NOVA Open 2025

NOVA Open 2025 Schedule Preview is Live!

We are hard at work finalizing this year's schedule, so look for more things to be added over the next few weeks, but please go ahead and check out the schedule.

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Your adventure awaits!

The East Coast's largest tabletop miniatures convention returns to DC for its 14th year at the spacious Washington Hilton hotel!

NOVA Open is a family-friendly, community-oriented convention welcome to all. We host everything from some of the world's largest miniatures tournaments, to casual learn-to-play events, to charity painting classes, and much more. We have everything a seasoned gamer or a brand new hobbyist could ask for!

IMPORTANT Highlights

General Convention Info

• Labor Day weekend (Aug 27 - 31) - five days of events!
• Early check-in starts Wed Aug 27 plus seminars and quite a few events!
• Pre-Convention 2-day Art Classes start Tues Aug 26
• Contact us at customerservice@novaopen.com with questions

Hotel Information

The venue hotel is the Washington Hilton. The convention rate this year is $171 +tax per night.

See hotel information: here

How to Use Tabletop.events

To get your badges and tickets simply click the green Buy Badges, Buy Tickets, and Buy Merch links to the right or click Attend from the page menu. To get your tickets the most quickly possible, be sure to create a TTE Account in advance!

Feel free to browse the schedule.

Or check out the TTE help:

• How to create an account
• How to buy a badge
• How to buy a ticket
• How to buy Merch

Things to do

There is so much to do and see! Come join us for a wide range of miniatures events ranging from competitive to casual across dozens of game systems. Hone your skills and learn in one of our many art classes. Relax with your friends at the hobby haven, our painting lounge chock full of free paints and materials generously brought to you by The Army Painter. Stop by and learn a new game or drop into events in the always-hopping board game room. And so much more!