$15 Draft

Buy-In: $15

All the fun of Parts Draft without the hassle of remembering to bring a set. BrickFair provides the sets - 3 copies of #10404 Ocean's Bottom and 1 copy of #41597 Go Brick Me - for this game. Selected players buy-in for $15. Twelve players will divide 4 sets. That's a total 2,440 parts, or 203 parts (average) per player, for $15.

Like the Parts Draft, this is a great opportunity to acquire a deeper quantity of select parts at low cost.

$20 Draft

Buy-In: $20

The same as $15 Draft but with a bigger set.

BrickFair provides the sets - 2 copies of #10245 Santa's Workshop and 1 copy of #10249 Winter Toy Shop - for this game. Selected players buy-in for $20. Ten players will divide 3 sets. That's a total 2,674 parts, or 267 parts (average) per player, for $20.

$20 Shifty Gifty

A new game open to all who show up!

Bring a wrapped LEGO gift valued at $20 or more.  Gifts are distributed to players.  Then players can Open, Trade or Move gifts as determined by a dice roll.  There are unlimited moves and trades until the last gift is opened!

When the last gift is opened the game is over.  All players keep the gift they're holding.  What fun!

$30 Draft

Buy-In: $30

The same as $15 Draft but with a bigger set.

BrickFair provides the sets - 2 copies of #41339 Mia's Camper Van and 1 copy of #10251 Brick Bank - for this game. Selected players buy-in for $30. Ten players will divide 3 sets. That's a total 3,354 parts, or 335 parts (average) per player, for $30.

Bingo Grande

The biggest and best prizes come out in Bingo Grande held the first private evening.

Join us!

Blind Build AFOL 1

Players all receive the same small set to build (set not revealed until the game). Players may read their instructions, but cannot see the parts they are assembling!

Points are deducted for parts in the wrong places, and for missing parts.

The winner gets an awesome prize, and everyone has a great time (and keeps their small set).

Blind Build AFOL 2

See Blind Build AFOL 1 for details.

Blind Build TFOL

See Blind Build AFOL 1 for details.

Boat Race

Build a boat (using only LEGO parts, of course) and race against other boats for speed in the hotel swimming pool.  Use Technic motors (or MINDSTORMS if you dare).  Race for first!  Race for fun!  A Technic set awaits the winner.

All boats must be self-propelled and move without external assistance, use of tether lines, etc., although remote controls are allowed.

This is a slalom race.  See the rules for more details.

Some venues (notably BF/VA) are outdoors and do not let you walk closely to your boat.  Take that into consideration in your design.  In past contests, Power Functions R/C has not worked well due to distance and interference from sunlight, but classic radio R/C does work.  We also permit the use of sBrick as a controller.

Race held rain or shine, though we can't prevent the hotel from closing the pool if they need.

CAH Vignette Build

This game is held in two sessions.

STEP 1: Players meet at the designated time to draw cards from the CAH deck.  Each player ends up with one black and one white card.  Players then have a couple days to build a vignette representing their two cards.

STEP 2: Players bring their vignettes together for display during Adult Swim.  Players vote for their favorite (game host casts the deciding vote if needed), and the winner gets a prize.

A basic understanding of Cards Against Humanity is strongly suggested.

Cards Against Humanity

A party game for horrible people.  Unlike most of the party games you may have played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends.  For this modified version you will receive bricks for good answers, and you will need to build something rude with your bricks for the win.

If you are easily offended, do not play this game.

Because of the hectic schedule during Adult Swim, this will be hosted as a first-seated pick-up game.

Charity Auction: Silent

All items in the Silent Charity Auction are donated by you, the AFOLs. All proceeds benefit our children's charity, the SladeChild Foundation.

To bid on items, please be 18, and simply write your name and bid amount using the old fashioned pen-and-paper method.

Happy bidding!

Checkers Tournament

The classic checkers game.  You know it!  You love it!

The further you last in this tournament, the bigger the LEGO prize you win :)

Closing Door Prizes

A quick goodbye to all our friends, old and new, and prizes are given out! Names are drawn from a hat.

Combo-Build AFOL 1

See Combo-Build TFOL 1 for details.

Combo-Build AFOL 2

See Combo-Build TFOL 1 for details.

Combo-Build TFOL 1

Each player is given the same 2 sets to start. Each player combines the sets to build an entirely original creation. The MOC deemed the most unique and creative wins a prize. All players keep their 2 sets :)

Combo-Build TFOL 2

See Combo-Build TFOL 1 for details.

