those coveted art pieces (that you wear) ready in the next couple of weeks. We’ll make separate announcements and have the available in our store for preorder. Be sure to stay on top of all the happenings, because once these shirts are gone they are GONE!

We’re also hosting a series of 40k and TOW RTTs leading up to BOLTERCON in the clubhouse, where the winner of the series gets a free entry to the GTs! Please check out the BCP organization event list if you’re interested as these events are open to the public. You can get a sneak peek at the situation (and our hallowed halls) and get those reps in.

Our staff are in full panic mode during this blessed terrain season. We are putting in the work to bring the hypest boards to the dopest events so that you, the people, can join us in straight up BOLTERCON rage. Want to pitch in and help? Our ask is to help us paint our terrain! Even our resident wallet-chain-aficionado is in on the terrain painting – I leave you with a rare action shot (do not steal).

Remember: dope sharpens dope so let’s get going!