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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 - Thursday, 26-apr-12 11:45 AM

Free Comic Book Day 2012
26-4-12
Free comic book dayFree Comic Book Day is a single day - the first Saturday in May each year - when participating comic book shops across the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores.
A little more info here:

http://www.freecomicbookday.com
any more details we can have available will be put up here ASAP!

WH40K States Rulespack Update
23-3-12
The Warhammer 40,000 Rules Pack for the Tasmanian State championships has now been updated to version 1.2
It can be found here:

WH40K Rulespack click here (v1.2 PDF)
Just a note - if you click the link and it still comes up with version 1.1, hold down the control button and press F5 (It will have been showing a cached version, and you need to refresh your browser)

The Warhammer Fantasy one can still be found here:
WHFB Rulespack click here (v1.0 PDF)

The Flames of War one is still inside Mark's squishy pink brains. We're a bit scared to go in there and get it.

Tasmanian State Championships RULESPACKS!!!
16-3-12
Rulespacks are now out for the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantsy Battles Tournaments to be held at this years Tasmanian State Championships, on the weekend of the 14th and 15th of July, 2012.

WHFB Rulespack click here (v1.0 PDF)

WH40K Rulespack click here (v1.1 PDF)

Tasmanian State Championships Dates!
12-3-12
This years Tasmanian State Championships will be held at the Mercure Hotel on the weekend of the 14th and 15th of July

We're hoping to have the rules packs out for Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battles and Flames of War soon.

School Holiday Activities
6-1-12
We will be running our popular school holiday activities over January and February.

Mondays will be for painting, with a morning session and an afternoon session on offer.

Tuesdays we will be running an instructional game of 1st Edition Dungeons and Dragons for those who would like to be introduced to RPG's.

Wednesdays we will be holding instructional games of Warhammer 40K for anyone who would like to come in and pick up a few tips and tricks if you are new to the game

Download a printable copy of the timetable here

Conviction WH40K Tournament Announced!
11-10-11
Conviction is a new summer Warhammer 40,000 championship tournament, organised and hosted by Mike Davies, and sponsored by Area 52 and Games Workshop.

Conviction consists of 5 games over two days at the Mercure Hotel in Bathurst Street.

Download a PDF copy of the rules pack below. If you are interested in entering, please read through the pack thoroughly, even if you regularly play in other tournaments, because there may be some differences in the way the tournament is run

Check it out here!

TSC FOW added to results page
23-9-11
The results for the Flames of War section of the Tasmanian State Championships have been added to the results page for the tournament.

Check them out here.

TSC WHFB Results Correction
30-8-11
Due to a number of factors, a match result in Round 3 of the TSC Warhammer Fantasy Battles was incorrectly reported, and not picked up properly during data entry.

This has the unfortunate result of the rightful winner of the WHFB Tournament not getting their chance in the spotlight, and the recognition for such, that they deserved.

Congratulations should go to Kaleb Telcher and his Vampire Counts army, who got a (corrected) battle score of 80 points, and took out Best Overall and Best General!

Apologies for the confusion and inconvenience. This is obviously an undesirable situation that we do everything we can to avoid.

Check out the corrected results here.

TSC WHFB and WH40K Results
12-8-11
Results of the Warhammer Fantasy Battles and Warhammer 40,000 Tournaments at the TSCare now up on the site.

Check 'em out here.

TSC Warmachine and Hordes Rulespack Released!
29-6-11
This year we are running a 35pt Warmachine and Hordes Tournament as part of the Tasmanian State Championships on the 16th of July (just the one day)

Download the rulespack here! (2.6MB)

TSC Warhammer 40,000 Rulespack Update!
23-6-11
There has been an update to the Warhammer 40,000 rulespack that is downloadable on the site, so if you have a copy of the previous one, you need the new one right away!

Download it here!

Tasmanian State Championships
6-6-11
The rulespack for the Van Daemons Cup Blood Bowl Tournament to be held as a part of the Tasmanian State Championships have now been put up on the site.

Download it 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]

Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday:
9am to 6pm
Saturday: 9am to 5pm
Sunday and Holidays: 10am to 5pm
(except Christmas Day and Good Friday)

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,Pokemon TCG, Yu-Gi-Oh TCG, Confrontation, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle 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.