Constraction Combo

Bionicle, Hero Factory, Star Wars, Ben 10, Chima... Galidor.  LEGO has made many constructible action figure themes over the years, which we like to shorten down to constraction.  This game will use Star Wars Buildable Figures featuring ball and socket joints, shells, and other Character and Creature Building System (CCBS) parts as opposed to a System set with basic LEGO bricks with studs.

BZPower is donating the sets for this game.

Each player is given the same 2 constraction sets to start.  One set will be #75526 Elite TIE Fighter Pilot, the other set a mystery until game-time.  Each player combines the sets to build an entirely original creation.  The MOC deemed the most unique and creative wins a prize.  All players keep their 2 sets :)

Constraction Draft

Buy-In: $5

Bionicle, Hero Factory, Star Wars, Ben 10, Chima... Galidor. LEGO has made many constructible action figure themes over the years, which we like to shorten down to constraction. This game will use Star Wars Buildable Figures featuring ball and socket joints, shells, and other Character and Creature Building System (CCBS) parts as opposed to a System set with basic LEGO bricks with studs.

BZPower is donating the sets (10 copies of 75120 K-2SO) for this game. Selected players buy-in for $5, which is donated to the SladeChild Foundation.

All the fun of Parts Draft without the hassle of remembering to bring a set.  Ten players will divide 10 sets.  That's a total 1,690 parts, or 169 parts (average) per player, for $5.

Like all drafts, this is a great opportunity to acquire a deeper quantity of select parts at low cost.

Constructionary KFOL

The LEGO game of charades. A fun game produced by RoseArt in 2003 where players use LEGO parts to create an item listed on a card, and the other players guess what it is.

The rules have been altered a bit to make it more fun for all ages. Instead of moving around the board, you get small LEGO bricks for each correct guess, and you get to keep the bricks!

Children playing in this KFOL game must be accompanied by an adult.

Constructionary T/AFOL

See Constructionary KFOL for details.

Cutthroat Builder

Based on Cutthroat Kitchen, players are given a pile of LEGO brick and challenged to build a MOC (to a surprise theme) in 10-15 minutes.  Players have play-cash to bid on various handicaps to sabotage the other players each round.  After each round a player is eliminated until 1 winner remains standing.

Audience Participation: The audience (your fellow AFOLs) may bid - with real money - on other handicaps for players mid-round.  Funds raised support our charity!

Dirty Brickster $10-$15

No need to sign up; simply show up at the designated time and place with a wrapped gift in hand.  Any number of people can play!

How To Play:

Dirty Brickster is better known (in the USA) as "White Elephant Gift Exchange," "Yankee Swap," or "Dirty Santa."  Players each contribute one gift to the game, and ultimately each player walks away with one different gift of similar value.

1. All gifts should be valued the same.  Use your imagination to make it fun.  Out-of-production sets or some classic parts from your own collection are far more interesting that something off the store shelf yesterday.  But please make it worth the appropriate amount!
2. Players bring their gifts wrapped or sealed in a gift bag, careful to conceal the contents.
3. Players gather in a circle and gifts are placed in the center.
4. Names are drawn to see who picks first.
5. The picked player chooses a gift from the pile and opens it, holds it up for all to see, and keeps it (for the time being).
6. Another name is drawn.
7. The next player can either choose to take an unopened gift from the pile or to steal a gift from any previous gift-holder.
8. If someone's gift is stolen, that person can immediately unwrap a new gift or steal another gift.
9. Any gift stolen 3 times becomes "dead."  It now belongs to that owner and may not be stolen again.

Dirty Brickster $20-$30

See description of Dirty Brickster $10-$15.

Dirty Buildster AFOL 1

Players are provided with random cups of bricks. When the host says, "Go," players start building!

Players have limited time to build the most creative MOC they can muster. The objective is to be more creative than your competition and you must do it with your limited bricks and limited time.

• Cups of bricks are provided for you.
• Cups are the luck of the draw. You may find your bricks difficult to work with, but we'll try to keep all bags equal and fair.
• You are not required to use every brick in the bag - simply be as creative as you can with what you have.
• The final MOCs are judged.
• One winner gets a LEGO set. Every player keeps their cup of bricks!

Dirty Buildster AFOL 2

See Dirty Buildster AFOL 1 for details.

