Tabletop Gaming
Welcome to the information page for Tabletop Gaming at FanimeCon!
Sponsors & Partners
Sponsors
Japanime Games – Tabletop sponsor, providing board games, demos, and tournaments!
Legends Comics & Games – Tabletop’s local TCG tournament operator & prize sponsor!
Solis Game Studio – Tabletop sponsor, providing Pocket Paragons games & demos for attendees!
Sandwich Bag Games
Pull the Pin Games
Partners
Pacific Mahjong League – Tabletop’s Mahjong provider & game-teaching team!
Interested in being for 2023 and beyond? Please contact tabletop@fanime.com to start a conversation!
Tabletop Game Check-Out Policy
The following policy will be used in the Gaming Hall location:
Game Check-Out Policy
- To check out a game from the Tabletop front desk, a person will need to present a picture ID that matches the name on your FanimeCon 2023 Badge.
- You will then hand over your 2023 Badge to Tabletop staff and in exchange receive a temporary badge. That badge is only valid while inside the Gaming Hall.
- When returning the game items in the condition in which they were received, staff will verify your ID and then your FanimeCon 2023 Badge will be returned.
Accepted Photo IDs (Must not be expired)
- Driver’s License
- State ID
- Military ID
- Passport
While renting games, please adhere to the following:
- Handle these items with respect and return them in the same condition in which you received them, with all pieces intact.
- Keep food and drink away from the playing area (sealed water containers are allowed)
- Return the game on request for event use.
- Observe the Gaming Hall Rules and the FanimeCon Code of Conduct.
Events & Tournaments
Gaming Hall
| Mahjong Tournament | Saturday, May 27 at 1:00 pm |
| Good Cop, Bad Cop Tournament | Sunday, May 28 at 2:00 pm |
| Japanime Tournaments | Friday, Saturday, Sunday at various times |
Tabletop RPG
| 5th edition D&D Table | Thursday, May 24 from 6:00 pm – 12:00 am Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 9:00 am – 1:00 am Monday, May 29 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm |
| Werewolf 5e One-Shot | Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 10:00 am – 1:00 pm 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm |
TCG Room Schedule
| Friday, May 26 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm / TCG Free Play 12:00 pm / Digimon TCG Tournament 4:30 pm / Magic: the Gathering Draft Tournament 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm / TCG Free Play |
| Saturday, May 27 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm / TCG Free Play 12:00 pm / Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Tournament 4:30 pm / One Piece TCG Tournament 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm / TCG Free Play |
| Sunday, May 28 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm / TCG Free Play 12:00 pm / Cardfight Vanguard TCG Tournament 4:30 pm / Weiss Schwarz TCG Tournament 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm / TCG Free Play |
| Monday, May 29 | 10:00 am / Magic: the Gathering Commander Tournament 12:00 pm / Magic: the Gathering Commander Tournament |
Tournament Rulesets
One Piece
Players will need to bring their own deck in order to participate in the event.
One leader is chosen for a 50 card deck. The deck must be the same color as the leader with a max of four of the same character (unless specified otherwise.)
Player that starts off the match starts with one Don card then the opponent starts with two Don cards. Each player draws two cards at the start of each round.
The game ends when a player has no more life cards and is hit without any life to the leader.
Players are encouraged to look up how to play using this website: https://en.onepiece-cardgame.com/beginners/
Magic: The Gathering
Draft
Each player is given three packs. One pack is opened and tokens and advertisement cards are removed. One card is picked and then the rest of the cards are passed to the left. Receive the pack from your right and continue until this pack is finished. The next pack is opened and the tokens and advertisement cards are removed. One card is picked and the rest are passed to the right. Receive the pack from your left and continue until this pack is finished. The final pack is opened, and the process is repeated one last time. Each deck should have 40 cards, with roughly 15-18 lands. Players are encouraged to read more about drafting here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/formats/standard
Commander
Each player will need to bring their own deck (99 cards and one commander card). Pods of four will come together and play against each other. This is a free for all multiplayer format. Each player starts with 40 life, places their commander in their command zone and draws seven cards. Players will take their turns in a clockwise order.
Players are encouraged to read more about Commander here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/formats/commander
Digimon
Players will need to bring their own deck in order to participate in the event.
The game is played with a 50-card deck and one to five Digi-Egg Deck. The Digi-Egg Deck is not a part of the 50-card deck. The point of the game is to break through your opponents security and Digimon to attack them.
Learn more about Digimon and how to play here: https://world.digimoncard.com/about/001.php
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Players will need to bring their own deck in order to participate in the event.
Players will also need to have a Konami Card ID in order to participate in the event.
In order to get a Konami Card ID, please head to this website: https://my1.konami.net/en_US#
Players will take turns until a winner is declared. Each turn consists of six different phases (Draw, Standby, Main Phase One, Battle Phase, Main Phase Two, End Phase).
Weiss Schwarz
Players will need to bring their own deck in order to participate in the event.
This game is played with a 50-card deck, with a maximum of four cards with the same name. Each deck can have at most eight Climax Cards. When starting a game, each player’s deck is shuffled and the players will randomly determine who goes first. Each player will draw five cards and may choose to discard the cards they do not want and draw the amount that they discard. This can only be done. Five characters can be played on the field with two as supports and the other three as attackers. When taking damage, players will level up from Level 0. Each Level corresponds to seven points of damage. The game ends when either player reaches Level 4.
Learn more about Weiss Schwarz and how to play here: https://en.ws-tcg.com/about/
Cardfight!! Vanguard
Players will need to bring their own deck in order to participate in the event.
Each player may use a 50-card deck, including their chosen first Vanguard and/or Ride Deck. Each deck must contain exactly 16 trigger cads. There may be a maximum of fiveHeal triggers, regardless of their names and the deck may contain one Over trigger maximum. Optionally, players may have a G-Deck which contains 15 cards that are only G-Units.
After shuffling their main decks, players must offer for their opponent to cut the deck. Each player puts their main deck into the deck zone face down, ride deck into the ride deck storage, G-Deck into the G-Zone, and any markers or tokens they plan to use near the G-Zone. Players will use a random method to decide who will take the first turn. The player who goes first cannot declare an attack during their first turn. Each player draws five cards from their deck to form their opening hand. Players may choose any number of their cards and put them on the bottom of their deck and redraw their cards from the top of the deck. The deck must be reshuffled and recut if this occurs. Players may only do this once each. When players are ready, they will turn their first Vanguards face up and call out “Stand Up, Vanguard!”
Learn more about Cardfight!! Vanguard and how to play here : https://en.cf-vanguard.com/about-cardfight-vanguard/
Tournament Policy
- Sign-ups will be available on the day of the tournament in the same room where the tournament is scheduled to take place. Please check the locations for each tournament carefully!
- The TCG Room is located in the Hilton Almaden Ballroom on the first floor of the San Jose Hilton.
- Tournaments will have sign-ups starting an hour before the tournament start time.
- Please bring your own deck for card game tournaments.
- Signing up for a tournament does not guarantee you a spot in the tournament. You must show up on time to participate.