Gundam Newtype Challenge 2026 Mission 4 [08/29/2026]
2026-08-29 13:30 - 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Red Raccoon Games, 301 N Main Street, Bloomington, IL, 61701, United States
Join us for the Gundam Newtype Challenge!

Warhammer Age of Sigmar Tournament [08/30/2026]
2026-08-30 09:00 - 19:00
Join us for the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Tournament!

Open Gaming [08/30/2026]
2026-08-30 12:00 - 19:00
Enjoy our event space without having a specific event you are signing up for. With Open Gaming, you have access to our Rental Library for free while you are on-site to play games. Enjoy!

2026 Pokémon World Championships Celebration Tournament [08/30/2026]
2026-08-30 12:30 - 17:30
This tournament is conducted with the same format and structure as a League Cup but it is NOT a League Cup.
For the first time, Trainers who win a Worlds Celebration event this year will also be treated to some cool commemorative accessories to keep upping their game! Trainers who win a Pokémon TCG event will receive a Worlds Celebration themed deck box and card sleeves to flex their next deck.

Ravenloft Dungeons and Dragons Campaign [08/30/2026]
2026-08-30 14:00 - 18:00
The mist comes when it wants. Not when you’re lost, or when you’re scared, but when it’s ready. It rolls in on silent feet, cold as a crypt and thick as wool, swallowing the road behind you and the horizon ahead. By the time you feel it on your skin, it’s already too late. The world you knew is gone. The world you’ve found is wrong.
Here, the sun rises grey and never warms the stone. The clocks all tell different times, and none of them are right. The people in the villages know your name before you speak it, and they look at you with pity, not because they know what you’ve done, but because they know what’s going to happen to you.
The roads don’t lead where they should. They curve back to places you’ve already been. The forests breathe. The statues weep. There’s a castle on the horizon, but you can never seem to get closer to it, until the night you find yourself before its doors, open and inviting you in to never return.
And in the dark, something is always watching. It wears many faces: the host who offers you supper but never eats; the child who plays with dolls that look like you; the reflection that waves back a second too late. It is patient. It has all of eternity to decide what it wants from you.
You will hear your name on the wind. You will see faces you buried. You will knock on a door, and it will open, and you will wish to God it hadn’t.
Welcome to the Land of Mists.
There is no way out.
There never was.

August Painting Contest - You Can Have Any Color So Long As It's [08/31/2026]
2026-08-31 00:00 - 2026-09-01 00:00
Join us for our August Painting Contest!
For this contest, you can paint any miniature you like so long as it’s Red Raccoon Themed!
Register for the Painting Contest for FREE at time of purchase of miniature
You must purchase the miniature you use from Red Raccoon Games, as the prize pool for the contest is calculated from this.
X*50% Credit per entry in prize pool
Beginner and Regular categories
Only one figure per entry
2 Winners per Category
Staff Pick (prize pool)
People’s Choice (X*50%)
Usual rules for additions: you can add decorations and garnish, but the model itself is the star and is what will be judged
Bases of up to 4″ diameter may be used
Submissions due by end of business day on the last day of August.
Staff Pick will be judged independent of People’s Choice
If Staff Pick winner receives majority of online votes, the entry with the next largest number of votes will win People’s Choice.
The same entrant may not win Staff Pick in two consecutive contests
Results will be shared on social media by the end of the following month

Free Demo Sniper Elite Operation Kraken [08/31/2026]
2026-08-31 18:00 - 21:00
Join the amazing Scott for a demo of Sniper Elite: Operation Kraken! Here’s a bit about the game below:
An ambitious operation to end the war, the Axis are launching an experimental super carrier across the Atlantic. Find these plans before it can launch, or infiltrate it to bring down this war machine from within.
This expansion for Sniper Elite: The Board Game introduces two new maps, 2 vehicles with miniatures, new loadout and objective cards, a dozen new tokens and new Solo Mode cards.
Infiltrating the ‘Norman Village’ map is a real challenge for players as armoured cars patrol the area and crucial intelligence needs to be found to help bring about the downfall of the enemies’ ‘“Super Carrier”’.
From the wide-open fields surrounding the village to the air ducts, tight corridors, and multiple decks of the Super Carrier map itself, players will find diverse challenges each time they play. New gameplay mechanics from tools such as TNT or Bolt Cutters will be crucial for the sniper’s success while the defenders will be able to utilise reinforced walls and locked doors to turn the ship into a nightmarish maze.