Dirty Buildster AFOL 3

See Dirty Buildster AFOL 1 for details (but be prepared for Adult Swim caveats).

Sign-up is not required, but seating is limited.  If interested in playing, and not too inebriated from earlier games, see the game host at the game location - arrive early.

Dirty Buildster KFOL

See Dirty Buildster AFOL 1 for details.

Dirty Buildster TFOL

See Dirty Buildster AFOL 1 for details.

Early Draft

This special early check-in game is similar to the $15 Draft, but the sets remain a mystery until game time. Early Draft is hosted early the first day. We'll call upon players from among the walk-ups. Check-in promptly on the first day to join this game.

Free to play. Sets are provided.

Limit one participant per family. We want to spread the fun and let others play.

Exploding Kittens

Exploding Kittens is the same as Russian Roulette - if it were a card game with kittens.

Players draw cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten card, at which point they are out - unless they have Defuse cards to save themselves.  Or other cards to avoid, mitigate, or move their chances of drawing an Exploding Kittens card.  Rules will be explained in ~3 minutes and then the game begins.

First-Timer Dirty Buildster

For BrickFair first-timers only.

Get a free cup of new, clean LEGO parts, build the most creative MOC you can.  Judges pick one MOC which earns a small prize, and all players keep their cup of LEGO parts!  Everyone's a winner!

First-Timer Draft

For BrickFair first-timers only.

Buy-In: $10

BrickFair brings the sets, players bring the buy-in and will receive ~200 pieces each.  Everyone playing is a newcomer to our show!  So no pressure!

Bring the buy-in with you to the game.  There will likely be no-shows for this game; so even if not selected to play, you may like to show up and watch, and possibly get to play anyway.

Fluxx

A game where the rules change, and so does the goal for winning!  A fun loosey-goosey game with, as always, a LEGO prize for the winner.

GBC Beginners Workshop 1

Buy-In: $25

This class will introduce the fun of building Great Ball Contraption modules.  The kit costs $31, -$6 Bill Bourn credit, so $25, and is limited to 50 units.  Buying the kit is not required; exhibitors may audit the workshop.  Of course the kit is required for hands-on learning.

Limit one kit per person.

Upon completion each student will have a working GBC module which can be linked together with other students' modules.  Everyone who wishes to participate can include their module in the full GBC display for the public to see all weekend; simply collect your module Sunday evening.

Join us!

The kit instructions are coming soon for download.  If you weren't selected to play, you can bring your own parts!

The kit cost us $31 to pack; the estate of Bill Bourn sponsors the extra $6 for you.  Bill wanted to keep the GBC thriving, and so do we.  Join us!

GBC Beginners Workshop 2

Buy-In: $25

See GBC Beginners Workshop 1 for details.

Go Fish Tournament 1

This is the classic carnival "gold fish bowl" game. Get your ping pong balls into the bowls, and win some LEGO pieces!

The longer you last in the tournament the more LEGO you win. Open to all ages, all skill levels or no skill, experienced or novice, familiar with the game or not - everyone can win.

Oh, just sign up!

Go Fish Tournament 2

See Go Fish Tournament 1 for details.

Go Fish Tournament 3

See Go Fish Tournament 1 for details.

Great Brickish Build-off TECHNIC-al Challenge

A parody on the name of the Great British Bake-off TV show in which.  Each episode of that show featured a "technical challenge" in which contestants were given identical ingredients and a few vaguely worded instructions, then shown a sample of a completed dessert and asked to replicate it.

Each player receives an identical bag of Technic parts with a picture of the final model, plus a couple helpful close-up views, to guide them through the general order of assembly.  Players are on their own to figure out how to construct the kit.

All players keep their bag of parts :)

Guesstimate

A jar of LEGO pieces is the prize - and the challenge.

Just guess how many pieces are in the jar (or at least be the closest guess) and win the jar. Simple!

This game is held during public days and is open to public entries.  You, the exhibitors, are also welcome to play.

Half Blind Build

Played in pairs!

One person reads and verbalizes the instructions.  The other builds.  Neither can see what the other is looking at.

Madness!

Every pair of players keeps their small set.  One team wins a prize!

Each player selected to play must bring a partner to the game.

Hogwarts

More commonly known as "The LEGO Harry Potter game."

We'll be hosting 3 games simultaneously, 4 players per game. The winner of each game receives a LEGO prize :)

Hold'em

This is your standard Texas Hold'em poker tournament, played with LEGO cards and top 5 placers take home a LEGO prize.

