New Events Added!
We are just FIVE days from NOVA Open 2025 and there are a couple awesome late additions available! You can win a ticket to Gencon 2026 for free! You can win a $100 gift certificate at the Monster Fight Club store in a Cyberpunk RED tournament. You can learn a bunch of new games both published and upcoming. Read on for all the awesomeness!
Board Games
Returning for the second year, Double Exposure will host its Washington, DC District Champion series at NOVA Open 2025. Throughout the weekend, we’re running tournaments for Bonanza, Rebel Princesses, Skull King, Coup, boop., Cat in the Box, Finger Guns at High Noon, and Butterfly Garden. Don’t know the game? No worries! Our friendly volunteers will teach you on the spot. All games are family-friendly and easy to learn.
Winners take home a trophy, a copy of the game, and a seat at the final round of the Northeast Regional Championship at DEXLITE 2026—plus a free badge to DEXLITE 2026!Saturday at 6 PM: NOVA will also host the 2026 U.S. National Doomlings Championship Qualifier, presented by Doomlings, LLC and Double Exposure. The event features two preliminary rounds followed by elimination rounds. The winner receives a trophy and free entry into the first elimination round of the U.S. National Doomlings Championship at Gen Con 2026, plus a free 4-day Gen Con 2026 badge.All events are free to enter! Sign up on Tabletop Events or in person at the Board Game Checkout Desk.
Cyberpunk RED: Combat Zone
You may have heard of Cyberpunk, the venerable pen and paper RPG that became an acclaimed AAA video game, but did you know it is also an exciting skirmish miniature game? That’s right you can gather your chooms and battle the gangs and corpos of Night City. NOVA Open is excited to have expanded the Cyberpunk offerings this year. We will have a 30 foot long Night City table offering demos with game designer, Mack Martin. Plus, compete in the thursday casual tournament for a shot at over $150 in prizes!
Check out all the Cyberpunk RED offerings here
Malifaux Fourth Edition Demos
Malifaux, the steampunk Skirmish game, just launched it’s Fourth Edition this summer. The game is hot off the presses and whether you always wanted to try it or you are a veteran looking to brush up on the new edition, stop by the Kalorama room to check out the game!
Sign up for Malifaux events today
Unpub and Indie Demos
NOVA Open is proud to once again host several indie game demos. This is a great time to learn about new and upcoming games often with the designers themselves. Here are a few highlights
Lyctor - Demos with the designer! From Jamie Daggers, the designer of Lacksmith and upcoming solo-strategy tactics game SirensWatch comes an ambitious skirmish game seeking to add a new layer (literally) to the tabletop wargaming equation. Lyctor is a game of sinister strategy in which you, an Adept of the grave magicks, must destroy your fellow Adepts to secure your ascension to Lyctorhood.
OASIS: Aggressive Tactical Salvage Reclamation BETA - In a distant microgalaxy nicknamed 'the Oasis', salvage is the key to survival and profit alike. Battle opposing raiders to claim artifacts and salvage in this 6mm tactical combat wargame where you'll either want to be the first to extract with the goods, or the last man standing.
BLKOUT
All of the demos and casual tournament sold out on Friday so we’ve added more sessions on Saturday. BLKOUT is a thrilling near future, Sci-fi tactical skirmish game pitting strike teams of elite special forces teams against each other.