Force of Will Casual Play [08/31/2026]
2026-08-31 18:00 - 22:00
Join us every Monday for Force of Will!
A long long time ago, when Gods and Demons entered into war with one another, there was a land named Valhalla, graced with five elements. As the fighting continue, unceasingly, the wars got more involved, and eventually all the people of the land were engulfed in the battle. Soon the Demons and Gods developed ways to summon and bring back to life strong powerful souls and turn them into warriors to aid in their battle cry. New powers were bestowed, warriors got more powerful and the battles got worse! Be read to enter the battle with the new Force of Will Trading Card Game. Harness the power of Light, Flame, Water, Wind, Darkness and Void and bring the battle to your opponent.
In Force of Will, each player is in control of a main deck of 40–60 cards composed of resonators (“creatures”), chants (“spells”), additions and regalia. Players win the game by either reducing their opponents’ life points to zero or less, or if the opponent is unable to draw a card when required. As a resource the games uses “Will” which is usually produced by “Magic Stone” – cards who are stored in a separate pile of cards called the “Magic Stone Deck”. A special type of card is the “Ruler”/”J-Ruler”, a special creature card in the “Ruler Zone”. The ruler can be “rested” to call a Magic Stone from the Deck or it can enter the regular field for combat by using the “Judgment” Ability.
Event details and format information can be found in our Facebook group. New players welcome.

Pokemon Mega Monday Mayhem Tournament Play [08/31/2026]
2026-08-31 18:00 - 22:00
Join us every Monday for Pokemon TCG Tournaments! Bring your standard 60 card deck and see how they measure up to other decks.
Players will play 3 Swiss Rounds each.
Swiss pairings: In the first round, players are paired randomly, with one player receiving a bye if there are an odd number. In subsequent rounds, you are paired based on your record – players with the same or similar records are paired together.
Each participants’ entry fee will enter into a prize pool. Store Credit will be distributed to top players who place.
We will offer Pokemon Booster packs when they become more available!

Open Gaming [09/01/2026]
2026-09-01 12:00 - 22:00

One Piece Off-Meta Night [09/01/2026]
2026-09-01 18:00 - 22:00
Join us for Off-Meta night for the One Piece TCG!

Gundam Build Night [09/01/2026]
2026-09-01 18:00 - 22:00
Gunpla are fun to build, and it’s even more fun to build together!
The Gundam Builders Club is an opportunity to get together, build models, and see the techniques and tricks others use in building and detailing. Anyone is welcome, regardless of experience level; just bring whatever you feel like working on! Check out our Gundam Facebook community.
What is Gunpla?
Gunpla (short for “Gundam plastic models”) are model kits based on mecha from the popular Gundam franchise. These kits come in multiple levels of complexity. Most models are snap-together pieces (no glue required), with pre-painted plastic. Many builders like to add detail such as panel line-work with markers, or even custom paint designs. It’s like building your own action figure!

Indie RPG Book Club - Worlds Without Number by Kevin Crawford [09/01/2026]
2026-09-01 18:30 - 20:30
The Indie RPG Book Club meeting for the month is for Worlds Without Number! Here’s a bit about the game:
The stars gutter and the skies fade and the earth grows weary with years. Ages of men and of Outsiders have ascended and been forgotten, and only the bones of their cities and the dust of their dreams remain upon this tired world. The Legacy of their laws is woven deep now, the edicts of dead gods and fallen sorcerer-kings made to trace patterns of power we no longer understand. We are heirs to their unseen empires, and our lives are built upon their ashes.
Worlds Without Number is a fantasy role-playing game, one fully compatible with the hit sci-fi game Stars Without Number. It’s built from the ground up to provide gritty, hard-edged adventure in the fathomless future of the Latter Earth, a fantastic realm of time-lost sorcery, savage foes, and barbaric splendor. The cold steel in the fists of your heroes and the half-understood sorcery in their tomes must suffice to overcome the monstrous remnants of ancient alien rulers and the present depredations of ruthless lords and hideous beasts alike. The riches of lost ages await in the subterranean Deeps that once held their kingdoms, and even the heavens above are not beyond the reach of the recklessly daring.
(Note: this is the free version of WWN. If you’d like to grab the full deluxe edition with almost fifty extra pages of bonus content, head right over.)
Worlds Without Number isn’t just a savage game of steel and sorcery. It’s packed solid with system-neutral GM tools and worldbuilding support, with hundreds of pages of useful tools, tags, tables, and practical advice usable by any GM, regardless of their favorite setting or system. The well-loved sci-fi tools of Stars Without Number are reworked here to support fantasy gaming, whether in the provided setting of the Latter Earth or in your own carefully-crafted homebrew world. Even GMs who don’t prefer the OSR-compatible game system of WWN will find more than half the book dedicated to tools they can use in the systems they like best.