Poker knowledge required, obviously.

Impaired Build

Each player is given a set consisting of ~300 pieces.  Players race to completion.  The first to correctly build his kit wins a prize, and everyone keeps their playing kit!

Requires consumption of mass quantities.  Players may bring their own - the host will adjust accordingly.

Magic: The Gathering

Join us for a casual session of Magic: The Gathering. Meet other enthusiasts of the game! This is a relaxed event, so if you are able to, bring a few decks - some for playing against experienced players and some better matched for a beginner player. Be there at the start-time and be ready to do battle.

Required: some experience with MTG. Required: your own dice (or a way to count your life total). Required: your own deck (more decks = more fun). Of course, you may bring other supplies you wish! There are no prizes for this game; this will be a casual event.

MINDSTORMS: Line Follower

A new contest for 2019!  MINDSTORMS robots are challenged to follow a line from start to finish in the fastest possible time.  Whose robot is the smartest?

See the rules & instructions.

As always, a LEGO prize for the winner!

Held during public hours so the public can cheer you on!

MINDSTORMS: Sumo (Stock)

Version: STOCK

The classic game of MINDSTORMS Sumo. Players bring their computerized LEGO robots to compete and push each other out of the ring. This is a great game to watch!

See the rules for the differences between Stock and Unlimited.

Held during public hours so the public can cheer you on!

MINDSTORMS: Sumo (Unlimited)

Version: UNLIMITED

See Stock SUMO for description and rules.

MINDSTORMS: Tug-of-War

Tug-of-War is a contest that tests the strength of your robot or Technic vehicle.  Much like the human version of the game, two robots compete to see which of them can pull the other one across the center of the table.

Here's the Rules.

Held during public hours so the public can cheer you on!

Minifig Swap

Bring in your unwanted or less-than-loved minifigs to trade with others!  Before the Yard Sales, this one hour exchange is a great opportunity to mix up your minifig collection.

Bring all the minifigs you wish; you never know what others might want!

This is intended as a swap and trade event.  Cash is discouraged, but we understand it can make for even trades.  Volunteers will be around, overlooking, to help ensure less knowledgeable FOLs are aware of their figs' values.  We're all here to have fun; let's play nice, please.

Missing Part Build

We swap a part from your set with your competition. You must find and steal back that part in order to complete your build and win your game!

As always, players keep the sets they play with, and the winner gets a LEGO prize to boot!

Munchkin

Experience with the game of Munchkin suggested.  We'll play 3 games, of 5-players each, simultaneously.

"Kill the Monsters, Steal the Treasure, Stab Your Buddy!" - such is the motto of Munchkin, a mix of role play and genre references rolled up in a wacky card game.

One-Arm Build TFOL

Every player receives the same set, everybody has one arm tied behind their back, GO!

Opening Door Prizes

Simply attend the first night and enter your name in the hat for the drawing!

Parts Draft 1

To participate, bring LEGO set #41365 Emma's Art Studio with you to the game.

All participants bring the same LEGO set to the event. All sets are opened and parts grouped together - all Red 2x2 Bricks grouped together, all Blue 1x6 Plates piled together, etc.  Players take turns drawing lots until all parts are taken.  Everyone's a winner!  Everyone leaves with about the same number of parts as they started, but with deeper quantities and less variety of parts.

Arrive on time for this game!

Game host will have a few sets to sell for any walk-ups.

Parts Draft 2

See the Parts Draft 1 for details.

but...

Bring LEGO set #31093 Riverside Houseboat with you to the game.

Game host will have a few sets to sell for any walk-ups.

Pass The Brick

Build the best MOC you can with the parts provided.  But don't get too attached; anything can happen during the frenzy of building!

Final creations are judged and a LEGO prize is awarded.  All players keep their MOCs and parts!

Reverse Build 1

Players each receive the same LEGO set to build (set revealed at the game).

Everyone races to build their set backwards. Bricks on the right go on the left, slopes facing left now face right, etc.

Points are deducted for wrongly-placed parts and missing parts.

The winner gets an awesome prize, and everyone has a great time (and keeps their set)!

Reverse Build 2

See Reverse Build 1 for details.

RoboHockey

Bring a robot for some 2-on-2 RoboHockey competition.  Robots are operated by remote control, not autonomously.

(EV3 bricks are easily controlled with an app or the remote included in the home set, NXT bricks are trickier but not impossible.  PF and RC controllers also allowed.)

