Games Day (Games Workshop)
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Games Day is a yearly event run by Games Workshop to promote their products and takes the form of a large convention. It has its origins in Citadel Miniatures factory open days.
Much like the Grand Tournament, it is an event that enthusiasts of Games Workshop's three main games (Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer, Lord of the Rings) can attend and play a few games. The event also includes presentations by special guests from the Games Workshop head office in Nottingham. The entrance fee has been typically recently around $40 US (£25 for UK and £5 for parent ticket with accompanied full-paid attendee).
It also acts as a large store with almost the whole Citadel Miniatures range, and commonly have pre-releases of armies for all the systems (although the specialist games mniatures have had less of an exposure at such events) for releases due in the next month or two.
The Golden Demon painting competition is held during Games Days. Typically, other competitions of varying degrees of seriousness are also run like the Scrap Demon competition which supplies modellers with plastic sprues and are expected to make a model based on the category given.
The United Kingdom event has been held regularly at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
Within the US, Games Days are held at Los Angeles, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; and Atlanta, Georgia.
In Canada, the venue is the Metro Toronto Convention Center located in downtown Toronto.