Open Gaming [09/02/2026]
2026-09-02 12:00 - 22:00

MOTHERBOARD: A Daggerheart Campaign [09/02/2026]
2026-09-02 18:00 - 21:30
Among the ancient ruins of the fallen world, the great walled cities of the Echo Vale sit as bastions of hope in an otherwise hostile land. Utilizing technology powered by a mysterious language that runs through metal threads tethered high above the valley, these citadels insulate their citizens from the Wastes, where autonomous machines roam wild and massive wandering cities scour the land for scrap.
But when a malicious virus infects the machine beasts that work alongside the people of the valley, the once-docile creations turn violent. In a Motherboard campaign, you’ll use technology instead of magic as you play extraordinary heroes leaving the safety of the walled cities to travel the Wastes and bring
peace to the Vale once more.
Time: 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 6:00pm-9:30pm
System: Daggerheart
Table limit: 6 per table (2 tables for a max of 12)
Ages: 18+ (just doing this to be safe honestly)
Location: Private Rooms 1 & 2
Bonus: The first players that sign up for the game (up to the cap of 12) will receive 15% off a Daggerheart Class Pack.

Union Arena Tournament Play [09/02/2026]
2026-09-02 18:00 - 22:00
Join us for Union Arena every 1st and 3rd Wednesday!

Miniature Games Skirmish [09/02/2026]
2026-09-02 18:00 - 22:00
Join us every Wednesday for different minis skirmish games.
Here is the current schedule for games:
1st Weds of the Month – Warhammer: Underworlds
2nd Weds of the Month – Marvel: Crisis Protocol
3rd Weds of the Month – Warcry
4th Weds of the Month – Marvel: Crisis Protocol
+ Last Weds of the Month – Paint Night

Riftbound Nexus Nights [09/02/2026]
2026-09-02 18:00 - 22:00
Join us every Wednesday for weekly Riftbound League of Legends gameplay!

Magic the Gathering Standard Showdown [09/02/2026]
2026-09-02 18:00 - 22:00
Standard Showdown is a weekly Standard play program, where players will gather to face off in tournaments using their Standard decks. The Lunar New Year Kickoff promos provide a participation promo along with winner prize promos. Face off for their chance to win incredible weekly promos using the swiss pairing method to compete against your fellow players!
With the recent expansion of the Standard rotation, there is even more time to refine decks!

Star Wars Unlimited Twin Suns Night [09/02/2026]
2026-09-02 18:30 - 22:00
Multiplayer Mayhem
Under normal circumstances, Star Wars: Unlimited is a head-to-head game between two players. However, sometimes players want to duke it out in a larger group, which is where the Twin Suns format comes into play.
When playing a game of Star Wars: Unlimited with more than two players, there are a few important changes to the rules. Twin Suns introduces two additional counters to the game: the blast counter and the plan counter. The “take the initiative” action is replaced with a “take an available counter” action, which allows you to claim any of the three counters (initiative, blast, or plan) that haven’t already been claimed by another player. Just like the “take the initiative” action from the normal rules, taking an available counter means you automatically pass for the rest of your turns for that action phase.
So, what do the blast and plan counters do? If you claim the blast counter, you immediately deal 1 damage to each opponent’s base. If you claim the plan counter, you immediately draw a card, then place a card from your hand on the bottom of your deck (you can choose to place the card you just drew, if you want). Both of these counters provide an extra bit of strategy during gameplay, and also make the choice of when to claim a counter matter even after someone takes the initiative.
Speaking of the initiative, the player with initiative still takes the first action each round during a multiplayer game. After that, players take their turns in clockwise order. The actions you can take during your turn are largely the same as a head-to-head game, with two major exceptions: the first is the “take an available counter” action we described above, and the other is that you cannot pass until you have no other legal actions to take on your turn. This means that you must perform an action that changes the game state every turn until you either claim a counter or run out of things to do.
In a Twin Suns game, once a player’s base has been reduced to 0 HP, that player is eliminated and can’t take any more actions. The player who eliminated them (such as by dealing the last bit of damage to their base) immediately heals 5 damage from their own base. At that point, the game continues until the end of the current phase. At the end of the phase, after any lingering card abilities are resolved, the player with the most HP remaining on their base wins the game!

Miniature Skirmish Night [09/03/2026]
2026-09-03 18:00 - 22:00

Magic the Gathering Commander and Casual Play [09/03/2026]
2026-09-03 18:00 - 22:00
Join us every Thursday for Magic the Gathering Commander and Casual!
This event is for Commander players as well as those who are interested in playing casual Modern, Legacy, Pauper, Kitchen Table, and Standard.
Please download the Magic the Gathering Companion app prior to the event if you don’t already have it downloaded. You will be texted/emailed the event code prior to the event so that you can skip part of the process but you can also do it the day of.