Robots score goals by delivering pucks (i.e. this) to the opponent’s goal.

Robot soccer players should be no larger than 12”x12” (existing SUMO bots are welcome).  Robots may move and control the puck in any way you choose, including attachments that grab the puck.  Robots may defend the goal by any method, including pushing other robots out of the way.

See the complete rules (updated June 26, 2018).

The host will bring extra hockeybots for kids new to Mindstorms who want to try them out.

Saran Wrap Ball 1

It's called Saran Wrap Ball and it's just that... a massive ball of Saran Wrap with a bunch of goodies layered throughout.

Each player takes a turn unwrapping the ball, revealing LEGO prizes within. Unwrap fast!  As soon as the player to your right rolls doubles, your turn is over and you pass the ball!

When the ball is completely unraveled, the game is over.  Everyone keeps the prizes they collected :)

Saran Wrap Ball 2

See Saran Wrap Ball 1 for details.

Seed Part Showdown 1

"One "seed" part is chosen - and kept secret until game-time.

Each player grabs a spot in the Stay & Play area and is given a baggie of the seed parts.  Players have 30 minutes to build MOCs (as many as they wish) featuring the seed element.

Judges determine the winner, who receives a prize, and all participants take home some of the seed part.

Seed Part Showdown 2

See Seed Part Showdown 1 for details.

Settlers Of Catan

Experience with Settlers is required.

We've modify the rules to speed up the game, so hopefully it can be played inside ninety minutes:

And of course the winner gets a LEGO prize!

Skyscraper AFOL

Each player gets the same assortment of LEGO pieces and needs to build the tallest tower possible.  The tallest unsupported building standing when the game ends is the winner!

This game requires smarts and deft building skills.  All players keep their LEGO bricks :)

Skyscraper TFOL

See Skyscraper AFOL description.

Small World

Knowledge of Small World is required.

The winner gets a LEGO prize, courtesy of The LEGO Group :)

Technic Draft

Buy-In: $15

Similar to the Parts Draft, but you don't have to purchase a LEGO set in advance.

BrickFair provides the sets - 14 copies of #42088 Cherry Picker and 12 copies of #42060 Roadwork Crew - for this game. Selected players buy-in for $15. 27 players will divide 26 sets. That's a total 6,550 parts, or 243 parts (average) per player, for $15.

Tiger Plastics Open

Putt-putt for prizes!

See you on the green!

Tractor Time Build

Each player gets 6 digs in the Tractor Time machine.

The first 30 minutes are for digging in the coin-op game and seeing what parts people get.  The second half hour is spent building.

Best MOC wins a prize and everyone keeps their parts.

Ben Spector and Kim Petty have been playing this on their own for 3 years, and Kim thinks it's time to share the fun :)

Vignette Swap

Like Dirty Brickster (Secret Santa/White Elephant) but the vignettes are openly viewable.

Build a vignette (that you're willing to surrender) and bring it!  All vignettes are displayed together during the weekend.  At game time, vignettes are swapped, and a few bonus prizes awarded.  Sunday evening, after the public leaves, the vignettes are collected by their new owners to keep!

Players are provided (at the event) a display cube and black "base" plates (using the black plates is optional).  Limit one entry per person per game - enter only your best!

Welcome to... Brickville

Build up the best subdivision with pencil and paper.  Welcome to is a strategic game where the host calls the numbers and everyone makes their own crunchy, strategic choices on how to build the best subdivision within BrickFair!

We'll play 2 games of 6 players each, simultaneously.

Experienced players are welcome, but given the somewhat rareness of the game, we will provide a quick lesson.

World Of Lights

Light up your MOC!  For one hour we'll darken the room and enjoy the show by the street lights of LEGOtown.

Admittedly, the venue doesn't get as dark as we would like. But until I invent the darklight, we're stuck with some emergency lights :(

World Of Lights ^BYOB

Yard Sale Saturday

Buy-In: $10

See Yard Sale Thursday for details.

Yard Sale Thursday

Buy-In: $10

This 2-hour event is your chance to sell leftover LEGO without being a vendor.  Outside the vendor area, this is the only time registrants may openly advertise items for sale (the MOC area is a strict no-sale-sign zone).

Pre-price your items and collect some quick cash for your unwanted LEGO!

Signup on-site at the Bling Desk.  Find the clipboard with a Thursday sign-up sheet and a Saturday sign-up sheet.