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Wednesday WAAARGH! GAMING
Area 52 is proud to announce that Wednesdays will be devoted to in-store war gaming during the school holidays between 8th of September to the 19th of September.
People are encouraged to bring in their armies and battle each-other all day.
The 5th Edition of 40k Assault on Black Reach will be on hand to play with during the Wednesday Waaargh! Gaming
If you’re new to the hobby and just want to see what it’s all about. Feel free to come along to learn how to play or pick up some new tactics and generally chew the ear of one of our friendly staff with your war gaming questions.
Cost to take part in gaming is free.

Fridays Collectable card games

Every Friday over the summer holidays will be for collectable card games. So bring your deck and challenge some new opponents. We even have some store decks for some of the games we stock, so you can try out something new as well!
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Last Updated - Monday, 18-aug-08 6:48 PM

Area 52 September School Holiday Painting and Modelling Classes!
18-8-08
Area 52 will be holding its popular painting and modelling classes again from the 8th of September. Monday's are for painting classes, and Tuesday's are for Terrain Building.

The Painting classes are a relaxed way for beginners to pick up a few new techniques and ideas. The classes cover spray undercoating, model clean up, green stuff, basing etc… Bookings can be made via phone on (03) 6231 0271 and are essential!

Download the full program here.

Tasmanian State Warhammer Championship Photos Galleries up!
31-7-08
Photos have now been put up for the tournament. 40K room can be found here, WHFB can be found here, and LOTR photos can be found here.

Photos and captions have been added to the Presentation results, so we can see whose who for prosperity.

Tasmanian State Warhammer Championship Results Released
15-7-08
Here are the results for the 40K, WHFB and LotR tournaments held over the weekend at the Mecure.

I am just compiling the WHFB results into the required format to be submitted to Andrew Galea to go into the Australian Tournament Rankings.

View the results and prize placing here!

Tasmanian State Warhammer Championship Army List Deadline!
14-6-08
Please don't forget to hand in your Army lists before the 30th of June.
Penaltys will apply if late!!
Simon has set up a temorary Email account for the store, so those that need to email their Army lists please forward them to;
area52.contact [at] gmail.com
Please, if your sending them in Army builder format could you also send a copy in another format as well. The shop computers do not have this program, as it is not essential to the point of sale functionality they have been set up for.
Don't forget to bring your own copy of your list to the Tournament!!

Area 52 email problems
27-5-08
Area 52 has been experiencing technical difficulties with its email for some time. This has meant we have not been able to receive or send emails from our store accounts. Until this problem has been suitable rectified once and for all, to contact the store reliably, you will have to give us a phone call, or use the forums.

Phone: 0362 310271
Forums: Post a new topic with your enquiry, or use the private message function (for registered users) to contact Heath, A52-Simon, A52-Mark or A52-Tony. They will be able to respond or forward your query onto the appropriate staff member.

June School Holidays Painting and Modelling Classes
27-5-08
In the June school holidays Area 52 will have paining classes/hobby days. These will be held Monday through until Wednesday both weeks, starting on the 2nd of June. Classes can cover spray undercoating, the use of 'Green Stuff', pinning and basing your models, or to give you advice on any problems you might be having.

The Tuesday sessions will be terrain building classes, and spaces are limited to 6 per class. These classes have materials supplied.

For class times and dates, and extra detail, go to this page.

Warhammer Daemons of Chaos Army Book Review
16-5-08
Barely holding off a mutating and disturbing possession, Simon Marshall gives up the secrets held within the Warhammer tome for Daemons of Chaos

Click here to read his disturbing/enlightening review...

Warhammer Vampire Counts Army Book Review
2-5-08
Mark Wilson explains why he has been entranced by the new Vampire Counts Army Book for Warhammer Fantasy Battles.

Click here to read his review on the new Army Book.

Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Official!
29-4-08
The Warhammer 40K 5th edition has moved from rumour to official! The release in July 2008 is proceeded by this trailer put up by the Games Workshop Studio on YouTube:

Click here to see the trailer.

Tasmanian State Warhammer Championship Errata
16-4-08
There has been an error found in the Lord of the Rings Rules Pack for the Tasmanian State Warhammer Championship. (The total points cost this year was increased, but we forgot to enlarge the amount of models you could take!).

The rule pack in the downloads section has now been updated, and we ask all prospective LotR players to download the revised copy.

Tasmanian State Warhammer Championship Rule Packs Released
15-4-08
The rule packs for the annual Tasmanian State Warhammer Championship Tournament have been released today.

Ticket registration is now underway. It is very important to pre-register int his tournament, as places for all tournaments have tend2ed to go very quickly in the last few years.

This is one of the premier Tournaments in Australia, combining two days of great gaming with lunches, dinners, and access to GW staff who can provide all kinds of exciting news on up and coming releases.

Download the rule packs from here

Warmachine/Hordes Tournament Results
8-4-08
The breakdown of the recent Tournament is now in the results section here. Comments in the forums here.

About us
Area 52 - Popular Culture Company
90 - 92 Liverpool Street Hobart, Tasmania
Phone: 62 310271
Email: info [at] area52 [dot com dot au]

Area 52 is your local resource for Table Top Wargaming, Trading / Collectible Card Games, Miniature modelling , Comic books (Aus, US, UK, Anime), Action Figures, Boardgames, Novelty Items, Posters, T-shirts, and more!

We hold regular Tournaments and Leagues for games, including Games Workshop Warhammer 40K and Fantasy Battles, Magic: The Gathering, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, Dark Millenium and Warcry and Flames of War to name but a few.

We have a number of Gaming Tables available for use, both in the "Battle Bunker" Gaming area and in the shop, and we have store copies of the relevant rulebooks for reference.

Our Showcase display cabinet exhibits a variety of fully painted wargaming miniatures, including entries for painting competitions and other interesting conversions.

If you would like to: Book a table, showcase some miniatures, register for an event or have a product query, then swing by our Forums, give us a phone call (62 310271) or email, and we can help you out.

Link to a gallery of the store and Battle Bunker gaming area.