Heroclix Night [09/03/2026]
2026-09-03 18:00 - 22:00
Join us every Thursday night for Heroclix!
HeroClix is a tactical combat game where you put heroes and villains from your favorite comics, movies, and TV shows in head to head combat.
Battles are played out on maps, The maps used are of different locations found in a typical comic book story, often related to the “theme” of the HeroClix series the map was produced for. Participants take turn moving or attacking other players, using 2 six-sided dice to determine the success or failure or of their attacks. Damage is tracked on dials under the minis themselves. Games can be time limited or played until all other teams are eliminated.

Open Gaming [09/04/2026]
2026-09-04 17:30 - 22:00

Warhammer 40k Casual Play [09/04/2026]
2026-09-04 18:00 - 22:00
oin us every 1st and 3rd Monday and every Friday for Warhammer 40k
Warhammer 40k fiction is set around the turn of the 42nd millennium (about 39,000 years in the future). Although Warhammer 40k is mostly a science-fiction setting, it adapts a number of tropes from fantasy fiction, such as magic, supernatural beings, daemonic possession, and fantasy races such as orcs and elves; “psykers” fill the role of wizards in the setting.
As in other miniature wargames, players enact battles using miniature models of warriors and fighting vehicles. The playing area is a tabletop model of a battlefield, comprising models of buildings, hills, trees, and other terrain features. Each player takes turns moving their model warriors around the battlefield and fighting their opponent’s warriors. These fights are resolved using dice and simple arithmetic.
This is an open-play event. Check out our 40k

Gundam Card Game Tournament Play [09/04/2026]
2026-09-04 18:00 - 22:00
Every Friday at 6 PM, pilots of all skill levels are invited to Red Raccoon Games for epic Gundam Card Game battles! Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just starting your Mobile Suit journey, our friendly local game store is the perfect place to test your skills.
Join us for casual matches, tournaments with prize support (when available), and great conversation with fellow Gundam fans. Plus, stock up on the latest Gundam Card Game decks and boosters while you’re here!
“The battlefield awaits, will you answer the call?”

Friday Night Magic Draft [09/04/2026]
2026-09-04 18:30 - 22:00
Join us every Friday for FNM Draft! We usually draft the most current Magic the Gathering set that has released.
Please download the Magic the Gathering Companion app prior to the event if you don’t already have it downloaded.
Friday Night Magic (FNM) at Red Raccoon is a beginner-welcome format of Magic the Gathering (MTG) where players each get 3 packs of cards and draft them by opening one pack, picking one card (drafting) from the pack, and passing the rest of the cards from the pack to the player on your left.
Once there are no cards left from all 3 packs, players then create a 40 card deck from the cards they’ve drafted. Players do not have to draft lands, those will be given to fill out decks.

Open Gaming [09/05/2026]
2026-09-05 09:00 - 19:00

Star Wars Unlimited Ashes of the Empire Planetary Qualifier [09/05/2026]
2026-09-05 10:00 - 19:00
Player Check-In begins at 9:00AM the day of the event. Judge Meeting 10:00AM. Round 1 start ~10:15AM immediately after the Judge Meeting.
Gauranteed Prizing at a Player Count of 40+
1st Place 200$ store credit and 4 Ashes of the Empire Booster Boxes
2nd Place 100$ store credit and 2 Ashes of the Empire Booster Boxes
3rd/4th Place 50$ store credit and 1 Ashes of the Empire Booster Box
5th-8th Place 12 Ashes of the Empire Booster Packs
9th-16th Place 6 Ashes of the Empire Booster Packs
17th-32nd Place 3 Ashes of the Empire Booster Packs
If Player Count is below 40 Players prizing will be as follows:
1st Place 50$ store credit and 2 Ashes of the Empire Booster Boxes
2nd Place 1 Ashes of the Empire Booster Box
3rd/4th Place 12 Ashes of the Empire Booster Packs
5th-8th Place 6 Ashes of the Empire Booster Packs
9th-16th Place 3 Ashes of the Empire Booster Packs
Parking Details:
During the day of the event will be a local farmers market and traffic could delay you when parking and travelling to our location. Best location for parking during time of event is at Lincoln Parking Garage located on Front St. two blocks south of Red Raccoon Games. Detailed image below for location of parking deck and Red Raccoon Games location.

Digimon Tournament [09/05/2026]
2026-09-05 13:15 - 17:15
Every Saturday, Red Raccoon Games hosts a Digimon TCG game day.
The Digimon Card Game is a competitive trading card game similar to Pokemon or Magic the Gathering. Each player has a companion Digimon in the battle area to attack the opponent. Your Digimon evolves, gets stronger, and gains new power! You win by beating your opponent’s security (reducing your opponent’s Security Area cards to zero) and delivering a knockout blow!
