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Tabletop games raising money for local charity, that is some good news. That is exactly what happened recently with the organizer Toss Yer Cabers. They host an annual charity event that runs for a single weekend. It was on the 13th and 14th of November this year, where tabletop players duked it out in the name of charity.

The games list included Warhammer 40K, The Hobbit SBG (Strategy Battle Game), Net Epic Armageddon, and Marvel Crisis Protocol. These treacherously complicated games were spread out over the two days of the event. This year Toss Yer Cabers was able to raise $11,000 which they are donating to the Vancouver Women’s Health Collective. Over the event’s lifespan they have raised and donated $27,000 to charity.

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When it comes to the games that they played at the event the most popular one is Warhammer 40K with a strong fanbase, tons of lore, rules, and a universe to learn about it is a staple of the tabletop genre. I have heard about the game and I have enjoyed learning the lore and some very basic rules on how it would be played. The very simple gist is that you have an army and you have different parts to your turn, moving, attacking, using abilities.

When the players show up they come bearing a mountain of miniature models each one hand painted and the models are very detailed. Some armies have been owned by one player for years upon years, others are just now getting into building their first army. This hobby has been around since 1987 and the games can last anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours. Over its lifetime the lore has been expanded upon thoroughly, from the Imperium of Man, to the four gods of Chaos Tzeentch, Khorne, Nurgle and Slaanesh, to the Necrons or robot skeletons, and more factions with even subsets to learn about. 

Warhammer 40k has been around for a very long time, and Toss Yer Cabers using it to raise money for charity.